Founders & Funders Programming
A structured ecosystem of peer offerings designed to connect founders and funders, facilitating meaningful access, strategic relationships, and measurable opportunities across the startup landscape.
A Platform for Intentional Access
Founders & Funders Programming facilitates meaningful access, strategic relationships, and measurable opportunities across the startup landscape.
Rather than centering on a single convening, this programming offers multiple pathways for engagement that support relationship building and alignment over time. It reduces friction in access by creating intentional environments where founders and funders can connect, align, and engage around shared goals. Through structured programming, these experiences help transform introductions into opportunities for collaboration and growth.
How It Supports Long-Term Growth
Founders & Funders Programming is designed to support long-term relationship-building beyond a single moment or event. Participants engage through multiple touchpoints, including curated referrals, coaching sessions, speaking opportunities, structured outcomes through the 3Cs, and flagship convenings such as the Martha’s Vineyard Founders & Funders Retreat.
Together, these offerings create continuity across the ecosystem. They allow relationships to deepen, alignment to strengthen, and opportunity to compound over time.
Core Areas of Programming
Founders & Funders Programming includes a set of peer offerings that work together to unlock tangible opportunity. Each offering functions independently while contributing to a broader ecosystem of access, alignment, and long-term impact.
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Referrals & Matchmaking
Curated introductions that connect founders with funders, corporate partners, and ecosystem leaders based on strategic alignment and shared goals.
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Structured coaching sessions designed to accelerate founder development, sharpen strategy, and prepare participants for high-stakes opportunities.
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Platforms for thought leadership and visibility, giving founders and ecosystem leaders the opportunity to share insights, tell their story, and build credibility.
Learn MoreThe 3Cs
Connections, Contracts, Checks — a structured framework that transforms relationships into measurable outcomes for founders and funders alike.
Learn MoreMV Founders & Funders Retreat
The flagship annual convening on Martha’s Vineyard — an immersive retreat bringing together founders, funders, and ecosystem partners for deep connection and strategic alignment.
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Whether you’re a founder, funder, or ecosystem partner — there’s a place for you in our programming.