SEAL is a 9-week capstone-like accelerator that picks the most promising undergrad, grad, and faculty startups at UT and helps them make a go or no-go decision.
SEAL offers workshop sessions led by veteran entrepreneurs, a community of handpicked industry-specific mentors, and a final decision day where teams share their learnings and unveil what's next for the venture.
Student Entrepreneur Acceleration & Launch (SEAL) is a nine-week summer accelerator that helps emerging undergraduate, graduate, and faculty startups explore a core hypothesis with the goal of ultimately accelerating, pivoting, or rightfully shutting down their venture.
SEAL started in 2009 at the Austin Technology Incubator.
Instead of a traditional “demo day,” SEAL culminates in a Decision Day where, based on individual research and expert feedback, teams determine whether their venture can survive the real world and make a go or no-go decision.
- Learn about common challenges that early stage companies face (and how to address them) from active entrepreneurs
- Refine your company's roadmap based on your industry's milestones
- Build confidence in yourself as a founder and leader
- Gain relationships with people in the Austin startup ecosystem
- Connect with a cohort of similar peers to support each other along this unique journey
- Undergraduate, graduate, faculty, or recent graduate (up to 2 semesters) from UT Austin
- Has already done extensive customer discovery and validated the problem
- Ready to start building their MVP or already has some level of traction (users or paying customers)
Program: June 12th -August 7th, 2022
SEAL Kickoff: June 12th 1-4 PM CST (in-person)
Sessions: Mondays/Wednesdays OR Tues/Thurs from 10AM-12PM, 11-1 PM, OR 2-4 PM CST (Applicants will decide)
Demo Day: Aug 7th, from 1-4 PM
Opens: March 13th, 2023
Closes: April 24th, 2023