Reach altitude with Oracle for Startups
Explore the benefits
Meet Oracle customers
When you’re ready to grow your business, Oracle offers connections into product integration teams, media outlets, and a global base of customers who are hungry for startup innovation.
Save money. Scale faster.
Get more for your startup with free cloud credits and 70% off for two years. Startups experience lower total cost of ownership and higher price-performance with secure, scalable Oracle Cloud.
Connect with investors
No matter where you’re based, you can meet the right venture capitalist to support your growth. We enable VC connections by hosting investor consortiums, readiness training, and demo days so entrepreneurs can access the funding and connections they need to hit the next stage of growth.
Learn from the experts
Mentorship connects rising stars in the startup community with experienced Oracle professionals and industry experts.
- One-on-one, dedicated mentorship
- Insights from people who’ve been there and done that
- Diverse network of experienced professionals
- Global ambassadors offer regional support
Take the stage
Qualifying startups gain exposure to customers, analysts, investors, and media to showcase their solution and network with peers and prospects.
Upcoming and on-demand events
We’re here to help
Dedicated technical support includes:
- Hands-on migration delivered by a team of cloud architects
- Follow-the-sun coverage plus access to My Oracle Support
- Private message boards to crowdsource solutions with peers
- Tutorials, advice, and best practices in our Virtual Library
How startups take flight with this “virtuous cycle” of innovation
Creators, builders, and entrepreneurs from all over the globe are discovering how Oracle Cloud and a partnership with Oracle’s startup program can bring their solution to bigger markets, faster. Oracle Vice President Jason Williamson explains how this “virtuous cycle” of innovation works.
Featured mentors
Alexandre has 18 years of experience in telecommunications and technology, with roles in support, professional services, and solutions architecture. Currently, he leads a solutions engineering team at Oracle that is dedicated to providing the best possible service. Alexandre’s specialties include team leadership, innovative change management, presentation skills, and startup mentoring.
With more than 23 years of experience, Sharath has an established track record in successful product development, strategy, and delivery management. He currently leads the engineering operations team for the insurance industry product portfolio.
With more than 24 years’ experience in human capital management, Laura-Elizabeth Ware leads the Oracle HCM Sales team for the US East and Canada. She has worked in development, consulting, and solution engineering prior to working in sales. Laura-Elizabeth has held multiple leadership roles and has served as an executive sponsor for our largest HCM clients.
Thomas is a veteran in the software industry. He spent the last 10 years in SaaS business leadership positions covering applications strategy, customer success, and SaaS delivery as well as business development. Thomas is keen to mentor startups, leveraging his extensive knowledge and hands-on experience.
Trine Puge leads a team of people across the Nordics that helps businesses drive operational efficiency and plan for the future with Oracle HCM solutions and skilled Oracle partners. The team helps companies grow their business through finance transformation, customer experience, social, marketing, service, sales and human capital management projects.
A speaker, coach, and developer evangelist, Gabriele has spent years meeting complex IT puzzles with stamina, a whiteboard, and enterprise IT solutions for global scale. He is a mindful adopter of emerging technologies including software-defined data center infrastructure and modern cloud power tools such as Kubernetes, service mesh, registry, and CI/CD.
Brian is a highly accomplished enterprise technology leader with a track record of repeated success leading global teams in the design, development, and deployment of complex technology products. He is uniquely effective in combining innovation, marketing, and sales skills with high-caliber general management qualifications.