Atto receives $125K in grant funding from LaunchVic
We’re excited to share that Atto has received some grant funding from LaunchVic to run its pre-accelerator program in 2020 and 2021, helping to further build the pipeline of female founders.
The grant funding will go towards expanding our educational program, team, content, and community – and achieving our mission of making entrepreneurship accessible to all. Our vision is to create a new-school school for female tech entrepreneurship and we’ll be following no-code principles to get there, meaning knowing how to code isn’t a must-have for success in tech.
After achieving a 100 Net Promoter Score from program participants in the 2019 cohort, including one participant, AirRobe, getting into Australia’s leading accelerator Startmate – we have a great foundation to expand from.
I started Atto in 2019 as the world’s first remote pre-accelerator program for female founders. Pre-COVID, most accelerators were heavily dominated towards in-person events and networking – and not to forgot, completely focused on raising traditional investor funding. After going through the growth-at-all-costs Silicon Valley path to building a company and raising $1M+ USD for CloudPeeps, I realised there are so many alternative pathways to the startup journey. One that could involve being a highly ambitious founder wanting to scale a global tech startup while also being located anywhere in the world (hello, regional Victoria 🌳) and having a family (I was 14 weeks pregnant when Atto’s inaugural batch kicked off)! Thus, the ‘indie way’ and Atto was born.
Atto’s pre-accelerator program is perfect for first-time female founders who crave the structure, know-how, and community to go from idea to MVP to revenue in 12 weeks. Upon graduation, they can apply to mid-stage accelerators, seek angel funding, or simply focus on servicing their customers. It’s all about empowering founders with knowledge and freedom. 🚀
Applications for the next batch are open now and will be accepted on a rolling basis until the program starts on September 30, 2020.
—
We’d like to thank LaunchVic for their ongoing ecosystem support, Sheree Rubinstein and the One Roof Community for being such a supportive launch partner, our 2019 program educators (with many returning in 2020), our amazing alumni community, Sian Simpson, and many others involved in bringing Atto to life from here on in. We’re also hiring a freelance content creator too.
