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Apply now for EIT Climate-KIC's Start-up Accelerator

Apply now for EIT Climate-KIC's Start-up Accelerator

EIT Climate-KIC Start-up Accelerator

EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) Edition

Open for applications until 3 July 2017

EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator: where great ideas grow into great businesses

The EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator is the only EU accelerator programme focused on climate impact by cleantech commercialisation - now coming to more regions across Europe!

Get access to an extensive international network, great education, intensive coaching, and substantial financial support.

This edition of our start-up Accelerator is open for applications for start-ups in our EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) countries:

Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia

You can also apply if you are located in any of the following countries, but you have to make sure that you can attend all compulsory programme components in one of the above nine countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania, Slovakia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro.

Can’t see your country? Check out this page to see if you can still join: www.climate-kic.org/accelerator

What is in it for you?
  • Financial support between 15,000 and 25,000 EUR per team
  • Expert coaching, pitch training and workshops
  • Mentoring and networking
  • Bootcamps
  • Access to Climate-KIC partners and network
What is it all about?

EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator is Europe’s largest cleantech accelerator for early stage startups. It is focused upon getting startups ready for their first investors and customers and helps them scale their business.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for innovators with breakthrough ideas to counter climate change.

If you are an early-stage startup (up to three years) or you are working as a team and want to create a startup based around a new technology or service with high potential for both commercial viability and climate impact, then this is the right place for you!

Every year, EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator supports over 150 startups in Europe, and this number is still growing. Have a look at our startups and see how you compare: www.climate-kic.org/start-ups

APPLY NOW - Open for applications until 3 July 2017


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