Tenmile’s Post

🚀 Ready to launch your frontier tech startup journey? Foundry applications are officially open! We're inviting PhD students, early-career researchers, and trailblazers from research institutions across Australia and Aotearoa to join our flagship program for deep and biotech founders. 🏋♀️ Dive deep into your frontier tech startup idea with the *full force* of the Blackbird network, mentored by founders who are building top-tier frontier tech companies right now and the investors who funded them! 👩💻 You'll learn from the best deep and biotech companies in the world today – Opto Biosystems, Vow, Remedy Robotics, PsiQuantum, Vexev, Cortical Labs, Harrison.ai, Fleet Space Technologies, Inventia Life Science, Synchron, Talo Labs, and many more. ⭐ What does the program involve? * 8 week tailored program timed to fit alongside your research or job; * A $1k grant - no equity, no strings, no fees (this is new!); * Get matched with a relevant, excellent frontier-tech mentor from the Blackbird network; * A chance to win a further $5k in the Foundry comp day; * A community of ambitious, brilliant technical folk---for life. 😎 This cohort will join alumni like of Megan Coomer, PhD (Cell Bauhaus), Harry Robertson, Diana Zhang (Preview Health), Felix Thomsen (Iceberg), Richard Parsons (Kite Magnetics™), Billy Jeremijenko (Aquila), Grace Brown (Andromeda), Denzil Furtado (Messenger Bio), Alinta Furnell and Ismat Kabbara (Synbiote) and many more---a community of genuine technical superstars building incredible, real solutions to wicked problems. 💰 Previous Foundry cohorts have raised millions from venture investors (including Possible Ventures, Outset Ventures, Investible, Galileo Ventures, and Blackbird), proceeded to specialised and world-class accelerators (including Startmate, MassRobotics, and Y Combinator), and---most importantly---are building incredible companies. Curious about how Foundry can turn your research into reality? Applications are open until July 26. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this transformative experience. Clare Birch and I will be hosting an AMA on July 16 to answer all your questions. Register at the link in the comments. Know someone perfect for Foundry? Tag them below or send them our way! #FoundryBB