AcceleratorCON Events

Where the
ecosystem
shows up.

Events built for depth, not networking theater. Real meetings. Real momentum. Real relationships.

Featured - Championship Day
AcceleratorCON
2026
📍 The Maison Projects - Chelsea, New York City
500
Founders
100
Investors
100
Draft Cos
200+
1:1 Meets
OCT 23, 20269 AM - 9 PM ETTickets Open
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The Full Season

Every event.
One ecosystem.

The AcceleratorCON season runs March through October — building momentum city by city toward the biggest day in startup.

ChampionshipOct 23, 2026
AcceleratorCON 2026
The main event. 1,000 founders, investors, and accelerators -- curated, pre-matched, and ready to move.
📍The Maison Projects, Chelsea, New York City
🕘9:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET · 1,000 cap
🎟500 Founders · 100 Investors · 100 Draft Cos
Season-LongMar - Oct 2026
The Draft Experience
The NFL Combine for startups. Four regional tours identify the top 100 startups for guaranteed 1:1 investor meetings.
🗺4 Regional Stops + Championship NYC
🏆100 Startups · 200+ pre-matched meetings
📈30% of finalists raised within 6 months
Multi-City2026 Season
Tech Week Tours
Curated meetups and programming during Arizona, NYC, Boston, and LA Tech Weeks. Intimate 150-person format.
🌆Arizona · NYC · Boston · Los Angeles
🗓April, June, TBD, October 2026
🎙150-person cap · Talks & Bites format
Invite OnlyThroughout 2026
Investor Dinner Series
Closed-door dinners across Manhattan and select cities. No pitching allowed. The conversations you cannot find anywhere else.
🍽10-30 person intimate seated dinners
🔒Curated guest list - reviewed personally by Esosa
🌃Manhattan + select cities
The Draft Experience

The NFL Combine
for Startups.

Great founders go unseen — like undrafted rookies waiting for a break. The Draft Experience fixes the pipeline. We identify the top 100 startups in the country and connect them directly with investors and accelerators.

1
The Regional Tour
4 cities, March–October. 100–150 startups apply per region. Top 20 selected by investor judges. Winners get investor intros + free Championship ticket.
2
The Draft Class
80 regional winners + 20 wildcard picks = 100 startups converge in NYC. Immediate private 1:1 meetings with investors and accelerators.
3
The Championship
Top 10 startups pitch at the Super Bowl. 30% of past finalists raised funding within 6 months.
History

Past Events

2025 Championship
AcceleratorCON 2025
Tim Draper · Cyan Banister · Draft Experience
2024 Championship
AcceleratorCON 2024
Seth Godin · Inaugural Draft Experience
2023 — Where It Began
AcceleratorCON 2023
America's largest accelerator event in year one.