New Mexico builds companies. Help us keep the room open.
NMSA is the connective tissue of New Mexico startups. Sponsors and supporters are why the programs run, why the rooms are free to the founders who need them, and why a company in Las Cruces can reach an advisor in Boston.
The companies are here. The capital and the boards are not.
New Mexico founders build deep technology out of national labs and research universities, then hit the same wall: no board, no advisors, no warm introduction to the people who write checks. NMSA exists to close that gap, and it runs on sponsorship.
Sponsorship pays for the parts founders never see.
Technical Assistance grants
Direct funding that puts real expertise in a founder's hands, the marketing, legal, and strategic help an early company cannot yet afford to buy.
Board Members in Residence
Experienced New Mexico executives working directly with founders to build and activate the advisory boards that de-risk a business before an investor asks them to.
The rooms themselves
Power Circles, Growth Labs, Founders' Syndicate gatherings, and the final pitch showcase. Venue, food, facilitation, and the staff time that makes a room worth showing up to.
Access beyond the state line
National advisor and investor networks, so a founder in New Mexico is not limited to the introductions available within a two-hour drive.
A front-row seat to the state's next generation of companies.
First look at deal flow
Direct access to vetted, revenue-generating and federally-backed New Mexico companies across ten months of programming, before the rest of the market sees them.
Brand alignment
Visibility alongside NMSA, The Fourth Effect, and the New Mexico Economic Development Department, in front of the founders, funders, and operators building here.
Named presence
Recognition across cohort sessions, program collateral, investor introductions, and the final pitch showcase.
Three ways in.
Back a cohort.
Underwrite Board Builder Bootcamp, InvestHER, or Founders' Syndicate for a full season. The deepest relationship with the companies, and the one that funds Technical Assistance grants and Board Members in Residence.
Request the package →Host a room.
Put your name on a single gathering: a Power Circle, a Growth Lab, a showcase. A lighter commitment and the fastest way to meet the community before committing to a season.
Talk to Sandy →Give directly.
Any amount goes straight into programming. If you have been in one of these rooms, or someone you know got their footing in one, this is the simplest way to keep them running.
Give now →This is the gap you would be closing.
As we scaled, we needed high-level support from board members we did not yet have. Sandy shared some teachings from The Fourth Effect, and it helped us position our managerial know-how ahead of three VC meetings scheduled in the same week for $1.5M.
Adhara HealthAs a founder in the software cybersecurity sector, I know firsthand that the right advisors and board members are critical at every stage of growth.
DeployHubEnviTrace is actively seeking a board member with a proven track record of launching a software company. This specific expertise has been challenging to find in New Mexico.
EnviTrace LLC
Tell us what you want to build, and we will find the fit.
Sandy handles sponsorship personally. Send a note about what your organization cares about, and she will come back with where it lines up across the programs.
New Mexico Startup Alliance · Albuquerque, New Mexico
sandra@nmstartupalliance.org