* E14 Fund doesn’t invest in current MIT students
Driven by feedback from our community, we launched the E14 Fellowship. Like our core invested companies, E14 Fellows are companies with ambitious, talented, tenacious founders whose companies have the potential to rapidly scale. However, while E14 Fellows may not yet, for various reasons, be ready to digest a larger E14 investment, together we share a common goal of getting the company ready for a larger investment from E14 Fund or others.
MIT alumni, or staff / faculty that have completed their work at MIT. E14 Fund does not invest in current students
The E14 Fellowship includes mentorship, a vibrant peer community, access to resources and a $50-100K investment on a no-cap, no-discount SAFE. To date, we have backed more than 60 E14 Fellows, many of whom have gone on to raise a core check of ~$1M weeks or months later.
If you'd like to apply to E14 Fund core investment ($1-2M) please fill this form or reach out to us directly
The Fellowship Investment program is designed to be the most founder friendly. We beleive that at this very early stage of the business, putting a valuation or a valuation cap is not fair to the founders. For that reason, our fellowship SAFE investments are done at no-cap and no-discount.
The E14 Fellowship program does not preclude you from taking part in other investment or non-investment programs either before, during or after your participation with E14. We also often help E14 Fellows work out plans for other complementary programs and resources such as other accelerators, non-dilutive grants, etc...
Acceptance into the E14 Fellowship program is on an adhoc, rolling basis based on community needs and qualification with only about 15 E14 Fellows per year. . To date we have supported more than 60 fellows.
No, you can be anywhere. E14 Fund supports and invests in great, world-changing MIT companies wherever they may be for the E14 Fellows program and with our core investments as well.
If you are looking to raise a larger investment from E14 Fund ($500K-2M) please apply here.
“Describing E14 Fund as a value add investor is an understatement. The experience, mentorship and support are the key to FIGUR8’s success as a deep tech startup. Habib and Calvin full-heartedly support their portfolio companies and are determined to see the companies through their growth and success. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”
“Habib and Calvin from the E14 fund are without doubt the best investors an early stage company can ask for! They are the first people I contact for advice. They are not afraid to roll up their sleeves and help us quickly solve a challenge that we are facing. They have full faith in our team but at the same time they don’t shy away from sharing constructive feedback on how things can be improved. They are principled, thoughtful and extremely supportive!”
“Habib and Calvin have been great mentors and provided early support that helped us to transform from a purely research team into company venture. Their candid feedback has been invaluable in shaping the vision of our company and set us on a trajectory that would have been difficult otherwise.”
“E14 have been excellent investors and mentors over the past year. Through stressful and trying decisions/times, Habib and Calvin have been excellent resources that really do make founders feel like a priority. I am extremely grateful to not only them but also the community they've built around the E14 fund.”
“Habib and Calvin have the pulse of the investment community; their cautious read on investors and intentions has provided me solid insight when stepping into this new-to-me space of fundraising. For the past year we have met regularly to formulate a strategy to get hardware on people. As I approach graduation I look forward to turning the crank on this endeavor by leveraging our community resources.”
