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Grand Founders Mentorship Program

Crush your goals. Grow your business. Join a premier community.
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Crush your goals. Grow your business. Join a premier community.
Now accepting applications for our next cohort.

Join our four month mentorship program

Join our program to embark on the next stage of your company's journey. Together with your peers, you'll learn key insights from world-class mentors while receiving individualized support that's tailored to your unique needs, roadblocks, and goals.

The program lasts four months, but the benefits last forever.

Who

We Help

We help early stage digital founders who have launched a product and gained initial traction, but are now hitting some snags. They've likely already graduated from an accelerator program and secured initial funding, and now they need more customized support to overcome the obstacles they're facing.

This is where we come in.

How

We Help

Our program helps founders in a variety of ways:

One-on-one support

Get custom support from experts in the areas that are troubling you.

Group workshops

Connect with your peers and learn alongside them in workshops led by our community.

Biz dev

Work with our team on leveling up your biz dev capabilities while also gaining access to our network.

Pitching opportunities

Perfect your pitch with our team, then take the stage and pitch our community of Ambassadors and VC funds.

Make mentorship a priority. Ongoing support is critical

Percentage of top performing tech firms in NYC from 2003-2013

Companies where a founder is mentored by a top-performing entreprenuer

All other companies

Source: Endeavor Insight analysis

Percentage of top performing tech firms in NYC from 2003-2013

Source: Endeavor Insight analysis

Program Structure

Our program is separated into two distinct phases, with ongoing work in the form of workshops.

Phase 1

It lasts two months and allows founders to work one-on-one with mentors on specific issues facing their company in three different business areas.

Phase 2

It lasts two months and focuses on helping founders capture clients and perfect their investor pitches.

Graduation

Founders who successfully complete the program are invited to a graduation ceremony, where they will pitch our community of investors and can formally join our foundation as Entrepreneur Members.

Phase 1

It lasts two months and allows founders to work one-on-one with mentors on specific issues facing their company in three different business areas.

Phase 2

It lasts three months and focuses on helping founders capture clients and perfect their investor pitches.

Graduation

Founders who successfully complete the program are invited to a graduation ceremony, where they will pitch our community of investors and can formally join our foundation as Entrepreneur Members.

Admission Criteria

Early stage founders of companies with the following profile will get the most out of our program.

Startup must be less than 5 years old;

There must be initial traction;

Startup must not have received over $250k in grants (except deep tech);

Startup founders must not be OFAC-sanctioned individuals or from OFAC-sanctioned geographies or organizations.

The following are highly encouraged to apply:

Ukrainian founders;

Industries: cybersecurity, fintech, agtech, proptech;

Areas: deeptech, blockchain, quantum.

About Grand Founders

Grand Founders is a foundation that supports economic development globally through its impact investments into emerging entrepreneurs, ensuring a legacy for generations to come.

GF brings together business leaders and investors with a mission to:

Unite, grow, and support responsible leaders who wish to build a legacy of global impact;

Build a modern and global Ukraine as a part of our global impact.