🚀 Announcing Envision Accelerator's Cohort 5 Applications!

🚨 Calling all young diverse founders! 🚨

Hi Envision family 🧡. We’re excited to announce the launch of Envision Accelerator’s Cohort 5! Apply to our upcoming cohort here 🚀:

Since our start in July 2020, we’ve accelerated 47 companies who have gone on to raise more than $25+ million in VC funding from top-tier investors including Greylock, Contrary Capital, Alexis Ohanian, Forerunner Ventures, CEOs of Doordash/Product Hunt/Loom/KAYAK, and more. Others have gone on to participate in YCombinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups, as well as become Thiel Fellows and make it onto the Forbes 30 Under 30 List. We've also given out more than $300k in non-dilutive funding to our founders.

Cohort 5 at a glance 👀

• Running February 14th through May 22nd

• We will accept ~15 companies across all industries

• A set of highly curated workshops, AMAs, and office hours spanning topics such as fundraising, hiring, product-market fit, growth, and more

• Individualized support on everything from fundraising to any other roadblock you may be experiencing! The Envision team (& our ecosystem of mentors/investors) love to be hands-on in helping you grow your company

• Mastermind groups! Building a company is lonely, but it doesn't have to be! We'll match you with other amazing founders that are part of your cohort working in the same space as you, so you can meet bi-weekly and all grow together.

• Fun community events with your cohort and Envision alumni founders

• Perks across dozens of software products to save you money!

• A non-dilutive, equity-free grant that you can use for any business needs

• A lifetime of support, friends, inspiration, and home for all of your future aspirations!

The Envision Community 🧡

At Envision, we love what we do and always have too much fun with our founders. From Zoom happy hours to Codenames nights to our themed cohort all-hands and amazing workshops, we have a blast learning from each other and helping our companies grow while shaking up the VC and tech ecosystem ;). Check out some pictures from our latest cohort below (EC4 to be announced soon!).

What the press is saying 📣

• TechCrunch: Student-led accelerator Envision is shaking up which startups get funded

• TechCrunch: Student-led accelerator Envision reaches demo week for class one, looks to class two

• BostInno: Student entrepreneurs launch Envision, an accelerator for underrepresented young founders

How you can help:

• Share this link with diverse founders in your network 👉 tinyurl.com/envision-cohort-5

• If you're an angel/VC looking to invest in diverse founders that fit your thesis 👉Join Envision’s Investor Network!

• If you're an investor, operator, or founder looking to support Envision companies with your time 👉 Join Envision’s Mentor Network!

  • (Also feel free to share this with anyone you know who might make a good fit 😊)

• Looking to partner with us as an ally organization, sponsor, or resource partner? Shoot us an e-mail at e-team@envisionaccelerator.com

• Keep up with us on Twitter 🐥: twitter.com/envisionaccel