For regions, incubators, and program offices standing up a defense accelerator or cohort program. We design the engagement side, bring the right people into the room, and make sure companies leave with a real path into defense.
Most accelerators teach founders about defense. The good ones put founders in front of defense. That is the difference between a certificate and a pipeline.
We build programs around the buyer: who owns the problem, who sits on the panel, who the companies need to meet, and what they should walk away holding. Then we bring in the operators, program people, and primes who make the sessions worth the drive.
Wayfinder currently leads engagement for EDGE, the El Paso Defense Growth Engine, a cohort program getting regional manufacturers and suppliers ready to compete for defense work. Luke also serves as Deputy Cohort Lead for VEDDER, a biotech-focused defense prototype accelerator run by the Defense Innovation Networking Group (D!NG). Before both, Luke built EXTiC for the Defense Innovation Unit from a standing start.
Scoped to your program, your region, and your sponsor.
Cities and regional groups that want local companies winning defense work, not just attending defense events.
Operators who have the founders and the space but need the defense network and the engagement design.
Teams running prototype accelerators or industry cohorts who need companies ready for the room on day one.
Tell us who you are trying to help and who is paying for it. We will tell you straight what works.