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The Bronco Venture Accelerator is based on a cohort system where a small, carefully selected set of startup teams will join us for a high-energy, high-commitment drive to grow over a six-month period. 

Our first cohort of teams is being recruited now for launch on June17, 2019.  This cohort will run through November 2019.

Accelerator Funding

This Bronco Venture Accelerator is funded by Santa Clara University and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

We offer each participating team at least $10,000 as a cash grant - founders do not need to give up any equity or take on convertible debt to receive this funding. Founders also do not pay any application fee nor any tuition for our program.

Designated Workspace For Our Cohort Teams 

This summer, the Bronco Venture Accelerator's space is on the third floor rotunda of Guadalupe. It's a light filled open space with floor-to-ceiling views of the Santa Clara campus.

Our office consists of designated workspaces for our cohort teams, open workspaces for hot-deskers, an event space, a community kitchen, rooms for private meetings, and access to the Maker Lab for tinkerers.

Act With Power

This The Bronco Venture Accelerator is developing a growing team of accomplished advisors and partners who give back to our cohort participants in the form of mentorship as well as legal, financial, and technical resources.
We have access to faculty who are not only preeminent members of the engineering, business, law, and other communities at Santa Clara University, but also often accomplished entrepreneurs in their own right.
Our partnership with campus programs such the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Law School's Entrepreneur's Law Clinic, and the Maker Lab provide teams with an additional interdisciplinary platform of support.

Where possible, part of the programming for the cohort will include perspectives from the Centers of Distinction – ethical entrepreneurship from the Markkula Center, the Jesuit perspective of mindful action toward a greater good from the Ignation Center, and social impact from the Miller Center.
Finally, we are building a large and active network of investors who are invited to advise our cohort and attend our Demo Day at the end of each cohort session.
The highly interactive course will use case studies and experiential sessions to prepare you for directorship and start you on the path to being a sought-after candidate. 

Accelerator Events

The Bronco Venture Accelerator will also host events, some of which will be open to the larger Santa Clara community, covering various topics in the entrepreneurial landscape.

Events will include:
● Workshop on the fundamentals of company formation, business development and planning, finance, marketing, and sales
● Experiential talks, like casual chats with successful founders and VC's
● Collaborative problem-solving sessions
● Networking events

Our Mission

Empower Santa Clara University entrepreneurs with the tools, accountability and community to develop and grow for-profit businesses with competence, conscience, and compassion

Our Values

While the Bronco Venture Accelerator (BVA) is focused on for-profit business ventures, we want participants to embrace our values, including: Diverse teams, ethical leadership, social conscience, mindful action and continuous learning

Eligibility

• At least one team member must be an SCU student (undergraduate or graduate), alumni, or faculty member
• We prefer your team include at least two members
• Strong consideration given to teams that reflect the diversity of the SCU student body
• Teams do not need to have a business launched but they must have at least a complete business plan
• Teams can be pursuing any type of business (we are industry agnostic), but nonprofit ideas are out of scope

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