Hands‑on mentors, advisors, and investors
We’re backed by Silicon Valley’s best founders and investors.
We’re built by Entrepreneurs First.
$13B+ combined portfolio value. EF companies have been backed by the likes of Sequoia, Founders Fund, a16z, Index Ventures and many others.
1. Cross the Atlantic.
We cover the costs of your flights, help you handle your visa and admin to set you up in the Bay, and get you to start building fast.
2. Find your people & your cofounder.
The house will be full of builders, hackers, engineers, and operators. Iterate towards the right team and the right idea.
3. Get hands-on mentorship & unlimited resources.
Eight weeks of mentorship, demos, deadlines, tech resources, and full‑stack support (meals, workspace, ops) so you can go from 0→1.
4. Get funded.
Teams will pitch for a $250k pre-seed investment. We then help you raise from the best US VCs who rarely look at Europe this early.
FAQ
Is this for me? I have a bunch of questions.
No need. If you have crazy starting points or a pre-existing team you want to test, you can join as a team.
We cover the residency: housing, workspace, food, program.
Bay Area. Address shared with accepted founders only.
Nope. We are covering everything: flights, accommodation, food and everything you need to build. We’ll even cover your Pringles in the plane if you’re exceptional.
You pitch for $250k in pre-seed funding, keep building in the US, and plug into our EF program and office in San Francisco. The office is great, check it out.
We invest up to $250k on simple terms: $125k for 8% via an EF SAFE, plus an optional $125k MFN SAFE.
No. We back builders across software, robotics, and other weird tech. If you can ship, you’re welcome. We also back people who can grow, sell and distribute.
Yes. But if you’re already in the US or Asia, check out the EF programs already running in those regions instead.
Yes. Building a company is hard. We believe in hardcore focus and intensity to achieve great things.
Team-building, ideating, calling customers, building, meetings with your advisor, calling customers again, building, selling. Again and again.
Compute, models, cursor, unlimited RedBull, access to advisors, admin support to get the O1 visa in the us and many more.
Meet us on tour, get feedback, and we’ll let you know what we think.