The K4C Incubator · ND-affirming · social impact

Build something that matters — without building like everyone else.

A neuroaffirming incubator for neurodivergent founders and mission-driven builders creating companies, products, and tools with social impact. Bring us the venture—or join the Collective and use our tools, advisors, and virtual build room to get your best work done.

Explore the incubator → See current projects →
Why K4C exists

Built for different minds. Built for people.

K4C is a neuroaffirming incubator for neurodivergent founders and mission-driven builders creating products, companies, and tools with real social impact. We adapt the environment to the builder—not the other way around—while keeping community benefit, founder agency, and meaningful ownership at the center.

Neuroaffirming by design

Work in a way your brain can actually use.

Clear structure, flexible communication, humane pacing, and strengths-based support. No diagnosis required and no expectation that founders mask to be taken seriously.

Social impact at the center

Build for communities that deserve better options.

We are especially interested in founders solving meaningful problems for people and communities that are overlooked, underserved, or poorly served by traditional markets and systems.

ND-affirming standard: K4C's incubator is certified by Squirrel Space, an independent neurodivergent-led 501(c)(3), which helps set and review the accessibility and belonging standard.
The K4C Collective · virtual incubator workspace

Rent a seat at the build table.

You do not have to put your whole company through the incubator to work inside K4C. The Collective is our virtual build room for founders and high-potential builders who want access to the tools, advisors, structure, and shared momentum of the incubator while they do their best work.

AI WorkstationPurpose-built agents, project memory, build patterns, and practical AI tooling around your actual work.
Incubator + advisorsUse K4C's frameworks, operator bench, office-hours-style guidance, and product/business expertise when you need it.
A real collectiveBuild alongside a small group of serious makers—founders, game developers, product builders, researchers, and other people creating things that matter.
A little behind the curtain: Collective members and early-access builders will also get first looks at selected K4C experiments and incubator builds we are not publishing yet.
Founding seats · early access

Request a seat.

Tell us what you want to build and how you would use the Collective. We are keeping the first group intentionally small while we shape the workstation and shared build experience.

Founding-seat pricing and final packaging are still being shaped. Joining the list does not guarantee admission or commit you to anything.

What K4C Incubator Is

K4C Incubator: for founders wired differently.

An ND-affirming place to build for people and communities too often underserved—while keeping the founder’s vision, mission, and meaningful ownership at the center.

A different way to work, raise capital, and experience community-supported innovation. We build alongside founders whose brains are wired differently, bringing strategy, operators, and practical support to turn their ideas into companies.

Our aim is social entrepreneurship that creates lasting value for the people a company serves. Founders should be able to grow without surrendering the equity, direction, and mission that make their venture theirs.

Who it's for

  • Founders whose brains are wired differently and who want to build on their own terms.
  • Ideas that solve problems for vulnerable communities and create lasting value for end users.
  • Founders seeking mission-aligned capital while retaining meaningful ownership and direction.
  • Early social ventures ready to build with community and hands-on operators.
Proof · in the showroom

The Showroom: our current projects.

The Showroom is K4C’s current portfolio: projects we are building now, at different stages. Judy and NDaccommodations are first; Ari and an unnamed game concept are taking shape. For founders and prospective investors, this is proof in progress of how K4C builds. We’ll add past projects and work samples later.

Current project · first in the showroom

Meet Judy.

Judy is NDaccommodations’ support agent. She helps neurodivergent people make sense of workplace barriers, explore accommodations, put needs into words, and find a clearer next step—with human support when it matters.

Discover Judy and NDaccommodations →
Judy
NDaccommodations
Build with us

Three ways to move your startup forward.

Come in wherever you are. Work with our advisors and operators to grow or scale an existing business, enter the incubator to go from idea or vibe-code to execution at scale — or just tell us what you're building.

Already building

Grow or scale an existing business

You have something live and want to grow it. Meet an advisor or operator who sets strategy with you, then rolls up their sleeves — commercial growth, operations, product, finance, and go-to-market.

  • Strategy and planning, then hands-on execution
  • Senior operators, not just advice
  • Scoped engagements — bring us in where you need us
Meet the bench →
Idea or prototype

Go from idea to execution at scale

You have a concept or a vibe-coded prototype. The incubator stands the whole company up — formation, planning, build, launch, and early operations — on a mix of equity and starting capital, at about a third of the usual cost.

  • Idea or prototype → launched, operating company
  • Equity + starting capital, ~1/3 the typical cost
  • May lead to future investment consideration, subject to a separate process
See the phases →
Not sure yet

Submit your startup

Have an idea, a venture, or something in between? Tell us where you are and what you need. We'll come to the first conversation prepared and point you to the right path.

  • A few quick questions — nothing binding
  • We respond within 48 hours
  • Schedule a call to see if we're a fit
Tell us what you’re building →

Interested in backing founders wired differently? Explore the K4C case and request the K4C Overview Deck →

For founders

Building for your community? Start here.

Download K4C's original Incubator Offering for the five-stage engagement model, indicative phase costs, and the path from idea to launch.

Download the incubator offering (PDF) Pitch a project →
Build with us · K4C Incubator

Tell us what you’re building

A few quick questions so we understand where you are and how we could partner. We respond within 48 hours. Sending this is free — nothing here commits you to anything.

About you
Your startup
Fit & budget

Rough is fine — this just helps us come to the first conversation prepared. Nothing here is binding.

