{"id":45468,"date":"2023-10-20T15:43:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/a-closer-look-at-the-melbourne-startup-ecosystem-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:43:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:43:45","slug":"a-closer-look-at-the-melbourne-startup-ecosystem-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/a-closer-look-at-the-melbourne-startup-ecosystem-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"A closer look at the Melbourne Startup Ecosystem – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Much has been written on Melbourne\u2019s rapidly growing startup scene. These days you\u2019ll find one, if not two, startup events taking place each night of the week around the CBD and inner suburbs. There are clusters of co-working spaces, whose local coffee shops are not unlike their San Francisco counterparts for startup conversations overheard. Five years ago Australia had yet to see an accelerator program on home soil, now there are close to a dozen such programs, and counting.<\/p>\n
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But how much impact has this had on the local community, and how much is just feel good rhetoric?<\/p>\n
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We decided to take a closer look at the effect co-working spaces and accelerator programs were having on the Melbourne Startup Ecosystem. Specifically, how many of the current startups founded between 2010 and 2015 were affiliated with these various groups. Our search included contacting the co-working spaces and programs directly, looking through the various meetup groups, investor portfolios, angellist listings, and even startup media publications. And whilst the list is by no means complete, it does capture almost 200 Melbourne based startup companies.<\/p>\n
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Below we see said startups grouped according to their customer. Business to Consumer (B2C) represented in green, Business to Business (B2B) represented in blue, and Business to Enterprise (B2E) represented in red:<\/p>\n
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