Entrepreneurship

$200,000 over 2 years

Thiel Foundation · 2 years

$500,000 investment

Y Combinator · 3 months (batch) + ongoing support

$20,000 + $90,000 compute credits

Y Combinator · 8 weeks (summer)

Stipend + up to $250,000 investment

Entrepreneur First · 6 months (Form + Launch)

Community & network (no direct funding)

On Deck · 10 weeks + ongoing community

$10,000 at $1B valuation cap

Z Fellows · 2 weeks (intensive) + ongoing support

Mentorship & network (no direct funding)

Neo (Ali Partovi) · 1 year (renewable)

Paid internship (competitive salary)

Kleiner Perkins · 12 weeks (summer)

Community-first fellowship (no standard grant)

South Park Commons · Cohort-based program (typically multi-month)

Paid fellowship placement (varies by host role)

True Ventures · Summer fellowship (cohort-based)

$100K (up to $1M)

Soma Capital · Cohort-based (ongoing support)

$100,000+ research funding + lab access

Activate · 2 years

$100,000 over 18 months

Echoing Green · 18 months

Living stipend for up to 3 years

Ashoka · 3 years

$2 million unrestricted over 3 years

Skoll Foundation · 3 years

$275,000 per year (salary + project funding)

Shuttleworth Foundation · 1 year, renewable up to 3 years

Platform, coaching, and network access (non-monetary)

TED · Lifetime community membership; active programming for ~1 year

$1K – $50K

Mercatus Center at George Mason University · Varies by project

Up to $100K (Fellowships) / $10K (Grants)

O'Shaughnessy Ventures · 1 year (Fellowships)

$1K grants + $50K–$1M investments

1517 Fund · One-time grant; investments vary

Full funding for up to 3 years at Stanford

Stanford University · Up to 3 years

Fully funded (tuition, room, board, travel)

Schwarzman Scholars / Tsinghua University · 1 year (Master's)

AI startup fellowship support + mentor network

Notable Capital · Cohort-based program

$20,000 grant (equity-free) + up to $250K investment eligibility

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) · 2 months (in-person in San Francisco)