OPTION 4 of 6 · TWO CURRENCIES · cash and in kind given equal weight, because half the sponsor list can give goods but not a check. All wording is AI placeholder.

You can sponsor with money, or with what you already make.

Both columns are real sponsorship. Both get named the same way. Pick whichever one is easier for you, because to a founder they are worth about the same.

Money

Goes to founder stipends and keeps the toolkit free for the teams.

$200 Backer
Named on the page. The monthly note from the cohort.
$500 Stipend pool
Into the pool, shared across founders by work logged. You hear from the cohort.
$1,000 Business
Where founders can see you, plus a session if you want one.
$5,000 Partner
Your name on a piece of the program. First look at the companies.

What you make

Made available to the cohort, never pushed on them. Teams work on their own product and choose their own tools.

API or credits Available
Listed for the cohort with the credits attached. Some teams will take it, some will not.
Hosting or infrastructure Named
Runs the shared dev environment, and named there.
Licenses or seats Available
Offered to teams. We handle setup for anyone who wants it.
Professional hours Partner
Legal, accounting, design. The thing early teams cannot buy.

Two things worth saying plainly

We will put a dollar value on in kind and place you at the matching level, so you are named the same as someone who wrote a check. Otherwise there is nothing for you to be named for.

Running a session for the teams is optional at every level. Offer it if you want to. If you are busy, we run it and nothing about your sponsorship changes.

Tell us what you have