Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6
The last time TechCrunch brought Startup Battlefield to Sydney, two little-known startups stepped onto the stage. What happened next led to more than $85 million raised. If you want your shot, applications close in just a few days on July 6.
- ▪The last time TechCrunch brought Startup Battlefield to Sydney, two little-known startups stepped onto the stage.
- ▪What happened next led to more than $85 million raised.
- ▪If you want your shot, applications close in just a few days on July 6.
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| Publication time | Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0000 |
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What if one pitch changed everything? The last time TechCrunch brought Startup Battlefield to Sydney, two little-known startups stepped onto the stage. What happened next led to more than $85 million raised. If you want your shot, applications close in just a few days on July 6. In 2017, Manuri Gunawardena was a final-year medical student when she pitched HealthMatch, a machine learning platform matching patients to clinical trials. She won Startup Battlefield Australia. That single moment helped propel HealthMatch to more than $25 million raised, expansion into the United States, and over 1 million patients served globally.
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