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Government grants for Australian startups

Save yourself the scroll through the Government's Grants and Programs finder and cut straight to the chase.

January 22, 2023

The era of the non-technical engineer

As AI lowers the barrier to building, traditional roles are starting to blur.

January 27, 2026

Getting started with Claude Cowork

Non-technical is no longer an excuse.

February 23, 2026

Robotics: What happens after the demo ends?

Why the ChatGPT moment for robotics won't be a moment

January 22, 2026

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Why SaaS founders shouldn't be afraid of hiring a sales team

Get your sales model, team and go-to-market strategy singing.

AI-driven customer insights–Our investment in Thematic

Alyona and Nathan are delivering customer insights at scale.

The real challenges isn't starting up – It's scaling up

With every new scaleup comes more talent, capital and knowledge.

Rethinking property management: our investment in :Different

Mina and Ruwin are using smart tech solutions to deliver the best property management experiences to agencies, owners, and tenants.

World class Aussie founders: Our investment in Snappr

The market for photography services is huge ($30bn!) and, of all the service industries, only the taxi market is more fragmented.

Machine learning meets mining: our investment in EARTH AI

Roman is revolutionising the mineral exploration process.

Standard seed-stage financing docs

All the go-to docs in one place.

Our seed-stage term sheet

A plain vanilla, straight-up-the-fairway term sheet.

How Airtree invested in Prospa’s $25m round reveals which startups get cash

Beau and Greg are changing the way small business owners access finance.

How to nail your first meeting with a VC

Empower your champion. Jerry Maguire said it best–“Help me, help you!”

The Airtree Investment Process

We're all about transparency in the fundraising process–here's how we make decisions internally.

A new narrative for the startup sector

We need a reset in the innovation narrative. The reset should start with a topic everyone cares about: Jobs.

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