STARTMATE - Key Persons
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- Engineer
- First Engineer at E - Commerce Startup Wish
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- Finance Manager
- Member of the Startmate Team
We sat down with Alea Young, Summer'24 Student Fellow who is passionate about entrepreneurship and startups. Alea shared her experience of the Student Fellowship, the startup she pitched during the Founder Challenge and why she is so interested in founding.
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- Investment Manager
- Member of the Startmate Team
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Investments
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- Co - Founder
- Head of Media
- Founders
- LiGR Co - Founder
When Tash Jamieson made it her mission to make studying fun for her stepson Drake, she had no idea she was building the first iteration of edtech startup Lockpick Games.
When Davina Adisusila quit her job at Atlassian and accepted a job at Eucalyptus, she was prepared for and excited about a change...
Tsamara Ramadhanti comes from a family of accountants, so while tech has always caught her eye, she saw herself studying business and following in her family's footsteps.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Project & Community Manager
- Which Founder Program Is Right for You?
Carola Velazquez Silva was born in Mexico, loves figuring out how things work, and has had her dream job in sight since she was four.
We sat down with Charlotte Jones, Winter'23 Student Fellow who is passionate about entrepreneurship and startups. Alea shared her experience of the Student Fellowship, the startup she pitched during the Founder Challenge and why she feels drawn to founding.
Daisy Johnson has always gravitated toward the unfamiliar (and has the passport to prove it), so it makes sense she found her way to startupland.
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- Eucalyptus' Head of Engineering
Emily Casey has carved out a niche for herself and launched a healthtech venture. Here's how she got there.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Chief of Staff - Founders
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Partnerships
Gopi Sara is a self-confessed ‘aspiring startup founder without an idea', but he says angel investing offers him the taste of early-stage startup life he craves.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Content Marketing Lead
- It 's Not Everyday You Meet a Founder
- Writer, Tech Policy Researcher, Former Federal Election Campaign Manager
We sat down with Lutjen Lee Winter'23 Student Fellow and founder of Farmbite an online marketplace enabling people to buy, swap, and sell locally grown produce. Since completing the Student Fellowship, Lutjen has taken a hiatus from his studies (B. Laws at RMIT University) to pursue entrepreneurship. He's since participated in Cohort 7 of Blackbird's Giants program, has just been accepted into RMIT's pre-Accelerator LaunchHub and is on the precipice of launching his app.
If you asked Raj Bagri six years ago what her life's purpose was, she would have told you it was to build an impactful company that will change the world. Today, she is the founder of Kapture, a climate tech startup that is decarbonising diesel generators to fight climate change.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Finance & Fund Operations
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- Project & Community Manager
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Investments Associate
Katie Sizeland was born in New Zealand, is as curious as they come, and upon reflection, sees her impressive career in science as fairly inevitable.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Program and Community Manager
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Projects and Community
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- Engineer
- Inside Mechanical Engineer
Kyle Forster is a PhD-qualified engineer specialising in aerodynamic design and a small business owner... and up until a year ago, was an Aerodynamicist on Mercedes' Formula 1 team.
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- How Mentorloop Co - Founder
How Mentorloop Co-Founder Lucy Lloyd closed two capital raises without a lead investor
LiGR Co-Founder Luke McCoy might be playing the sportstech game, but he isn't worried about his competitors.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Platform
Blackbird Associate Mason Yates has amassed more than 50,000 listens since launching Wild Hearts in 2020.
Matt Allen is on a mission to help founders hold onto their equity
Tractor Ventures Co-Founder Matt Allen is on a mission to help founders hold onto as much of their equity as they want to, for as long as they like.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Fund Ops Manager
Meet Alea, student fellow pursuing the non-traditional, entrepreneurial pathway.
Meet Charlotte, student fellow, STEM student and pursuing the non-traditional, entrepreneurial pathway.
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Program and Community Manager
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- CEO
- Member of the Startmate Team
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- How Great Question Co - Founder
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Marketing Associate
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- CEO
- COO
- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Finance & Fund Operations Will Holistically Run Startmate 's Funds and Finance Functions
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Operations Associate
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- Member of the Startmate Team
- Head of Product
Here's how Ryan Walker efficiently works through survey feedback and crafts a story that best highlights key information.
Samuel Sentongo wants "to see a future where black founders and angel investors are participating in the startup ecosystem".
Stephanie Hall has long been a thrill-seeking, socially conscious generalist. So it makes sense she spent the first part of her career suing dolphin hunters, the second part calling for climate action and the third in sextech.
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- Why Lockpick Games Founder
Why Lockpick Games Founder Tash Jamieson thinks video games are key to helping every student reach their full potential
Tom McQuillen is a freshly minted climate-focused VC Investor, a "hopeless optimist" and a First Believer too.
Vanessa Iezzi has long been the one her friends turn to for advice. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense she ended up in the people and culture space.