ATV It Takes a Village Pre-Accelerator Program 2025 for U.S. – YOA

Deadline: June 18, 2025

Applications are open for the ATV It Takes a Village Pre-Accelerator Program 2025. Atlanta Tech Village’s It Takes A Village is a 12-week pre-accelerator designed to empower and get the most effective out of founders. It Takes A Village is ATV’s dedication to leveling the taking part in subject for underrepresented founders, particularly girls, Black, Latinx, and different marginalized entrepreneurs. By combining tactical schooling, curated investor entry, non-dilutive capital, and palms-on mentorship, they’re constructing a stronger, extra inclusive tech ecosystem, one breakthrough startup at a time.

This program supplies:

• Structured Curriculum: Workshops on buyer discovery, MVP refinement, go-to-market methods, monetary modeling, and pitch growth.
• Weekly KPI Accountability: Growth hacking classes and Lesson Lab 2.0 workshops to trace progress.
• Hands-On Advisors: Mentors from tech, VC, and company sectors supply tailor-made steering.
• Non-Dilutive Capital: Grants to gasoline early-stage development.
• Curated VC Connections: Pre-scheduled conferences with high enterprise companies dedicated to investing in underrepresented founders.
  Confirmed VC companions embrace:
  • Atlanta Ventures
  • Collab Capital
  • Drive Capital
  • Forum Ventures
  • Overline
  • RevUp
  • Tech Square
  • Valor
  • And extra…

At the tip of this 3-month Program, the aim is to place startups for seed funding, enterprise pilots, or acceptance into high accelerator packages.

Benefits

• Cohort of bold, mission-aligned founders
• Membership at Atlanta Tech Village
• Mentorship and Advisement
• Weekly In-Person Advisor Office Hours
• Lesson Labs: Rich curriculum centered round in-depth subjects referring to rising a sustainable enterprise
• Weekly KPI check-ins + accountability teaching
• Amenities: Events, health fitness center, free bi-weekly lunches, 24/7 entry to the constructing
• Investor entry that’s actual, not performative

Eligibility

• Open to lady, Black, Latinx, or different marginalized group.
• Have a product with traction, ideally with some income (previous concept stage).
• Have raised lower than $300,000.
• Technology-focused, e.g., FinTech, SaaS, Ethical AI, PropTech, and so forth. (no Consumer-Packaged Goods or Entertainment).
• Have entry to technical assets—this could embrace builders or no-code/low-code options.
• Commit to 1-2 days per week on-website at Atlanta Tech Village.
• Be sort, collaborative, and supportive, no a$$holes.

Application

The application deadline is June 18, 2025. The program will start on June 23, 2025.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to It Takes a Village Pre-Accelerator.