PreventSA Incubator
Accelerating the next generation of sexual assault prevention solutions
The PreventSA Incubator supports innovators developing bold approaches to prevent sexual assault. The incubator focuses on prevention approaches with the potential to reach large numbers of people and meaningfully reduce sexual assault in our lifetime.
The incubator identifies promising ideas, provides early funding and structured support, with the goal of helping promising ideas move faster and further.
Why the incubator exists
Sexual assault prevention remains dramatically under-resourced relative to the scale of the problem, and many promising ideas struggle to move from concept to real-world testing.
The PreventSA Incubator exists to help innovators test new approaches quickly, generate early evidence, and build the partnerships needed for future growth.
By supporting early stage prevention work, the incubator helps expand the field’s pipeline of testable and scalable solutions.
How the incubator works
The PreventSA Incubator is a structured, time-bound experience designed to help teams move from concept to early signal.
Participating teams work through a defined development period focused on defining and refining their approach, building prototypes, and testing key assumptions. The experience culminates in Demo Day, where teams share what they have built and what they have learned.
What the incubator provides
An experience built to help each idea move faster and further.
Funding
Initial funding to support prototype development and testing.
Group Learning
Teams learn alongside peers through structured sessions, shared problem-solving, and access to advisors and experts.
Follow-on Support
Teams gain visibility through Demo Day and receive introductions to potential partners and future funders.
What we look for
The PreventSA Incubator supports projects that:
Aim to reduce sexual assault among teenagers in the United States
Utilize tech-enabled and digitally delivered approaches
Have potential to reach significant numbers of people
Bring new interventions or perspectives to the field
The incubator over time
Our vision is that each cohort of the incubator contributes to a growing pipeline of prevention approaches that can be refined, tested, and scaled over time. The lessons from each cohort help inform future investments and strengthen the overall prevention field with the ultimate goal of identifying solutions that can reduce rates of sexual assault in our lifetime.
Cohort 1 launched in January 2026 and represents the first set of projects supported through the incubator.