turn your startup dream into a reality

Our pre-accelerator school is led by expert founders who’ll coach you to go from pre-idea to MVP with customers in 12 weeks. We invest $40k into the top graduates.

taught by expert founders who’ve raised over $500M

  • Chris Nguyen - Founder Mezmo and AnswerBook

    Expertise: B2B enterprise, big data

    $108M raised - Y Combinator, Initialized, Emergence

  • Sara Du - Founder of Alloy

    Expertise: AI, B2B enterprise, workflow automation

    $25M raised - Y Combinator, a16z, FirstMark, Bain Capital

  • Matin Tamizi - Founder of Cuenca and Balanced

    Expertise: Fintech, neobanking, Latam

    $15M raised - Y Combinator, a16z, Kaszek, Stripe

  • Richie Serna - Founder of Finix

    Expertise: Fintech, B2B enterprise

    $126M raised - Bain Capital, Lightspeed, Amex

  • Claire McDonnell - Founder of True Link

    Expertise - Fintech, B2B, Edtech

    $65M raised - YC, Initialized, QED, Khosla

  • Edrizio De La Cruz

    Ex-Y Combinator Visiting Partner

    Co-founded Arcus (Sold to Mastercard)

why join now

500+ founder community

  • Our community will MOM TEST your beta and give you valuable insight

  • Our community can also help you with referrals to customers and investors

  • Co-founder matching program

Learn from experts

  • Watch and speak to expert founders during off-the-record founder stories 

  • Get no-nonsense advice from founders who’ve been through the grind and succeeded

  • Book a 1-on-1 session with an expert founder & get advice that is tailored to you

Personalized fundraising plan

  • Learn the process we've used to raise $500M from YC, a16z, Sequoia, and more

  • Get the list of 5000+ investors and identify who’s actively investing in your sector and stage

  • Get expert advice in getting into top accelerators

how it works

12-week curriculum

  • Week 1: intros / how to validate startup ideas 

  • Week 2 - 10: founder stories and seminars on MVP and getting first customers 

  • Week 11 & 12: one-min. pitch practice and fundraising plan

Flexible structure

  • Each week there’s a 90 min. class and a group office hour

  • Affordable tuition of $2k in contrast to other programs at $10k

  • Financial aid available

Who’s this for

  • Full-time working professionals who’ve always wanted to start their company but didn’t have the right structure

  • Early stage founders getting ready for a $500k+ seed round

graduates we funded raised an avg $500k in 6 months