Deadline: 8 September 2025
AceON Accelerator launches its 5th program for early-stage start-ups in idea or pre-seed stage providing them with practical know-how, international founders´ community and investment opportunities.
Autumn Accelerator is a program tailored to help idea and pre-seed start-ups by providing investment and support in understanding the entrepreneurship and VC landscapes. The program provides know-how through lectures, discussions and mentoring on various topics such as Go-To-Market, finance, fundraising, sales, and more.
Their program welcomes tech start-ups developing products that address significant customer problems. They place strong emphasis on the scalability of the solution and the strength of the team.
Benefits
- Relevant knowledge
- Their acceleration program provides you with relevant and practical knowledge through expert-led lectures delivered mostly by in-house experts from ZAKA VC and Accace, ensuring you gain the tailored content to equip your start-up for success.
- Investment
- AceON provides funding for early-stage start-ups. At least one start-up will receive €40K in funding at the end of the program in the form of a CLA (Convertible Loan Agreement).
- Mentoring
- Individual and group mentoring can be essential for the growth and success of your start-up. The right mentor can teach you how to avoid unneccessary mistakes, advise what to do and answer crucial questions.
- Community
- They engage in-house professionals, industry experts, entrepreneurs and people who purely want to help. By taking part in their program, you can meet other founders or strategic partners.
Duration
- Approx. 2 months
What is expected of Start-ups entering the Program?
- Acceleration programs are provided by AceON Accelerator for free. Their mission to help succeed start-ups across Europe, thus they offer the best possible know-how and expertise from their in-house and external experts and C-levels.
- During the program they expect high level of proactivity and cooperation with their team as they want you to get the best experience and support.
- Their goal is to invest in the solutions with the highest potential for success and growth. Therefore, they require you to sign an Accelerator Participant Agreement at the start of the program.
- This agreement demonstrates their interest in investing in your start-up and guarantess that AceON Accelerator has the opportunity to invest when you are ready to fundraise or to co-invest if your secure another investor.
What solutions are they looking for?
- Autumn Accelerator runs an industry-agnostic program. What does it mean? They warmly welcome start-ups from all industries, such as fintech, enterprise tech, edtech biotech, healthtech, hospitality, and more.
- The acceleration program is suitable for start-up teams developing their PoC, working on their MVP, or those who have just launched their product and acquired their first customers.
- Their main criteria when selecting a start-up are:
- Addressing a significant customer problem
- Scalability of the solution
- Strength of the team
For more information, visit AceON.
