Accelerator · Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Nashville nonprofit running zero-equity founder accelerators: PreFlight, a four-week virtual idea sprint, and TakeOff and InFlight, 12-week weekly in-person cohorts for launching and growing companies.

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Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages

Terms

Funding
not published No standard investment; TakeOff and InFlight founders can compete for non-dilutive Impact Grants of US$8,000, US$6,000, US$4,000 and US$2,000
Instrument
not published
Equity taken
None (equity-free) Takes no equity
Programme fee
not published TakeOff costs US$500 (or US$125 a month for four months) and InFlight US$1,000 (or US$250 a month for four months); the PreFlight fee is not published. Limited need-based financial help is available
Duration
not published
Cohort size
not published
Cohorts
not published
Delivery
Hybrid
Stages
Idea, pre-seed, seed
Sectors
Sector-agnostic
Open to founders from
not published
Perks
  • Weekly cohort sessions
  • Advisor office hours
  • Friday webinars
  • Expo booth and pitch finals at Nashville Entrepreneur Day

TakeOff and InFlight run 12 weeks with about five hours a week and cohorts of 25 to 30 founders; PreFlight runs four weeks on Zoom. One application covers all programmes, and cohorts run in the fall and spring.

Application dates

Status unknown

Dates not published. Spring 2027 programmes begin in February 2027; applications are open with no deadline published.

Usual timing: Spring 2027 programmes begin in February 2027; applications are open with no deadline published.

Who can apply

  • TakeOff and InFlight are for Nashville-based founders in any industry
  • PreFlight suits idea-stage, pre-revenue or early-revenue founders from Middle Tennessee or with regional ties
  • TakeOff: a working product, early customers and roughly MVP to US$100,000 in revenue
  • InFlight: past US$100,000 in revenue, typically up to US$1 million, with a small team
  • Stage: idea, pre-seed, seed

What founders should check

  1. The programme says it takes no equity. Still read the agreement for warrants, revenue shares or rights in a later round.
  2. Fees: TakeOff costs US$500 (or US$125 a month for four months) and InFlight US$1,000 (or US$250 a month for four months); the PreFlight fee is not published. Limited need-based financial help is available.
  3. It mixes remote and in-person sessions in Nashville. Ask how much time on site it expects.
  4. Dates for the next cohort are not published. Spring 2027 programmes begin in February 2027; applications are open with no deadline published.

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