Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) combines seed capital, hands-on help and a great co-working location with an expert team to positively impact the trajectory of early-stage startups. ERA runs two, four-month programs per year.
ERA seeks for companies from anywhere in the world that are able to take full advantage of the NYC opportunity as a starting point to successfully enter the market for their product, service or application.
ERA is New York City’s largest accelerator program. ERA has NYC’s deepest and strongest mentor network with 500+ expert investors, technologists, product specialists, marketers, customer acquisition strategists, sales execs, and more, across all major industries represented in NYC. ERA companies gain direct access to leading members of the New York City tech community through the ERA mentor network and are also given access to the right investors, sales prospects and partners.
To date, ERA’s alumni companies have raised more than $500 million in investor capital.
What’s the Deal?
Located in New York City, ERA provides participant companies with an intensive four-month program with the goal of helping early-stage companies progress rapidly into exciting, viable, venture-scalable businesses.
Each accepted company receives an initial $100,000 investment and the potential for follow-on funding from ERA’s Fund. All accepted companies are required to locate in-house for the program’s duration in ERA’s midtown offices.
ERA companies also receive the partner and sponsor benefits listed below:
Up to $120,000 of Azure benefits for 2 years from Microsoft
$100,000 in webhosting credits from Amazon Web Services
$100,000 in webhosting credits from Google Cloud Platform
$24,000 in webhosting credits from Softlayer
$10,000 in webhosting credits from DigitalOcean
$50,000 in credits from Stripe
Special legal benefits from Dentons Law Firm
One year free service from Phone.com
Free access to the SendGrid Pro 300K Plan
Free banking account and perks package from Silicon Valley Bank
Free and discounted services from Shutterstock, WithumSmith+Brown, ZipCar, HubSpot, RelateIQ, RJMetrics, InVision, FreshDesk, ZenDesk
What types of companies can apply?
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) companies are technology companies, or companies with a significant technology component, since those are the companies we can help the most. We look for companies best able to take full advantage of the New York City opportunity as a starting point to successfully enter the market for their product, service or application.
Most ERA companies will be software or software-related in some way, and may be either B-to-B or B-to-C-focused. Our interests are as diverse as your ideas: Internet, Mobile, FinTech, Payments, SaaS, E-Commerce, Health Tech, Education, Real Estate, Logistics, IoT, Fashion Tech, Ad Tech, Local, Media, Marketing, and many more. We are looking to you to wow us with anything Internet and software-related that you think is cool. We consider all the business questions around the product business concept and market size. In the end, we want to know if yours is a great team and the right team for your product and business.
