gBETA 1915 Studios Program – United States

gBETA 1915 Studios runs multiple times every year in cities across the United States. Up to five companies from a range of verticals are selected from a competitive applicant pool to participate in the free seven-week program. Participating companies receive:

• Individualized coaching and mentorship from the team of nationally ranked accelerator gener8tor on company growth and investor readiness
• Free space with 1915 Studios
• Free prototyping, additive manufacturing and other resources.
• Weekly “Lunch & Learns” and “Mentor Swarms”
• Investor and accelerator pitches
• $1M+ in deals and perks from vendors like IBM Cloud, Rackspace, Amazon, Paypal, Zendesk, Hubspot and Microsoft
• Ongoing post-program support and gener8tor community involvement and offerings

gBETA 1915 Studios’ goal is that graduates will go on to participate in an investment accelerator or raise a seed round.

Georgia-Pacific R&D Core Capabilities

• Paper Products Cellulosic Fiber Science
  • Papermaking Processes
  • Paper Chemistry
  • Converting Technologies
  • Structure / Property Relationships
• Packaging Dispensing
  • Mechanical design
  • Electromechanical Systems
  • Sensing Technologies
  • Commercial Value Engineering
• Nonwoven Products
  • Multi-bonded Airlaid Processes
  • Structure / Property Relationships
  • Application Development
• Formulated Products
  • Formulation Chemistry
  • Fragrance Science
  • Regulated Products (EPA/FDA)
• Enabling Capabilities
  • Product Characterization
  • Product Quality Systems
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Product Usability and Methods Development
  • Claims and Demos Development
  • Design Thinking
  • Information Technologies
  • Intellectual Property Strategy and Development

Eligibility Criteria for gBETA 1915 Studios

• A Hybrid Program
  • gBETA 1915 Studios is an accelerator run in partnership with Georgia-Pacific. It’s open to nationwide participants and operates out of Neenah, Wisconsin.
• You’re Committed
  • While they don’t expect you to be full-time on your business yet, programming is about a five-hour commitment each week, and they expect that you will be spending additional time working on your business each week outside of the program.
• You’re Ready to Grow
  • gBETA 1915 Studios companies range from “I have an idea” to “I have significant revenue.” Although most gBETA 1915 Studios companies are post-product, pre-scale, as long as you are ready to make use of coaching on customer growth and investor readiness, mentor meetings, and investor and accelerator pitches, they’re ready for you!

For more information, visit gener8tor.