Teamworthy Founder Fellowship
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Teamworthy Ventures has a commitment to investing in and supporting early-stage entrepreneurs and helping great teams build companies of enduring value. The Teamworthy Founder Fellowship is a 12-week program held in the Spring and the Fall that provides current or aspiring entrepreneurs with funding, mentorship, customer development, and talent and recruiting assistance.
How It Works
Upcoming Classes
Spring 2026
Mar 4 - May 21

Fall 2026
Sep 10 - Nov 18
3 In-Person
Events
During your Teamworthy Founder Fellowship, you will gather three times for in-person events in Nashville, NYC, and other cities. You will meet your peer Founder Fellows, our portfolio Founders, experienced industry executives, investors, and more.
Weekly Virtual Speakers with Founders/CEOs
Every week you will join a private conversation with one of our experienced portfolio Founders and and receive feedback and advice from your peer Founder Fellows.
1:1 Mentoring
During your Teamworthy Founder Fellowship, you will receive 1:1 mentoring from experienced entrepreneurs, leading industry executives, and top technical experts.
Flexible Funding
Teamworthy Founder Fellows receive $25k to $250k via a post-money SAFE with a valuation cap, in addition to introductions to trusted investors in our network.
Customer Development
During your Teamworthy Founder Fellowship, our team assists you in the customer development process with an emphasis on research calls for customer discovery and market research.
Talent Development
Our two forward deployed recruiters are available to help you develop your talent and recruiting strategy and find your next great hire.
Business Model Innovation
During your Teamworthy Founder Fellowship, we focus on finding opportunities for business model innovation including new approaches to pricing, packaging, and contract design.
Speakers and Mentors
Teamworthy Founder Fellows meet with experienced entrepreneurs and executives at our portfolio companies and across our network who provide guidance on product, engineering, sales, marketing, customer success, and talent acquisition.
Bryan Leach
Founder & CEO
iBotta (NYSE:IBTA)
Zach Maurides
Founder & CEO
Teamworks
Aaron Schumm
Co-Founder & CEO
Vestwell
Bo Jiang
Co-Founder & CEO
Lithic
Jay Choi
CEO
Typeform
Alex Jones
Co-Founder & CEO
Hallow
Ben Eisenberg
CEO
People Data Labs
Ilir Sela
Co-Founder & CEO
Slice
Godard Abel
Co-Founder & CEO
G2
Eric Kinariwala
Co-Founder & CEO
Capsule
JD Parkes
Co-Founder & CEO
Parry Labs
Mary Biggins
Co-Founder, Classpass
Co-Founder, Mealpal
Will Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO
Antithesis
Max Ruderman
CEO
Harmonic
John Ackerly
Co-Founder & CEO
Virtru
Dr. Will Roper
Co-Founder & CEO
Istari Digital
Gemma Postlethwaite
CEO
GLG
Jonathan Yantis
Co-Founder & CEO
QuicksortRx
Clay Sifford
Co-Founder & CEO
LASSO
Sam Bobley
Co-Founder & CEO
Ocrolus
Dennis Hu
Founder & CEO
Drug Hunter
Andrew Bocskocsky
Co-Founder & CEO
Grata
Julian Flannery
Co-Founder & CEO
Summus
Dave Walsh
CTO
Parry Labs
Dacia Toll
Co-CEO
Coursemojo
You Mon Tsang
Founder & CEO
ChurnZero
Thompson Paine
Head of Product and BizOps
Anthropic
Craig Fuller
Founder & CEO
FreightWaves
Joe Scarlett
Former CEO and Chairman
Tractor Supply Co (TSCO)
Dr. Dan Fabbri
Founder & CEO
Brim Analytics
Mimi Vaughn
CEO and President
Genesco (NYSE: GCO)
Spencer Combs
Co-Founder & CEO
Eventshop
Cam Doody
Founder
Bellhop
Bryan Frist
Co-Founder & CEO
Yoshi Mobility
Peter Lehrman
Co-Founder & CEO
Axial
Previous Founder Fellows
Pete Brumm
Co-Founder & CEO
After Transparency
Louisville, Edgenet, Kindful
After Transparency is the best way to get insights from payer price transparency data.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Jonathan Bruser
Co-Founder & COO
After Transparency
Kentucky, Newell Rubbermaid
After Transparency is the best way to get insights from payer price transparency data.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Mario Mancuso
Co-Founder
DealSage
Harvard, DOD, Kirkland & Ellis
DealSage is developing an AI-powered solution to assist middle market private equity and venture capital firms with their legal and risk assessment diligence
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Louis Citron
Co-Founder
DealSage
Duke, NEA, Nasdaq
DealSage is developing an AI-powered solution to assist middle market private equity and venture capital firms with their legal and risk assessment diligence
