What does Startmate invest in?
Startmate invests most often at Seed and Venture (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ed-tech, E-learning and Learning Management System.

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Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 107 cheques on record.
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10 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Seed and Venture: 57% of its rounds
Sole investor in 14 rounds, median $475K
Every round we can evidence, newest first107 appearances
7 rounds
28 rounds
20 rounds
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
We hold 12 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
The investors most often in the same rounds as Startmate. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Startmate put money into.
4 episodes naming Startmate in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

No jerks, leadership Startmate's social enterprising, Neara to unicorn
MentionsStartmateMatt Jackson

Tribe Talkin' Ep 57: The SaaS Era Over? VCs Chasing M&A. VCs Question Scalare. Losing PMF Part 3. Startmate Returns.
MentionsStartmateOctopus Ventures

E1009: #StartupTuneup! Startmate Founders pitch Jason: AR presentation platform, experiential marketing, wearables that help menstrual cramps, education thru e-sports & more!
MentionsStartmateMichael Batko

20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate
MentionsStartmateY Combinator

#271 The Story of Mindset Health with Chris Naoumidis
Startmate invests most often at Seed and Venture (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ed-tech, E-learning and Learning Management System.
107 investments on record, 10 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Elita (Seed, Sept 2026), HappyCo (Growth, Sept 2026) and Vexev (Series A, Aug 2026).
The median round it joins is $1.6M.
Rarely, if at all: none of its 107 investments on record names it as the lead.
Most of the companies it backs are in Australia (78%), the United States (8%) and New Zealand (8%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often Blackbird Ventures (25 rounds together), Icehouse Ventures (13 rounds together) and Flying Fox Ventures (11 rounds together).
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