Deadline: 16 August 2024
Apply for the StartUp Rutland Accelerator, an annual startup accelerator based in Rutland, VT.
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
- 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
StartUp Rutland Accelerator’s goal is that graduates will go on to participate in an investment accelerator or raise a seed round.
What’s the StartUp Rutland Accelerator program schedule like?
- Team Meetings feature individualized coaching and mentorship from the StartUp Rutland Accelerator team.
- Weekly Lunch & Learns featuring topics relevant to startups including understanding market size, choosing a revenue model, and setting financing goals and milestones. Lunches are open to the broader community.
- Mentor Swarms are speed-dating-style meetings with five mentors each week. Mentors include serial entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and investors.
- Investor Swarm is an opportunity for each company to pitch to 25+ angel investors, VCs and accelerators in their home market locally and nationally.
- Program Wrap-Up provides each cohort to celebrate their program completion with one another and program partners. Companies will have the opportunity to showcase their startups.
Eligibility Criteria for StartUp Rutland Accelerator
- You’re Based in or Near Rutland, VT or Open to Relocating
- StartUp Rutland Accelerator is a hybrid accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots in or near Rutland, VT.
- 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
- They accept companies ranging from “I have an idea” to “I have significant revenue.” Although most 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.
