Create founders. Launch ventures.
The Founder Bootcamp is designed to transform university and college students, technical-minded locals, and military veterans into high-quality entrepreneurs and potential founders/co-founders of deep tech or deep tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed stage.
This includes:
Aspiring founders who are still employed full-time
Solo-founders or teams
Founders of new companies (generally less than a year old, and before significant funding, revenue, or traction)
Founders open to building a sustainable business in multiple ways (bootstrapping, funding, or otherwise)
SPACE COAST SUMMER 2026
HYBRID
12 WEEKS
GROUNDSWELL
Early Registration
April 12, 2026
Final Deadline
May 17, 2026
Registration Fee
$3,999
$399
($3,600 sponsored)
Founder Bootcamp is designed for aspiring founders at the earliest stages: engineers, veterans, students, technical professionals, and domain experts making the leap from employee, researcher, or student to entrepreneur.
We work with high-potential builders before they are ready for traditional accelerators — giving them the hands-on training, validation tools, team-building skills, and founder mindset needed to build and launch real tech startups.