Point the founders Goodie Nation can't take to Fearless Fund and Valor Ventures

Move 2 of 4 for Goodie Nation's team. Who: Program or fund lead. Time: 10 min.

What to do

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

The line, ready to paste

Not the right fit for Goodie Nation? Try Fearless Fund (https://www.fearless.fund/venture) 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 Fearless Fund 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 Goodie Nation? <a href="https://www.fearless.fund/venture">Fearless Fund</a> (under-resourced entrepreneurs including women of color led businesses seeking pre-seed, seed level or Series A financing) 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 Goodie Nation for fit, they sent them to Fearless Fund 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

Fearless Fund, Valor Ventures

The questions this is for

Atlanta is called a Black tech hub. Which organizations there actually write checks rather than run programming?
Make a table of Atlanta accelerators with stage, equity taken and program length.
Which Atlanta programs are built for Black or Latino founders, and which are open to everyone?
Which Atlanta startup organizations belong on a new founder's short list, and which can be skipped?
Atlanta angel groups that fund pre-revenue software companies

How you'll know it worked

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

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Published by PursueATL. Research by Resonate Labs. Data collected September 2026.