Grow your startup with us.

A free accelerator to build your company, meet mentors, and pitch investors.

 

Why should you apply to gBETA?

gBETA runs multiple times every year in cities across the United States. Up to five companies from a range of verticals are selected from a competitive applicant pool to participate in the free seven-week program. Participating companies receive:

  • Individualized coaching and mentorship from the team of nationally ranked accelerator gener8tor on company growth and investor readiness

  • Weekly "Lunch & Learns" and "Mentor Swarms"

  • Investor and accelerator pitches

  • $1M+ in deals and perks from vendors like IBM Cloud, Rackspace, Amazon, Paypal, Zendesk, Hubspot and Microsoft

  • Ongoing post-program support and gener8tor community involvement and offerings

gBETA's goal is that graduates will go on to participate in an investment accelerator or raise a seed round. You can see gBETA's progress against these goals here.

gBETA program alumni have raised $722M+ in capital and created 4,251+ jobs.

See below for all of our current gBETA markets. Do you want to bring a gBETA program to your city? We’d love to chat.

Programs by Region


Industry Specific Programs

Alabama & Delaware

Bronze Valley VentureLab
Supporting Female Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs of Color
Prosper Healthtech

Wisconsin

Urban League Madison
Applied AI Lab
Sponsored by WCTC

What’s the gBETA program schedule like?

Team Meetings feature individualized coaching and mentorship from the gBETA team.

Weekly Lunch & Learns featuring topics relevant to startups including understanding market size, choosing a revenue model, and setting financing goals and milestones. Lunches are open to the broader community.

Mentor Swarms are speed-dating-style meetings with five mentors each week. Mentors include serial entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and investors.

Are you a mentor who would like to get involved? Learn more and fill out our mentor interest form here.

Investor Swarm is an opportunity for each company to pitch to 25+ angel investors, VCs and accelerators in their home market locally and nationally.

Program Wrap-Up provides each cohort to celebrate their program completion with one another and program partners. Companies will have the opportunity to showcase their startups.

Software to diagnostics to makeup, oh my!

Check out just a few gener8tor gBETA’s portfolio companies that we’re proud of. Want to see them all? Check out gBETA’s full portfolio.

 
 

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gBETA Accelerator FAQs

Do you still have questions about the gBETA program? Explore some of our frequently asked questions below to find the answer.

 
 

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Want to chat with us?

We’ll answer questions, talk more about gBETA or listen to your pitch.

 

Interested in mentoring?

Every week, we invite mentors to “speed network” with our teams. Join us!