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⭐️ 3 weeks to go: luma.com/S26-DemoDay?ut… S/O to Rhubarb for making this event possible. Rhubarb is wickedly smart IT delivered so you can stay obsessed with building your business. Interested? Connect with them here: rhubarb-it.com/contact

Attention founders 🚨 We're hosting an AMA for the upcoming Winter'26 Accelerator. ​​​⏰ When: Thursday 23rd April, 5PM 📍 Where: Zoom with Emma Grife + Sam Monkhouse 🚨 Sign up here: luma.com/winter26accele…

Shout out to our Demo Day partners: Taurus Legal Management, a premier full-service commercial law firm trusted by ambitious businesses and the people behind them. ✨ Connect with them: tauruslawyers.com.au ⭐️ Tickets available here: luma.com/S26-DemoDay?ut…

Before you log off for the weekend, make sure to snag a ticket to Demo Day (they sell out fast). ​​​When: Thursday, 30 April @ 7:00 PM (pre-party starting at 5 PM) Where: Carriageworks (at the close of Blackbird's Sunrise Festival) Tickets: luma.com/S26-DemoDay?ut…

🦄 Tomorrow's unicorn founders are waiting for one thing... Hint: it's not just capital It's their first believer 🐝 Someone who is so convinced they're going to change the world. 🚀 Back the next generation: ap1.hubs.ly/y0yYZS0

apply here: universe.startmate.com/apply

PSA: you don't need to be "ready". We invest in founders at idea stage, MVP stage or maybe you already have revenue!!

your Friday reminder that: 🚀 W26 Accelerator applications are OPEN 🚀 💸 $120k investment 🧠 3 dedicated Partner Mentors (handpicked for your stage + sector) 🌎 A 5,000+ network of founders, operators and investors 🛫 + come with us to SF to pitch US VCs 🦄 apply link below!!

🚨 Applications take <5 minutes: universe.startmate.com/login?next-pag…

<10 places left in First Believers !! 🚀❤️‍🔥 Your chance to be in the room where the future of ANZ startups gets written. 🐝 First Believers is a curated group of experienced operators and sophisticated investors looking to believe in ambitious founders at the very beginning

⭐️ SUMMER'26 DEMO DAY IS COMING ⭐️ Put this date in your diary ✍️✍️✍️ 30th April @ Carriageworks (straight after @blackbirdvc's Sunrise) 19 companies Tickets on sale v v soon 💚💚💚

⭐️ start your application: universe.startmate.com/apply 🔦 learn more about the accelerator: ap1.hubs.ly/y0GvHq0

🚀 BIG NEWS: Winter'26 Accelerator applications are open!! 🚀 We've begun looking for the next ambitious founders for W26!!! Get $120k investment and access to the best platform in ANZ to raise capital at home and overseas. 👇️👇️ Apply now 👇️👇️

Want to start investing in the top founders in ANZ?? Applications for Cohort 11 of First Believers are open. learn more 👉️ ap1.hubs.ly/y0yYZS0

Experienced operators know what good looks like 🏆️ So whats more difficult when it comes to investing in great founders? 🧠 knowing which founders are genuinely exceptional 🔮 knowing which markets are attractive 📚️ finding where your capital and experience add value

In case you missed it ... we're hiring a Founders Associate!!! If you want to learn more, join our AMA tomorrow @ 12pm AEST!! Hosted by Head of Founders Emma Grife + CEO Phoebe Pincus 👉 register here: luma.com/foundersassoci… (bring allllllll your questions ❤️‍🔥)

📄 Read our interview with Simon Barrett: startmate.com/writing/impact…

🔗 Built deep expertise inside established orgs and not ready to let your impact retire? Start investing in First Believers: ap1.hubs.ly/y0yYZS0

🐝 The selectors behind our Summer'26 Accelerator 🐝 Meet Simon Barrett, former Partner at L.E.K. Consulting. Last year, Simon stepped away from full-time work into his "gap year" and joined us in Cohort 10 of First Believers. Read the interview below 👇️

@UpGuard Read the article: forbes.com.au/news/innovatio…

@UpGuard (2012) raise $105M Series-C 🎉 Aussie grown cybersecurity startup UpGuard have raised a mammoth $105M Series-C!! Congrats team!!