The network for the people behind startups.
We bring together the people who run accelerators, venture studios and innovation hubs, so each of them has what they need to scale companies, wherever they are.
Home to leaders from 300+ organizations, including
Together that is 850+ leaders in 50+ countries: accelerator CEOs, studio founders, hub directors, university innovation leaders and the program teams beside them.
THE JOB
You spend your days backing everyone else.
No one sits where you sit.
You make high-stakes calls for founders, funders, and your team. Almost no one around you has held the same seat.
Founders expect real value.
Tools, credits, savings. Operators negotiate each deal alone, then spend real staff time managing every perk and partner.
Your organization needs capital too.
Accelerators, studios, and hubs need funding for operations and growth. Few funders understand the model.
Every benchmark is a guess.
Follow-on rates, equity terms, staff ratios, deal terms. There is no public data, so key decisions get made blind.
What membership is
Three things, done seriously.
01 · FORUMS
A personal board of advisors.
Five to eight leaders who run organizations like yours, meeting every month under strict confidentiality. They see your real problems and opportunities, and you see theirs. When the decision is too big to make alone, your Forum is the room you bring it to.
5 to 8 peers · 12 months · 2.5 hrs a month
$1.7M+
in perks, per founder
02 · LAUNCHBOOK
Your founder perks site.
Every founder you work with gets over $1.7M in curated perks through Launchbook from day one. They redeem on your perks site, and the network keeps the catalog current, so the value keeps showing up without you managing it.
129 partner perks · 35,000+ founders
03 · CAPITAL
Capital access for your organization.
Hear directly from funders during live virtual Funder Talks. After each talk, GVN arranges matched funder meetings for Principal and Keystone members, with a one-page brief and the introduction made for you.
Matched funder meetings for members
INSIDE A FORUM
One seat is yours.
18 rooms meet every month, each matched by role, model and stage.
Committed. Candid. Confidential.
WHAT’S COMING
The year ahead.
OPEN TO EVERYONE · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
The 2027 Vision Call: what support for founders looks like in 2027.
Seven speakers from across venture development, one hour on Zoom, open to anyone who does this work. 10:00am ET · 8:00am MT · 4:00pm CET.
NOV 2026 TO JAN 2027
Funder Talks
Live and virtual. Members hear directly from catalytic and growth funders.
APRIL 2027
Catalytic Capital Summit
Washington, D.C. Foundations, government and mission driven capital.
MAY 2027
Growth Capital Summit
Miami. Family offices, corporates and institutional investors.
EVERY MONTH
Forums and the Pulse
Your Forum meets, and the Ecosystem Pulse publishes to every member.
Two in-person Summits where funders meet the people who run accelerators, studios, and hubs. One for each way this work gets funded.
MEMBER VOICES
“I wouldn’t be where I am today, or as connected as I am, without GVN.”
Jose Duesta · UTEC Ventures
“Your team brings the Network’s culture to these events in so many ways and fosters such a genuine atmosphere of engagement, reflection, vulnerability and of course fun.”
Zaki Raheem · Director, DAI
“Every part of this was a learning experience: the people were all fountains of knowledge and passion, and even the structure itself was an example of how to run effective workshops at our programs. Plus, it was just really fun.”
Caroline Hatfield · Program Manager, Venture for America
FOR CLARITY
What GVN is not.
GVN is for the people who run accelerators, studios, and hubs. Not the startups inside them.
Funders in our rooms are vetted, and nobody buys access to our members. Ever.
The value here is the people and the data, not a queue of videos you will never open.
Each membership is reviewed in detail. That is what keeps the room worth being in.
OPEN ROLES
Open roles across the network.
Jobs at accelerators, venture studios and innovation hubs, updated every week.
Hiring at a member organization?