Accelerating Startups By Building Powerful Brands

The Brandery is a seed stage startup accelerator that leverages the expertise of the Cincinnati region, namely branding, marketing and design. We believe that building your brand— and not just a product— is a way startups can be more resource efficient and increase their probability of success. In addition to an elite mentor list, startups will be paired with world-class creative agencies and have access to some of the biggest companies in the world, including Procter & Gamble and Kroger. The Brandery runs one, four-month accelerator program a year for a group of 5-7 startups selected from a highly competitive application pool. Startups receive a $100k equity investment, a year of free office space, and over $200k in additional benefits.

The Brandery invests in high-growth startups within our vertical of Marketing Tech, Retail Tech, and Digitally Native Vertical Brands. The Brandery is a SILVER-tier accelerator in the U.S. as ranked by the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project.

1 of 5…not 10…not 15…not 100

The Brandery invests in only five companies per program. This means a concierge, white glove experience. We focus all of our time, energy and network on you.

Deal Terms & Perks:

• $20,000 cash investment in exchange for 6-7% common stock equity.

• $80,000 of guaranteed follow-on capital from The Brandery (uncapped convertible note).

• Access to staff interns (development, design, marketing, social media, journalism, business development, sales and more).

• $1M+ in deals and perks from vendors like SoftLayer, Rackspace, Amazon, PayPal, Zendesk and Microsoft.

• Support from The Brandery team and network of alumni and mentors.

Global Accelerator Network

We are a member of the GAN, an invite-only community of the world’s most respected organizations that provide startups with the best resources to create and grow their businesses, wherever they are. Startups accepted into a GAN accelerator have access to a variety of exclusive perks including over $1M worth of free services, introductions to a network of investors and access to soft landing spaces worldwide.

Who can apply to The Brandery?

Everyone is encouraged to apply!

• Team is the #1 factor. We are looking for complete and formidable teams.

• The Brandery invests in companies at a variety of stages, from concept to post-revenue to profitable. Most accepted companies are post-product/post-revenue, with revenues ranging up to $35,000 MRR (subscription model) or $500,000 trailing 12-month revenue (transactional model). We always invest in at least one “napkin” (e.g. pre-product/pre-revenue) company per program.

• You can be from anywhere, but:

  • The Brandery is an intensive program, and you are required to be full-time, in residence at The Brandery for the duration of the program.

  • The Brandery takes place at Union Hall, 1311 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

  • Each program is 16 weeks long and intensive.

  • We invest in three verticals: Digitally Native Vertical Brands (Includes CPG), Marketing Tech, Retail Tech.

Dates:

The Brandery Batch 9
Application Deadline: October 14, 2018 at 11:59pm ET
Program Dates: November 29 - March 22, 2018

Location:

Union Hall, 1311 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Questions? Contact [email protected].