Startup Accelerator - we help you build a great company

Our ongoing on-site accelerator program starts every month and is designed for early stage startups solving real customer problems. The accelerator combines seed investment, one-on-one coaching and mentorship by serial entrepreneurs, investors, and seasoned hackers. We also provide the orientation, acclimatization, and access to Silicon Valley and a thriving StartupMonthly ecosystem. After the accelerator, your team will receive support from the StartupMonthly team and our Alumni network to continue scaling the business. Join us and let's create awesome company together!
We are looking for
  • A well balanced and cohesive co-founding team
  • Founders who have proven execution skills
  • Clear business model and due diligence on the market opportunity
  • Secret sauce: why this team is the right one (domain expertise, technical know-how, deep insight, necessary experience, etc)
  • Working prototype to gauge the level of technical proficiency
  • Initial indication of success: traction or customer development indicators

Whether you are a seasoned entrepreneur or someone with a deep insight into your domain needing extra help and capital to build your company, come spend 2-12 months working side by side with us and our mentors!

Our Program Offers

  • Seed funding: up to $300K of initial investment based on startup stage and needs
  • Shared working space: collaborative environment at the epicenter of San Francisco startup scene
  • Direct support: we get our hands dirty working with you whether you need an intro to a VC, refine your pitch or you need to update your architecture for scalability
  • Mentorship: One-on-One Mentorship and Coaching sessions with our experienced entrepreneurs, mentors, founders and coaches
  • Access to capital: We work with Silicon Valley’s leading investors, angels and venture funds who provide help and invest in our companies
  • Site visits: Exposure to the startup ecosystem and key players

 

  • Methodology: Lean Startup and Customer Development guidance
  • Partners and Customers: we connect you to potential partners and customers who will help you build the right product and generate initial traction
  • Fundraising: pitch coaching, public speaking and work with investors
  • Perks: Our extensive partner network offers free and discounted services you need as a young startup.
  • Recruiting: We will jointly tap the extensive StartupMonthly ecosystem for recruiting the right talent
  • Post program support: we continue to work with you and your team to successfully scale your business. We want you to succeed and build great business.

Our Domain Expertise

  • Big data analytics
  • UI design and UX
  • Scalable information systems architecture: 
           - design and implementation
           - information systems architecture
           - service-oriented architecture
           - event driven architectures
  • Location-based services
  • Relational and NoSQL databases
  • Event based systems
  • Visualization

 

  • Lean Startup and 
    Customer Development methodologies
  • Team building and leadership
  • Business development
  • Business model generation
  • Corporate governance and legal structures
  • Product management
  • Customer acquisition and relationship
  • Social media marketing
  • Branding and positioning
  • Community management

 

Algorithm development:
  • Data and Information Visualization
  • Visual Fusion
  • Information Architecture
  • Human-Systems Interaction
  • Enterprise Business Intelligence
  • Statistical approaches
  • Distributed Systems and logic
  • Heuristic Optimization
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Control Systems
"The Startup Monthly guys busted their humps for us. These guys know everyone and have an insane amount of energy. They put us in front of more than 40 mentors and were always there to help us in any ay possible. It's been months since we finished the program and they are as helpful as ever ", - Pablo Seuc-Rocher, Co-Founder at RoomReveal
"The guys have amazing energy, hustle like crazy and support their portfolio companies for months after the accelerator ends. Their network of advisors is one of the most diverse and extended you can find, and as long as you are capable of using it, they will definitely boost your company. In our case there guys were catalyst to our startup success." - Yiannis Varelas, Co-Founder at Weendy.