Our Founders

At Lighthouse labs, we invest in the lives of founders, not the bottom lines of their companies. Our new cohorts join a community of founders, not a portfolio of companies. And we never stop striving to be the most founder-friendly accelerator around!

244+

Founders

82%

Are Still Active - all companies since 2012

(92% of those accelerated since 2018!)

63%+

Underrepresented Founders

(women, people of color, veterans, LGBTQ+, rural residents, immigrants, and/or people with a disability)

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Featured

Alan Wei, Humanitru

Alan started Lighthouse right after graduation, using his CompSci skills to build a better product for nonprofits! Since Batch 7, Alan has joined TechStars and counts Lighthouse as a client!

Claire Herring, Blue Ocean Brain

Part of Lighthouse Labs’ first official cohort, Claire serves on the Lighthouse board as an alumni rep in addition to leading Blue Ocean Brain to a spot on the 2020 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in the US!

Joe Belsterling, MajorClarity

Joe Belsterling joined Lighthouse Labs in 2015 to scale his pilot into a real company that now serves thousands of schools across the country with a team of 40 based in Richmond.

Meet our current cohort

MEET BATCH 16

Meet all the Lighthouse Founders

Meet All Lighthouse Founders

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Support doesn’t stop with Demo Day - Lighthouse Labs alumni are Lighthouse family for life!

Alumni-specific pitch nights and access to Lighthouse Investor Network keep founders tapped into funding opportunities to scale. From monthly roundtables on hot-button topics to regular alumni digests - our founders stay informed with the resources they need to keep their momentum going beyond acceleration. And we can’t forget the lifetime perks, discounts, and partnerships available from Morrow / The Global Accelerator Network!