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Antler
Global early-stage venture capital firm and startup generator program
Antler is a worldwide early-stage venture capital investor and startup generator that helps entrepreneurs build companies from scratch. It operates cohort programs across dozens of cities globally, matching solo founders with co-founders, helping validate business concepts, and investing pre-seed capital in resulting teams. The program is specifically designed to support founders at the pre-idea and pre-team stage.
What it's for
- Find a co-founder with complementary technical or commercial skills
- Develop and validate a startup idea from scratch within a structured cohort
- Secure pre-seed venture capital funding and pitch institutional investors
- Expand a nascent startup globally across Antler's regional network
Features
- Cohort programs operating in over 25 locations worldwide
- Co-founder matching system designed for solo founders
- Pre-seed capital investment for selected cohort startups
- Global community and advisor network of over 12,000 founders
- Follow-on investment support from first check to later stages
Pricing
Free to apply and participate; takes an equity stake only when making a pre-seed capital investment
Details
- Type
- Website
- Category
- Business & Money
- Topic
- Startup Accelerators
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- Web
- For
- Aspiring solo entrepreneurs, early-stage builders, and technical specialists looking to start venture-backed companies.
- Alternative to
- Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First, Techstars, 500 Global
- Tags
- accelerator, venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, founders, pre seed
Why it was saved
- @areen.vc: Accepts solo founders without an existing co-founder or finalized idea, taking zero equity unless they choose to invest at the end of the program.
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