Thiel Fellowship
A two-year, US$250,000 grant for people aged 22 or under who skip or stop out of college to build something new. The foundation takes no equity.
US$250k grant · equity-free
Rolling applications
Fellowship · San Francisco, United States
Latitud Fellowship
Latitud's programme for Latin American pre-founders: eight weeks online and a week of investor meetings in San Francisco, with a US$62,500 check for 2.5% on a SAFE and eight founders per cohort.
Closed Run by Latitud
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- US$62,500 US$62,500 Ideation Check on a SAFE for 2.5%.
- Instrument
- SAFE
- Equity taken
- 2.5%
- Programme fee
- not published
- Duration
- 9 weeks
- Cohort size
- 8 companies
- Cohorts
- not published
- Delivery
- Hybrid
- Stages
- Idea, pre-seed
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
- Open to founders from
- Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Perks
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- San Francisco week with founder, angel and fund meetings; travel costs covered except flights
Eight weeks of remote work followed by one in-person week in San Francisco.
Application dates
Closed2026 cohort
2026 cohort: applications opened 13 June 2026 and closed 6 August 2026; the programme started 2 October 2026.
Who can apply
- Latin American founders at the early ideation stage
- Either a dealmaker with fast-moving tech company experience or a builder who has launched a product
- Full-time commitment
- Stage: idea, pre-seed
What founders should check
- It takes 2.5% equity, and its standard offer is US$62,500. Work out what that stake costs you at your next round before you sign.
- It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
- It mixes remote and in-person sessions in San Francisco. Ask how much time on site it expects.
- The last window we track closed on 6 August 2026. Dates for the next cohort are not published yet.
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