Amela

Name

Amela

Website

https://amela.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entrepreneurship Education and Community

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Standalone Creator Course Platforms (Branded Schools) (MPACALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

Keywords

• Women founder network
• Startup mentorship programs
• Founder community platform
• Venture capital matching
• Entrepreneurship education

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Monthly or annual subscription membership providing access to mentorship sessions (2/month), expert masterclasses, curated founder network, investor introductions, learning library, startup perks ($20K+ in credits), and 30% discount on courses. Women-only membership.
2. Standalone Courses: Individual course sales including Fundraising Bootcamp ($550-600), Zero to Builder, Go to Market & Sales, Build Your Pitch Deck, Build a Community, Claude Code for Founders. Open to all genders. Includes lifetime access to materials.
3. Event Access: Access to events including private dinners, demo days, investor intros, intimate gatherings, workshops, and community meetups in cities like Berlin, Mexico City, Madrid, and London. Part of membership benefits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Amela operates a global membership platform and educational programs helping women entrepreneurs progress from idea to launch and scale. The company sells a women-only subscription membership that bundles mentorship sessions, expert masterclasses, a vetted founder network, investor introductions, learning libraries, and startup perks, alongside standalone courses (such as the Fundraising Bootcamp and Zero to Builder) that are open to all genders. It also offers AI-powered tools for matching startups with investors and with mentors.

Product overview

Amela is a global platform for entrepreneurs combining standalone courses (open to all genders) with a women-only membership community. The product portfolio includes: standalone courses (Validate Your Ideas, Go to Market & Sales, Build Your Pitch Deck, Claude Code for Founders, Build a Community, Fundraising Bootcamp); flagship program Zero to Builder; membership with benefits (1:1 Mentorship, Investor Access, Curated Founder Network, Masterclasses, Startup Perks, In-Person Events); and platform tools (VC Match for AI-powered investor matching, Mentoring App for mentor connections, and the Circle.so-based community platform). Built by Anais Cisneros, founder-turned-VC, to support women entrepreneurs from idea through scale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fundraising Bootcamp: A live cohort fundraising bootcamp designed to help founders pitch, position, and raise capital. 4 live sessions + Q&A, built by a Venture Capitalist.
• Zero to Builder
• VC Match
• Amela Mentoring

Products and services

• Amela Membership Subscription membership for women entrepreneurs providing mentor matching (2 sessions/month), expert masterclasses, access to a curated founder network, warm investor introductions, learning library, $20K+ in startup perks, and 30% off courses. Available monthly at $50 or annually at $500.
• Zero to Builder Amela's flagship program helping aspiring women entrepreneurs move from idea to validated concept and MVP design. Members receive 30% off and priority access to cohorts.
• Fundraising Bootcamp Live cohort-based fundraising course with 4 sessions plus Q&A designed to help founders pitch, position, and raise capital. Built by a Venture Capitalist with experience from 240+ founders. Participants have raised $8M+. Priced at $550-$600 USD.
• Go to Market & Sales Course Course helping founders find their first 10 paying customers through positioning, pricing, and outbound strategies tailored for early-stage products.
• Validate Your Ideas Course 2-week sprint course helping aspiring founders go from spark to validated concept, teaching user testing, founder mindset, and how to earn the right to keep building.
• How to Build Your Pitch Deck Course 12-slide pitch deck course designed to help founders win Pre-Seed and Seed checks, built with input from VCs and rehearsed in front of real investors.
• Claude Code for Founders Course Course teaching founders to ship faster without an engineering team by pair-programming with AI on a real startup codebase, from idea to deployable. Built using the Lovable platform.
• Build a Community Course Community-building course teaching founders how to acquire the first 1,000 superfans before shipping, including the playbook Amela used to build a global network from zero.
• Amela VC Match AI-powered tool that matches founders with relevant investors based on stage, sector, and location. No pitch deck required; takes about 2 minutes to get matches. Founders in the VC Match network have raised over $42 million.
• Amela Mentoring Mentor matching platform where founders describe what they need help with and get matched with 3 mentors who fit their stage and goals. Takes about 2 minutes to request a mentor. Includes 2 sessions per month for members.

Quantifiable outcome

• $48M+ capital raised by founders in the network
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AWSminorOthersCloud infrastructure partner providing startup credits as part of Amela's $20K+ perks package for members.
• StripeminorOthersPayment infrastructure partner providing startup credits as part of Amela's perks package.
• NotionminorOthersProductivity tool partner providing startup credits/discounts as part of Amela's perks package.
• AirtableminorOthersDatabase/platform partner providing startup credits as part of Amela's perks package.
• CirclecoreTechnology or IntegrationCommunity platform used for member discussions, questions, and peer support. Core infrastructure for member engagement.
• LumacoreTechnology or IntegrationEvent platform used for hosting bootcamps, workshops, and community events. Manages event registration and execution.
• Coworking SpacesminorOthersPartnership with coworking spaces providing premium access for Amela members in various cities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• All Raise: All Raise is a nonprofit community focused on increasing the influence and number of women leaders in tech and VC. Comparable to Amela in targeting women founders/investors with curated community access, though US-centric whereas Amela focuses on LATAM and Europe.
• Dreamers//Doers: Dreamers//Doers is an exclusive, vetted membership community for women entrepreneurs. Directly comparable to Amela's women-only curated network with application-based vetting and peer support, although Amela adds structured courses and investor matching on top.
• SoGal Foundation: SoGal is a global community and investor network for diverse founders and investors. Directly comparable to Amela's women-founder community + investor introduction model, with overlapping mission around supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs and connecting them to capital.
• Maven: Maven operates a cohort-based course platform where experts run paid cohorts for professional audiences. Directly comparable to Amela's cohort-based Fundraising Bootcamp model and similar monetization through one-time course fees with potential recurring memberships.
• Section: Section (formerly Section4) runs cohort-based business courses taught by practitioners. Closely comparable to Amela's standalone course offerings (Go to Market, Pitch Deck, Fundraising) in cohort format, instructor-led delivery, and one-time fee monetization.

Others

• Circle: Circle is the community platform infrastructure Amela uses to host its member forum and peer discussions. Comparable as the underlying platform layer for Amela's community offering, representing both an enabling technology and a potential substitute for Amela's community value proposition.
• NAZCA VC: NAZCA is a Latin American VC fund that backs Amela and operates founder programs in LATAM. Comparable as a regional investor + community builder serving the same LATAM founder segment, though as a fund rather than a community/membership platform.

Regional players

• Latitud: Latitud is a venture-backed operating system for early-stage founders in Latin America, combining content, community, and tools. Comparable regional peer with overlapping LATAM founder audience and similar operating playbook of community + programs + investor introductions.

Emerging players

• Indie Hackers: Indie Hackers is a community and content platform for independent founders and bootstrappers. Comparable community-led founder support model, but not women-focused and lacks structured courses and investor matching of Amela's offering.

Broad incumbents

• Female Founders Fund: Female Founders Fund is an early-stage VC fund focused on women-led companies with associated founder community and content. Comparable women-founder investment thesis, though as a fund with a community layer rather than Amela's pure community/course platform model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amelaclub
• Instagraminstagram.com/anacis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Amela