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The Migrant Accelerator

Empowering Migrant Founders To Startup In Germany

The program was launched to help migrant founders overcome a variety of challenges: funding gaps, discrimination, bureaucracy, language barriers, and a lack of networks.

Our focus is on industry-agnostic, technology-driven and/or knowledge-based products. (hardware, software, web).

Intake: Batch

Duration: 8-12 weeks

Format: Online

Operated by: university

Further hubs: Stuttgart

Time spent

Access to

Primarily provides

Prototyping Budget

Coaching

Network

Events

Also provides

Marketing and PR

Mentoring

Community

Investor Network

About the startup

team

seed

mid-stage

scaleup

pre-seed

early-stage

growth

Founded: No

Location requirement: location independent

Financial Support: Zuschüsse/ Debt financing Equity financing/

Financial support size: up to 5k

Innovation strategy: push internal

After graduation: larger network/ better Product/ Investment-Readiness/

You can apply for the accelerator if you are a founder with a migration background in Germany, have a technology-driven and/or knowledge-based startup idea, and can already show some initial traction. The program is industry-agnostic and free of charge, but due to high demand and the valuable time of our mentors, it is highly selective.

Keywords

Migrant Founders, Innovation, Diversity, BIPOC, POC, Minority Founders

Technology

Our focus is on innovative tech.

Use cases

TEAM

Johanna Kutter

Antonia Sofie Bachmann

Kristina Coric

Shamila Borchers

NEWS

EVENTS

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