23% of startups fail because they didn't have "the right team".
Having worked and supported several early-stage startups during my time at a student-led venture capital fund, it was clear that many startups struggle to find their dream team.
I launched this board to build an open space for early-stage operators and students to access rewarding and challenging opportunities — opening up the flow of talent and collaboration in our startup ecosystem.
Most startups listed are founders currently in university or recently graduated, excited to give other students the unique opportunity to go from zero to one. All listings are vetted by me.
Happy exploring :)
Geopera is a Brisbane-based geospatial data and research company. We build reliable, precise, and accessible systems for working with spatial data, and our research spans analytics, process automation, and machine learning. We're a small, fast-growing team, which means everyone's work is visible and everyone's ideas count.
Hyphae is a founder-first social community. We form friendships over social experiences and cozy get togethers.
Hexite is building Australia's first composite material recovery platform. We recover glass and carbon fibre from end of life composite waste, including wind turbine blades, using a patented chemical separation process operating below 90 degrees. The technology is independently validated by CSIRO and UNSW at 87% clean fibre recovery, with a granted patent and two pending. We're backed by UQ Ventures and currently scaling from pilot to commercial operations in Ballarat, Victoria.
Every road, building, bridge, and tunnel in the world is built by someone making a mistake someone else already solved. The expertise exists. It's just trapped in people's heads, in folders nobody opens, in companies that don't talk to each other. The industry that builds the physical world has no nervous system. Alloovium is that nervous system. Every project stands on the shoulders of every one before it and the cost of building the world drops. We have just been accepted into the latest batch of YC Summer 2026.
Synetic Studio is an AI-powered video editing platform that helps content creators turn ideas into ready-to-post content using conversational editing. Our vision is to become the go to video editor for the short form creator economy, enabling creators to produce content in minutes not hours.
Software for mining / replacing mining consultancy
AI essay grading for teachers, and then rebuilding education from the ground up. Our vision is to transform education by facilitating AI’s safe and effective integration across all institutions and applications.
TapSpot is a community-driven web platform that helps people easily discover public park amenities such as BBQs and water fountains across Brisbane, Logan, Sydney and Melbourne. By combining tools with publicly available open data, TapSpot simplifies the process of finding outdoor facilities and planning park gatherings. Our mission is to make outdoor spaces more accessible, usable and connected. Whether it is families planning a weekend BBQ, students organising social meetups or fitness groups looking for nearby hydration points, TapSpot reduces the friction of searching and helps communities spend more time enjoying public spaces. Our mission is to make outdoor spaces more accessible, usabl, and connected. Whether it is families planning a weekend BBQ, students organising social meetups or fitness groups looking for nearby hydration points, TapSpot reduces the friction of searching and helps communities spend more time enjoying public spaces.
High school isn't easy... yet. activATAR is the solution to education's biggest problem: boredom. In a world designed to capture attention, study has to compete. That's why we're wrapping high-yeild syllabus-aligned notes and questions in the guise of a banana farming video game. Earn bananas by completing quizzes, buy upgrades, customise your character, start multiplayer battles, climb the leaderboard, earn achievements, and rank up - get your brain in the game. I wish I had this in high school. But at least we can help build it. 🙉
We are building a music licensing marketplace, that connects filmmakers with artists worldwide, unlocking opportunities for independent artists and making music sync licensing faster, simpler and more transparent.
