Silicon Valley Insiders - Going Global
Our flagship Launch Pad: a hybrid intensive that prepares startups, investors and corporates to enter global markets - from your home market.
A 12-week hybrid intensive for startups (3 months for investors, 6 for corporates). 100+ hours of content, workshops, mentor sessions and closed-door pitches to top investors and gurus from your target markets. It culminates in our Demo Days - the room that believes in you before anyone else will. Pitch directly to Y Combinator, Techstars, 500, Alchemist, SkyDeck, StartX - we scout for them and they support us. Graduates join the lifetime alumni community and the Fencing & Jousting Society. Runs quarterly. From $5K / 1% equity.
A 12-week intensive that prepares the best local startups, funds and corporates to enter Silicon Valley - and the markets of MENA, LatAm and Asia.
We help founders understand the unspoken rules, the action algorithms, the culture and the market dynamics of Silicon Valley - through mentorship from ecosystem insiders who helped shape the region, and who can open doors to partners, clients and investors. There is no single Demo Day: every day is a demo day - continuous closed-door pitching, feedback and refinement.
The journey
- Apply
Application & selection
Submit your application; final interviews and selection of the cohort.
- Week 1
Launch
Refine your business under mentor guidance - preferably in person.
- Weeks 2 - 7
Daily closed-door pitching
Individual mentorship and daily closed-door pitches to venture leaders from Y Combinator, 500, Alchemist & SkyDeck.
- Week 8
Mega Pitching Week
Prepare to apply to the top-tier accelerators - and to the world.
- After
Business trip to Silicon Valley
The batch travels to the Valley together. Batch 31's trip takes in the Startup Grind conference, 27 - 28 Apr 2027.
Three parallel tracks
For Startups
Top local startups preparing to enter global markets from their home market.
- ·12 - 15 closed-door pitches to top investors & gurus
- ·10 - 30 mentor sessions with operators who've done it
- ·Pitch directly to Y Combinator, Techstars, 500, Alchemist, SkyDeck, StartX
- ·Lifetime alumni community + the Fencing & Jousting Society
For Investors
Angels and emerging fund managers learning to access & invest in cross-border deals, and to build venture funds.
- ·Masterclasses on global best practices: structuring funds & deals
- ·How to raise money, source deal flow, run due diligence
- ·Access trends & deals from Silicon Valley - and share your own
- ·Trips to the Valley & other hotspots; syndicate locally & globally
For Corporates (CVCs)
Corporations testing new markets and building Corporate Venture groups, accessing global best practices and deal flow.
- ·How to structure CVCs & deals, model and build deal flow
- ·Access new markets, global best practices, trends & deal flow
- ·Due diligence & investments that grow profit and market share
- ·Trips to meet corporate venture colleagues; build relationships
Track record
Where we pitch
Upcoming batches
Onboarding in person: Moscow, 8 - 10 Dec
Onboarding in person: St. Petersburg, 15 - 17 Dec
Onboarding in person: Novosibirsk, 22 - 24 Dec
Takes in Startup Grind, Silicon Valley, 27 - 28 Apr
Hybrid - join from any city in the world. We meet in person twice: the launch, and the graduation dinner.
Apply - or just raise your hand.
This is our flagship - the front door to the fund. Apply, send us a note, your deck or your website. Or simply email us. Not ready yet? Come to a Founders Coffee - they double as info sessions.
What people said
A must for anyone planning a global launch. World-class connections and content.
The most intense, practical, no-bullshit five weeks I've ever spent. Worth every minute and every kopeck.
Built by Silicon Valley natives who are themselves founders and investors - and who show you how the “insiders” really operate. Because they are the insiders.
The one course I'd take again. Join - it's never too late. I'm launching in California thanks to the programme.
The content, the prep and the trip itself directly helped us launch our Fund. We got 1000× more than we expected. Thank you.
Others give theory; they give real examples - real people who've done it and keep doing it. The trip was a breakthrough. I still use these methods and contacts years later.
I recommend the course for corporate venture - the history and theory, but above all the connections and real examples. The true entry point into the CVC world.
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