Grow your startup with us in
Birmingham, AL.
About 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.
Do you have questions? Want to learn more? Meet with us during office hours.
Eligibility Criteria for Bronze Valley VentureLab Powered by gener8tor
You're based in the US
The Bronze Valley VentureLab focuses on supporting female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color. The Bronze Valley VentureLab is a program of nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor.
You're Committed
While we don't expect you to be full-time on your business yet, programming is about a five-hour commitment each week, and we expect that you will be spending additional time working on your business each week outside of the program.
You're Ready to Grow
gBETA companies range from "I have an idea" to "I have significant revenue." Although most gBETA companies are post-product, pre-scale, as long as you are ready to make use of coaching on customer growth and investor readiness, mentor meetings, and investor and accelerator pitches, we're ready for you!
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We are not currently accepting applications for this program.
Stay tuned. While there aren't any upcoming programs for this location at the moment, there are plenty of other available opportunities at gener8tor!
What’s the 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.
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Bronze Valley VentureLab works with venture-backable startups led by female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color with a preference for those located in Alabama. Participants can be innovating in any industry vertical.
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Bronze Valley VentureLab accepts companies from napkin stage through post-revenue.
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We need 100% participation (primarily virtual) for the seven-week program. The weekly commitment is two, hour-long team meetings, a two-hour "Mentor Swarm," and an hour-long "Learn & Learn" session. During the last week and a half, we need flexibility for full days of investor and accelerator pitches.
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None! Thanks to the support of Bronze Valley, this program is 100% free to participating startups!
Questions? Find a time for Bronze Valley VentureLab Office Hours or email the program Director.
Nikki Johnson
Bronze Valley VentureLab gBETA
Director
nikki@gener8tor.com
Mentors are crucial to the success
of the Bronze Valley VentureLab program.
Every week, we invite a handful of mentors to "speed date" with each of the Bronze Valley VentureLab teams over a two-hour afternoon session. If you are not based in Birmingham, we also have opportunities to virtually connect 1:1 with teams that may be able to benefit from your expertise. Every mentor is asked to provide mentorship on a pay-it-forward basis during the seven weeks.
Bronze Valley VentureLab is sponsored by