Bronco Accelerator

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santa clara university's venture accelerator

bronco venture accelerator

Santa Clara Ventures' Bronco Venture Fund helps back the most promising companies entering the Bronco Venture Accelerator.

Formed in 2019, Santa Clara University's Bronco Venture Accelerator (BVA) combines the hands-on learning and growth for founders that traditional accelerators offer with the resources and network of the Santa Clara community.

To apply to the BVA, founders must be Santa Clara University graduates, faculty, staff, or students. The BVA is a highly competitive program accepting fewer than 20% of applying companies.

bva program and benefits

four month intensive full time accelerator program

The BVA runs July through October, and founders and their teams are expected to commit full time over this period

weekly expert speakers and panel sessions

Every Thursday, the BVA invites successful founders, industry experts, and investors to speak to the founders

networking opportunities

The BVA provides founders with a forum to interact with and support other leading SCU entrepreneurs

focused curriculum

The BVA provides founders with focused business development program modeled on Y Combinator's Startup School, Stanford's StartX, and UC Berkeley's Skydeck

workshops

Almost every week the BVA brings in experts to do a hands-on workshop on key topics

access to mentors and advisors

Dozens of experienced entrepreneurs and executives mentor founders 1:1 on a weekly basis, and a bench of expert advisors is available for key questions

opportunity for bronco venture fund initial investment

The most promising companies entering the BVA will be offered early investment by the Bronco Venture Fund

graduation demo day for outside investment

BVA founders present in Demo Day in October in front of hundreds of VC and angel investors

cash stipend

BVA founders receive a $5,000 non-dilutive cash stipend from Santa Clara University to help meet business expenses

services benefits

- Two years of free business banking

- $100,000 Google Cloud credits

- $10,000 Digital Ocean credits

- $10,000 AWS credits

- Free 409A valuation

- Free accounting services

- 50% discount on Salesforce

Are you an SCU founder with a high potential startup?

apply to the bva

bva2 cohort

bva2 update

The BVA's second cohort saw remarkable progress despite having to move online due to COVID-19.

In July 2020, the BVA kicked off its BVA2 cohort with 16 promising early stage startups founded by Santa Clara alumni, faculty, staff, and students receiving four months of business assistance and mentorship.

BVA2 had a successful online investor Demo Day in October 2020 with more than 250 VC’s and angels attending.

See the BVA2 cohort of companies

Watch BVA2 Demo Day

BVA2 founder interview

Hear the Santa Clara Ventures Podcast interview with Opal CEO Mariah Manzano about her experience as a founder, including her experience with BVA2

Hear the interview

bva1 cohort

bva1 update

The BVA's 12 alumni companies from its original summer 2019 cohort raised more financing, were accepted into prestigious programs like Y Combinator and Alchemist, and one BVA1 company had an exit.

blockrize is bva's first exit

BVA1 alum and crypto credit card rewards platform Blockrize announced they were acquired by Gemini, the New York-based exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins. Gemini will be launching a credit card using Blockrize’s platform.

Interview with founder Thomas Harrison

robotire on a roll

Founder and CEO Victor Darolfi and his RoboTire team got accepted into Y Combinator (W 20), raised new funding, and are revolutionizing automobile maintenance with their robotics platform.

hopthru leaping forward

Founder and CEO Cole Calhoun and Hopthru were accepted into the prestigious Alchemist B2B accelerator. Hopthru is bringing world class data analytics to public transit. Hopthru is growing fast and hiring!