Michigan Founders Fund Pre-Accelerator powered by gener8tor

Run by gener8tor.

The Michigan Founders Fund Pre-Accelerator, powered by gener8tor, runs seven weeks in Detroit with at least 5-7 hours of programming a week and an 85% minimum attendance requirement. Michigan Founders Fund provides $15,000 in direct non-dilutive operating grants per company, with no equity and no fees. Terms are published once for the whole programme across its Kalamazoo and Detroit cohorts; the Detroit cohort carries no separate figures.

Investment: US$15,000 (Below North America median $100k · Below global median $61.3k)
Equity taken: 0% (Like 66% of North America · Like 79% globally)
Duration: 7 weeks (Shorter than North America median 13 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)
Format: Not disclosed
Cadence: Not disclosed
Location: Detroit, United States

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This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

https://www.gener8tor.com/locations read 2026-09-06 — supports name, organization, city, country, country code, sectors, status
https://michiganfoundersfund.org/pre-accelerator/ read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, application url, website, status

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