Apr 2, 2021

Acapella - Kick-starting the Micro-Accelerator Movement.

By Shashikiran Rao • Issue #5 • View online

Hi there,

Venture Catalysts are some of the most under-represented communities in the venture-building space. At Acapella, our mission is to build infrastructure and ecosystem to turn them into active operators of micro-accelerators, and thus enable millions of ideas from anywhere in the world.

This is our effort to build a community business in public and any thoughts and ideas that you might have will help us go a long way in solving this problem.

BTW, in case you haven’t read our previous issues, you may do so here.

😎 This Week's Update!

We’re still scheduled to release the first version of the product by the end of July.
For the months of April and May, we are going to focus on onboarding our beta-users to test and launch the product.
We had a very meaningful conversation with Gene Murphy from Startup Boost and are excited to explore major partnerships in the future.
We spoke to the folks at Draper University Fund, Blume Ventures, Inventus India, and Khosla Ventures for our fund-raising journey.

👀 What are we seeking?

Any help with GTM strategies for a SaaS + Marketplace company.
Product unbundling + costing tips for a global SaaS-based product company.
Any connections to angels who understand community businesses.
Directions to someone who could help us in building playbooks for accelerators.

🤝 Partner Update!

We’re very excited to partner up and explore opportunities with Startup Boost, a global tech startup pre-accelerator aimed at working with great early-stage entrepreneurs to prepare them for accelerator programs, seed investment, and revenue through a six-week part-time program.

So far, they have pre-accelerated 265+ startups and have 14 global locations!

🚀 GET INVOLVED!

Interested in chatting further? Feel free to schedule a call with our team here.

📩 - shashi@acapella.team & paul@acapella.team

Until next week,

Shashikiran Rao

Co-Founder & CEO, Acapella