Founded in 2013, Startup Muster's mission is to measure and publish the progress, challenges, and opportunities within the Australian startup ecosystem, in order to demonstrate and accelerate progress.
Startup Muster’s work is continuing in 2025 thanks to support from: Optus, ARENA, Australian Research Data Commons (Research Link Australia), City of Sydney, ACS Labs, Rippling, Stone & Chalk, Main Sequence, Queensland University of Technology, University of Newcastle, Pledge 1%, National AI Centre, CSIRO, Ashurst, Baxter IP, Gild Group, ServiceRocket, Compass IoT, JurisTechne, PollenOne and Passionberry Marketing.
The 2025 Startup Muster team consists of:
- Danielle Hurps – Creative Director
- Murray Hurps – Managing Director – murray@startupmuster.com
- Muhammad Jafer – CTO
We are delighted to also welcome our Survey Coordinators for every state and territory in Australia:
- Danielle Seymour from _SOUTHSTART (SA)
- Kate Montgomery from Tropical Innovation Festival (QLD)
- Nate Sturcke from Spacecubed (WA)
- Emma Nesbitt from ACTIO Group (NT)
- Petr Adámek from CBRIN (ACT)
- Taz Devadass from Futures Isle (TAS)
- Claire Gifford from LaunchVic (VIC)
- Maxine Sherrin from Spark Festival (NSW)