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This FAST funding window is open from now until November 12th. The sooner you apply, the sooner you get funded.
How FAST Works
FAST helps Stanford Founders get their startups off the ground, and begin a long term relationship between you and NFX.
- All applicants get feedback, no Founder is left ghosted
- Most founder friendly investment terms out there: Uncapped SAFE, no discount
- Private and simple application process
- Opportunity to pitch live (and privately) to NFX partners in the final round
- Winners will get the chance to pitch the NFX Partnership for a pre-seed/seed round when ready
What types of businesses are most likely to win NFX FAST?
No idea is too early. NFX FAST is targeting pre-seed and seed stage companies that have raised less than $2M of funding.
NFX invests in a broad range of sectors including AI applications, Marketplaces, Fintech, Proptech, Games, Networks, Computational Biology, Climate, Consumer, B2B, SMB software, enterprise software, etc. See our existing portfolio to get a sense.
Like all investors, we have investment preferences and areas of focus that you should know about. For instance, we strongly favor companies that can have network effects (NFX).
We don't focus on these sectors: semiconductor, medical devices, pure pharma, pure hardware, and network devices.
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About NFX
The Partners of NFX have built 10 companies with more than $10 billion in exits across multiple industries and geographies. We're entrepreneur first because we were entrepreneurs first. And we’re determined to guard the backs of the next generation of fearless founders.
NFX investors Pete Flint and Anna Piñol are Stanford alumni themselves and are committed to supporting student founders.
For more insights on who we are, visit www.nfx.com. While there, you can watch, read and listen to the best coverage of fundraising, network effects, marketplaces, and all things startup.