No email app needed — this sends straight to the K4C team. You'll get a reply within 48 hours.

The engagement model

Funded by stage. Built by operators.

Each phase is scoped and priced on its own, so you fund the next step only when you're ready for it. It's a different kind of incubator — built for founders wired differently, with a senior bench advising and operating alongside you the whole way.

Idea to company in ~6 weeks (Phase 1)Pay as you progressOperators, not just advisorsPath to ND employee-ownership
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Phase 1 · FormationIdea → real company
$3–5K + templates
From idea to a real company in six weeks.

We turn your idea into a fundable, incorporated business — the foundation everything else builds on.

  • Business case / overview deck
  • Entity formation
  • Business plan
  • Contract templates
2
Phase 2 · PlanningMap the build
$5K
A clear plan before a line of code.

We translate the vision into a buildable, operable plan so Phase 3 moves fast and nothing gets lost.

  • Workflow design
  • Requirements
  • Sprint plan
  • Operating plan
3
Phase 3 · BuildVibe code → real product
$5–15K
From prototype to a product people can actually use.

We take your vibe-coded prototype to a scalable MVP — hosted, live, and ready for real users. Range reflects MVP scope and the lift from prototype to production.

  • Scalable MVP
  • Hosted / live product
  • Production hardening
4
Phase 4 · PrepareReady to sell
$5K
Everything you need to go to market.

We build the go-to-market layer — the story, the pricing, the collateral — and stand up the manual operations that run the business day one.

  • Pitch decks & collateral
  • Pricing
  • Manual operations
  • Workflow documentation
5
Phase 5 · LaunchGo live and fly
$10K
Launch — with operators in it beside you.

You go live, and K4C operators stay hands-on for the first couple of months on a mix of equity and cash to get the business off the ground. From here, you graduate to K4C Growth.

  • Go-live support
  • K4C operator support
  • Equity + cash blend
  • ~2 months hands-on
What it costs

The full path, by phase.

Phase 1 · Formation$3–5K + templates
Phase 2 · Planning$5K
Phase 3 · Build$5–15K
Phase 4 · Prepare$5K
Phase 5 · Launch$10K + equity
Idea to launched company~$28–40K + equity

Indicative ranges. Each phase is scoped and funded individually; you bring the capital, K4C brings the team. Launch includes an equity component for ongoing operator support.

From incubator to fund

Build it here. Explore what comes next.

The incubator is founder-funded — you pay for the work that turns your idea into a real company. K4C can help prepare ventures for future capital conversations. A separate aligned Fund is contemplated; participation in the incubator does not establish eligibility for investment. Approved projects may be featured in the Showroom for collaborators and partners to learn about.

01

Go through the incubator

You fund the phases; our operators build the company with you, idea to launch.

02

Prepare for capital conversations

Our operators help you build a credible business case and prepare for potential future investment discussions.

03

Get shown in the Showroom

If approved, your project can appear in the Showroom so collaborators, operators, and partners can learn about the work.

Incubator participation and Showroom placement do not guarantee funding. Any future investment process requires separate review, diligence, and applicable legal requirements.

Advisors & operators

A senior bench that sets the plan — then executes it.

We do both: vision, strategy, and planning, then hands-on execution across healthcare innovation, law, psychology, engineering, finance, and commercial growth. Bring us in to grow an existing business, or lean on us through the incubator.

Founder & CEO — Healthcare Innovation & Commercial

Emily Kapszukiewicz

Healthcare executive in innovation, human-centered design, and digital health. Sets the vision and strategy, then runs the build and go-to-market that turn it into measurable outcomes.

Healthcare innovationDigital health productCommercial & BDUX research
Co-Founder & Chief Legal Officer

Taylor Bentley

Healthcare law, securities, and M&A. CLO/CAO at a federally qualified health center, with prior roles at Sutter Health and BAYADA. Keeps the structure sound and the deals clean. Admitted in NY & CA.

Healthcare lawSecuritiesM&ANY & CA bar
Operations & Strategy

John Dolores, JD, PhD, FACHE

Attorney and psychologist who leads operations and strategy, including healthcare operations and provider credentialing. Bridges legal rigor, clinical insight, and operational reality.

OperationsStrategyHealthcare opsCredentialing
Engine & Builder · Requisor

Naveen Kankate

Our engine and builder. Through Requisor, he builds the custom AI agents behind the Showroom — including Judy — and drives the engineering. Adjunct instructor in data and analytics at MSOE.

Custom AI agentsEngineeringData & analytics
Advisor — Coaching, Culture & Wellbeing

Mirna Mejia, PhD, ACC

Psychologist and certified executive coach; founder of Your True Canvas. Chief Coaching & Culture Officer at Squirrel Space. Grounds the affirming, human layer and keeps it clinically sound.

Executive coachingPsychologyCultureSquirrel Space
Advisor & Analytics · Chief Financial Officer

Mike Boruta & George Staruch

Mike brings CPG, go-to-market, and analytics discipline to how a business scales. George — CFO of Squirrel Space and a serial founder and operator — keeps the unit economics honest as you grow.

AnalyticsGo-to-marketFinanceRevenue & scaling
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Then you graduate to K4C Growth.

Launch isn't the finish line. Once you're live, the next stage of scaling, pivoting, and transformation happens inside the K4C Growth Agency — the same operators, now focused on traction.

Idea → Incubator → Launch → K4C Growth