Real California Milk Excelerator

About

The Real California Milk Excelerator is a premier program designed to support innovative dairy startups, offering mentorship, funding opportunities, and a chance to win significant prizes, including a $100,000 grand prize, while fostering the growth of products made with California dairy.

Benefits

• Weekly virtual cohort programming
• Stipends to support program participation
• Mentorship from industry experts
• Hands-on support in marketing, sales, product development, and scale-up
• Opportunity to showcase products to the California Milk Advisory Board and key industry stakeholders
• Four winning cohort finalists receive $30,000 in marketing support
• One finalist wins a $100,000 grand prize after a sales competition

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be a startup building innovative dairy products or brands made with at least 50% dairy
• Excelerator track requires growth-stage with traction/revenue and readiness to produce using California milk within 12 months
• Incubator track is for pre-revenue or early-revenue startups open to using California dairy
• Commitment to sourcing California dairy if selected as a winner