Spring ACCELERATOR

Fuel for your start-up served here. Build up on your idea or MVP and move your early-stage start-up to a next level business with mentoring, lectures, and investment opportunity.
Spring Accelerator 2024 ended on May 23.
More details about next opportunity coming soon. Stay tuned!

About the Program

Spring Accelerator is 2-month program specifically designed to help idea and pre-seed stage start-ups with elementary needs and support to further develop and launch their ideas or start-up projects. The program provides free industry experts' mentoring and lectures on various business, finance, marketing or more topics from local and global speakers.

The acceleration program is suitable for those who are just starting out or are seeking know-how, guidance and resources for their prototype or MVP (minimum viable product).

Our program invites tech start-ups that are developing products that solve significant customer problems. The scalability of the solution and the team are important aspects we consider.
Online/Hybrid
Approx. 2 months
Early-stage

Benefits of the Program

Support

Start-up founders get access to online lectures on various topics in the evenings and mentoring.

Funding

AceON can provide investments from 50K – 70K EUR for 5 – 7% share in the start-up. The form and conditions of an investment are determined by negotiation with the founders.

Community

We engage in-house professionals, industry experts, entrepreneurs and people who purely want to help. By taking part in our program, you can meet other founders or strategic partners.

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Spring Accelerator 2024
Participating in the AceON Spring Accelerator was a game-changer for our startup Jusi. The program's intensive webinars and personalized mentorship helped us refine our business model and accelerate our growth. The support from experienced mentors and access to a vast network of industry professionals were invaluable. By the end of the program, we had a solid MVP and were ready to enter the market with confidence. Ready to investment stage!

Konstantin Doronin

CEO
Jusi
Spring Accelerator 2024
As a startup that recently participated in the AceON Accelerator program, I can confidently say that our experience was exceptional! AceON provided an incredible ecosystem of knowledge and support. The speaker sessions were truly invaluable, covering a wide range of topics from fundraising to growing the startup! The practical advice from mentors was actionable and tailored to our specific needs. Moreover, the networking opportunities were abundant, allowing us to connect with other startups and industry experts. From day one until the Demo Day, AceON fostered an environment of growth, learning, and collaboration!

Phi Long Bui

Co-CEO
Swayme
Spring Accelerator 2024
AceON start-up accelerator was perfect for Flyer’s Guard. The remote evening sessions fit my schedule, and I learned a lot without feeling overwhelmed. The contacts I made turned into valuable business partnerships. Plus, their free consultations after the program are a great bonus. Highly recommend!

Michal Roth

CEO
Flyer´s Guard

The Program

Build credibility and visibility with lectures that can directly impact the future of your start-up.

How to manage the value of a startup or why is it difficult to value a startup?

Let´s look together on start-up valuation and how to do it properly.

ESOP, or how to set it up properly?

ESOP, or Employee Stock Ownership Plan,
is used by many start-ups to attract talented employees and make them loyal.

Convertible instrument or what
should not be overlooked?

Find out more about this type of fundraising and how to avoid burning yourself out right at the beginning.

Looking at the term sheet a little differently

Understand the term sheet, the document among you and your investor to set up the conditions of the investment.

Market-Channel Fit & SEO: Catapulting Your Startup's First 1K Users

Exact steps and templates which are used at Cloudtalk to grow to 10+ millions of ARR, frameworks to help founders succeed and reach first 1K Users.

Launching an idea in 2024

No Code, Go To Market & Experience sharing from working with early stage founders

Globalization

How to expand your business globally? Let´s talk about the cycle of the start-up from the first analysis, strategy to scaling.

Structuring your fundraising

How to structure your fundraising? This important topic will be explained by the expert evaluating the start-ups for the potential investment at VC fund.

How to validate MVP

How to validate your MVP and get first paid customers.

What the "marriage" with an investor
is about

Understand the relationship between the investor and start-up after the investment and how to maximize the benefits.

How to avoid lawyers in digital business?

Practical legal basics for early-stage founders. Legal Q&A.

Key principles of product management

Understanding the customer, Creating value proposition, Defining product strategy, running phases from MVP through refinement to growth and scaling, Data-driven decision making, Setting up the product team.

Partners

AccaceZAKAStartuPeakwiboCloudtalkCampusBlockwise labsStreambeeProneaITKey MediaBiometrics VenturesThe Startup ClubStorytelling Studio by The Recursiveproduct way

FAQ

What is the difference between Spring and Autumn Accelerator programs?
My start-up is just an idea. Am I too early to apply in Spring or Autumn Accelerator?
Where do the AceON programs happen? Is it online?
Do you invest in start-ups?
What type of start- up can apply?