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Blue Startups
Blue Startups Accelerator Program
Amount
Up to $250,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
10 per cohort
Effort
1 to 3 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Technology-based companies able to scale globally
✓Focus sectors: software, travel tech, sustainability, ocean tech
✓Past ideation phase preferred
✓Hawaii-connected founders preferred
✓Teams with at least one female founder prioritized
Your real odds
Ten companies per cohort, global competition, so your application needs a clear tech focus and one of their preferred founder profiles to have a real shot.
The program runs once a year with a hard cap of ten slots, and the applicant pool is worldwide, which means incremental differentiation does not get you in.
What it takes
Submit application via F6S1 to 3 hrs
Interview with selection team1 to 2 weeks
Complete 12-week program3 months
Worth knowing
The $25,000 upfront is real, but the remaining $225,000 is follow-on capital tied to ongoing performance and your continued relationship with Blue Startups, and because they take advisory shares, this is an equity deal, not a grant.
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