Deadline: 10 February 2025
Does your tech startup idea have global potential? Join the NDRC’s six-week virtual Pre-Accelerator programme to find out – the perfect launchpad for founders with ambition.
This fully virtual, 6-week programme is designed to help you validate your idea, refine your pitch, and connect with an incredible network of fellow founders.
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your startup to the next level, their Pre-Accelerator offers great support and resources tailored for success. Don’t miss this opportunity to accelerate your entrepreneurial journey.
What to Expect?
- Connect with brilliant entrepreneurial minds, learn new skills from mentors, and change the way you understand your customer.
- Customer Development
- Knowing how to talk to your customers and channel their feedback into your product is a skill you never stop using as an entrepreneur. They’ll make sure you start-off on the right path.
- Market Validation
- They help you work on validating your idea and testing in the market, getting feedback from customers, mentors, and investors who have worked with Ireland’s most successful tech companies.
- Customer Development
Benefits
- Fireside Chats
- Learn from the high and lows of successful founders and domain experts in an intimate setting that fosters candid discussion and honest insights.
- Mentoring
- World-class mentorship from entrepreneurs who have built, scaled and exited startups.
- Showcase Day
- All your hard work culminates in a 3-minute pitch to investors and fellow entrepreneurs worldwide.
- Check-Ins
- Their regional team leads help you to convert learnings into actions and overcome challenges through this journey.
- Workshops
- Get on-demand access to content focused on the most important topics to get your startup to the next level.
- Breakout Sessions
- Give and receive peer support from other founders, and get guidance from your team lead.
Eligibility Criteria
- NDRC is backed by the Irish Government and is dedicated to supporting startups based in Ireland. To be eligible for the programme, companies must meet the following criteria:
- Location:
- The company must be based in Ireland or
- At least one of the co-founders must be based in Ireland.
- Solution:
- The company must have technology at the core of its solutions.
- Industry restrictions:
- The activities of the applying companies must not be related to gambling, adult entertainment, tobacco, or military sectors.
- Location:
For more information, visit NDRC.