Point the founders Fearless Fund can't take to Collab Capital and Valor Ventures

What to do

1. Add the line below wherever a founder finds out they don't fit: your eligibility section, FAQ or application page.
2. When PursueATL publishes the Atlanta programs and funds comparison, link to it from the same line.
3. Let Collab Capital know you did it. The habit works best in both directions.

The line, ready to paste

Not the right fit for Fearless Fund? Try Collab Capital (https://kkzr55yjpa8.typeform.com/to/ZY6Osc0Z) or Valor Ventures (https://valor.vc/#deckcheck). Every Atlanta program and fund, side by side: https://pursueatl.com/roles/

Put it wherever a founder finds out they don't fit: your eligibility section, FAQ or application page. Then tell Collab Capital and Valor Ventures you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for Fearless Fund? <a href="https://kkzr55yjpa8.typeform.com/to/ZY6Osc0Z">Collab Capital</a> (seed to Series A technology founders across the U.S. with lived experience of the problem, early paying customers, and a focus on economic mobility, healthcare access or community infrastructure) and <a href="https://valor.vc/#deckcheck">Valor Ventures</a> (B2B software startups in the South raising a first round) may be a better match. <a href="https://pursueatl.com/roles/">See every Atlanta program and fund, side by side</a>.</p>

Why it helps

In the answers where the engines turned founders away from Fearless Fund for fit, they sent them to Collab Capital and Valor Ventures instead. A founder who hears no from one Atlanta door should land at another Atlanta door, not another city.

This is the habit that makes Atlanta feel like one ecosystem to the engines, and to founders.

Who the engines pick instead

Collab Capital, Valor Ventures

The questions this is for

• A Black woman founder in Atlanta raising $1M: who realistically writes that check?
• I am a woman founder in Atlanta raising a seed round. Which investors here have backed women-led companies?
• Are there venture funds in Atlanta run by Black investors?
• Are there Atlanta funds that will back a pre-product founder on the strength of the team?
• What Atlanta programs and funds are built for Black founders raising their first round?

How you'll know it worked

In December, watch the answers that turn founders away from Fearless Fund: do they name an Atlanta option next?