

Funding Breakthrough Lab: Cohort Retreat Open
Funding Breakthrough Lab | A 10-week pre-accelerator designed for early-stage founders to master fundraising. Learn from diverse industry experts, receive group mentoring, and join a mastermind group. Rated us as the #1 pre-accelerator by our alumni.
We will reserve 5 spots for people who want to join this cohort.
This event is reserved for investors, speakers and Funding Breakthrough Lab Beta Cohort members.
Apply to our pre-accelerator at https://fundingbreakthroughlab.org
Deadline August 10th
5 reserved spots for potential high quality founders.
Take a weekend to collect your thoughts, reflect, connect with nature, and renew your energy at Rancho San Gregorio.
Join us:
For the whole weekend
Drop in during the day Saturday,
Optional to Sleep over Saturday night
Rancho San Gregorio is a unique blend of working ranch (since 1839!) with a touch of Silicon Valley: we are creating low cost agricultural robots to help small farms grow healthy food sustainably.
On August 23-24 we are again opening our doors for a weekend of play:
Enjoy live music and farm fresh meals around a campfire.
Camp under the stars.
Join us for our morning run on the beach.
Celebrate the end of a full day watching a sunset from our hilltop. 🍷
Learn archery, pottery, painting, blacksmithing, or wood burning.
Drive a tractor.
Mini-cow snuggles.
Yoga with our baby goats.
Dance in the redwoods.
Tentative Schedule
==== Saturday ====
7:30-9:00am Drive to beach for walk/run
9:00-10:00am Drop-in Breakfast: coffee, eggs, bagels
10:00-10:30am Saturday guests arrive at ranch
11:00am Saturday guests arrive at ranch
11:30am Greetings and Introductions
12:00pm Hike the ranch
12:30pm Picnic/Lunch
2:00pm Intention setting, time capsule & free time: Woodburning signs, pottery, drive tractors, archery, more hiking, visit farm animals
4:30pm Harvest for dinner: eggs, vegetables, etc.
5:00pm Dinner:
In the evening we will be grilling vegetables on the fire and making tin foil dinners. Smores and banana boats.
7:00pm Evening hike to summit to watch sunset, drinks/wine
8:30pm Bonfire, music, conversation
Camp the night! (Optional)
==== Sunday (Optional) ====
7:30-9:00am Drop-in Breakfast: coffee, eggs, bagels
9:30am Head to beach for walk/run
11:30 Back at ranch, wrap up...
What to Bring
- Pack a lunch to eat on the farm (Saturday picnic)
- Sleeping bag & pillow
- comfortable shoes for hiking or exploring the farm
- Warm jacket for the evening by the fire
- Drinks for Saturday evening
Funding Breakthrough Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pre-accelerator with a mission of creating a supportive community (15,000+ subscribers) to build a better tomorrow. We empower founders with education, networks, and resources to unlock their potential while championing diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. Founded by Natalie Pan, an engineer, community builder and executive coach. Apply for the next August 23rd cohort here https://fundingbreakthroughlab.org.