660+
startups served since 2018
10+
programs running year round
Over $267M
raised by Trailhead member businesses
$1.3M
in early-stage capital awarded
Hundreds
of local partner organizations
Thousands
of businesses served
Infrastructure for innovation in Idaho.
Workshops and cohort programs run all year. Our mentor network puts local leaders in front of founders.
Our pitch competitions award millions in early-stage capital directly to founders. Our stages put founders in front of audiences, judges, and press.
And our thriving community keeps founders connected well beyond the event day.
Sponsorship funds it all, from the first workshop a founder walks into through the check they take home.
Become part of Boise history.
In 2014 Faisal Shah, Karen Meyer, and Jason Crawforth went to the City of Boise and asked for help strengthening the city’s entrepreneurial environment.
The City and CCDC covered the rent, and Trailhead opened its doors on April 1, 2015.
Two years in, Trailhead had hosted more than 400 events for 12,000 people. And we’ve only grown since then.
Every Trailhead event happens because somebody in this community paid for the next one. A decade of sponsorship is what turned a coworking space into infrastructure for innovation.
We're building an entrepreneurial network that could only exist in Boise.
- 2015 Doors open on 8th Street
- 2016 Boise Pitch Night launches, and so does the first Boise Startup Week
- 2018 Trailmix launches with Albertsons
- 2024 Tree City Trailblazers begins, and Boise joins the Startup World Cup
- 2025 Idaho Startup Lab runs its first cohort
You keep the door open
Trailhead is a 501c3 nonprofit institution and our programs are accessible on purpose. Sponsorship is what holds that open from one year to the next, for whoever walks through the door tomorrow.
You share what your team knows
Your people end up teaching workshops, mentoring through Trail Guides, judging pitch competitions, and taking the coffee meeting afterward. Most of what gets passed along here is experience, and a lot of it comes out of sponsor companies.
You grow the economy you work in
The founders you support go on to hire, buy, and partner locally, and that growth lands in the same economy your company does business in. Founders also remember who showed up for them early, and they return the favor down the line.
Sponsorship provides wide-ranging benefits. Follow the paths to what you’re looking for.
Local Impact
Sponsor our year-round programs, a single program, or Boise Entrepreneur Week.
Your support keeps our workshops, mentorship, and pitch competitions accessible, and it helps fund the early-stage capital our competitions award directly to Idaho founders.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sponsorship supports the programs, the mentors, the space, and the staff who run all of it. Trailhead is a 501c3 nonprofit institution, and sponsors are a big part of how our programs stay accessible.
No. BEW has its own sponsorships, and you can back the year-round programs, BEW, or both.
Yes. Tell us which one fits and we will build it around that.
Yes. Trailhead is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution (Actuate Boise, Inc., EIN 46-4479930), so sponsorships are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Your tax advisor can tell you exactly how that applies to your company.
Join our mission.
Tell us what your company cares about and we will find where it fits. Some of our best sponsors started small.
Our 2026 sponsors
Thank you to the companies and organizations investing in Boise’s founders this year.
