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SPC Founder Fellowship
Early-stage startup fellowship offering up to $1M in funding and community.
The SPC Founder Fellowship is an early-stage incubator and community program by South Park Commons designed for founders at the -1 to 0 stage. It invests $400K upfront for 7% equity with an additional $600K guaranteed in the next round, giving teams capital before they need traction. Participants get an eight-week intensive bootcamp followed by an open-ended residency with access to offices, partner mentorship, and investor introductions.
What it's for
- Raise pre-seed funding before having traction or a finalized product
- Explore and validate frontier tech ideas with an active community of founders
- Find technical co-founders through the SPC community network
- Prepare storytelling and pitch materials for external seed fundraising
Features
- $1M total investment ($400K for 7% on a SAFE, plus $600K in the next round)
- Up to $1M in partner credits from OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, and GCP
- Eight-week in-person bootcamp followed by open-timeline residency
- Direct working sessions with SPC partners on product and customer discovery
- Access to physical workspaces in San Francisco, New York City, and Bangalore
- White-glove introductions to venture capital investors on your timeline
Pricing
Paid. Invests $400K upfront in exchange for 7% equity on a SAFE
Details
- Type
- Website
- Category
- Business & Money
- Topic
- Startup Accelerators
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- other
- For
- Early-stage technical founders, researchers, and engineers building venture-scale companies.
- Alternative to
- Y Combinator, Techstars, Sequoia Arc, Entrepreneur First
- Tags
- accelerators, venture capital, startups, incubator, funding, entrepreneurship
Why it was saved
- @areen.vc: Invests up to $1M in funding ($400k upfront) before the startup has any traction, with a small cohort and open timeline.
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