ACCELERATOR Developing accelerators to provide better access to innovation finance for SMEs

On the link below you can find a short video about the results of the ACCELERATOR project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJLBEbfY-8

The Partnership held the final event of the project – which was organized by the Central-Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency –, with more than 130 participants on 28-29th May. On the first day, the parts of the program focused more on the...

At 28th May 2019, the partnership held its 10th and last Working Group & 6th Steering Committee meeting in Budapest, Hungary. The scheduling of the meeting was as follows: Joint monitoring and evaluation of pilots, and improvement of Output 3.3...

The 2nd brochure of the project, which includes basic project information, the results of the project and common recommendations from the Partnership is available here: http://www.kdriu.hu/files/KDRIU_Accelerator_brosura_2019_HUN.pdf

Development agency of Serbia is probably the first institution in Serbia that implemented acceleration program. The focus of the pilot was on the IT and creative industries. By having in mind that a pilot project was not feasible to include whole...

The 2nd batch of DEXIC Accelerator had a surprising start. After the promotional campaign, DEX Innovation Centre collected 140 applications from digital startups with impactful innovation across Europe, Asia and even Africa. The 6-week...

At 5-7th March 2019, the partnership held its 9th Working Group & 5th Steering Committee meeting in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republic of Srpska. The scheduling of the meeting was as follows: Joint monitoring and evaluation of pilots,...

A few startups which took part in the Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian pilot programmes of the project attended in Stuttgart, at the StartupSummit 2019, 1st February 2019. The event run with approx. 4,000 participants, 350 start-ups, 200...

On the link below you can find a short video about the implementation of the ACCELERATOR project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5WnCHdNweI&t=121s  

Alba Accelerator, the Hungarian pilot of the ACCELERATOR project run and managed by Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency (CTRIA) with the support of Széchenyi Venture Capital Management Ltd. (SZTA) has successfully completed its...

The second pilot of the DEXIC Accelerator will take place from 1st of April to 10th of May in the Czech Republic. Recently, DEX Innovation Centre started a digital promotional campaign and opened the applications as well.  Nowadays, DEXIC...

At 29-30th November 2018, the partnership held its 8th Working Group meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The scheduling of the meeting was as follows: Partners shared their experiences of the 2nd round of their pilots on WP4 Pilots (Activity 4.2)...

The second pilot of Accelerator North-West Bulgaria, executed by Technology Centre Sofia, started successful on the weekend of 08-09 December. All 12 selected start-uppers (5 singles and 7 teams) actively participated in the...

Between September – October 2018 ASIMCOV implemented the improved version of the Accelerator Pilot program, involving more experts from all around the country. From 11 selected startups 10 finished the program and 7 ideas were presented at the...

The Republic Agency for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises implements the second accelerator pilot programme in the Republic of Srpska/Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Agency for Economic Development of the City of Prijedor...

At 2-3rd October 2018, the partnership held its 7th Working Group & 4th Steering Committee meeting in Liberec, Czech Republic. The scheduling of the meeting was as follows: Partners shared their experiences on WP4 Pilots (Activity 4.2) with...

Under the direction of the Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency and with the professional assistance of the Szécheny Venture Capital Fund Management Ltd a start-up supporting mentor programme called „Alba Accelerator” was launched in...

In the Czech Republic, 12 promising ICT startup teams took part altogether in 2 acceleration schemes organized by DEX Innovation Centre – DEXIC BootCamp (3-day intensive acceleration programme) organized in March 2018, and DEXIC Accelerator...

ICOrelator, an accelerator program for future ICO campaigns, set place in Ljubljana and accepted 10 teams. Slovenia is a leading nation regarding blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Therefore, we managed to...

At the business plan competition of FH-Joanneum in Austria the three best ideas were awarded with vouchers of the city of Kapfenberg. In the program the already founded company "Pfotenzauber" was voted on the first place. The project is a...