Accelerating the next generation of schools
Join Project Upstream’s inaugural summit and launch new schools + learning ventures that reimagine how 50 million families learn
“Families have the freedom to choose the education that empowers kids to discover and develop their unique abilities and deploy them to live meaningful lives.”
- Stand Together's report on Transforming Education
“Families have the freedom to choose the education that empowers kids to discover and develop their unique abilities and deploy them to live meaningful lives.”
- Stand Together's report on Transforming Education
“Families have the freedom to choose the education that empowers kids to discover and develop their unique abilities and deploy them to live meaningful lives.”
- Stand Together's report on Transforming Education
“Families have the freedom to choose the education that empowers kids to discover and develop their unique abilities and deploy them to live meaningful lives.”
- Stand Together's report on Transforming Education
What Is Project Upstream
What Is Project Upstream
What Is Project Upstream
What Is Project Upstream
A venture-engine, co-created with Stand Together, designed to bring principled entrepreneurship and help launch+fund+scale the next generation of school networks. Builders receive year-round venture support and are seedstrapped to reach $3M ARR in 12-18 months.
A venture-engine, co-created with Stand Together, designed to bring principled entrepreneurship and help launch+fund+scale the next generation of school networks. Builders receive year-round venture support and are seedstrapped to reach $3M ARR in 12-18 months.
A venture-engine, co-created with Stand Together, designed to bring principled entrepreneurship and help launch+fund+scale the next generation of school networks. Builders receive year-round venture support and are seedstrapped to reach $3M ARR in 12-18 months.
A venture-engine, co-created with Stand Together, designed to bring principled entrepreneurship and help launch+fund+scale the next generation of school networks. Builders receive year-round venture support and are seedstrapped to reach $3M ARR in 12-18 months.
A venture-engine, co-created with Stand Together, designed to bring principled entrepreneurship and help launch+fund+scale the next generation of school networks. Builders receive year-round venture support and are seedstrapped to reach $3M ARR in 12-18 months.
We're not a fund or foundation. We're a first-principles venture building protocol, an engine, designed to seed and scale new learning models from the ground up.
A new kind of “Venture Builder”
We're not a fund or foundation. We're a first-principles venture building protocol, an engine, designed to seed and scale new learning models from the ground up.
A new kind of “Venture Builder”
We're not a fund or foundation. We're a first-principles venture building protocol, an engine, designed to seed and scale new learning models from the ground up.
A new kind of “Venture Builder”
We're not a fund or foundation. We're a first-principles venture building protocol, an engine, designed to seed and scale new learning models from the ground up.
A new kind of “Venture Builder”
Powered by a nation-wide movement in learning
Stand Together partners have helped launch 4,700+ education ventures reaching millions of students from schools to parent-led networks reshaping what learning can look like.
Stand Together partners have helped launch 4,700+ education ventures reaching millions of students from schools to parent-led networks reshaping what learning can look like.
Powered by a nation-wide movement in learning
Powered by a nation-wide movement in learning
Stand Together partners have helped launch 4,700+ education ventures reaching millions of students from schools to parent-led networks reshaping what learning can look like.
Stand Together partners have helped launch 4,700+ education ventures reaching millions of students from schools to parent-led networks reshaping what learning can look like.
Powered by a nation-wide movement in learning
Where builders, families & funders co-create
4 summits are held each year, bringing together families, founders, and funders to co-design real solutions to today’s learning crises and turn those solutions into investable ventures.
Where builders, families & funders co-create
4 summits every year i bringing together families, founders, and funders to co-design real solutions to today’s learning crises and turn them into investable ventures.
4 summits every year i bringing together families, founders, and funders to co-design real solutions to today’s learning crises and turn them into investable ventures.
Where builders, families & funders co-create
Where builders, families & funders co-create
4 summits every year i bringing together families, founders, and funders to co-design real solutions to today’s learning crises and turn them into investable ventures.
Our goal
Our goal
Our goal
Our goal
Launch 100 initiatives by 2030
The foundation for a new wave of schools and ventures that redefine how families experience education.
Launch 100 initiatives by 2030
The foundation for a new wave of schools and ventures that redefine how families experience education.
Launch 100 initiatives by 2030
The foundation for a new wave of schools and ventures that redefine how families experience education.
Launch 100 initiatives by 2030
The foundation for a new wave of schools and ventures that redefine how families experience education.
Seedstrap 25 companies to $3M ARR
Capital, mentorship, and venture support to scale founders building the infrastructure.
Seedstrap 25 companies to $3M ARR
Capital, mentorship, and venture support to scale founders building the infrastructure.
Seedstrap 25 companies to $3M ARR
Capital, mentorship, and venture support to scale founders building the infrastructure.
Seedstrap 25 companies to $3M ARR
Capital, mentorship, and venture support to scale founders building the infrastructure.
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild America’s entrepreneurial edge: starting with schools (PreK-12).
The era of universal school choice
Over 60% of U.S. parents are considering new school options. 41,000 students in Florida alone received choice scholarships but couldn't use them last year because the school they wanted didn’t exist. Families are signaling that the old system no longer fits and they’re ready to explore what’s next.
Policy is opening the floodgates
16 states in the past year have passed universal school choice laws. Families are able to access $4-10K in Education Savings Accounts (ESA) funding, unlocking billions in opportunity for new models to scale.
Policy is opening the floodgates
44% of work activities are expected to be automated by 2030. Generative AI has made personalized, lower-cost innovation possible, allowing builders to now design, test, and scale learning models faster than ever before.
