Empowering startups to scale globally through curriculum, connections, and capital
9
Previous Accelerators
76
Startups Accelerated
$240M+
All-time Funding Raised
40+
Venture Capital Partners
140
Enterprise Pilots/Contracts Secured
40+
Corporate Partners
21
US States Represented
11
Countries Represented
Who Are We
Fuel Accelerator is a global network of innovators and disruptors solving the worlds biggest challenges.
No Equity | No Fee
Fuel Accelerator expands the surface area of success for startups. Fuel is strategically designed to educate and scale startups globally through curriculum, connections, and capital. We focus on enterprise-readiness, technology commercialization, and strategic partnerships by matching Seed to Series B growth-stage tech startups with key enterprise partners to accelerate the adoption of tangible technology solutions.
Our team gets in the trenches with startups to help them scale effectively and efficiently. Our equity free, cost free programming allows us to support startups without taking valuable resources from them.
Strategic Connections
We make highly relevant and impactful connections to corporate partners, investors and experienced mentors to help you scale your impact. Build relationships within large enterprises and the community of mentors.
Focused Support & Mentorship
We accept 8-12 startups per cohort. Maintaining a small cohort helps to focus our time, energy, and connections on your company. Ten weeks of specialized coaching and mentorship from the Fuel team and mentor network during afternoon sessions.
No Equity, No Cost
Fuel is supported by grants, economic development, and corporate partners to support entrepreneurship & drive innovation through development of ecosystems.
One-on-One Meetings
One-on-one meetings with 100+ connections including serial entrepreneurs, enterprise decision makers, business resource experts, industry experts and investors.
Collaborative, Not Competitive
We do not accept more than one startup in a competing space. This creates a collaborative environment where startups expand their networks globally.
Exposure
Gain opportunities to showcase your company to mentors, corporate executives, venture capital funds, startup founders, and more.
What We Look For
Fuel believes that everyone deserves opportunities and support. We accept startups across all industries and B2B business models. We are always exploring additional industry focuses and continue to grow.
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We welcome applications from ventures with truly disruptive technology, showcasing innovation, scalability, and a transformative edge in their respective industries.
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We accept startups that have the opportunity for significant and scalable economic impact. If you are generating revenue and have raised a round of capital, we encourage you to apply.
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We look for the founders and teams with diverse backgrounds and experiences who have a reason for solving the problem they address.
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Based on our expertise in enterprise adoption, we select startups that are primed for growth. If you are at a point where our network, resources and expertise can scale to enterprises, please consider applying.
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We accept companies from across the globe. With startups ranging from over 15 different countries, we have global reach with key partnerships in USA, Canada, UK, Israel, Singapore, South Korea, and more.
Testimonials
“The Fuel HealthTech Accelerator program was transformative for our company! We were apprehensive about the requirement to be in Northwest Arkansas for the duration of the program. After completing some due diligence with other founders in prior cohorts we decided to do it. It is one of the very best decisions we've made as co-founders! Our commitment to immerse ourselves in the NWA community led to incredible and meaningful relationships with amazing people. NWA is a special place! We feel so blessed and grateful for Fuel and our experience in the program. We recommend it highly for any startups poised to become enterprise ready - Let's GO!!” Andy Olson
CEO & Co-Founder
Path Fertility
Prior to Fuel, we were having incredible beginning conversations with large enterprise companies that were unfortunately falling flat when it was time to work through strategic partnerships. When we learned that Fuel was focused on helping companies in our exact scenario, we were excited and hopeful. We are not located in NWA and knew that it would be a sacrifice and commitment for our team to make the 10 weeks happen; I can confidently say that we have received 10-fold for the effort and energy we put into it! The Fuel accelerator has given our company's leadership a Masters in commercialization! The leadership at Fuel, the incredible mentors, and the opportunities to network during the 10 weeks launched us into a greater understanding of the trajectory we were on. It also helped launch and accelerate us to where we want to be! I believe Fuel gave us a secret key to growth that we have not seen anywhere else before- trust me, we have looked! Beyond the strong decision Fuel was for HOMEKYND, we made lifelong friends in NWA and with the companies in our cohort! Kate Ritter
CEO & Founder
Homekynd
“Fuel was absolutely transformative for our business, Ox. I learned an immense amount as a first-time founder, and even more than that, I met some of the most impactful people while making lifelong friendships. We met our first investor and first customer. Since Fuel, we’ve deployed our tech with multiple Fortune 100’s and have raised over $15M.”Charu Thomas
CEO & Founder
Ox
“One of the biggest benefits of Fuel is the focus on how to plan, execute, and succeed in winning enterprise business. It's not just the advantages of the NWA business environment featuring many major companies, but also the vast network of service providers located here already integrated and looking for innovative partners. Fuel equips you with the tools you need to understand enterprise gatekeepers, the language, and approaches to winning the contract. It delivers strategic assistance to get you in the door and the tactical playbook on how to execute. The Fuel team, mentors, and local community are incredible. You will set yourself up in a sustainable way to win and grow, with an advantage that no other accelerator can offer.”Vance Reavie
CEO & Founder
Junction AI
“The Fuel Accelerator program is nothing short of amazing. The content, the people, and the organization have given us the opportunity to build, grow, and engage with enterprises. The opportunity to literally engage with the decision makers, I’ve never seen anything like it.” Andrew Bart
CEO & Founder
Algoface
FAQs
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Startups who are passionate about the problem they are solving, have raised capital and/or have revenue traction, and are willing to relocate for the duration of the program. We are NOT an idea stage accelerator or VC funding accelerator. We are an operational, revenue based accelerator.
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There is no-cost and no-equity taken to participate in Fuel. Startups are responsible for travel and accommodations.
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Startups must participate in-person. No exceptions will be made.