Google for Startups Accelerator 2022 for Women Founders in U.S. & Canada
Deadline: July 28, 2022
Applications for the Google for Startups Accelerator 2022 for Women Founders are now open. The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders is a 10-week digital accelerator program for seed to Series A technology startups based in the U.S. and Canada.
The accelerator is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to women-led tech startups across the region. In addition to mentorship and technical project support, the accelerator also includes deep dives and workshops focused on product design, customer acquisition and leadership development for founders.
Program Format
The accelerator runs for a period of 10 weeks with digital workshops, programming, and mentorship taking place each week. As part of the Google for Startups Accelerator, selected founders outline the top technical challenges facing their startup, and are then paired with relevant experts from Google to help solve those challenges. Participating startups receive deep mentorship on technical challenges with an emphasis on data and machine learning, as well as connections to relevant teams from across Google.
Benefits
- Three months of equity-free support
- Mentoring from 20+ Google teams
- Training in design, marketing, and leadership
- Support for company and product strategy
- Google product credits for your tech stack
- Early access to new Google products and tools
- Access to Google’s network of industry experts
- Partnership on an advanced technology project
Eligibility
- Open to women-led technology startups within the U.S. and Canada.
- The accelerator program is best suited for Seed to Series A revenue-generating tech startups that are headquartered in the United States and Canada.
- Selected companies should have a minimum of 5-10+ employees and the founder and appropriate team members must be available to join all program elements of their cohort.
- In order to ensure Google can provide meaningful value, startups should aim to leverage AI/ML technology in their product, service or operations and/or show an interest in leveraging this technology in the future.
Application
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders will kick off in late September 2022. The cohort will consist of 10-12 U.S. and Canadian-headquartered technology startups.
For more information, visit Google for Startups Accelerator.