The era of universal school choice
Over 60% of U.S. parents are considering new school options. 41,000 students in Florida alone received choice scholarships but couldn't use them last year because the school they wanted didn’t exist. Families are signaling that the old system no longer fits and they’re ready to explore what’s next.
Policy is opening the floodgates
16 states in the past year have passed universal school choice laws. Families are able to access $4-10K in Education Savings Accounts (ESA) funding, unlocking billions in opportunity for new models to scale.
AI has changed the equation
44% of work activities are expected to be automated by 2030. Generative AI has made personalized, lower-cost innovation possible, allowing builders to now design, test, and scale learning models faster than ever before.
Over 60% of U.S. parents are considering new school options. 41,000 students in Florida alone received choice scholarships but couldn't use them last year because the school they wanted didn’t exist. Families are signaling that the old system no longer fits and they’re ready to explore what’s next.
The era of universal school choice
16 states in the past year have passed universal school choice laws. Families are able to access $4-10K in Education Savings Accounts (ESA) funding, unlocking billions in opportunity for new models to scale.
Policy is opening the floodgates
44% of work activities are expected to be automated by 2030. Generative AI has made personalized, lower-cost innovation possible, allowing builders to now design, test, and scale learning models faster than ever before.
AI has changed the equation
The era of universal school choice
Over 60% of U.S. parents are considering new school options. 41,000 students in Florida alone received choice scholarships but couldn't use them last year because the school they wanted didn’t exist. Families are signaling that the old system no longer fits and they’re ready to explore what’s next.
Policy is opening the floodgates
18 states in the past year have passed universal school choice laws. Families are able to access $4-10K in Education Savings Accounts (ESA) funding, unlocking billions in opportunity for new models to scale.
AI has changed the equation
44% of work activities are expected to be automated by 2030. Generative AI has made personalized, lower-cost innovation possible, allowing builders to now design, test, and scale learning models faster than ever before.
Summit Agenda
Summit Agenda
Summit Agenda
Summit Agenda
A 2.5-day experience where families and founders listen, reflect, and envision together. We move from pain points to prototypes, co-designing school models and technologies in real time. Expect deep facilitation that surfaces specific challenges and leads to enduring founder–family coalitions.
A 2.5-day experience where families and founders listen, reflect, and envision together. We move from pain points to prototypes, co-designing school models and technologies in real time. Expect deep facilitation that surfaces specific challenges and leads to enduring founder–family coalitions.
A 2.5-day experience where families and founders listen, reflect, and envision together. We move from pain points to prototypes, co-designing school models and technologies in real time. Expect deep facilitation that surfaces specific challenges and leads to enduring founder–family coalitions.
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A 2-day experience where families and founders listen, reflect, and envision together. We move from pain points to prototypes, co-designing school models and technologies in real time. Expect deep facilitation that surfaces specific challenges and leads to enduring founder–family coalitions.
Founders building the next generation of schools and the infrastructure that powers them.
Who We’re Looking For
Founders building the next generation of schools and the infrastructure that powers them.
Who We’re Looking For
Founders building the next generation of schools and the infrastructure that powers them.
Who We’re Looking For
Founders building the next generation of schools and the infrastructure that powers them.
Who We’re Looking For
School Networks
launching a new model or scaling one that's already proven
School Networks
launching a new model or scaling one that's already proven
School Networks
launching a new model or scaling one that's already proven
School Networks
launching a new model or scaling one that's already proven
Ed Real Estate
solving challenges around zoning, permitting, or repurposing buildings
solving challenges around zoning, permitting, or repurposing buildings
Ed Real Estate
Ed Real Estate
solving challenges around zoning, permitting, or repurposing buildings
Ed Real Estate
solving challenges around zoning, permitting, or repurposing buildings
Financing & Talent
new ways to access capital, recruit great eduators/staff
Financing & Talent
new ways to access capital, recruit great eduators/staff
Financing & Talent
new ways to access capital, recruit great eduators/staff
new ways to access capital, recruit great eduators/staff
Financing & Talent
K12 Operations
helping schools manage payments, enrollment, learning management, etc
K12 Operations
helping schools manage payments, enrollment, learning management, etc
K12 Operations
helping schools manage payments, enrollment, learning management, etc
K12 Operations
helping schools manage payments, enrollment, learning management, etc
"Our cultural alignment with human interests are changing — we must start designing new protocols and education standards that accelerate us rather than gradually disempower us in the age of AI. This is most likely the last young generation for whom we can intervene meaningfully."
- Ahmad Butt (Executive Chairman @ Deep Science Ventures)
"Our cultural alignment with human interests are changing — we must start designing new protocols and education standards that accelerate us rather than gradually disempower us in the age of AI. This is most likely the last young generation for whom we can intervene meaningfully."
- Ahmad Butt (Executive Chairman @ Deep Science Ventures)
"Our cultural alignment with human interests are changing — we must start designing new protocols and education standards that accelerate us rather than gradually disempower us in the age of AI. This is most likely the last young generation for whom we can intervene meaningfully."
- Ahmad Butt (Executive Chairman @ Deep Science Ventures)
"Our cultural alignment with human interests are changing — we must start designing new protocols and education standards that accelerate us rather than gradually disempower us in the age of AI. This is most likely the last young generation for whom we can intervene meaningfully."
- Ahmad Butt (Executive Chairman @ Deep Science Ventures)
"Our cultural alignment with human interests are changing — we must start designing new protocols and education standards that accelerate us rather than gradually disempower us in the age of AI. This is most likely the last young generation for whom we can intervene meaningfully."
- Ahmad Butt (Executive Chairman @ Deep Science Ventures)
Frequently asked questions
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