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Find Your Path with Startup Tucson
No matter where you are in your journey — exploring an idea, growing a business, or supporting Tucson’s innovation community — there’s a place for you here.
Startup Tucson helps founders, mentors, investors, and community partners learn, build, grow, and connect.
FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Turn Your Ideas Into Impact
Whether you’re exploring an idea, launching your first business, or growing an established venture, Startup Tucson helps founders learn, build, grow, and thrive with community, mentorship, and resources at every step.
Use the stages below to find where you fit — and discover the programs designed to help you move forward.
Stay Connected to Tucson’s Entrepreneur Community
Before you dive into a program, make sure you’re plugged into the ecosystem — it’s the best way to discover opportunities, mentors, and funding.
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Check our our monthly events like Startup SIPS and TENWEST Connects – casual meetups to network with founders, mentors, and supporters
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Save the date for TENWEST – the largest entrepreneurship and creativity festival in the Southwest
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Browse our Ecosystem Guide and Professional Services Directory to learn about other resources that can support you in your founder’s journey and connect with trusted local experts for marketing, finance, and legal help.
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Stay in the loop with our Startup Newsletter to learn about workshops, funding calls, and events throughout the year.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
Join us at our next event and meet the team and we’ll help match you to the right program or opportunity.
FOR MENTORS
Share Your Expertise, Shape Tucson’s Future
Startup Tucson mentors are the backbone of our community — founders, professionals, and creatives who share their expertise to help local entrepreneurs learn, build, and grow.
Mentorship is flexible, impactful, and built around your interests and availability.
Stay Connected to Tucson’s Entrepreneur Community
Mentors are key players in Tucson’s innovation ecosystem — and we want you involved beyond 1:1 mentoring. Here are a few other ways we encourage mentors to stay connected.
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Attend or speak at TENWEST – the largest entrepreneurship and creativity festival in the Southwest
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Check our our monthly events like Startup SIPS and TENWEST Connects – casual meetups to network with founders, mentors, and supporters
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Stay in the loop with our Startup Newsletter for upcoming opportunities
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Apply to the Professional Services Directory if you offer legal, financial or other types of expertise or browse the Ecosystem Guide and to learn about other resources in Tucson that support founders
FOR INVESTORS
Invest in the Future of Southern Arizona
Startup Tucson connects investors, mentors, and community leaders with the next generation of Tucson ventures. Whether you’re an experienced investor or just getting started, there are meaningful ways to engage with the region’s growing innovation economy.
Stay Informed
Subscribe to our Startup Newsletter for investor spotlights, pitch opportunities, and upcoming events across the Southern Arizona ecosystem.
FOR SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS
Help Us Grow Southern Arizona’s Innovation Ecosystem
Our work thrives because of the partners, sponsors, and volunteers who believe in the power of entrepreneurship to transform communities. Whether you represent a business, organization, or simply want to give back, there are many ways to support Tucson’s founders and creative economy.
Ready to Get Involved?
Reach out to explore sponsorships, partnerships, or volunteer opportunities — and be part of shaping Tucson’s entrepreneurial future