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☆ Award winning team with a $72M track record

The First Investor-Readiness Program Built by a VC Fund

Most programs teach you how to pitch. We teach you how to de-risk your business, so you don’t have to.

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Our Growing Support Ecosystem Making it Possible

Earn up to $100k Lead Investment Into Your Startup

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The VC Problem

We're noticing a massive shift in how capital is being deployed.

Decreased

Average Check Size

Investors are compressing capital deployment during rounds because less money can move farther than historical averages.

Increased

Requirements for Funding

Investors are requiring startups to prove more validity before deciding to deploy capital.

Our Approach

The Path to Investment Readiness

We can boil every investors’ decision to deploy capital down to 6 letters.

DE-RISK

Defensible Moat

Do you have something that is hard to replicate? What is your competitive edge that prevents other companies from stepping in and doing what you're doing?

Product Market Fit

Do you have customers signed or letters of interest showing strong product market fit for your product? And then systems in place to scale your outreach to more?

Credibility of Team

Is your team equipped and qualified to take on the market and scale this startup? And if not, do you have advisors and support systems in place that give you more credibility?

Here is how we help De-Risk

From MVP

ICP

8 Week

Cohorts for highest chance of lead investment.

8 Week

Cohorts for highest chance of lead investment.

8 Week

Cohorts for highest chance of lead investment.

Match

We match startups with their ICPs in our networks, indefinitely.

Match

We match startups with their ICPs in our networks, indefinitely.

Match

We match startups with their ICPs in our networks, indefinitely.

Connect

We connect graduate startups with investors and provide automated outreach tools.

Connect

We connect graduate startups with investors and provide automated outreach tools.

Connect

We connect graduate startups with investors and provide automated outreach tools.

As we grow, so does our Alumni’s access to resources, more matches to their ICP, and fundraising opportunities.

Testimonials

Hear it from Our Graduates

Derek Kamm
Founder
Sam Hall
Founder
Tristan Tierce
Founder
Jake Del Valle
Founder

Derek Kamm
Founder
Sam Hall
Founder
Tristan Tierce
Founder
Jake Del Valle
Founder

"I wish I would have been part of this cohort before I launched that software years ago because it would have been a success. I put a quarter of a million of my own money into that venture and it didn't take off."

"I wish I would have been part of this cohort before I launched that software years ago because it would have been a success. I put a quarter of a million of my own money into that venture and it didn't take off."

Derek Kamm

Founder

Matching you with our network of companies that want to meet you.

Our Growing ICP Network

These companies have identified they want to:

Scout Emerging Tech

Find new emerging technology/startups within their industry

Scout Emerging Tech

Find new emerging technology/startups within their industry

Scout Emerging Tech

Find new emerging technology/startups within their industry

Industry Invest

Are interested in investing in industry specific startups

Industry Invest

Are interested in investing in industry specific startups

Industry Invest

Are interested in investing in industry specific startups

Future Acquire

Are possibly looking to acquire great startups one day

Future Acquire

Are possibly looking to acquire great startups one day

Future Acquire

Are possibly looking to acquire great startups one day

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Cohort Structure

In the first 8 weeks, every startup is treated equally.

Week 1

Business Structure & Fundraising Landscape

We help bring clarity to the confusing fundraising landscape and how to best position your startup with founders who have $72m+ in combined valuations

Products included

Pitch Deck Refinement

We pitch to fail. We tear apart our businesses. Look at the good, the bad, the ugly, and identify where to attack together. With the framework that’s raised $10m+ from Silicon Valley.

Products included

Week 2

Week 3

Marketing for LOIs and ICPs

We teach the blueprint for marketing that has generated $250m in consumer investments.

Products included

Marketing for LOIs and ICPs

We teach the blueprint for marketing that has generated $250m in consumer investments.

Products included

Product Defensibility

We teach the new age of product building. Exploring how our teams reduce cost to deploy by up to 90% while building a moat that protects your business from competitors.

Week 4

Week 5

MarTech for Human Automation

We explore how MarTech can be used to expedite and automate outreach and marketing systems. And help you build a stack that provides investors with the necessary information to invest.

Products included

Investor Relations

We explore how to build investor relationships and every startup gets onboarded into our Cohort-Exclusive Automated Outreach Tool with over 4,900+ (and counting) active investors loaded.

Free to use until you’re funded

Products included

Week 6

Week 7

Pitch Preparation

We identify weaknesses in your pitch, in preparation for week 8. Refining, building, solving problems, and crafting compelling messaging.

Pitches & Investor Introductions

Get up to $100k lead investment and pitch to active investors who trust our Cohort systems, providing credibility and warm connections.

Products included

Week 8

Beyond

Life-Time Alumni Channel Access

Free auto-outreach tool until you’re funded

Continuous warm connections with your ICP

Access to all future tools we build for cohorts

Access to our active investment network

Connect with alumni founders also building

The Next OAU Cohort Starts in

11d 17h 14m 57s

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Our Team

Meet Your Coaches

Steven Gelley

CEO

CEO Open Access Ventures

2 Exits Valuing $40m+

$72m+ Combined Valuations

Actively building next $100M Startup

$10m+ Raised from Silicon Valley

Drew Keith

President, Founder Programs

$250m+ Consumer Investments Generated

Billions of Impressions on Marketing Campaigns

3x Creative Director & CMO

Brand, Marketing, and Automations Guy

Angel Investor

Our Graduates

Our Successes from Our Cohorts

from
$250K
with no product
to functional
MVP
in 8 weeks
Spent $250k of his own money with no functional product, went through cohort and built an MVP with a fraction of the cost.
Derek Kamm
Founder
from No
Outreach
funnels
to consistent
Calls
with ICP
Tristan was spending too much time on manual tasks which led to bottlenecks in scaling. After 8 week Cohort, he now has outreach funnels built and is actively meeting with prospects.
Tristan Tierce
Founder
from
Unclear
vision
to
Meetings
Booked with ICP
Sam had the ambition but an unclear direction on the product he wanted to build, over 8 weeks, built from nothing to meetings booked with his ICP
Sam Hall
Founder
from Idea and
No Product
Market Fit
to Prototype and
Outreach
Testing Market
Jake works full-time while running his startup. He funded a prototype before validating demand, and is now engaging customers to avoid further burn and build an investable business.
Jake Del Valle
Founder

Derek Kamm

Founder

Success Story

Partake Acquired in Private Sale

Partake, turning amateur golf into an experience, has been acquired after 21 months of building with Open Access Ventures.

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Clarifying Questions

Frequently asked questions

Answers to common questions about our services, involvement and unique approach for founders and teams.

Is funding guaranteed?

Investments are not guaranteed through our Venture arm, Open Access Ventures, however, the group has agreed to support this ecosystem and will look at each company with a possibility of up to $100k lead investment in the startup for a bridge round based on terms decided and agreed upon by both parties.