Startup Incubation

Six months of free hosting, API access, mentorship, and a Demo Day to launch your product. No equity taken. Hackathon winners are fast-tracked.

VPS, databases, storage, container registry, and all Rails Cloud services at no cost for the full incubation period.

Rails Auth, Pay, Media, Vault, Messaging, and Location APIs. Everything you need to build a complete product.

Regular sessions with experienced founders and engineers. Technical guidance, product strategy, and go-to-market support.

6-month journey

A structured program that takes you from idea to launch-ready product.

Month 1

Onboarding

Environment setup, mentor matching, goal setting, and infrastructure provisioning.

Month 2

Build

Core product development. Weekly check-ins with mentors and technical support from Rails engineers.

Month 3

Test

Beta testing, user feedback, iteration cycles. First users onboarded and product refinement.

Month 4

Growth

Go-to-market strategy, user acquisition, and business model validation with mentor guidance.

Month 5

Validation

Metrics review, product-market fit assessment, and preparation for Demo Day pitch.

Month 6

Demo Day

Present your product to the community, investors, and potential partners. Graduate from the program.

Top teams from Ubuntu Ignite hackathons are automatically fast-tracked into the program.

Submit your application with your idea, team, and what you plan to build. Open enrollment quarterly.

Apply for the Ubuntu Ignite startup incubation program. Six months, zero cost, zero equity.