Arrowhead Accelerator Programs
We help high-growth entrepreneurs scale their startups for growth.WELCOME TO ARROWHEAD ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS
Our mission is to level the playing field for all high-growth entrepreneurs – particularly those who are underserved – in all places in order to create stronger communities, close the opportunity gap and scale successful business.
Join One of Our Amazing Sprint Accelerator Programs
Arrowhead’s Sprints include four accelerators that support technology-based and export-base companies through education, mentorship, and financing in a virtual, cohort-based setting. Each team receives a $2,000 stipend for their participation in the program.
All Sprint ventures complete 30 customer interviews, receive National Science Foundation I-Corps lineage (an opportunity to secure a $50,000 grant), Arrowhead Innovation Fund (seed-stage investment) eligibility and are provided post-Sprint support through Arrowhead’s alumni program, Arrowhead Ventures.
Dollars of gift funding invested directly into ventures
Dollars of follow-on funding raised by Sprint ventures
Million Dollars of total economic Impact of Sprint ventures
AgSprint
AgSprint supports innovation in the water-energy-agriculture nexus.
BizSprint
BizSprint is a 5-week Arrowhead Accelerator program for NM-based businesses to test teh feasibility of their business idea.
Health Sprint
Health Sprint supports the evolutionary fusion of medical knowledge with smart technologies to preserve or enhance human health. Applications open soon!
%
of Sprint ventures are led by women, veterans, and/or minority founders.
What We Offer
PEER SUPPORT & NETWORKING
Direct connections with an onsite peer group of entrepreneurs and prospective partners, customers, and deal makers at monthly networking events.
BRAND AWARENESS & CREDIBILITY
Access to Arrowhead’s growing network of corporations, partners, and investors, bringing awareness to your new venture.
SPACE
Offices, co-working space, and conference facilities with Wi-Fi, video conferencing, and more.
MENTORS
Access to and support from an elite group of entrepreneurs, investors, industry gurus, and academic faculty who share their knowledge and experience.
REFERRAL NETWORK
Providers of everything from loans to IP protection, on and offsite.
ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION
Training from industry experts on business modeling, fundraising, protecting, marketing, and scaling your startup, and more.
Join One of Our Other Accelerator Programs
LAUNCH
Arrowhead Center’s Launch program is based on a simple concept that yields great results: by exploring a technology’s commercial potential very early in development and providing funding and resources for that work, we stand a much better chance of moving a viable product to market.
Aggie I-Corps
Aggie I-Corps is a training program to test the feasibility of your business idea. The goals of this program are to spur translation of research, to encourage collaboration between academia and industry, and to train students to understand innovation and entrepreneurship. Through the program you will receive mentorship, coaching and $2,000 for participant support.