"StartX is an authentic community for founders, where we can help each other and get real support."
NOTE: Applications for our Spring 2025 batch are now open! Deadline is October 13th, 2024
StartX is the premier startup community, accelerator, and fellowship program for over 2,500 Stanford founders, offering support without requiring equity.
We are the strongest network of Stanford entrepreneurs, spanning fields such as AI, healthcare, sustainability, and more.
“StartX is more than just an accelerator” — it's a lifelong ecosystem built around shared learning, collaboration, and support.
No equity/fees from our founders: StartX is a non-profit that primarily serves the students, faculty and alumni of Stanford University.
Tailored experience: Peer learning and support, 4+ mentors/advisors assigned per company, 1-1 regular meetings with StartX stafff
150+ exclusive events/year for education: e.g. seminars/talks, workshops, expert office hours, fundraising (e.g. investor demo day) and networking
Resources: $1.2M worth of perks and resources, office space, scholarship and online learning resources
Reminder: Applications for our Spring 2025 batch are now open! Deadline is October 13th, 2024.
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At StartX we empower the best Stanford entrepreneurs to build a better future. We do this be cultivating one of the most talent dense and engaged founder communities in Silicon Valley.
To join our founder community, founders must first be admitted to our full-time accelerator or student fellowship program.
We offer community, mentorship, resources, peer-to-peer education, grant funding, and support without requiring equity.
"StartX is an authentic community for founders, where we can help each other and get real support."
"If something like StartX had existed, I would have been a founder much earlier in my career."
"When we started Yahoo!, I wish StartX was around back then."
"Through StartX, I’ve recruited highly qualified talent, and found the management team to be very engaged, deeply devoted and genuinely interested in successful outcomes for its founders"
"In essence, the StartX Accelerator program not only fueled our growth but also instilled within us a profound sense of purpose and determination. (...) With the right support, innovation knows no bounds."
StartX has been a great partner for us over that time and some 30% of our grantees have had one or another (highly valued and immensely beneficial) affiliation with you"
"The differentiator for StartX relative to other accelerators and incubators has always been the tight knit community & mentorship."
Reminder: Applications for our Spring 2025 batch are now open! Deadline is October 13th, 2024.
Click Here to Apply
We believe that entrepreneurs can achieve more as a group, than we can as individuals. We help our companies hire elite talent, secure funding, and tap into one of the most powerful and innovative networks in the world: the Stanford University Alumni Network.