Program Details
- In-person in the fall, online in the spring.
- Later-stage track designed to help committed ventures get market/investor ready.
- Focuses on customer acquisition, marketing development, entrepreneurial finance, investor readiness, team-building, and more via customized attention (workshops, 1:1 mentorship, and more).
- Weekly cohort meetings throughout the semester with special guests (founders, investors, JHTV staff, and more).
- Highly customized mentorship throughout the experience–includes peer, staff, alumni, and industry connections as part of the program.
- Teams who complete the experience are eligible for a $5,000 grant stipend and up to $15,000 in additional prize money at the end-of-semester Demo Day.
- Successfully completing Fuel may help prepare teams for I&E Challenge Funding, the President’s Venture Fellowship, and/or other accelerators.
Award Opportunities
The Singhal Family Seed Award
This award will support a software-focused student venture each semester in the Pava Center’s Fuel cohort to validate and develop ideas into products. Successful completion will prepare teams to scale up, with the expectation that they will use the funds to develop product and business plans, evaluate and develop markets, identify customers, and grow their team.
Application
- Applications for Spring 2025 are open. Deadline to apply: Jan. 26, 2025
- Accelerator Application FAQ.
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