Launch in San Francisco

Startups across our global sites relocate to San Francisco after funding from our Investment Committee.

Once there, you’ll have the opportunity to work from the EF office with your peers from around the world. You’ll be hyperfocused on building and shipping your product while learning from some of the world’s best founders and investors. After two months, we will help you prepare to raise your seed round and you’ll have the opportunity to pitch at our Demo Day in San Francisco.

When joining San Francisco Launch you can expect:

  • Further $125k investment to your business, taking total investment up to $250k on transparent, founder-friendly terms. 
  • >$200k worth of free credits or exclusive partnerships with AWS, Stripe, Vercel, OpenAI, GCP, HSBC, Hubspot, and many more.
  • Tailored advice from an industry leading founder or operator who has deep experience of building and raising in the Bay Area.
  • Company building advice from some of the Bay Area’s best founders. We’ve hosted Reid Hoffman (Cofounder, LinkedIn & Inflection AI), John Collison (Cofounder & President, Stripe), Alexandr Wang (Cofounder & CEO, Scale AI), Anna Counselman (Cofounder, Upstart) and Marc Andreessen (Cofounder & GP, a16z). 
  • Network building across the Bay Area through our series of invite-only, informal events for founders, alumni, investors and advisors.
  • Pitch in San Francisco to some of the best investors in the world. Demo Day is attended by partners from the best VCs in the world including a16z, Khosla, SignalFire, Thrive, Kleiner Perkins, and many more.
  • Gain exposure to hundreds of top seed VCs and angels across Silicon Valley and Europe through our Demo Day online platform.

 

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Tess Bevers
Cofounder and CEO (Novogaia)
“I've only been in SF for three weeks, and I already want to move here. The difference is that people in SF, when they listen to you and like your vision and ambition, they give you a shot.”