Cal Build
An exclusive network of Cal grads working together to start and build companies.
Foundation Capital has proudly backed these Cal alumni companies
THE PROGRAM
What's Cal Build?
We want to help the next generation of Cal alumni start, build, and scale companies.
We select 10 folks per cohort and work closely with them to achieve this. No fees, no cost.
Part of a small, hand-selected 10-person cohort.
Investor Demo Day
Access to Foundation Capital investment team for ideating and brainstorming.
Monthly educational events
Vendor discounts (AWS, Azure, etc)
Office space (SF & Palo Alto)
Online community
Kick-off dinner with Joanne Chen and our investment team.
Cal Build
An exclusive network of Cal grads working together to start and build companies. Foundation Capital has proudly backed these Cal alumni companies.
THE PROGRAM
What’s included in Cal Build?
We want to help the next generation of Cal alumni start, build, and scale companies.
We select 10 folks per cohort and work closely with them to achieve this. No fees, no cost.
Part of a small, hand-selected 10-person cohort.
Kick-off dinner with Joanne Chen and our investment team.
Access to Foundation Capital investment team for ideating and brainstorming.
Investor demo day
Online community
Monthly educational events
Office space (SF & Palo Alto)
Vendor discounts (AWS, Azure, etc)
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Requirements to join
We will expand this program over time. Stay tuned for details. For now, we’re looking for:
Cal grad
Located in the Bay Area
We will offer additional locations in the future!
Building a B2B company
Company founder
Ready to build.
It’s free to join! We’re not investing and you’re not giving up equity. We want to help you build!
Deadline to apply for the October cohort:
September 30, 2024
If you have questions about the program, please email calbuild@foundationcap.com.
FAQ
6 months.
For this initial cohort, we’re only accepting folks based in the Bay Area. We’ll widen this in the future.
The kickoff event and kickoff dinner are in-person. Additional events are hybrid.
We’ll ask for ~2 hours of your time per week. We hope you spend significantly more outside of the program building.
The core of Cal Build is accountability sessions where we tackle our biggest challenges and hold each other accountable for making process every week. Additionally, we have monthly founder events, office hours with the investment team, demo days, and more.
Yes! Cofounders are welcome to attend all events.
Yes, we will schedule periodic demo days with our broader investor network and offer you an opportunity to pitch at it.