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Anatoly Geyfman
Co-Founder & CEO
Deviceflow
UConn, DICOM, Carevoyance
Deviceflow is the leading medical device operations co-pilot.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Max Yuan
Co-Founder & CEO
Goliath
Berkeley, Affirm, Arc
Goliath is the leading sourcing tool for sourcing homeowners ready to sell.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Austin Beveridge
Co-Founder & COO
Goliath
Wisconsin, Bolt, Arc
Goliath is the leading sourcing tool for sourcing homeowners ready to sell.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Jeffrey Dendy
Founder & CEO
Heartvue.ai
Vanderbilt Medicine
Heartvue.ai is dedicated to transforming cardiac MRI analysis by automating image interpretation, reporting, and billing.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Steve Damon
CTO
Heartvue.ai
RIT, Vanderbilt, iHeartMedia
Heartvue.ai is dedicated to transforming cardiac MRI analysis by automating image interpretation, reporting, and billing.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Michael Stratton
Founder & CEO
Health Data Atlas
GaTech, Accenture, Komodo
Health Data Atlas has developed the best-in-class market intelligence solution for the healthcare industry.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Kevin Brendle
CTO
Health Data Atlas
Tennessee, Verana, Synapticure
Health Data Atlas has developed the best-in-class market intelligence solution for the healthcare industry.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Dr. Michael Golinko
Co-Founder & CEO
ImageAssist
MIT, Emory Medical, Vanderbilt
ImageAssist allows you to capture, manage, and secure high-quality patient photos with ease.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Jonathan Sadlowe
Co-Founder & COO
ImageAssist
Alabama, Google, Spacious
ImageAssist allows you to capture, manage, and secure high-quality patient photos with ease.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Jake Gordon
Co-Founder & CEO
Noteefy
Lehigh, Accenture
Noteefy helps golf courses optimize revenue, efficiency, and guest experience.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Dathan Wong
Co-Founder & CTO
Noteefy
Villanova, Microsoft, Supermove
Noteefy helps golf courses optimize revenue, efficiency, and guest experience.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Riley Soward
Co-Founder, Co-CEO
Orbital
BC, Campus Insights, Nuro
Orbital is the Zoominfo for companies selling to SMBs.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Ani Kunaparaju
Co-Founder, Co-CEO
Orbital
Rice, Tivamo, Cisco Meraki
Orbital is the Zoominfo for companies selling to SMBs.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Luke Sommer
Co-Founder & CEO
Paratus
Duke, Solomon Partners
Paratus helps keep defense teams ready for missions with work management software that automates admin work.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Roberto Medrano
Co-Founder & COO
Paratus
Duke, Amazon, ASUS
Paratus helps keep defense teams ready for missions with work management software that automates admin work.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Stuart Baker
Co-Founder & CTO
Paratus
Duke, AWS, Comulate
Paratus helps keep defense teams ready for missions with work management software that automates admin work.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Aaron Guo
Co-Founder
Prosights
UChicago, Goldman, Permira
ProSights extracts and organizes unstructured data into a usable format at scale with complete auditability for finance teams.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Justin Wu
Co-Founder
Prosights
Harvard, Citi, Permira
ProSights extracts and organizes unstructured data into a usable format at scale with complete auditability for finance teams.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Joe White
Founder & CEO
Sendit Healthcare
Minnesota, HCA
Sendit is a marketplace where clinicians and health organizations collaborate to fill staffing needs.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Brian Han
Founder & CEO
TravelMoney
Berkeley, HotelTonight, Future
TravelMoney is the leader in modern VAT-refund shopping.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Thomas Smyth
Founder & CEO
Concourse
Yale, Trim
Concourse is enabling efficient public sector IT procurement.
