STARTGATE Competitors

Startup Grind is the leading global startup community dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage companies. From bootstrapped beginnings through Series A rounds, we support our members with access to funding opportunities, expanding market reach, and connection to a robust network of founders, tech leaders, investors and partners spanning 150 countries worldwide.

The Circle by Founders Circle Capital is a private leadership community for growth stage executives that builds a “personal board of directors” around you. Among a trusted collective of peers who are in your same role building companies of the same size and speed as your own, you give and get insights, ideas, support, and answers. Specifically, Circle Members have access to: - CONNECTIONS - Scale your network with access to a private, curated community of fellow high-growth company leaders. Leverage the experience of senior executives and advisors who have led companies from idea to exit and beyond so that you can see around corners and prepare for what’s next. - CONVERSATIONS - Scale your leadership by digging into meaty, of-the-moment topics with your peers in 1:1, small group, and large group formats. The agenda is defined by where everyone wants answers. The discussions are about sharing scar tissue and best practices. - CONTENT - Scale your role with user-generated benchmarking data and resources designed to provide better insights and faster decision making. Our endeavor is to solve the “lonely leader” problem and help you scale yourself so you can scale your company. If you’re interested in joining this one-of-a-kind community, apply here: https://thecircle.founderscircle.com/join-the-circle

Venture Hive has been serving entrepreneurs since 2013. One of the early pioneers of the entrepreneurial tech system in South Florida, Venture Hive, founded by Dr. Susan Amat, helps institutions, communities, corporations and founders with the tools, models and confidence to thrive in any business ecosystem. We create content and platforms that ensures anyone can have access to a world class program virtually, from the comfort of their laptop or mobile device, regardless of geographic location. Since 2017, Venture Hive has been the educational arm of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), providing accelerator and mentoring services to idea, early and growth stage companies as well as comprehensive government, university, foundation and corporate services in over 100 ecosystems worldwide. We have also co-run the educational program and pitch competition for eMerge Americas, one of the largest startup tech conferences in the Southeast with a focus on Latin America. Whether it's through our corporate innovation, accelerator, soft landing or customized programs, Venture Hive adheres to our tenets of process, transparency and accountability. Our classic Accelerator and Soft Landing programs are 12 week structured virtual programs based on three pillars: weekly modules of practical education, 1 on 1 mentoring and weekly pitch practice and development. Between sessions, video content, readings, workshops and assignments, entrepreneur teams should set aside 10-15 hours a week to get the most of the program. Our programs all run on Flitepath, our proprietary state of the art platform that enables multi-user collaboration. Venture Hive offers equity-free and conflict-of-interest free programs for entrepreneurs and their teams. We focus on supporting the individual development of the entrepreneur to help them best execute their global scaling ambitions.