{"id":113000,"date":"2025-09-04T03:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/113000\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T03:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T03:09:08","slug":"a16z-speedrun-to-invest-up-to-1m-in-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/113000\/","title":{"rendered":"A16Z Speedrun to invest up to $1m in startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capital firm A16Z Speedrun has opened applications for the sixth edition of its startup accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-week program, which begins next January, provides support for startups including an investment of up to $1 million as well as mentorship and strategic guidance from industry experts.<\/p>\n<p>Applications close on September 28, 2025 with the program starting on January 26, 2026 and culminating in a Demo Day in April.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are energised by the success of so many A16Z Speedrun alumni as they redefine what&#8217;s possible,&#8221; said A16Z principal Josh Lu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each new cohort continues to inspire us with bold ideas and fresh approaches that defy simple categorisation.<\/p>\n<p>Lu added: &#8220;As the accelerator continues to expand and evolve, so does the potential for transformative innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/meet-the-new-a16z-speedrun\/#:~:text=We%20believe%20the%20future%20belongs,at%20speedrun.a16z.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the program broadened its scope<\/a> to include startups from technology and entertainment as well as gaming. This includes firms working in fields such as 3D tools, streaming, XR, next-generation entertainment, among others.<\/p>\n<p>A16Z Speedrun launched in 2023, and has funded over 150 startups with more than $180 million.<\/p>\n<p>Its fifth program, which took place during July, saw over 60 companies selected from 14,000 applicants \u2013 its largest cohort to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venture capital firm A16Z Speedrun has opened applications for the sixth edition of its startup accelerator. The 12-week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,4203,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-113000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}