AcceleratorEquity-free

Endeavor

Remote

A global nonprofit that selects and mentors high-impact scale-up entrepreneurs, with an affiliated fund investing separately.

Location:
Remote
Equity:
Equity-free

What you need to qualify

  • Endeavor selects scale ups: founders who have found product-market fit and are at an inflection point in their growth journey.
  • Most entrepreneurs in Endeavor's selection process have between $500K and $10M in annual revenue.
  • The average 3-year CAGR for Endeavor Entrepreneurs is over 100 percent.
  • Endeavor looks for unique, scalable, innovative and potentially disruptive business models with a strong value proposition and the potential to be a category leader, regionally or globally.
  • Your main operations or HQ are based out of an Endeavor market. Members of the diaspora of an Endeavor market are also invited to connect.

Eligibility

Eligible stages
All stages
Countries
Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval

How to apply

  1. 1

    Check your company against the published criteria

    Endeavor states three criteria on the apply page: stage of growth (product-market fit, an inflection point, typically $500K to $10M annual revenue), business model (unique, scalable, potentially disruptive), and operations (main operations or HQ in an Endeavor market).

  2. 2

    Pick the Endeavor office you are applying through

    The form asks "Which Endeavor office would you like to apply through?" and offers a dropdown of over 50 global offices. That local office runs your candidacy, so choose the market where your operations or HQ sit.

  3. 3

    Submit the candidate form

    Complete the short form on the apply page: first name, last name, title, company, email, website, the Endeavor office and who referred you. Endeavor says it will get in touch after you submit.

  4. 4

    Go through mentorship and interviews

    Selected candidates receive curated, one-on-one mentorship sessions that probe business strategy as well as growth and leadership potential.

  5. 5

    Face an International Selection Panel

    The process concludes with an International Selection Panel, where global business leaders spend time with candidates and deliberate to select Endeavor Entrepreneurs.

Frequently asked

Scale ups, not idea-stage startups. Endeavor says its entrepreneurs have found product-market fit and are at an inflection point, most with $500K to $10M in annual revenue and an average 3-year CAGR above 100 percent, with main operations or HQ in an Endeavor market.

Self-nominate through the form at endeavor.org/entrepreneur-experience/apply. It asks for your name, title, company, website, email, which Endeavor office you are applying through, and who referred you. Endeavor then reaches out.

Endeavor publishes no deadline. The candidate form is open continuously and the page simply invites you to complete it if you think you meet the criteria.

Endeavor Entrepreneurs get a peer network, mentorship from global business leaders, support raising capital including co-investment through the Endeavor Catalyst fund, and executive education with schools such as MIT, Stanford and Harvard.

Endeavor identifies fast-growing founders and invites them into its selection process, runs one-on-one mentorship sessions on strategy and growth, then puts finalists in front of an International Selection Panel of global business leaders who deliberate and select the new class.
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Stage
Series A+
Where it runs
Remote, so your country is not a blocker (based in United States)
What you give up
No equity stated
Deadline
Not confirmed. Check the official page

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