Validate Your Startup Idea
A programme by Iterative
A six-week online programme for people with an idea to test, open to anyone in the world. The 2025 round has closed and a waitlist is open.
At a glance
| Best for | People with an early idea who want to test it with customers before building |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea |
| Duration | 6 weeks |
| Format | Online |
About Validate Your Startup Idea
This programme is run through Iterative's Startup Academy. The 2025 round ran from 15 September to 24 October 2025. It has closed to applications, and the page offers a waitlist and points to Iterative's LinkedIn for future announcements.
What you get
- Weekly lessons, founder-led office hours and hands-on assignments
- Two real validation experiments run with customers
- Funding for those experiments for every idea Iterative accepts
Who can apply
- People with a startup idea to validate, anywhere in the world, alone or with co-founders
- Not full-time required
- Not meant for seed-stage startups or those that only want funding. You must take part in all six weeks
Iterative takes no equity up front. If you incorporate after the programme, it has an option to invest.
How to apply: Applications are closed. Join the waitlist on the programme page.
Where to apply
Other Iterative programmes
- The Iterative ProgramA 12-week accelerator for Southeast Asian startups that invests on a post-money SAFE with no programme fee. Applications are open for the Winter 2027 batch.
- Iterative Scale ProgramA six-week programme for Seed and Series A companies with meaningful revenue. The first batch ran from November 2025 and applications have closed.
- Iterative Startup AcademyA free learning community with courses, events, programmes and resources for founders.