DDAccelerator – Apply for Cohort 2 NOW!
The Danube Digital Accelerator (DDAccelerator) is a 4-month remote program designed to help students, researchers, and early-stage entrepreneurs from Bosnia, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine transform their innovative ICT projects into businesses. With a focus on academia-driven technology, the accelerator offers structured support to create lasting impact. DDAccelerator is part of the CapTTict project supported by Interreg Danube.
Danube Digital Accelerator: Empowering CEE’s Next Wave of Innovators
Why Apply?
Gain Critical Knowledge & Skills: Learn through workshops, webinars, and expert mentoring to refine your business model, market strategies, and overcome early-stage challenges.
Access a Powerful Network: Connect with mentors, industry experts, investors, and startups.
Present on a Global Stage: Showcase your startup at an international event in Prague to media, investors, and industry leaders.
Enhance Startup Performance: Structured support helps startups raise funding, scale faster, and achieve long-term success.
Who Can Apply?
Your team consists of at least two members.
At least one team member is a student or researcher from a higher education institution or research organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, or Ukraine.
You have a science-based project or startup with a technological focus in the ICT domain with a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 3 or higher.
What You’ll Get:
4-month programme: An opportunity to join a unique ICT incubation and acceleration programme, combining both cohort-style activities (workshops, webinars) and 1:1 bespoke mentoring
Strategic partnerships: Introductions to corporate partners in your industry for first pilot projects and customer conversations
Funding Expertise: Guidance from early-stage investors and public funding experts
Access to Facilities: Tools for your work, such as computational resources, laboratories, and co-working spaces (availability varies by region)
Application Process:
Phase 1: Submit the application form by the deadline Feb 28, 2025
Phase 2: Prepare a pitch deck, answer market questions, and participate in a country interview.
Phase 3: Conduct a market analysis, answer IP questions, interview with the International Board of Experts.
