Alumni Success Stories

Our proven curriculum has helped founders gain their go from idea to product, get their first paying customers and secure their first outside investment from VC’s on their terms. Check out the stories of a few of our Founders.

Arnav Bathla

Founder, Coinbooks (Cohort 4)

Arnav participated in Square One’s 4th Cohort. Coming into Square One Arnav was in the middle of a pivot from his startup at the time Sqillful, a platform that provided short immersive training and experiential learning for students to get job-ready.

After graduating from Square One, Arnav successfully made his pivot into the Web3 space and raised $3.2 Million for his new startup, Coinbooks, an Accounting Platform for Crypto-native Organizations, and was accepted into Y-Combinator (YC S22).

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Alex Edquist

Founder, Good Agriculture (Cohort 5)

Alex participated in Square One’s 5th Cohort. After leaving her consulting job to pursue her startup venture full-time, Alex launched Good Agriculture, a startup focused on supporting regenerative farmers with business services so they can produce food that regenerates ecosystems and nourishes people.

Just a few months after graduating from Square One, Alex got accepted into Techstars Impact Powered by Cox Enterprises raising $150K for her startup and won a $125k non-dilutive SBIR grant.

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Anastasia Tarpeh-Ellis

Co-Founder, Bosa (Cohort 2)

Anastasia participated in Square One’s 2nd Cohort. After leaving the VC world she set out to launch her own startup called Bosa, a chrome extension productivity tool to help you organize your daily to-do-list.

Since participating in Square One, Anastasia has raised over $100K in pre-seed capital which included non-dilutive and venture capital dollars from quality investors such as Backstage Capital. 💸

Lola Ojabowale

Founder, Refolo (Cohort 1)

Lola participated in Square One’s inaugural Cohort. She initially was the founder of Refelo, a mobile app that suggested plant-based alternatives.

Since then she has pivoted to Lunch Pail Labs, building no-code software for clients where she is now generating $14K+ a month in recurring revenue! 🚀

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