A free Techstars-run pre-accelerator open to the Emory community.
- Location:
- Atlanta, GA, United States
- Duration:
- 10 weeks
What you need to qualify
- Open to the Emory community: undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni.
- At least one Emory community member must sit on the venture's executive team.
- Pre-funding: the venture must have raised less than $400k.
- Founders should have domain expertise and a clear understanding of the customer problem.
- For-profit ventures only. The programme states it currently focuses only on for-profit startup ventures seeking investment readiness.
- At least one team member must commit to attending twice-weekly in-person sessions at Emory.
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
How to apply
- 1
Confirm your Emory affiliation
At least one member of the executive team must be an Emory undergraduate, graduate student, faculty member, staff member or alum. Without that the team does not qualify.
- 2
Check the funding ceiling
The venture must still be pre-funding, meaning it has raised less than $400k.
- 3
Watch for the application window
The programme page says applications typically release in October for the following spring cohort. For the 2026 cohort the window opened on October 30, 2025 and closed on December 5.
- 4
Complete the online application when it opens
The application is published on the Goizueta Startup Launch page when the window opens. The team notes it is worth completing even at idea stage because it forces the idea from a napkin to a page.
- 5
Commit to the in-person schedule
At least one team member has to attend twice-weekly in-person sessions across the ten weeks, which end with a Demo Day presentation.