Startup ProgramOpen5 days left
Startmate Launch Club
Launch Club is an 8-week pre-accelerator program from Startmate designed for early-stage founders who want to validate an idea, build momentum, and get real feedback on their startup journey. It gives you structure, community support, and practical accountability to help you move beyond just thinking about your idea — pushing you toward building a real MVP, talking with customers, and refining your story. Unlike long courses or on-demand content, Launch Club combines weekly live sessions, small group check-ins, mentor access, investor exposure moments like Investor Roulette, and a cohort culture that keeps you focused and progressing. It’s built to be compatible with part-time life (work/studies) while still creating real founder momentum.
Melbourne, Sydney, RemoteMedium signal
Good fit: Aspiring founders in Australia/New Zealand with an idea or early MVP wanting structured validation and community support.
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Startup ProgramOpen10 days left
Victor AI
Victor AI Accelerator is a 6-week remote accelerator for founders building AI-native startups. The program combines weekly workshops, office hours, mentorship and founder community with a focus on helping teams validate their product, gain traction and prepare for fundraising. Selected startups receive support from experienced founders and operators, with the opportunity to pitch to investors at Demo Day. The accelerator is open to founders globally and does not charge an upfront participation fee.
RemoteUp to AUD$5000Low signal
Good fit: AI founders looking for structured guidance and accountability.
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Startup ProgramOpen13 days left
Latrob LaunchPad
La Trobe LaunchPad is a 12-week pre-accelerator for aspiring founders building technology-led startups. Delivered by La Trobe University and funded by LaunchVic, the program helps founders validate ideas, conduct customer discovery, build and test an MVP, develop a business model and prepare to pitch investors. Participants receive mentoring, weekly workshops and coaching, culminating in a pitch showcase where teams can compete for up to A$5,000 in funding. The current intake focuses on care economy innovations with a technology edge
HybridUp to AUD5000Medium signal
Good fit: Aspiring founders developing or validating their first technology startup.
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Google for Startup Accelerator
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Australia is a 10-week hybrid accelerator for technology startups based in Australia. The program provides equity-free support, including mentorship from Google engineers and product specialists, workshops, and technical guidance to help founders solve product and growth challenges. Participating startups work closely with Google teams on technical projects and business strategy, and may receive Google Cloud credits and early access to Google AI products. The program combines virtual sessions with some in-person activities and focuses on startups building AI or technology-driven products.
AustraliaIn-kind support and google creditsHigh signal
Good fit: Seed-stage Australian startups building AI or ML products needing technical guidance.
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Startup ProgramOpenRolling basis
Launch Founder University
Founder University is a practical, cohort-based virtual pre-accelerator designed to help early founders turn their startup idea into a real product and early traction over ~10–12 weeks. The program combines structured lessons, weekly live sessions, community accountability, and real feedback to help founders build and iterate their MVP, identify initial users, and sharpen key skills like pitching and customer discovery. Top performers within each cohort may be eligible for investment checks (e.g., $25 K or $125 K), though funding isn’t guaranteed — the core value is the learning, accountability, and community support that keep founders progressing toward real outcomes
Remoteup to 125K USDMedium signal
Good fit: Aspiring founders with an idea or early product seeking structured weekly guidance to build MVP and find first users.
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Startup ProgramOpenRolling basis
Claude for Startups
Claude for Startups is a program from Anthropic for early-stage founders and startups building with Claude. Startups can access community, resources, Claude credits and priority rate limits. The program includes founder events, hackathons, meetups, livestreams and updates on Claude launches and program perks. Any early-stage founder or startup building with Claude can apply, with additional credits and extras available for companies that have received institutional equity funding. Applications take about two minutes and require a Claude Console account and company email.
RemoteClaude creditsMedium signal
Good fit: Early-stage AI startups building directly on Claude and needing API credits.
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