A speaker presenting on stage at an a16z speedrun event

Capital

Funded from day one. Demo Day puts you on stage in front of thousands of investors. Until then, your first check of up to $1M goes further with $10M+ in Marketplace credits from 200+ partners.

Demo day

Present to thousands of investors in a single day

Demo Day is the capstone of the residency. You present live in San Francisco to a curated audience of thousands of early-stage investors, in the room and online, and the follow-ups start the same day.

Before the day, the team works with you on the story, the deck, the target list, and the process. After it, we stay in the room through investor conversations, diligence, and term sheets.

2x
a year, spring and fall
Dozens
of companies on one stage
1,000+
of investors, in the room and online
Prep
Fundraising playbook, talk track, deck reviews, and a target list built with the team.
The day
A curated room in San Francisco plus a global online audience. Investors browse companies ahead of time and request meetings on the spot.
After
Introductions land in your inbox. The team helps you run the process, read the term sheets, and close.
Three people gathered around a laptop

Available on the marketplace

$10,000,000+in credits and offers

240+
live offers
200+
partners
100%
of founders redeem

Runway is the whole game early. The speedrun Marketplace is a curated catalog of credits and discounts negotiated exclusively for speedrun companies, across compute, cloud, models, marketing, productivity, and more. Land on a partner’s page, see the deal, redeem in one click.

Redeem offers through one click either through Slack or using our Chrome extension, which surfaces deals when you land on a partner site. The best part? Lifetime access.

What's in the Marketplace

Compute
GPU and inference credits
Cloud
Hosting, storage, and infrastructure
Models
API credits from the leading labs
Marketing
Ads, email, analytics, and launch tools
Productivity
The software your team already uses
Finance and legal
Banking, payroll, incorporation, and counsel
Hiring
ATS, sourcing, and background checks
Data
Warehouses, pipelines, and observability

Headline categories only. Partner names and terms are shared inside the Marketplace.

Raise when ready

Demo Day is the front door, not a deadline

If the timing isn't right, you raise when the company is ready, with the same prep, the same network, and the same team behind you. Fundraising support runs through the residency and after it.

Follow-on
We double down in your future rounds.
Signal
speedrun on your cap table moves your next round.
Platform
Investor updates, target lists, and introductions run through one place, with the team on the other side of it.