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StartX is the startup accelerator, fellowship, and community for Stanford students, professors, and alumni. We provide resources, mentorship, and support to early-stage startups founded by Stanford-affiliated entrepreneurs.

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StartX is open to startups from a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare, biotech, and more. The program is looking for innovative and scalable ideas. We are vertical agnostic and tend to have companies in AI, Med, Sustainability, Consumer, Hardware, Enterprise, Web3, Education.

Yes, there is a selection process, and it can be competitive. StartX evaluates applications based on various criteria, including the team, the market opportunity, and the startup’s potential for growth.

StartX does not take equity in the startups that go through our accelerator or fellowship program.

A Stanford-affiliated founder is someone who was/is a Stanford alumni, undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty member, postdoctoral scholar, academic staff member, or fellow in a recognized Stanford fellowship program. Additionally, the Stanford founder(s) must hold a significant equity stake in the company. We make exceptions on a case-by-case basis if you are recommended by multiple members of the StartX community.

Applications are open from mid-January to mid-February for the Summer cohort, from mid-May to mid-June for the Fall cohort, and from early September to early October for the Spring cohort.

Pre-register on startx.com/apply to receive all the information in due time.

Yes! You can apply to the Full-Time Accelerator or the Student Immersive program, and you can apply multiple times!

If you’re an especially high-potential first-time founder that we’ve admitted into the StartX Community, we’ll start you out right away with 1-1 mentorship and educational seminars on the topics that affect you most. First-time founders also greatly benefit from our community of founders of different stages, board of advisors, fundraising coach, etc.

Plus, all companies receive $1.2M+ of free resources, as well as drop-in office space, legal advice, etc.

Experienced founders often rely on StartX's ability to provide educational training for their employees, access to industry & domain experts, and are given a peer group of other experienced founders in the same stage/role/industry to compare notes with.

We’ve had a ton of successful StartX repeat founders. Repeat founders often appreciate the value of community, and the program is customized each time and a different and more advanced program is provided for second / third time founders.

You can engage at whatever level makes the most sense for you. We usually recommend a 2-hour-per-week commitment into the program. You will be invited to attend bi weekly peer-support groups and dinners with members of your batch and various in-person and virtual community events.