We are currently working on a education platform that is meant to operate in a nonprofit manner and would like to know if there are any incubators who can support us.
Ask HN: Are there any incubators for nonprofit startups?
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Re: Ask HN: Are there any incubators for nonprofit startups?
#2YC has had non-profits. I think Watsi was the first.
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#3What's the nonprofit? I think people would be interested if you'd like to share.
You should definitely apply to YC. Email hn@ycombinator.com and we might be able to advise a bit. (Same offer for anyone. Just realize that the inbox is hell and it may take a long time to reply.)
Re: Ask HN: Are there any incubators for nonprofit startups?
#4Several.
FastForward is probably the largest and furthest along in organizing around Tech Nonprofits specifically, with a pretty solid base of alumni success stories(https://www.ffwd.org/).
I'd also look at Visible Connect, which is tech nonprofit focused. Full Circle Fund, if you're in the Bay Area. Since you mentioned you're in Education, you should also look at the Aspire Accelerator, which isn't exclusively tech nonprofit but includes many tech nonprofits.
You could also consider YC which has taken a few nonprofits.
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#5Mozilla's got one.
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#6There's one called charity entrepreneurship
Re: Ask HN: Are there any incubators for nonprofit startups?
#7What's the nonprofit? I think people would be interested if you'd like to share. You should definitely apply to YC. Email hn@ycombinator.com and we might be able to advise a bit. (Same offer for anyone. Just realize that the inbox is hell and it may take a long time to reply.)
What type of non-profits would you advise? And at what stage?
Re: Ask HN: Are there any incubators for nonprofit startups?
#8What's the nonprofit? I think people would be interested if you'd like to share. You should definitely apply to YC. Email hn@ycombinator.com and we might be able to advise a bit. (Same offer for anyone. Just realize that the inbox is hell and it may take a long time to reply.)
What type of non-profits would you advise? And at what stage?
To be honest I don't know. I'm not involved in the decisions or thinking about that about YC, but I can connect with the people who are.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What type of non-profits would you advise? And at what stage?
To be honest I don't know. I'm not involved in the decisions or thinking about that about YC, but I can connect with the people who are.
Mine is a moonshot non-profit in the edtech space. And it is at an ideation stage. Not sure if that will be acceptable. Would love to get some feedback and or mentoring though, if not funding.
Re: Ask HN: Are there any incubators for nonprofit startups?
#10If it's about the supporting the open internet in particular, the NLnet Foundation comes to mind. https://nlnet.nl/