WOLVER LAUNCHER
Cofound your startup in 10 weeks, with an active fund watching from day one.
A live, virtual program that connects you to a pool of vetted co-founders, gets you to a working MVP, and puts you live in front of the GPs deciding where Gentech Fund’s capital goes next. Most founders spend a year chasing that, you get it in ten weeks.
The Investment
One inscription fee: no equity taken for the program, no hidden costs. All fees +VAT (when applicable), no obligation if you decline fund investment or aren’t selected.
Built for senior leaders ready to found.
We screen for fit before you apply. It keeps the cohort strong and saves you a wasted application.
This is for you if:
- You have 8+ years of leadership experience in Sales/Marketing/Strategy, Product/Operations, or Finance
- You're ready to found a company as a serious, full-time commitment
- You're building or want to build in Cybersecurity, FinTech, InsurTech, RegTech, or Web3
- You want structure, accountability, and real investor access
- You're a solo applicant, with or without an idea, ready to choose a co-founder from our vetted pool
- You're an existing team of 2–3, looking to add a co-founder if needed and/or use the program for mentoring and investor-readiness
- You're open to co-founding with someone based in a different city
- You're in a career transition, ready to make the leap from corporate or another startup venture
- You're fluent in English
This isn't for you if:
- You're a first-time founder straight out of school, without leadership-level experience
- You want a part-time or exploratory project (minimum commitment is 15h/week, full-time recommended)
- You want a guaranteed check. Funding is earned through demonstrated traction after graduation, not decided at graduation itself
- You're building B2B or B2C with no interest in our priority verticals. You're still welcome and fully supported, but it isn't the program's core lane, and the advisory-committee value won't apply the same way
From week one, you’re in the driver’s seat of your company. As the founder, you define:
A capital pipeline, built into the program.
At graduation, you present live to Wolver Ventures’ Gentech Fund Investment Committee, a direct introduction to the GPs who decide where the fund’s capital goes next. From there, the relationship stays warm: as you build toward a working product and your first clients, you keep informal access to the same GPs for continued support. When you’re ready, that’s where your formal pitch for investment happens — including for companies based and registered in the US. Most teams aren’t fundraising-ready at graduation, it’s expected and exactly what the ongoing support is for.
One fee. No surprises.
Ten weeks. A hand-picked co-founder team. Vertical-specific validation from the CISO and Financial Technologies Advisory Committees. A program built to get you to a working MVP. And a live demo to the GPs of an active fund.
No equity taken for the program itself, and no hidden costs. All fees +VAT (when applicable). If Gentech Fund offers to invest at graduation, terms are negotiated separately and accepting is entirely your call. If you decline the investment or aren’t selected for the program, there’s no further obligation.
What you walk away with.
Whether or not you receive investment at graduation, the assets you build have standalone value.
- A hand-picked co-founder team, or validated clarity that you're better off solo
- An MVP (built, or backed by a clear, validated plan to finish it fast) plus early customer signal
- A go-to-market plan built from real customer discovery
- A financial model and an investor-ready pitch deck
- Continued, warm access to the Gentech Fund GPs as you finish your MVP and build your client pipeline
- If your first attempt doesn't land funding, you can re-enter the next cohort at no additional cost
Validated by people who've actually done the job.
Two standing committees of practitioners, built to pressure-test your idea and open doors as you build.
A 10-member committee of practicing security leaders from mid-sized companies. They stress-test your idea and give you the kind of feedback a generalist mentor can’t, for every cybersecurity-adjacent founder in the cohort.
Software, investment banking, and financial services experts brought together to give FinTech, InsurTech, and RegTech founders equivalent practitioner-level validation.
10 weeks. Four phases. One graduation demo.
A weekly, live-online program with structured milestones, from kickoff to graduation.
Kickoff & Introductions
Meet your cohort and set your goals for the next 10 weeks.
Find Your Co-Founder
Explore the co-founder pool and find who you build with, aligned on skills, values, and commitment.
Value Proposition & Customer Persona
Define your ideal customer profile and sharpen your value proposition.
Customer Discovery
Validate assumptions through structured customer conversations.
Iterate & Refine
Adjust your value proposition based on customer feedback.
Business Model
Pricing strategy, go-to-market timing, and market positioning.
Financial Planning
Three-year cashflow projection and investor valuation metrics.
MVP Acceleration
Build your MVP with expert guidance, fast, and avoiding common mistakes.
Pitch Deck
Craft an investment-ready deck. Learn what GPs and angels look for.
Graduation Pitch
Present live to Wolver Ventures’ GPs and invited investors, your entry point into the capital pipeline.
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Built different from other early-stage startup programs.
