Deadline: 28-Jul-22
Applications are now open for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders, a 10-week digital accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in the U.S. and Canada.
The accelerator is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to women-led tech startups across the region. In addition to mentorship and technical project support, the accelerator also includes deep dives and workshops focused on product design, customer acquisition and leadership development for founders.
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program was created to bring technical enablement and advisorship to women-led technology startups across North America. Google believes that technology has the power to open doors and create new opportunities for businesses.
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program will take startups through a variety of virtually hosted programming, including:
- Exclusive invitations to technical bootcamps hosted by Google
- Personalized mentorship and technical support from Google experts and other subject matter experts
- Additional fundraising guidance and mentorship from Enjoy the Work – an advisory firm built by founders for founders.
- The opportunity to provide feedback to Google product teams
- Cohort community events
Key benefits
- Equity-free support: Three months of equity-free support
- Mentoring: Mentoring from 20+ Google teams
- Training: Training on design, marketing, and leadership
- Strategic support: Support on company and product strategy
- Product credits: Google product credits for your tech stack
- Early access: Early access to new Google products and tools
- Access to experts: Access to Google’s network of industry experts
- Technical project partnership: Partnership on an advanced technology project
What is the format of the program?
- The accelerator runs for a period of 10-weeks with digital workshops, programming, and mentorship taking place each week.
- There will be sessions curated specifically for founders, and others tailored to their leadership teams, including product leads, technical leads, growth/marketing leads, and sales leads.
When will the program run?
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders will kick-off late September 2022. The cohort will consist of 10-12 US and Canadian-headquartered technology startups.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program is best suited for women-led, revenue-generating Seed to Series A tech startups headquartered in the United States and Canada. Selected companies should have
- a minimum of 5-10+ employees and the founder and appropriate team
- members must be available to join all program elements of their cohort.
- In order to ensure Google can provide meaningful value, startups should aim to leverage AI/ML technology in their product, service or operations and/or shown interest in leveraging this technology in the future.
For more information, visit https://startup.google.com/accelerator/women-founders/