3-month hybrid accelerator offering $600K via uncapped SAFE (with $10M floor) + equity.

6-week equity-free summer residency at Fort Mason for ambitious builders to obsess and build, ending in Demo Day with up to $250K funding opportunity.

Seed-stage accelerator providing $500 000 in funding and mentorship for early-stage startups.

The Berkeley Engineering Youth Academy (BEYA) is a hybrid STEM summer program combining online instruction and in-person lab work at UC Berkeley to develop engineering design and prototyping skills.

LaunchX San Diego In-Person Entrepreneurship is an intensive 4-week summer entrepreneurship program for high school students, focused on building real ventures and developing startup skills in a collaborative environment.

The LaunchX San Diego In-Person Exploration Program is a short, immersive summer program that introduces high school students to entrepreneurship through hands-on experiences and collaborative projects at the UC San Diego campus.

The UCSB Research Mentorship Program is a competitive summer research program for high school students, enabling them to work on interdisciplinary, hands-on research projects under mentorship and earn university credit.

Founders, Inc (f.inc) is a hybrid community and funding initiative that backs ambitious founders with early checks, workspace, community, and ongoing support for building ventures across domains such as AI, AR/VR, hardware, tooling, and consumer technologies.

$50K–$150K seed funding in exchange for equity for AI startups.

Base Case Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that partners with founders early, often pre-product and pre-traction, by writing first institutional checks and providing capital and strategic support.

Chapter One is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing product-driven founders building category-defining technology companies.

BoxGroup is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest stages (pre-seed through Series–A) with capital and strategic support. It partners with visionary founders across many technology sectors.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage and seed investments in technology startups. It has backed many successful companies and supports founders with both capital and strategic engagement.

Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park and San Francisco that invests in early-stage technical startup founders building next-generation infrastructure, developer tools, AI, and related technologies.

Forum Ventures is a venture capital firm and early-stage partner that invests in pre-seed and seed startups, especially in B2B SaaS and AI, while offering hands-on programming, community, and accelerator-style support.

Deep tech accelerator investing $500,000 for ~15% equity.

6-week AI startup summit with $1M equity investment from OpenAI's Startup Fund.

3-month program with custom SAFE or priced terms + $500K+ in partner credits.

$500K investment from a Betaworks-led syndicate for AI startups.

10-week accelerator (NYC/SF) offering $120K for 7% equity.

10-week fintech accelerator; invests $500K for 10% SAFE.

$125K for 6–7% equity; 14-week accelerator founded by Jason Calacanis.

Fellowship-style community program investing $400,000 for 7% equity + $600K follow-on.

Intensive 12-week live-in accelerator writing a $1M SAFE for 5% (or $500K + 3%).

12-week accelerator by Pear VC investing $250K–$2M in each startup.

RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital fund that backs exceptional founders early, especially those outside major tech ecosystems. They write initial checks to help startups gain early traction and connect with broader investor networks.

Initialized Capital is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on providing seed and pre-seed investment and support to startups and founders. Founded by Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, and Harjeet Taggar, the firm invests in high-potential technology startups and partners with founders throughout their growth journey.

A year-round fast funding path for pre-seed startups where 2048 Ventures can lead rounds quickly.

Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, backing them through pre-seed and seed rounds with capital and long-term support.

First Round Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage investments and founder support for technology startups. It provides capital and operational resources to help companies grow from idea to product-market fit and beyond.