Enabling startup success is what grows innovative ecosystems to their full potential. From perfecting pitches to finding mentors and understanding product/market fit, a great accelerator sets itself apart from a good one in big and differentiated ways. This week, we are joined by gener8tor Program Director Davide Dantonio to talk Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, agbioscience growth and helping founders find their footing. 

Highlights include: 

• Gener8tor's work with startups and founders and how they serve the entpreneurial ecosystem 
• The organization’s widespread reach – both geographically and in terms of industry verticals – and how that creates their approach to working with early-stage innovators 
• The gBETA Agbioscience that Davide’s team leads in Indiana and how it’s evolved over the years to meet the needs of a changing industry 
• Some of the cohort’s success stories and how Indiana is producing differentiated, impactful work for the agbiosciences on a global scale 
• Emerging trends in agbisocience that Davide sees and how early-stage innovators are jumping in to solve challenges through market opportunity 
• The upcoming gBETA Winter Cohort and its applicant set, growing interest in the program and where the startup winds are taking the accelerator this year 
• How Indiana’s university system has contributed to a base of startup innovators for gener8tor 
• Where Davide sees untapped potential or room for growth when it comes to connectivity between university research and startup development 
• What’s ahead for gener8tor in 2026 

gBETA is hosting an Indiana Showcase on the Future of Mobility, Agbioscience and much more at Tinker House Events on April 30 from 4:30 – 7:00 PM. Register here to attend: https://luma.com/fl0erwho