Startup
Queenstown
Programs: Startmate (Summer24 accelerator)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Venu raised.
Companies Venu acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Kieran Gardiner | Founder | Startup Daily (Thu 9 May 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 22 Feb 2024) |
Stories naming Venu. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startmate chief Michael Batko departs following an eight-year stint; COO Phoebe Pincus steps up. The piece credits his tenure for the accelerator's growth, returns and alumni, and notes his exits from two side ventures.
Long-serving Startmate chief Michael Batko departs the accelerator's top job, with operations lead Phoebe Pincus promoted to CEO; the piece also recalls two side ventures Batko previously exited.
Startup Daily's Ask column profiles the ten Startmate Summer 2024 Demo Day startups and their funding asks, noting Kite Therapy's completed raise and Carbonaught's government grant.
Startup Daily covers Startmate's Summer24 accelerator intake: ten startups, six with women founders, four in deep tech, spanning health AI, e-commerce, materials and agtech across Australia and New Zealand.