Edition starting 21 October 2026
Build your profile, get your investibility score, and get the advice you have earned.
10 days
Program length
€5,000
For-good grant
€1,000
Best project
€1,000
Under-18 builders
21 Oct
2026 kickoff
The process
No hidden stages. Here is exactly what happens from the moment you submit the form.
One form. Who you are, what you're building, why now. Rolling submissions.
Our team screens each one by hand. We look for builders who ship, not decks that promise.
We send the steps to generate it, and you see it instantly on our platform: how you read on clarity, traction, team and pitch — plus the one signal that will move your score the most.
If you're selected, you pitch on Zoom or Google Meet. Real conversation, real questions, no panel theatre.
Shortly after the live pitch we tell you whether you're in the edition starting 21 October 2026. A short form secures your place: 10 days, pre-events included, no equity, no strings.
Unicorn founders and large-exit operators review your pitch. Full written feedback lands at the end of the 10 days, once you've shared yours.
Some advisors will want to mentor you; some may offer to invest. 1:1 meetings are facilitated at the cohort stage, which requires an agreement with soonami.
Our advisors aren't speakers. They're operators. Every advisor has founded, scaled, or exited a company at unicorn level or beyond.
Julian Teicke
Christian Reber
Gerald Heydenreich
Michael Priem
Jens Hewald
Pitch to our advisor ecosystem comprising founders with $30M+ exits. Receive broad feedback on your startup after submitting feedback on the program. No strings attached
To get 1:1 advisor mentorship or meetings with potential investors - join the soonami cohort. Equity based. Standard deal: 2%
* For startups that have already raised a round or have sizeable traction, terms can be modified
Demo Day at the end of cohort and ongoing support for fundraising
Hear from founders who transformed their startups with soonami
Adrien Resch
Rok Behin
Gordon Handke
Get direct access to leading venture capitalists in intimate Ask Me Anything sessions. No pitch required — just honest conversations about fundraising, building, and what investors actually look for at the earliest stages.
Lina Chong
Daniela Machado
Vicktoria Klich
AMA sessions are exclusive to Venturethon participants. Ask about fundraising strategies, market timing, what makes a great pitch, portfolio construction, and anything else on your mind.
Foundance (foundance.org) is soonami's ecosystem platform. Connect with co-founders, advisors, and builders. Book advisor sessions, unlock cloud credits, and manage your venture — all in one place.
Unlock 1:1 sessions with unicorn mentors through Foundance credits
Access partner credits from Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, and more once your team agreement is complete on Foundance
Find technical co-founders, developers, designers, and growth specialists through the community
Applications close soon. Remote. Global. No equity taken.
Free to apply. Venturethon starts 10 July 2026 with pre-events
