Google 2023 Black Founders Program for Startups Accelerator

Published: 10 Jul 2023

Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders is a 10-week digital accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups in North America.

The accelerator program is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to Black founder communities across North America. 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.

Google Black Founders Program

Application Deadline	August 2, 2023
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Google
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of Google Black Founders Program

• Equity-free assistance Three months of help without equity
• mentoring: guidance from more than 20 Google teams
• Training in leadership, marketing, and design
• Strategic assistance: assistance with business and product strategy
• Google product credits for your technology stack
• Early entry: early use of new Google features and products
• access to specialists access to the network of business specialists at Google
• Partnership on a technical project: Advanced technology project

Requirements for Google Black Founders Program

• Open to technology startups with a black lead in the United States and Canada.
• The accelerator program is ideally suited for tech firms with headquarters in the US and Canada that are in the Seed to Series A revenue producing stage.
• The entrepreneur and the necessary team members must be accessible to participate in all program parts for their cohort, and the chosen enterprises must have at least 5+ workers.
• Startups should strive to integrate AI/ML technology in their product, service, or operations and/or show an interest in utilizing this technology in the future in order to ensure Google can give substantial value.

Application Deadline

August 2, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Google on docs.google.com to apply