Sponsor a Bus - StartupBus

A TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOT CAMP

AND GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON WHEELS.

10 years of fostering the next generation of leaders in tech.

On our tenth anniversary we are running 9 bus routes to bring 200 top talents in tech from all across North America to New Orleans this Summer.

Developing skills required in the first year of a startup within 5 days.

Heralded as the “Navy SEALS boot camp for tech entrepreneurs”, contestants ideate, prototype, build, and launch working products and pitch to real investors and advisors.

Connecting diverse talents across America.

We expose emerging innovators to unique places and scenarios, widening their mindsets, expanding their social and cultural capital, and pushing them to challenge their biases and stereotypical thinking.

A global network of successful and venture-backed founders.

Our global network of tech entrepreneurs span across the globe from Austin TX to Tallinn, Estonia. have since formed companies altogether raising over $1 billion in venture capital funding.

Why sponsor StartupBus?

10 years in the making, StartupBus is a gathering of diverse multi-discipinary talents with an authentic brand well-cherished by the tech startup and hackathon communities. There is nothing quite like StartupBus in the tech world.

Our Brand.

Globally respected and extensively documented by the tech community, our brand is authentic, grassroots, and edgy.

Our Talents.

Your brand can have the complete attention of our vetted, proven, and exclusive community of talents for entirety of 5 days.

Our Diversity.

Thanks to our diversity initiatives, 40%+ of our participants and our team in 2018 were women, and 40%+ were people of color.

Our Curriculum.

Help your employees gain new valuable skills such as product ideation, rapid prototyping, and familiarity with the latest tech.

Our Alumni.

Your brand can reach our exclusive community of proven talents and hyper-connected tech influencers, many of them founders of successful startups.

Our Audiences.

We are connected with many local tech communities across the continent, and have fans and media outlets following our event.

Word on the street.

“An annual rite of passage for the tech industry.”
“The StartupBus is as close to blood sport as Silicon Valley entrepreneurship gets. By compressing the time from concept to prototype, it becomes a pedal-to-the metal business incubator.”
“Participants will tell you that the StartupBus is the mother of all hackathons... Imagine building a real startup in a compressed time capsule traveling at 60 miles per hour.”
“[StartupBus] is like MTV's "Road Rules" meets Y Combinator. It's all the drama and frustration and excitement of launching a company condensed in three days while you're on a bus.”

Sponsorship Options.

At StartupBus we pride ourselves to be able to cater to and deliver each of our sponsors' unique needs. We can customize our sponsorship packages to your needs. Contact our team today to see how we can help your business.

Our offerings include but are not limited to:

Put your logo on our bus
Showcase your product on the championship stage
Host a pre-bus training on your API
Set the theme of a bus based on your tech
Send a mentor from your company to our bus
Help us throw an epic after-party
Be included in our blog and social media
Name a bus after your company

Reach out to us today.

Our team here is always happy to help. Looking forward to talk to you soon!

Elias Bizannes

NA Conductor 2010
EU Conductor 2011
AU Conductor 2014
Executive Director 2010 - present

Danna Kiedis

NA Senior National Director 2022
MX Lead Conductor 2019
MX Mentor 2018
Core Team 2021

Brian Davis

NA National Director 2022
TX Buspreneur 2018
Core Team 2021

Madelena Mak

NA Senior Director 2019 - 2021
NA National Director 2018
NY Lead Conductor 2017
NY Buspreneur 2014
Digital Director 2022 - present

Laura Horak

NA National Director 2016
UK Conductor 2015
International Expansion Director 2021 - present