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THE PROGRAM
We want to help you start, build, and scale your company. We select 8 founders per cohort and work closely with you for 3 months to help you accelerate the early and challenging process of starting a company. There are no fees, no cost, and no equity exchanged for this program.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We will expand this program over time. Stay tuned for details. For now, we’re looking for:
Or willing to travel during in-person weeks
We have a broad definition of Fintech
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!
If you have questions about the program, please email fintechaibuild@foundationcap.com.
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The program lasts for three months. After the three months, you will continue to have access to the community and be invited to select events.
We prefer teams based in the Bay Area, but it is not required. There are three “in-person weeks” during the cohort that you are required to attend in-person (no Zoom option) and we will let you know those dates ahead of time.
There will be three in-person weeks and the rest will be hybrid.
We’ll ask for ~2 hours of your time per week. We expect you will spend significantly more time outside the program building.
We will hold accountability sessions where we tackle our biggest challenges and hold each other accountable for making progress every single week. Additionally, we have founder Q&A events, deep dives on specific topics (GTM, recruiting, founder-led sales), office hours with the investment team, demo day pitch practice sessions, 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.
Every two weeks, you will provide an update. The update will include what you’ve learned since the last update, progress on the goals you previously set, and setting goals for the next two weeks. We also want you to bring your biggest challenge and obstacle to the group so we can tackle it together. Finally, we ask you to help the others in the group do the same thing.
No, but we want to understand what you need to accomplish to go full-time and the timeline to get there. Ideally, you are focused on your company full-time or have plans to do so in the next ~3 months.
Yes, but we’re ideally looking for companies at the earliest stages that have raised <$1mm.
If you’re unsure, please apply! The application is short and quick. We have a very broad definition of Fintech!