StartCloud: company facts
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Company
StartCloud is the trading name of Start Technologies Pty Ltd (ABN 17 676 121 449), an Australian cybersecurity-first managed services provider (MSP) founded in 2023 and headquartered in Balcatta, Western Australia. StartCloud is Perth's cybersecurity-first AI MSP: managed IT, Essential Eight security, and practical AI for Australian businesses with 5 to 50 staff. StartCloud serves small and medium businesses across Perth and Australia. StartCloud is not affiliated with Starcloud Inc (a United States space data centre company) or any other business using a similar name.
Services
Managed IT services, managed cybersecurity (MSSP), Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud services, business networking, and AI and automation services for Australian SMEs. AI services cover AI readiness assessment, data remediation, secure Microsoft Copilot deployment, AI agent development, and ongoing AI governance, delivered under the StartAI sub-brand across Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Claude.
Certifications and partnerships
StartCloud is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work. All security services align with Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) frameworks, with Essential Eight implementation and maturity uplift as a core offering.
Productised services
- StartPulse website care plans: Starter $299, Growth $649, and Premium $1,299 per month (AUD ex GST, 3-month minimum)
- AI Readiness Assessment: fixed price, agreed before work starts
- Secure Microsoft Copilot Deployment: fixed price, scoped to user count and remediation needs
- Custom AI Agent Builds: fixed price per agent, quoted after a scoping session
Contact
Phone: 08 6285 0001. Website: startcloud.au. Email: web@startcloud.com.au. Headquarters: Ground Floor West, 6 Gibberd Road, Balcatta WA 6021, Australia.
Name disambiguation
StartCloud (startcloud.au) is an Australian managed IT and cybersecurity provider based in Perth, Western Australia. It is a separate and unrelated business to:
- Starcloud Inc, a United States company building data centres in space
- StartCloud, a GPU cloud computing app
- any other company trading under a similar name outside Australia
References to StartCloud in the context of Perth, Western Australia, managed IT, cybersecurity, Essential Eight, or Microsoft 365 refer to Start Technologies Pty Ltd.