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Get mentored by
unicorn advisors

Venturethon — a remote startup program

Join a 10-day AI and Web3 hackathon followed by a 2-month founder cohort. Get mentored by unicorn founders, access $250K+ in tech credits, and build your venture from zero to traction.

10 Days
Intensive hackathon
2 Months
Cohort support
$250K+
In tech credits
9 Cohorts
And counting

Learn from people who've already built unicorns

Our advisors aren't speakers. They're operators. Every advisor has founded, scaled, or exited a company at unicorn level or beyond.

Rank 10 founder

Julian Teicke

Founder, Wefox
Scaling startups
Fundraising
Venture building
Rank 9 Founder

Philipp Zentner

CEO, LI.FI
DeFi infrastructure
Web3 product
Growth strategy
Rank 9 Founder

Gerald Heydenreich

Founder, BuyVIP
Web3 Strategy
Go-to-Market
Fundraising
Rank 9 Founder

Michael Priem

Founding Strategic Partner, Snow Peak Capital
Strategy
Digital transformation
Private Equity
Rank 9 Founder

Jan Bohl

Founder, Ableton
Finance
Operations
Internationalization
Rank 9 Founder

Jens Hewald

Founder, Zanox
Performance marketing
Web3
Exit strategy

Startup credits from top partners

Participants receive credits and perks from leading technology companies to help you build, scale, and launch your product.

  • Access to credits from OpenAI, Lovable, AWS, and other top platforms

  • Tools and infrastructure to build your MVP at no cost

  • Access to credits from OpenAI, Lovable, AWS, and other top platformsCredits activated after day 10 of the program on successful submission

From idea to traction in 10 weeks

01

Days 1 – 10: The Hackathon

Build fast. Work in teams. Get daily advisor sessions. Ship a working prototype by demo day.

02

Weeks 2 – 4: Cohort Kickoff

Deep-dives with mentors. Refine your product, validate your market, prepare your fundraising narrative.

03

Weeks 5 – 10: Build and Launch

Office hours, peer accountability, investor introductions, and traction targets. This is where ventures get real.

Trusted by founders

Hear from founders who transformed their startups with soonami

"soonami had the expertise, network and resources we were looking for to really scale our idea."

Adrien Resch

CEO & Co-founder, AuditOne
"soonami helped us validate our DeFi infrastructure and connected us with the right partners to grow from idea to $10M+ in TVL."

Rok Behin

Founder, Rethink Finance
"We pivoted six times before finding traction. soonami gave us the right touchpoints and motivation to keep building until we got it right."

Gordon Handke

Co-founder, Athaus AI
Exclusive Sessions

AMA with top VCs

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

Partner, HV Capital
Decade-long VC career backing European startups like TravelPerk, Fresha, and iZettle. Deep expertise in B2B SaaS and Enterprise Software.

Daniela Machado

Partner, Heartfelt VC
First-check investor at Europe's leading pre-seed fund. Background in law and venture capital, specializing in evaluating founders at the earliest stages.

Vicktoria Klich

Co-Founder, w3.group & w3.fund
Leading voice in Web3 in Germany. Built w3.group into a thriving Web3 ecosystem, co-working space, and investment fund in Berlin.

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.

Your venture lives on Foundance

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.

01

Advisor Bookings

Unlock 1:1 sessions with unicorn mentors through the fSNI token system

02

Cloud Credits

Access partner credits from Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, and more once your team agreement is complete on Foundance

03

Team Matching

Find technical co-founders, developers, designers, and growth specialists through the community

Cohort 10 is open.

Applications close soon. Remote. Global. No equity taken.

Free to apply. Cohort starts May 2025. Teams of 1 to 4 founders.