Deadline: 29-May-23
Visible Hands is running the third annual accelerator program to support early-stage underrepresented founders in building and scaling high-growth startups.
The Visionaries III accelerator will run from September 11, 2023 to November 17, 2023.
What do they look for in their founders?
- Exceptional Founder-Problem Fit: You bring deep professional or personal experience that gives you a competitive advantage in building and distributing a solution.
- Proven Customer Validation: You have a strong understanding of the customer’s pain points and demonstrated that strong demand exists for your solution.
- Defined Go-to-Market Strategy: You have comprehensive plans that outline how you will bring your product and/or service to market and generate revenue.
How it works?
- In- Person Orientation: To kick-off, they bring the cohort together for an amazing week of connection (lodging & travel is covered).
- $200K Investment: Founders receive a $200,000 investment to enable you to work full-time on your startup during the program.
- Customized Experience: You’re matched with an experienced mentor and a Visible Hands advisor aligned with your unique needs and goals.
- Get hands-on design support: They believe in design as a competitive advantage. Fast-track your brand and product design with an expert design team so you’re set up for success.
- Join a deeply supportive community of founders: You’ll be part of a close-knit cohort of extremely talented founders who will share your entrepreneurial journey and empower you every step of the way.
- Learn from experts who have been there: You’ll have access to hundreds of private events throughout the accelerator: fireside chats, tactical workshops, office hours, and everything in between.
- Catalyze your growth with their networks: Through their founder perk offerings, you’ll have access to the right tools for your business from leading partners in the startup ecosystem like Brex and AWS for Startups.
Eligibility Criteria
- You are the founder of an early-stage, tech/tech-enabled startup with high growth potential
- Your gender and/or racial identity is underrepresented in entrepreneurship. This includes – but isn’t limited to – women, non-binary, trans, Black, Latinx, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Indigenous American people
- You can commit to building your startup full-time for the entirety of the 10-week program
- Your company is incorporated (or planning to incorporate) as a C-corp in the United States
- Visible Hands is sector agnostic, but they generally do not invest within the cannabis, BioTech, or Life Sciences industries.
For more information, visit Visible Hands.