Curated Batches
Each cohort is balanced across CEO, CTO, CMO, and CFO profiles, so you’re working alongside people who complement you, not duplicate you.
Ideas on the Table
~70% of participants come in with a business idea. The rest find theirs through collaboration.
Top-Tier Mentors
Access business angels, C-level executives, and industry experts throughout the program.
Fully Virtual by Design
No relocation required. Build with a co-founder in another market entirely, and bring their local talent, customers, and investor access into your company from day one.
Second Chance
If your first attempt doesn’t land, you can re-enter the next cohort at no extra cost.
No Equity for the Program
Unlike some competitors’ models, Wolver Launcher never takes equity in exchange for the inscription fee.
Built by the team that already ran this exact playbook.
Sergio, Cristobal, and Juan, among the most active investors in cybersecurity and financial services in Europe, have run this playbook 17 times since 2022, mentoring ~510 entrepreneurs and helping launch 200+ startups. This is a proven model.
Sergio Borasino
7+ years investing in entrepreneurship, 40+ ventures. Developed and ran 17 batches for Wolver Ventures and similar brands. Bought a small company, grew it 20x, and exited. INSEAD MBA.
Cristobal Alonso
3-time Global CEO, 10+ years in venture capital. 450+ early-stage investments across SaaS, Cybersecurity, Defense Tech, and FinTech. INSEAD MBA.
Juan Alonso-Villalobos
10+ years in venture capital, former FinTech Program Director, former Co-CEO, CMO, and CFO at ING and other banking and insurance companies.
Hear it from the people who've done it.
“I was at a turning point in my professional career, looking for a way to regain momentum and build something meaningful. Thanks to the Wolver Launcher program, I found not only the motivation to move forward but also the right mindset, practical tools, and guidance to launch my own business.
The program helped me gain clarity, structure my ideas, and turn them into a concrete project. More importantly, it gave me the confidence to take action instead of waiting for the ‘perfect moment.’”
“Feedback from the sessions was direct and valuable. Sessions helped me to assess a potential pivot for my idea/strategy. Wolver Launcher helped me to increase my network in the cybersecurity ecosystem.
Now I am working alongside Gentech Fund GPs to concretize the investment as soon as I finalize my product and keep on growing my customer base.”
“The Wolver Launcher helped me to refine my idea and added critical skills in my team with another experienced member. Feedback was honest and powerful.
I graduated in June 2026 and I am advancing in closing my funding round for my startup Hawkish. Definitely recommended!”
Still have questions?
1–2x/week, live online, roughly 2 hours per session. Exact time per session TBC within 2–4pm CET. It will be sessions are in CET timezone.
No. Wolver Launcher is fully virtual by design. You can participate from anywhere and there’s no relocation requirement at any point in the program.
No, but you’ll need to be available for sessions sometime within the 2–4pm CET window, exact time still being finalized and sessions are in CET timezone. The program is open to applicants across Europe, and co-founding with someone in a different city or country is fully supported.
Yes. ~70% of participants arrive with a business idea already in hand, and existing teams of 2–3 can apply together. You can find additional co-founders if needed, network with founders, mentors, advisors, and potential investors, as well as use sessions to pressure-test decisions you’ve already made, and gain new frameworks to help you scale.
Yes. You’re still welcome and fully supported through the program. It isn’t our core lane, though, so we’ll advise you on where and how to engage the right investors. Additionally, the CISO and Financial Technologies Advisory Committee validation won’t apply the same way. Note that WV verticals might cover more startups than you think.
Yes, it’s a deliberate part of the design because finding your best match matters more than proximity. Being fully virtual keeps the co-founder pool open across geographies who’d otherwise never cross paths. Distributed co-founders can also gain access to better and lower-cost talent, networks and customers across multiple markets, and access to different government support and investors.
The inscription fee (300 € +VAT individual / 500 € +VAT per person for teams (early bird pricing until Oct. 4, 2026 or first 20 spots)) is the full cost of the program: no equity, no hidden fees. If you reach graduation and Gentech Fund chooses to invest, standard investment terms are negotiated separately at that point — the program fee has no bearing on those terms. If you decline or aren’t selected for investment, there’s no further obligation.
Graduation is a live demo to the Gentech Fund GPs, not a funding decision. Most teams at that stage don’t yet have a working product or first clients, and that’s expected. The relationship continues informally from there, and when you’re ready (product built, early clients onboarded) that’s when the formal investment pitch happens.
Yes, Gentech Fund can and will invest in companies based and registered across Europe and beyond. There’s no geographic restriction tied to incorporation when it comes to receiving investment.
Your co-founder, your MVP, and your first shot at capital start here.
Applications close October 4, 2026. Cohort starts October 7, 2026. Limited seats, filling on a rolling basis.