Deadline: 12-Jan-23
Applications are now open for the 5th Edition of Rise Accelerator 2023 to help early-stage founders accelerate their ideas, learn best practices, and gain access to a community of fellow founders, investors, and experts.
The Rise Accelerator is a 15-week programme that prepares MVP and Pre-seed funded tech startups with the tools for investment, the customer acquisition strategy, and the improved network they need to increase their chances of success.
Consisting of 3 sprints, 2 online and 1 in-person, their updated programme is a practical, workshop-focused, growth oriented solution for dedicated underrepresented founders who have proven there is a real need for their solution. Culminating in a showcase to investors, experienced founders, and other key players, they have the perfect opportunity to help an early-stage startup succeed.
Benefits
- Designed in collaboration with industry partners, their program is specifically for pre-seed founders
- A Founders Playbook: Training you through in-depth, practical workshops, and providing you with activities to complete to accelerate your growth.
- Office Hours: Their corporate partner network and experts can support you in fundraising, law, design and everything in between
- Investment and Community Connections: Getting you in front of investors, and pitching you to them theirselves, and connecting you to relevant individuals and helping you grow your network.
- Visibility and a Showcase: Improving your startup’s visibility by marketing you and your startup through out channels. Finish the programme by pitching your startup in front of a curated group.
Eligibility Criteria
- You identify as belonging to an ethnic minority.
- You have a demo-stage to MVP-stage product that has demonstrable traction, even if it is unpaid traction, that uses technology to solve a real problem.
- You have raised no more than $250K (or equivalent) in funding.
- You have proven commitment to your startup that shows your enthusiasm and work ethic.
- You can commit to the 15-week programme and building your business while on the programme (6 hours a week minimum).
- You are based in the EMEA region and speak English.
- They want to make this program inclusive and open to people from a breadth of underrepresented backgrounds regardless of age. However, you must be 18+ to apply.
For more information, visit Rise Accelerator.