Chris Kessaris,
Accelerator

Remarkable picks 10 disability tech startups for its latest accelerator – here they are

- August 5, 2024 3 MIN READ

Disability tech accelerator and investor Remarkable has chosen 10 startups, including five from the US, for its latest 16-week program, spanning AI-driven health solutions to mobility aids to help people live better lives. This year, startups from Australia, the US, the UK and Canada are part of the accelerator, with the global cohort, managed by… Read more »

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Startmate reveals the 11 startups for the new Winter cohort

- August 2, 2024 4 MIN READ

Accelerator and early-stage investor Startmate has revealed the 11 startups joining the program for its Winter cohort. They’re an eclectic bunch, spanning problems ranging from ending online abuse to rethinking firefighting, and supporting mothers post-childbirth. They’re also hoping to revolutionise tender processes, fitting rooms, oil extraction, physio-patient journeys, thermal systems, bug-catching software, and global digital… Read more »

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13 Startmate mentors and investors reveal what they’re looking for in startup ideas

- July 31, 2024 12 MIN READ

At Startmate we’re industry agnostic. We invest in people first. People with deep expertise and unique visions, working to solve some of the thorniest problems frustrating industries worldwide. The role we play is simple. Accelerate their progress – avoid pitfalls, leverage opportunities, prompt customer conversations, advise sales, and marketing – do everything in our power… Read more »

Ben Arya and Taha Ansar
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Melbourne edtech Sindy pockets $300,000 as it joins the UC Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator

- July 29, 2024 3 MIN READ

A startup that checks in on how well university students are learning has been accepted into the University of California, Berkley’s SkyDeck accelerator program, banking US$200,000 (A$305k) as part of the deal. Sindy Labs is the brainchild of former University of Melbourne medical student Benjamin Arya, Taha Ansari and Oliver Cucanic. They founded their startup… Read more »

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Victoria doctors get a taste of startup life with LaunchVic-backed medtech accelerator

- July 14, 2024 2 MIN READ

The Australian Society for Medical Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ASME) is among seven organisations backed by LaunchVic as part of a $2.4 million program to create pre-accelerator programs to help aspiring founders understand startup life. ASME has partnered with MTPConnect to deliver the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) in Victoria. It offers clinicians the resources, mentorship… Read more »

Kate Cornick
Accelerator

LaunchVic tips $2.4 million into seven new pre-accelerator programs to give Victorian founders a head start

- July 11, 2024 2 MIN READ

Would-be startup founders seeking a helping hand to take their first steps to tackle important problems will have seven new ways to do it thanks to a series of pre-accelerator programs bankrolled in Victoria by LaunchVic. Seven new programs have received up to $400,000 as part of LaunchVic’s ‘Grants for Targeted Pre-accelerator’ program to offer… Read more »

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Antler Investor Memo Series: Enrola makes it easier for students to find the courses they want to study

- July 2, 2024 4 MIN READ

Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »

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What Australian startup accelerators can do to prove their worth

- June 28, 2024 3 MIN READ

When Australian startup fever took hold in the mid-2010s, state governments used taxpayer money to support high-growth technology businesses with the intent to leverage the benefits these businesses could deliver to future-proof their economies. As a result, sophisticated industry scaffolding began to emerge in support of the fearless few willing to dive in and try… Read more »

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BeanstalkAgTech is building a $10 million venture studio to back nearly 100 startups focused on drought resilience

- June 27, 2024 2 MIN READ

Food and agriculture advisory and venture firm Beanstalk AgTech has launched a venture program to support researchers and entrepreneurs build new agtech products and services for farmers. The $10 million project is working towards building the world’s first venture studio for drought resilience, supported by the federal government’s Future Drought Fund. Expressions of interest for … Read more »

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Here are the 15 amazing AI startups in Build Club’s first cohort – and the winners heading to San Francisco to pitch to US VCs

- June 22, 2024 6 MIN READ

If Build Club founder Annie Liao needs a motto, it should be “Move fast and make things”. This week, the 15 artificial intelligence (AI) startups accepted into the inaugural Build Club Accelerator graduated after an intensive six weeks, culminating in Monday’s Demo Day. Liao set out to create an accelerator program backing technical AI engineers… Read more »

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ARM Hub and MTPConnect collaborate on a new AI accelerator for biomed startups

- June 17, 2024 2 MIN READ

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub and MTPConnect have teamed up to launch the Biomedical AI Sprints Accelerator (BASA) so biomedical startup can harness the power of data and artificial intelligence (AI).  BASA will offer $25,000-50,000 in matched funding and upskill high-growth startup teams in using AI and data analytics, giving them access to… Read more »