Helping entrepreneurs grow with Hatch: DigitalOcean for startups program

DigitalOcean Hatch is an online founder program designed to help startups grow and scale by providing access to cloud infrastructure credits, technical advice, mentorship opportunities, and discounts on critical business services from leading SaaS providers. Since its launch in 2016, the program has supported over 8,000 startups with up to $50,000 of DigitalOcean credit. Hatch survey results show that early-stage startups benefit significantly from the program, and a vast majority of participants choose to stay with DigitalOcean even after the program ends. The future of Hatch includes plans for technical or DigitalOcean-specific training, more webinars, networking opportunities, connections to funding opportunities, and other improvements based on user feedback.