Anchorage Chamber Of Commerce: Apply Now For The 2nd GBETA Anchorage Startup Accelerator

Press release from Anchorage Chamber of Commerce :

August 19, 2021

We're looking for the next 5 early-stage Alaskan startups to join us for the 2nd gBETA Anchorage accelerator, kicking off on September 30th. 

This program is 7 weeks long and will give entrepreneurs a chance to gain essential founder skills, receive honest feedback, beef up their network and meet new contacts/mentors in a major way, and to become effective and efficient at communicating with investors.

It is FREE and we will not take an equity stake in participating startups.

We work with both pre and post-revenue companies. Our goal is to get the founder/company ready for investment, to focus on growth metrics and prioritize activities that bring about the most traction and get the startup to the next milestone. So what does that look like? 

Participating companies receive:

• Individualized coaching and mentorship from the gBETA team during weekly, one-on-one meetings.
• One-on-one meetings with 25+ mentors including serial entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and investors.
• Weekly Lunch & Learn series featuring topics relevant to startups including understanding market size, choosing a revenue model, financing and milestones, legal 101, how to pitch investors, etc.
• Comprehensive pitching workshop and pitch practice sessions
• Exclusive Pitch Night reception during which participating companies have the opportunity to pitch to an audience of entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and community members.
• Opportunity to build relationships within each cohort of five companies, and the community of gener8tor and gBETA alumni.
• $1M + in deals and perks from vendors like IBM Cloud, Rackspace, Amazon, PayPal, Zendesk and Microsoft through the Global Accelerator Network (GAN).

The success for gBETA as a program is threefold:

1. Raise $50K in seed funding within a year of graduation
2. Get into an equity-based accelerator within a year of graduation
3. Get acquired at some point in the future (favorable liquidation event).

Current gBETA Anchorage alumni:

1. Elevated Oats

2. Indemnis

3. Karta Solutions

4. Modern City

As gBETA alumni, founders receive the following benefits:

1. Deal flow emails
2. Investor & mentor warm introductions
3. Invitations to conferences, pitching competitions, workshops, accelerator programs, etc.
4. Connection and engagement with all gBETA alumni

For more info and to apply -----> click here

Next cohort: Fall 2021

Kickoff September 30th. Deadline to apply: September 4th.

Still have questions? Schedule a chat ------> click here

This press release was produced by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed are the author's own.