Our Backers

  • Cooley

    Cameron from Cooley hosts office hours every Friday from 2pm to 3pm at The Hive. He provides educational legal resources to the broader Claremont startup community [email protected]

  • RLCIE

    The RLCIE has supported our mission by contributing >$20,000 in funding, and greatly assisted in connecting startups, student interns, and alumni.

  • AWS

    AWS provides $5,000 in AWS credits to each of our startups, totaling between $25,000–$30,000 per semester.

  • The Hive

    The Hive has contributed a generous $20,000 in funding and provides us with the space to host our weekly build sessions and speaker events.

  • Perplexity

    Perplexity

    Perplexity provides free 6‑month Perplexity Pro subscriptions to members of the CA community, including both founders and interns.

  • Claremont Graduate University

    The Claremont Graduate University provides UX/UI consulting services for the startups on our portfolio through their UX/UI lab.

  • Carta

    Carta has partnered with the CA to provide Carta Launch for free and a 20% discount on paid plans for the startups on our portfolio.

  • Google

    Google Cloud

    Startups that are selected for the current or previous year cohort can access Google Cloud credits starting at $25k USD and up to $250k based on funding milestones

Mentors From

A special thank you to…

Amy Tam, Antonio Leon de la Barra, Arjun Lall, Cameron Hajialiakbar, Cory Wang, Diego Pienknagura, Emily Dorsey, Fred Leichter, Guillermo Bravo, Jasmine Tan, Jeff Cahn, Jeho Park, Josh Jones, Justin Jiang, Kent Pomeroy, Kyle Covell, Liam Brennan-Burke, Manav Kohli, Marcelo De Rada Ocampo, Max Hui, Matt Taylor, Neethan Wu, Nina Boyko, Peter Thum, Prof. Fernholz, Prof. Filson, Prof. Nishant Dass, Rohan Desai, Ron LaPierre, Stella Li, Todd Thomas, Valay Shah, Virginia Graham, Umar Farooq, Will Buckstaff, Zach Lupei, and Zachary Dodds.