Self Funded — An Index of Australian Venture & Techv0.1 · last sync 2026-05-11
$cat ./funds/startmate.md

Startmate

Sydney · est. 2011

Startmate is the original Australian and New Zealand accelerator, run out of Blackbird Ventures, backing pre-seed and seed founders through a 12-week program.

Website
Stages
Pre Seed, Seed
Fund size
Partners
Phoebe Pincus, Niki Scevak
Founded
2011
HQ
Sydney
$ls ./funds/startmate/portfolio

Notable investments

  • CultureAmp
  • Halter
  • Mr Yum
  • Goterra
  • Eucalyptus
$git log --reverse --pretty=short ./funds/startmate.md

Timeline

verified · public sources
  1. 2011
    Startmate founded in Sydney.
    verified · startmate.com
  2. Jun 2023
    Niki Scevak rejoins as chair as accelerator marks 100th cohort.
    verified · Startmate
  3. Apr 2025
    Launches dedicated climate residency stream backed by Grok Ventures.
    verified · Startmate