Founder launchpads|
Where founders with just an idea can find first capital, outside of traditional venture funds
Accelerators
- Activator
- AI Grant
- AIRNew York City
- AllianceNew York City
- Arc
- Black Flag
- Colosseum
- Discipulus VenturesEl Segundo
- Embed
- Entrepreneur FirstGlobal
- EWOR
- Founder's Box
- Founders, Inc.San Francisco
- Free Agency
- Hub71Abu Dhabi
- KeelNew York City
- NeoSan Francisco
- PearXSan Francisco
- soonami
- South Park CommonsSan Francisco
- Speedrun
- Teen Camp
- The MintSan Francisco
- Y CombinatorSan Francisco
Nonprofits
- AI Grant$5K — $50K
- AtelierCoworkingVancouver
- BuilderShip$50K in creditsSan Francisco
- Cosmos Grants$1K — $10K
- Creative Destruction LabToronto
- DojoGrants
- Emergent Ventures$5K+
- FR8 Vessel$1K
- Frontier HouseWashington DC
- GradientPrinceton
- HillhouseNew Haven
- Inflection Grants$2K
- Magnificent Grants$10K+
- Manifest Grants$25K — $100K
- Mayfield Fellows ProgramStanford
- Neo Scholars: Semester in SF$25KSan Francisco
- New Aesthetics$5K — $250K
- Pareto Fellowship
- Prod
- Shift Grants$5K — $40K
- SocraticaCoworkingWaterloo
- Thiel Fellowship$200K
- Thrive Fellowship$40KNew York
- WorkshopSan Francisco
- Z Fellows$10K
Residencies
- Aevitas HouseSan Francisco
- Da Vinci FellowshipParis
- DojoHouseBoston
- Ex NihiloNew York City
- Founder EmbassySan Francisco
- FR8Finland
- Harvard StCambridge
- HF0San Francisco
- HomeDAOOxford
- Maison NoirTunisia
- Mission ControlSan Francisco
- NautilusSan Francisco
- plutoParis
- Solo Founders ProgramSan Francisco
- The BridgeGermany
- the residencySan Francisco