The TIA Summer Accelerator provides a launchpad for students to grow and scale their ventures.
The TIA Summer Accelerator is a selective summer program designed to support TIA Incubator ventures that are ready to move beyond early validation and into execution, traction, and scale. The program provides targeted funding, intensive mentorship, and structured accountability for a small cohort of high-performing student founders who have demonstrated commitment, progress, and readiness to advance their ventures.
The TIA Summer Accelerator is made possible entirely by gifts from alumni, family, and friends. Thank you to the generous contributors who have supported Colgate summer accelerator programs since 2013 with their gifts to Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Thought Into Action, and the Entrepreneurship in New York Fund. To contribute, make a gift to Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
RUBY founders Riley Decker ’23 and Emily Untermeyer ’23 discuss the importance of getting out and talking to customers directly, a key focus for them during the TIA Summer Accelerator.
57
teams to date; 13 cohorts
65%
of ventures still operating or acquired since the program’s inception
$750K+
seed-granted capital awarded
The Summer Accelerator was an amazing opportunity for us to focus on our venture full-time, providing us with the mentorship and resources to allow us to better understand the issue of food waste and the most effective ways of approaching it.
