🌟Help People See Themselves as Founders🌟

Subscribe to get notified about new events!

Funding Breakthrough Lab Inc

Funding Breakthrough Lab Inc empowers innovators and entrepreneurs by providing funding, resources, and mentorship to drive impactful solutions for social change and community development.

Three years ago, I lost my job despite being a hard worker. It wasn&rsquo;t the first time&mdash;and I had watched friends go through the same experience. I had always dreamed of building something of my own and creating more control over my future. But when I was first introduced to a female founder, I almost had a panic attack. I didn&rsquo;t see myself as a founder.I felt like an imposter. And when I finally gained the confidence to call myself one, I discovered another challenge:&nbsp;there was an enormous amount to learn about building a company, but it was difficult to know&nbsp;where to start, who to trust, or even what questions to ask. That experience inspired me to create&nbsp;Funding Breakthrough Lab (FBL). We believe entrepreneurship should be more accessible.Funding Breakthrough Lab is a nonprofit pre-accelerator and founder community that gives aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs access to the knowledge, people, and opportunities that can help them turn an idea into a real business. We bring together experienced founders, investors, lawyers, accountants, operators, and industry experts to teach founders the fundamentals of company building&mdash;from validating an idea and finding customers to fundraising, operations, and building a team. But FBL is about more than information. We want to create a place where people who never imagined themselves as founders can walk into a room and feel like they belong there.So far, we&#39;ve:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Supported 72 founders through our accelerator programs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Achieved 50%+ female participation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Built a community of 25,000+ founders, builders, investors, and supporters</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Created workshops, mentorship, pitch opportunities, and community events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area</li></ul>And we&#39;re just getting started. Your donation helps us build what comes next. FBL is powered by people who believe that great founders can come from anywhere&mdash;but access to the right knowledge, networks, mentorship, and community isn&#39;t distributed equally. Your contribution helps us keep founder education accessible, recruit exceptional mentors and experts, improve our programs, create more opportunities for founders, and grow the community supporting them. Whether you give $10, $100, $1,000, volunteer your expertise, or simply share our mission, you&#39;re helping someone take a step toward building something they may not have believed was possible. Help us invest in the people building our future:<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donate:&nbsp; &mdash; Every contribution helps us provide education, mentorship, community, and opportunities to more founders.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share &mdash; Introduce FBL to someone who believes in expanding access to entrepreneurship.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Volunteer &mdash; Give your time, experience, or expertise to help the next generation of founders succeed.</li></ol>Thank you for believing in our founders and helping us build a future where more people have the opportunity to create, lead, and build. Natalie Pan Founder, Funding Breakthrough Lab

Three years ago, I lost my job despite being a hard worker. It wasn’t the first time—and I had watched friends go through the same experience.I had always dreamed of building something of my own and creating more control over my future. But when I was first introduced to a female founder, I almost had a panic attack.I didn’t see myself as a founder.I felt like an imposter.And when I finally gained the confidence to call myself one, I discovered another challenge: there was an enormous amount to learn about building a company, but it was difficult to know where to start, who to trust, or even what questions to ask.That experience inspired me to create Funding Breakthrough Lab (FBL).We believe entrepreneurship should be more accessible.Funding Breakthrough Lab is a nonprofit pre-accelerator and founder community that gives aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs access to the knowledge, people, and opportunities that can help them turn an idea into a real business.We bring together experienced founders, investors, lawyers, accountants, operators, and industry experts to teach founders the fundamentals of company building—from validating an idea and finding customers to fundraising, operations, and building a team.But FBL is about more than information.We want to create a place where people who never imagined themselves as founders can walk into a room and feel like they belong there.So far, we've:Supported 72 founders through our accelerator programsAchieved 50%+ female participationBuilt a community of 25,000+ founders, builders, investors, and supportersCreated workshops, mentorship, pitch opportunities, and community events throughout the San Francisco Bay AreaAnd we're just getting started.Your donation helps us build what comes next.FBL is powered by people who believe that great founders can come from anywhere—but access to the right knowledge, networks, mentorship, and community isn't distributed equally.Your contribution helps us keep founder education accessible, recruit exceptional mentors and experts, improve our programs, create more opportunities for founders, and grow the community supporting them.Whether you give $10, $100, $1,000, volunteer your expertise, or simply share our mission, you're helping someone take a step toward building something they may not have believed was possible.Help us invest in the people building our future:Donate: — Every contribution helps us provide education, mentorship, community, and opportunities to more founders.Share — Introduce FBL to someone who believes in expanding access to entrepreneurship.Volunteer — Give your time, experience, or expertise to help the next generation of founders succeed.Thank you for believing in our founders and helping us build a future where more people have the opportunity to create, lead, and build.Natalie PanFounder, Funding Breakthrough Lab

SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE HER Innovation Summit: Women Pushing Innovation 100 women shaping the future of innovation 📅 Tuesday, December 8, 2026 &middot; 10 AM to 4 PM 📍 Silicon Valley AI Hub at Snowflake HQ, 125 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park (free parking in the garage across the street) Funding follows visibility. We&rsquo;re bringing together 100 nominated founders, investors, executives and community leaders for a day to be seen, share their stories and build real connections. A film crew will capture interviews and stories all day so you leave with a story you can keep sharing. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1794242309/wysiwyg/nxixlwconbmmixz7zxwa.jpg" style="text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">On the day: keynotes from Naseem Sayani (Emmeline Ventures, The Capital Flex podcast) and Cheryl Edison, a panel called &ldquo;Changing the Face of Innovation&rdquo; moderated by Holly Uber, &ldquo;See Her&rdquo; group introductions, Her Stories, the 100 Women group photo, a cocktail hour and prizes. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1794242304/wysiwyg/xlwmqt4jjvohydzetkbl.jpg" style="text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Attendance is by nomination. Request to join or nominate a woman using this page. Every guest is reviewed. If you can&rsquo;t make it, please cancel so another woman can have your seat. Showcase your company: women founders can apply for a demo table at <a fr-original-style="" href="//luma.com/fblherdemo" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">luma.com/fblherdemo</a> Full agenda, speakers and the women attending: <a fr-original-style="" href="//breakthroughlab.org/community/success-looks-like-her" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">breakthroughlab.org/community/success-looks-like-her</a> Sponsors: Sponsorships help fund a free pre-accelerator where half the founders are women. To get involved, email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:natalie@breakthroughlab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">natalie@breakthroughlab.org</a>With thanks to Snowflake, 1Password, BMO and the Watson Institute.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1794242147/wysiwyg/jwyphqtxw955u70afpja.png" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Hosted by Breakthrough Lab, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit &middot; breakthroughlab.org

Funding Breakthrough Lab Inc

Funding Breakthrough Lab Inc

Upcoming events

Events

Get your tickets

Success Looks Like Her

Donate to our cause

Donate now

🌟Help People See Themselves as Founders🌟

Powered by

.css-o5kbb4 a{color:inherit;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-o5kbb4 a:hover{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:hsl(32, 0%, 100%);}Funding Breakthrough Lab Inc

Upcoming events

Events

Get your tickets

Success Looks Like Her

Donate to our cause

Donate now

🌟Help People See Themselves as Founders🌟

Powered by

Funding Breakthrough Lab Inc