Supporting student entrepreneurs without taking equity.


🚀 Accelerator

OUR 2022 - 2023 COHORT: Flourish, Parallx Therapeutics, Reset, Peearz, Silimate, Apprenta, Rekava, Wise Meetings, Enlight AI, TranscribeGlass, Supernova, AdmitYogi, Teleo, & Zing Bio!

In our programming over the course of fall and winter, we've hosted our weekly dinners with Silicon Valley operators & investors including with Fred Gibbons, Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Fenwick & West, Ann-Miura Ko, and Kul Wadhwa. We're thankful for the time & advice that these mentors have given to our current cohort, and we've seen several cohort companies make significant progress over these weeks (and some even landing their first paid customers!). Stay tuned for announcement of our Demo Day late winter and the opportunity to witness all the amazing work our cohort has accomplished!

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Nova Credit

Fall 2015 Cohort

“Cardinal Ventures gave Nova Credit the start that has helped the business scale to where it is today. The support, mentorship, and strategic advice that we received in those early days gave us a strong foundation and helped us refine our business model to be investor- and market-ready. As first-time founders, that experience was invaluable.”

—Misha Esipov, Co-founder & CEO

 Some highlights from our past programs:

David Hornik on The Good, The Bad, and the Unicorns—What Makes Businesses Succeed?

Rebecca Schapiro on Go-to-Market Strategy

JJ Singh on Organizing Your Startup