Point the founders TechSquare Labs can't take to Collab Capital and Fearless Fund

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 TechSquare Labs? Try Collab Capital (https://kkzr55yjpa8.typeform.com/to/ZY6Osc0Z) or Fearless Fund (https://www.fearless.fund/venture). 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 Fearless Fund you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for TechSquare Labs? <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://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) 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 TechSquare Labs for fit, they sent them to Collab Capital and Fearless Fund 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, Fearless Fund

The questions this is for

• Atlanta is called a Black tech hub. Which organizations there actually write checks rather than run programming?
• Which Atlanta organizations run talent or hiring programs for startups?
• How would you describe Atlanta's startup ecosystem, and which organizations anchor it?
• If a Fortune 500 company wanted to plug into Atlanta's startup scene, who would it work with?
• Which Atlanta organizations do founders actually recommend to each other?

How you'll know it worked

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