Our intensive 12-week program is highly selective, with ~ 1% of applicants accepted in our last cohort. Participants are supported not just with capital, but also by a highly curated set of industry coaches, mentors, and a community of ambitious founders. 80% of companies from SPEEDRUN’s first cohort secured funding from investors following Demo Day.
Any early-stage founder that is building at the intersection of Tech x Games! Our current cohort has companies building everything from live ops tools, AI agents, 3D retopology, cozy games, and gamified horoscope apps.
Great teams come in many shapes and forms but will generally have a few common traits:
CFI GAMES invests $750K in each accepted company.
Yes definitely! We’ve had solo founders in the program and have also helped solo founders match. However, since creating successful startups is a difficult endeavor, we generally prefer taking on teams with multiple founders.
We aim to be the first check into your company, but we also take early-stage companies that have already raised capital.
Yes, the SPEEDRUN investment can be used alongside a wider round. However, we recommend that founders delay raising additional capital until they’ve had a chance to go through the program, make progress, and present on Demo Day.
There is no minimum number of companies we will take for SPEEDRUN. Our main priority is keeping a very high bar for founders we admit into the program.
You will receive support from the entire CFI GAMES team in your company-building efforts across marketing, recruiting, HR, partnerships, publishing, and creators. You will also have a dedicated cohort lead from the investment team.
The LA program will run from July 29th – October 20th, 2024.
We encourage all SPEEDRUNNERs to temporarily move to Los Angeles to build community and require one day in person per week for founders to hear from luminary speakers and engage with other members of SR003.
We want you to prioritize building your company, so SPEEDRUN is designed to only require one day a week in person for lectures, speakers, and office hours.
Because these startups are so early and ideas often pivot, we may fund other startups in adjacent spaces.