Startup · $3.6m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Programs: Airwallex (Latitude 37) · Startmate (Summer ’26) · Startmate (2026 summer cohort)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Superstat raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Airwallex | Accelerator | $100,000 |
| Alex Naoumidis | Pre-seed | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| Chris Naoumidis | Pre-seed | - |
| Jarrod Webb | Pre-seed | - |
| Startmate | Pre-seed · Accelerator | - |
| Kickstarter Challenge | Accelerator | - |
Companies Superstat acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Superstat. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of the week's Australia and New Zealand raises: Gridsight, Pearler and Apate.AI secure the biggest cheques, Drumbeat and GonGlobal add smaller sums, and ten AI startups join Airwallex's Latitude 37 program.
Airwallex unveils Latitude 37, naming ten young Australian AI startups to its first cohort; members receive equity-free backing, mentorship, worldwide network access and overseas immersion trips.
Airwallex's inaugural Latitude 37 program has selected ten AI startups, each receiving $100,000 in non-dilutive cash alongside mentorship, connections and overseas travel.
Weekly roundup: Blackbird confirms a record fund close and Galileo reaches a first close, Genesis merges with Proudi, IREN secures massive debt, and several startups report raises, grants and program wins.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Blackbird's post explains why it led Superstat's seed round alongside Startmate and angel backers, praising the founding trio's decade-long shared focus and rapid early growth in amateur basketball analytics.
Roundup of the week's Australian startup funding: fresh raises for five companies, Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake of 19 startups, and Affinda's acquisition of Pathfindr.
Also Startup Daily
Nineteen early-stage companies join Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake, each receiving $120,000 for 7% equity — $2.28 million overall — spanning construction, healthcare, fintech, energy and manufacturing.
Makeup accessibility startup ByStorm Beauty took out Enterprising ME's 2025 Kickstarter Challenge in Canberra, receiving $30,000, while four fellow finalists' ventures were each granted $7,500.
Newcastle founder Storm Menzies' accessible makeup tools startup ByStorm Beauty won the federally backed Kickstarter Challenge, receiving equity-free prize money, with four runner-up startups also awarded smaller prizes at a Canberra grand final.
Also SmartCompany