You’re going to feel something different the moment you walk into Startup House. Sure, you’ll get mentorship, workshops, and hands-on support — but that’s just one part of your journey. What really makes Startup House special is who you’re building with. It’s the founders next to you, the mentors offering feedback on the fly, and the ecosystem contributors who’ve already blazed their own trails.
If you're refining both your startup and product at Startup House, you’ll forge deep connections with a community that grows with you as you launch, scale, and evolve. It’s a founder network with relationships that outlast Demo Day and support your journey long after the first product ships.
Why founders build better together
As a founder at Startup House, you won’t be siloed. You’ll be part of a collaborative environment where everything is up for discussion, improvement, and iteration. Mentors and fellow startup founders will be sitting beside you, offering input and advice in real-time.
From testing pitches and refining decks to sharing hiring leads, you’ll be creating a company in real-time. Being digital and decentralized doesn’t have to mean you’re disconnected. There’s still no better way than building in a community space with your team, other founders, and Starknet team members with deep Web3 expertise.
Tap into mentors, ecosystem experts, and Starknet Foundation’s team
Startup House will be far from a passive experience. It’s designed to facilitate interaction, feedback, and real traction. You’ll be working shoulder-to-shoulder with mentors who’ve launched protocols, raised capital, and scaled real products. It’s like office hours, but supercharged.
If you need clarity on fundraising strategy, you can talk it through with a VC-backed founder who’s already successfully navigated the process. If you’re struggling to tighten up your GTM narrative, workshop it with a branding expert who knows how to cut through the noise and tell your product’s story in ways that capture attention — in the Web3 space and beyond.
On the technical side, there’s also a plethora of resources. If you want to deepen your Cairo skills, have a sit-down with a Basecamp instructor who’s helped dozens of teams go from idea to deployment. You’ll get face time with Starknet Foundation team members and contributors who understand tech stacks, testing, and rolling out a product roadmap.
Ecosystem collaboration at every level
At Startup House you’ll be embedded in a living, breathing ecosystem that’s rooting for your success. From day one, you’ll be surrounded by other teams solving hard problems, protocol contributors pushing the edge of what’s possible, and partners who’ve helped shape the tools you’re using.
It’s your support network, whether you find yourself diving into Cairo with a core dev contributor in the morning or hashing out integration challenges with another founder over lunch. The network effect is real, and when one team levels up, everyone around them wins too.
The magic of Startup House doesn’t solely rest in the mentorship or the programming. It’s the community that truly moves the needle. It’s that small conversation over coffee that turns into a big breakthrough, or that chance encounter that helps connect dots you hadn’t known existed.
Community connections that last beyond Demo Day
Startup House is the start of relationships that last long after the final pitch. Founders will walk away not only with sharper GTM plans and cleaner decks, but also with new co-founder connections, collaborators, and lifelong Starknet allies.
These are the types of bonds that lead to exponentially beneficial long-term outcomes like partnerships, open-source collaboration, and fundraising. You might even form an entirely new startup down the line with someone you meet this year at Startup House.
The community at Startup House is both something to help you build, and that you help build yourself. If you’re serious about working alongside others who are just as driven, committed, and innovative, then Startup House is exactly where you need to be.
Join the next generation of Starknet founders. Apply now and start building with the people who will shape what comes next.
Not there yet?
If you’re not ready to apply to Startup House, no worries! You can get started on your founder journey with:
- Developer Basecamp — A free, online Cairo bootcamp for developers and founders that will prepare you to participate in developer events around Devconnect, which includes a remote hackathon and an in-person Startup House in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Founder Basecamp — A free, online lab exploring product thinking, pitch training, and other startup skills.
- Re{ignite} Hackathon — Build apps, win prizes, and connect with the Starknet dev community.
