Residency · Entrepreneurs First
The Bridge
- Monitor
- Possible now
- Monitor
Assessment & status
- Recommendation
- Monitor
- Priority
- Monitor
- Fit for Current Stage
- Possible now
- Preference Alignment
- Unknown
- External Status
- Unclear
Funding & terms
- Investment Terms
- $250k for selected teams, conditional; equity and instrument terms not stated on the homepage.
- Cash / Benefit Type
- Conditional investment
- Funding Timing
- Unclear
- Funding Before Full-time
- Unclear
- Economic Caveats
- Housing, community membership or workspace access does not establish a cash grant. Funding and fee terms require explicit confirmation.
Eligibility
- Stage Accepted
- Unclear
- Region
- United States
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Format
- In-person
- Solo Eligibility
- Unclear
- Company Required
- Unclear
Commitment & support
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Commitment Details
- Current official site describes an eight-week San Francisco residency, superseding the supplied Germany/castle/summer description.
- Personal Support
- Meals
- Personal Support Details
- Official site advertises three meals daily, free compute and hardware lab access; housing costs require confirmation.
Application
- Application Requirements
- Non-US founders; page welcomes pre-idea and pre-team participants.
- Primary Value
- Community, Workspace
- Next Action
- Review the current residency and application at https://www.join-thebridge.com/apply.
Notes & provenance
- Why or Decisive Note
- Portfolio assessment: keep as a community, residency or space option; assess project fit and costs before treating it as funding.
- Original Inventory
- Owner-supplied housing/community list, 2026-10-24: Castle residency; Germany / Europe; Makers and entrepreneurs; funding unspecified.
- Newly Discovered
- Yes
- Evidence Quality
- Official current
- Website Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-10-24
Appears in decision views
00 — All Opportunities · 10 — Application Tracker · 14 — Deadline Calendar · 15 — Priority Board
Imported 2026-09-26 from the Funding & Accelerators workspace (rebuilt 2026-08-02). Assessments are this portfolio's judgment, not the program's claims; verify against the official source before relying on them.