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Lunar Startups is pioneering inclusive entrepreneurial experiences with underinvested founders at the center, accelerating growth, connection, and innovation for CEOs who identify as Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, women, and non-binary.
 

Programs

Lunar helps scale high-growth companies through two distinct experiences.

 

Lunar Startups Accelerator Program

Our 6-month, customized cohort program includes 1-on-1 coaching, on-demand workshops, expert mentorship from more than 90 local professionals, tech perks, and free legal services. During the program, founders meet 12 critical milestones on capital readiness, operational excellence, infrastructure, sales, intellectual property protection, and executive leadership.

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Lunar Everywhere

Free tools to help you succeed

More than a digital learning platform, Lunar Everywhere is a digital cohort & coaching experience bolstered with entrepreneurial resources focused on operational excellence & infrastructure scalability. Sign up today for events and free tools for CEOs.

 

Learn more about what it is like to be in the program

From the founders, experts, and teams who have been there, done that.

 
 

Lunar Startups Podcast | Season 1

Hear the real stories of women & people of color building high-growth startups in Minnesota. Listen to season 1 of the Lunar Startups Podcast featuring the inaugural Cohort of companies.

Lunar summit 2021

Join as we inspire, connect, and equip the Minneapolis St. Paul Startup Ecosystem. Check out more about the agenda and awards celebration by clicking the link below.

 

Tech.mn Podcast | Episode 2

Lunar Everywhere Director Amanda Heyman sat down with the Tech.MN team to chat about her work, the program, the possibilities, and the outcomes for founders at Lunar Startups.

 
 

From the Founders

 

“Lunar Startups is the reason my company is scaling.” - Elizabeth Orme, Founder, CEO of Creatively Focused

“The startup world can be somewhat isolating. To be a part of a program where we can really develop strong relationships both locally and nationally has been so important to our growth.” - Margi Scott, Founder, CEO of Take 12

“As a gay, female business owner, being a part of Lunar has been the only place I've had to work through, with colleagues, all the ways that raising money and being taken seriously by banks and other institutions have been difficult, even though I'm at the top of my field and an expert in my craft.” - Trina Olson, Co-founder, CEO of Team Dynamics, LLC.


“Thank you for the step by step trademark application help… [Without you] I would not have filed this trademark application until I either had the time to learn how to correctly file or the money to pay someone to do it for me.” - Yasameen Sajady, Founder, CEO of Maazah


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Meet our Startups

 
 

Cohort 1

Meet the founders, entrepreneurs, and startups that launched Lunar Startups. This talented group graduated September 2019.

Cohort 2

In March 2019, a new group of talented entrepreneurs joined Lunar, ready to scale their companies. Meet the companies and follow along on their journey.

Cohort 3

Lunar Startups is announcing the newest cohort of brilliant entrepreneurs starting March 2020. Meet the companies that are building new solutions to our community’s greatest challenges.