FOR AUSTRALIAN FOUNDERS
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View all opportunitiesDIV Fund Grant
Substantial non-dilutive funding for proven innovations tackling large-scale development challenges in lower-income markets.
The DIV Fund provides milestone-based grants for innovations that can cost-effectively improve the lives of people in low- and middle-income countries and ultimately reach more than one million people. Funding is structured across three stages: up to US$200,000 for pilots, up to US$500,000 for testing and positioning for scale, and up to US$1.5 million for scaling. It supports businesses, social enterprises, nonprofits, universities and other organisations across sectors. Innovations must already be post-prototype and tested with real users; idea-stage projects are not eligible.
Good fit: Post-prototype founders with real-world usage and evidence of initial demand.
Startmate Accelerator
12–14 week ANZ accelerator investing ~$120K to help early-stage founders accelerate product, traction and fundraising readiness with deep mentorship and network.
The Startmate Accelerator is designed to fast-track your growth in 12 weeks. You'll get $120k investment, build a better product with more users, and get access to the best platform in ANZ to raise capital.
Good fit: Pre-seed/seed tech founders in Australia/New Zealand with MVP or early traction seeking structured acceleration and capital support.
Llama Beta Fellowship
Early-stage AI fellowship helping founders explore and build agent-native startups before traditional fundraising.
The Beta Fellowship is an 8-week in-person fellowship from Beta Fund for founders building agent-native AI startups. The program supports founders who are often at the earliest stages—even before there is a company, revenue or finished idea. Fellows receive mentorship from founders, engineers and investors, work alongside a small cohort, and build within the Beta Fund ecosystem. The fellowship also serves as a pathway to Beta Fund investment, with the fund writing US$200K first checks and investing up to US$2M across pre-seed and seed stages
Good fit: Idea-stage founders exploring agent-native AI startup ideas.
Founder Offers
Useful software and services for Australian founders.
Ciphrix
Software & Infrastructure
SOC2 ready in weeks
Get from zero to SOC2 ready in weeks. Ciphrix uses AI agents to do the compliance work, helping founders build their SOC2 controls, policies, registers, prepare evidence and get audit-ready in weeks.
Founder benefit: - Ciphrix compliance platform - AI agents that do the compliance work - Policies, Risks, Vendors, Assets, Evidence - Automated evidence collection - Cybersecurity training - SOC2 readiness review - 1:1 Slack support - Regular 1:1 office hours until certification - Audit coordination and support - Access to Partner Network Auditors
LaunchWell benefit: Ciphrix Platform Subscription - AU$4,999 annually
Ciphrix
Software & Infrastructure
ISO27001 in weeks
Get from zero to ISO 27001 ready in days. Ciphrix uses AI agents to do the compliance work, helping founders build their ISMS, prepare and collect evidence and get audit-ready.
Founder benefit: - Ciphrix compliance platform, all platform modules - AI agents that do the compliance work - Policies, Risks, Vendors, Evidence and more - Automated evidence collection - Continuous control monitoring - Cybersecurity Training - Internal Audit - 1:1 Slack Support - Regular 1:1 Office hours until certification - Audit co-ordination and support - Access to Partner Network Auditors
LaunchWell benefit: Ciphrix Subscription - US$4,999 annually
Posthog
Software & Infrastructure
Posthog for startup
Product analytics, feature flags, session replay and experiments.
Founder benefit: 1 year free (up to $50K value)
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