Deadline: 4 October 2024
Applications are now open for Designer Fund Partnership, the best design support and investment offer for early-stage startups.
They invest up to $1 million in Pre-seed to Series A companies committed to improving health, prosperity, or sustainability for all people. They help you create a world-class product and brand, hire exceptional design talent, and close more investors. They provide on-demand office hours tailored to what you need most and access to the network of top design leaders across tech.
What they offer?
- Investment of up to $1 million with flexible ownership terms
- Guidance on creating a world-class product and brand
- Help hiring and managing exceptional design talent
- Fundraising support to close more investors
- Access to the network of top design leaders across tech
- Intros to angel investors from companies like Figma, Notion, Stripe
Desired Outcomes
- They’re looking for early stage companies, Pre-seed to Series A, that use design to improve health, prosperity, and sustainability for all.
- Health: Increase wellbeing by preventing disease and improving the cost and delivery of care.
- Sustainability: Replace legacy and harmful products with more efficient and renewable solutions.
- Prosperity: Create pathways, tools and infrastructure to give more people access to economic growth.
Eligibility Criteria
- These are some of the key traits they look for in an investment:
- Early stage startups, Pre-seed to Series A
- Mission driven founders who have technical, design, and business domain expertise
- Companies aligned with the impact goals of health, prosperity, and sustainability
- Products that are 10x better than existing alternatives
- Multi-billion dollar markets with poor user experiences
- Primarily US-based companies, although they’re happy to make exceptions.
For more information, visit Designer Fund.