Fall 2025 Founder Fellow
Ethan Dhadley
Co-Founder & CEO
Anata Data
Harvard
Anata helps investors gain an edge by delivering hard-to-access regulatory data.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Ian Loeb
Co-Founder
Anata Data
Columbia, Amazon
Anata helps investors gain an edge by delivering hard-to-access regulatory data.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Cornel Duhaney
Co-Founder
Anata Data
Lehman College, Columbia
Anata helps investors gain an edge by delivering hard-to-access regulatory data.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Robbie van Zyl
Co-Founder & CEO
Askari Defense
Georgia Tech
Askari builds hand-held drone defense systems.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Marc van Zyl
Co-Founder
Askari Defense
Georgia Tech
Askari builds hand-held drone defense systems.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Ben Airdo
Co-Founder
Askari Defense
Georgia Tech, Sandia
Askari builds hand-held drone defense systems.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Lucas Babbitt
Co-Founder & CEO
Atomic Insights
Naval Academy, Jordan Park
Atomic Insights provides payment workflow automation for RIAs and family offices.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Corey Flynn
Co-Founder & CTO
Atomic Insights
Carnegie Mellon, Shift Media
Atomic Insights provides payment workflow automation for RIAs and family offices.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Christopher Schlaepfer
Co-Founder & CEO
Chorrie
MIT, Columbia, Google
Chorrie helps healthcare professionals automate repetitive tasks.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Jorrie Brettin
Co-Founder & CTO
Chorrie
MIT, Google
Chorrie helps healthcare professionals automate repetitive tasks.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Matt Casamento
Co-Founder & CEO
Covet Health
Notre Dame, KPMG
Covet Health's innovative third-party administration platform and benefits solution revolutionizes the way healthcare is delivered.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Nate Luong
Co-Founder & COO
Covet Health
Notre Dame, Blink Health
Covet Health's innovative third-party administration platform and benefits solution revolutionizes the way healthcare is delivered.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
David Vidovich
Co-Founder & CTO
Covet Health
Notre Dame, Mission Solutions
Covet Health's innovative third-party administration platform and benefits solution revolutionizes the way healthcare is delivered.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Matt Salerno
Co-Founder & CEO
DealCompass
Notre Dame, Football
DealCompass makes it easier for real estate agents to close deals faster.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Brian Li
Co-Founder & CEO
Revenue Vessel
Dartmouth, Flexport
Revenue Vessel helps customers discover every air, ocean, and cross-border importer, find their contact information, and supercharge their sales.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Noah Stewart
Co-Founder & COO
Revenue Vessel
Berry College, Flexport
Revenue Vessel helps customers discover every air, ocean, and cross-border importer, find their contact information, and supercharge their sales.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Daniel Keller
Co-Founder & CTO
Revenue Vessel
Yale, Facebook, Rutter
Revenue Vessel helps customers discover every air, ocean, and cross-border importer, find their contact information, and supercharge their sales.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Scott Hebert
Co-Founder & CEO
Second Door Health
Quinnipiac, WebPT
Second Door is the leading physical therapy growth platform.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Rohit Shenoy
Co-Founder & CEO
String
UT Dallas, Bain
String helps customers effortlessly extract structured data from any website.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Logan Harless
Co-Founder & CTO
String
UT Dallas, Credera
String helps customers effortlessly extract structured data from any website.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Shea McGee
Co-Founder & CEO
Subbey
Lipscomb, Teacher
Subbey makes it easy for teachers to schedule substitutes.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Liam Redmond
Co-Founder & CEO
Yelo
Notre Dame, F30U30
Yelo is the first student social ride network.
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Brian Lindman, MD
Co-Founder & CEO
Relevais Health
Duke, Vanderbilt MD, WashU
Relevais is a technology enabled Cardiac Rehabilitation Solution built to optimize patient outcomes and reduce costs
Spring 2025 Founder Fellow
Sammy MacFarlane
Founder & CEO
Morrow
UVA, Oliver Wyman
Morrow helps companies capture more value for their employees.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Jowanza Joseph
Co-Founder & CEO
Parakeet Risk
Georgia Tech, Mastercard
Parakeet helps customers consolidate risk data and compliance measures on a single platform.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Gabe Colburn
Co-Founder & CEO
Quantek Systems
Mines, Northrup Grumman
Quantek Systems provides software for radiology teams to track patients and workflows.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Spencer Tate
Co-Founder & CEO
Supamill
Furman, D1 Runner
Supamill is a general-purpose assistant that automates work on your computer.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Nemath Ahmed
Co-Founder & CTO
Supamill
Georgia Tech, Cisco
Supamill is a general-purpose assistant that automates work on your computer.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Oscar Laird
Co-Founder
Supamill
Georgia Tech, Colorado
Supamill is a general-purpose assistant that automates work on your computer.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Jimmy Speyer
Founder & CEO
Glasshouse
Minnesota, Logixboard
GlassHouse provides software for home services businesses to target prospects and improve profits.
Fall 2024 Founder Fellow
Dan Arteaga, MD
Founder & CEO
Medontix
WashU, Vanderbilt, Stanford
Medontix enhances clinical trial enrollment by giving research coordinators and investigators convenient access to a wide range of tools and resources at home and at the bedside.
2024 Founder Fellow
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