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Startmate is Australia's oldest early-stage accelerator and community-driven seed fund, investing $120k AUD into each startup through a mentor-driven 12-week program. Founded in 2011, it has invested in over 300 startups across Australia and New Zealand with a collective portfolio value exceeding $4.5 billion.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $5.7M (across 45 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
52
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Michael Godec
Managing Partner @ Calitii
Matt Herring
Partner @ KPMG
Kim Burke
Wharf Road Investments - Director
BA
Bell Allen
...
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
56 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| RResusRight | Unknown | $784K | Sep 2026 |
 Vexev | Unknown | $6M | Aug 2026 |
| CCheckgen | Unknown | $120K | Feb 2026 |
 ULUU | Series A | $16M | Oct 2025 |
 Preve | Unknown | $2.2M | May 2025 |
 Lyrebird | Unknown | $12M | Jan 2025 |
| KKeeyu | Pre-Seed | $2.3M | Jan 2025 |
| BBuild Club | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Jan 2024 |
 Matilda Migration | Pre-Seed | $1M | Jan 2024 |
 Polymath | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
| SStoripress | Pre-Seed | $500K | Jul 2022 |
 Sicona Battery Technologies | Series A | — | Aug 2021 |
| CChatterize | Seed | $1M | Jul 2020 |
| Sicona Battery Technologies | Seed | $1M | Jul 2020 |
 Airrobe | Seed | $1.3M | Jan 2020 |
 WORK180 | Series A | $1M | Apr 2018 |
| NNinja Blocks | Unknown | $700K | Jul 2012 |
| NNinja Blocks | Unknown | $102K | Mar 2012 |
 Arlula | Seed | $2.2M | — |
 Kara Technologies | Unknown | — | — |
 JustFund | Growth | $92M | — |
 LIGR | Series A | $2.1M | — |
 Morse | Series C | $59M | — |
 Lyrebird Health | Unknown | $12M | — |
| VVXT | Series A | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Blackbird8 shared
Investible5 shared
Main Sequence4 shared
Archangel4 shared
Wollemi Capital3 shared
Trinity Ventures2 shared
Burda Principal Investments2 shared
GD12 shared
Octopus Ventures2 shared
XA Network2 shared
AirTree2 shared
Y Combinator1 shared
Lockheed Martin Ventures1 shared
TEN131 shared
Horizon1 shared
Alumni Ventures1 shared
Neotribe Ventures1 shared
Skip Capital1 shared
King River Capital1 shared
The LegalTech Fund1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026