The accelerator

Apply to Forge

Forge is for founders building their own company. We would rather have the honest version of your business than the polished one.

Cost: No fee, now or later. Forge takes equity and only equity, so we are paid when you are.
Timing: No deadline and no cohort calendar. Applications are read as they arrive.
Eligibility: An idea you have tested on real people, or a company already trading. No revenue minimum, no incorporation required, and no US work authorization requirement.

After you apply

Read by us: Every Forge application is read by the A Foundery team. No screening tool sits in front of us.
An answer either way: If it looks like a fit we come back to arrange a first conversation about the business and its numbers. If it is not a fit right now, we say so plainly rather than leave you waiting.
Kept private: Nothing you send is shared outside A Foundery.

Step 1 of 3About you

Full Name *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

LinkedIn Profile URL *Find My LinkedIn URL

A valid LinkedIn URL is mandatory. Your LinkedIn profile is the only way we review your application. Without a valid LinkedIn URL, your application will not move to the next step.

How to find your LinkedIn URL:

Click "Find My LinkedIn URL" above. This opens your profile in a new tab
Copy the URL from your browser's address bar (it looks like linkedin.com/in/yourname)
Come back here and paste it in the field above

What city/town do you call home? *

Are you currently located in the United States?

Yes

What is your work authorization status in the US?

Optional. Forge has no US work authorization requirement, because the company you are building is your own. Answer it only if it helps us understand where you are based.

If selected, are you able to start full-time? *

Forge is not something to run alongside another job. Work can be remote or in person at our Princeton, NJ Venture Studio.

Yes

Are you a Harvard Alumni?