Entrepreneur Futures and iCatalysts provide a summer/fall accelerator program for pre-seed and seed stage climate, energy and hard tech startups coming out of our joint university and state and federally-funded training and mentoring programs. The accelerator provides in-depth mentoring from business and technical experts, fund raising leads and support, patent advice, grant training, and roadmapping strategy.
Our accelerator graduates have raised more than $600 million. These teams represent startups founded at 18 of the 20 top ranked US universities.
Investors who have participated include Accel Partners, Compass Technology Partners, Dow Chemical Company, Garage Technology Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Intel Capital, Shell Technology Ventures and Waste Management, Inc.
“iCatalysts help and advice was absolutely invaluable to me during NVBOT’s fundraising efforts“. AJ Perez, Founder of NVBOTS, Acquired by Cincinnati Incorporated
Our capstone event has been held at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon University.
