Scale your startup

Scaling is about more than growth — it’s about building the systems, culture, and leadership to sustain success.

Victoria’s startup ecosystem offers a range of opportunities to help you do exactly that, from leadership development to international expansion.

On this page:

• What is a scaleup?
• Hiring the right team and building your operational foundations
• Develop your scaleup knowledge and founder leadership skills
• Funding opportunities for further expansion

Hiring the right team and building your operational foundations

Once you’ve raised capital or graduated from an accelerator, the next challenge is building out your team.
Basecamp helps founders make strategic hiring decisions and build the foundations for scaling teams and operations.

Learn how to find, retain and grow the people who could be the making of your business, and get ready to scale.

Develop your scaleup knowledge and founder leadership skills

For scaleups with an established executive team, LaunchVic’s 30X30 program provides bespoke coaching and education for scaleup founders to help you achieve sustainable growth.

It’s designed for Victoria’s fastest-growing companies and focuses on founder leadership, growth strategy, and operational excellence — helping you manage the challenges that come with fast growth.

The goal: create 30 Victorian tech unicorns by 2030. Through 30X30, founders access one-on-one coaching, workshops, and peer learning with experienced operators who’ve built and exited high-growth startups.

Funding opportunities for scaleups

Victoria is home to a number of venture capital funds investing at the scaleup stage.

Find an investor that’s right for your next stage of growth via our investor directory