A North Dakota-wide gener8tor seed fund, named for the state's statehood year, investing $250K-$750K per company.
- The offer:
- $750k per company
- Location:
- Remote
- Duration:
- 12 weeks
What you need to qualify
- Be a North Dakota startup seeking venture capital investment.
- Seed stage. The fund targets $250K to $750K investments into seed-stage North Dakota startups and is industry agnostic.
- To come in through a program instead: the gener8tor North Dakota Investment Accelerator invests $100K in each of five startups a year over 12 weeks, and gBETA Fargo and gBETA Grand Forks are free seven-week accelerators capped at five teams with no fees and no equity.
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
How to apply
- 1
Decide which route fits
gener8tor 1889 backs North Dakota companies either directly from the fund or through the three accelerators it anchors: the gener8tor North Dakota Investment Accelerator in Fargo, gBETA Fargo and gBETA Grand Forks.
- 2
Send the fund your company
The contact page invites North Dakota startups seeking venture capital to fill in its form or to write to fund principal Ben Stanley at ben@gener8tor.com.
- 3
Or apply to one of the accelerators
Each accelerator has its own page and its own application on gener8tor.com, and the fund's accelerators page links out to each one.
Frequently asked
An industry-agnostic venture capital fund named for the year North Dakota became a state, run by gener8tor with 50 South Capital Advisors. It targets $250K to $750K investments into seed-stage North Dakota startups and anchors three accelerators in Fargo and Grand Forks.
Through the form on the fund's contact page, which asks North Dakota startups seeking venture capital investment to get in touch, or by writing to fund principal Ben Stanley at ben@gener8tor.com.
The gener8tor North Dakota Investment Accelerator is a 12-week investment-for-equity program in which five startups a year each receive a $100K cash investment. gBETA Fargo and gBETA Grand Forks are free seven-week accelerators for early-stage companies with local roots, each capped at five teams, with no fees and no equity.
Not for the fund itself: the contact page invites North Dakota startups to get in touch at any time. The three accelerators run cohorts and publish their own dates on gener8tor.com.
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