Get Funding to Grow
Selected companies receive up to $100,000 in funding in the first round.
Accelerator Mission Statement – At the Discover Steam Foundation Accelerator (DSFA),
we work with a number of eligible Edtech companies to help them transform from their early stages to thriving companies striving to change education for student success.
Our Accelerator
Connect Globally
Gain access to education technology decision makers and partners based on GAP’s relationships in more than one hundred countries.
Learn from the Best
Collaborate with Senior-Level industry leaders across technology, business, and education for mentorship that moves your business forward faster.
Hands on Mentor
30+ years’ experience building Technology Businesses, M&A, and Global Partnerships.
What We Do
We work with entrepreneurs to bring sustainable solutions for the world
Entrepreneurial Journey Bootcamp:
Each one of our bootcamps is personalized to each entrepreneur/entity’s needs. Our accelerators camps take teams through the following steps of entrepreneurship:
- Ideation
- Pitch
- Prototyping
- Go to Market
- Selling your vision before your product is ready
- Seal the first deal
- Revise your product based on serving the first few customers
- How to convert constructive criticism to product features
- Global expansion
- Collaborate vs. compete to win
- When to exit
- Deal structure
- IPO
Relationship Journey:
Since the success of any venture is largely dependent on who says “yes” to you, why and when at every stage of your journey. We hand hold you through this process.
Our rolodex is injected carefully and strategically for to help with the following:
- Feasibility of an idea
- Commercialization opportunities
- Early stage partnerships with educational institutions for validation
- Prototyping
- Scaling of product
- Early adopters
- Investments
- Customers
- Vendors
- Exits
- Team building
- Advisory board
Innovation Fund:
The DSF Innovation Fund provides grants to second stage innovations that have reached a proof of concept to scale globally. Projects and start-ups that graduate from the DSFA Sprint Programme are eligible for funding. The DSFA Innovation Fund is supported by governmental and private sector donors. To learn how you can contribute, email us today.
R&D | Thought Leadership:
DSFA is actively exploring new trends, technologies and long-term project strategies that can help education. We work with sister agencies, academia and private sector innovation leaders to find and leverage game-changing products or services. Supported projects receive unparalleled access to R&D leaders in for and non-profit sectors.