What to Expect...
Who is this program for?
What should you expect?
- Founding teams looking to grow customer access, market knowledge, investor linkages
- Teams should have formed a company, have an MVP, have initial customer interest/traction
- If looking to commercialize a new technology/product, product should be at TRL 5 and above
What should you expect?
Phase I Accelerator
Our accelerator is semi-virtual, a combination of in-person and virtual sessions
Our accelerator is semi-virtual, a combination of in-person and virtual sessions
- Sprints are short high powered weekends powered with 20-30 investors, entrepreneurs and SMEs who come together to teach and learn with you
- Launch (in-person)
- Boost (virtual w/in-person option) – Facilitated Sessions w/ Customers
- Orbit (virtual w/ in-person option) – Facilitated Sessions w/ Customers
- Land (in-person) Demo Day/Investor Presentations
- Weekly Mentor Check-ins
Phase II Continued Growth & Sustainment
Our program does not end with Demo Day
Our program does not end with Demo Day
- Continued bi-monthly coaching through to 12 months
- Open invitations to all LightSpeed Customer Events
- Open invitations to all LightSpeed Investor Events
- Curated introductions/pilots
- Access to the Frontier Tech Investment Network (for Seed/Series A private funding)
Requirements
- Expect to dedicate 10-15 hours a week – working on your business
- We recommend participation as a team (2-4 people)
- Founder/CEO leads the team
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