Startup Boost pairs a small group of high quality, early-stage startup founders with industry veterans, venture capitalists and experienced serial entrepreneurs. The program was originally hosted by Techstars and sponsored by Google for Entrepreneurs. It is 6-weeks, free of charge, part-time and designed in such a way that founders are able to continue building their product while attending. No eq
uity is taken. Detroit was chosen as one of 9 high-performing Techstars cities globally to host Startup Boost. Partner cities include: Amsterdam, Austin, Detroit, Dublin, Los Angeles, London, New York, San Francisco and Toronto. Each city cohort consists of weekly sessions, 3 hours each for 6 weeks and will be hosted at Bamboo Detroit. Each session includes an expert speaker / workshop, team pitches and 1:1 mentor breakouts. The program concludes with a demo day with invitees spanning the venture capital and tech startup ecosystem. The program goal is to get teams prepared to join a top accelerator, raise a seed round or simply continue their entrepreneurial journey. Participating teams gain admittance to a global network of investors, mentors and founders. Prior Startup Next programming in other cities helped more than 50 startups get into top accelerators and raise more than $50 million dollars in funding. Accelerator partners for the inaugural Detroit program include TechTown Detroit, Desai Family Accelerator, Start Garden and Seamless IoT.
