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 8-August 3, 2022
SEAL Kickoff: June 8, from 1-4 PM CST (in-person)
Sessions: Mondays & Wednesdays from 11-1 PM CST (in-person)
Demo Day: Aug 3, from 1-4 PM (in-person)
Opens: March 15th, 2023
Closes: April 15th, 2023