For whom?
Your startup is scalable & innovative. You have a (business) plan and your startup is in the pre-seed, seed or early stage. We aim for young & growing industries such as tech, internet of things, new media, sustainability, gaming, social entrepreneurship or 3D-printing but, not exclusively. You are able to clear your schedule for the (1 hour) intake, for 4 days of the Prepare Your Startup Academy and for the qualifying Pitch Day.
Program
Present Your Startup is a startup accelerator program and a live pitch event established in 2014 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Present Your Startup connects startups, investors & corporates.
Are you a startup entrepreneur with an innovative idea or product? Would you like to have professional support building or extending your business? Would you like to scale your business? Are you looking for funding? In short, would you like to take your business to the next level? Apply for Present Your Startup now!
All applicants will by called by us and invited for an intake. During this intake, you have the chance to be selected for our Online Academy. During this Academy, you will learn more about pitching, business modeling, and finance. If you are selected during the selection day, you will start with our accelerator program: the Prepare Your Startup Academy. This is an accelerator program that consists of four theme days during which you will be prepared for your first (or second) 'financial close'. The Prepare Your Startup Academy is a perfect way for CEOs and founders to prepare themselves to pitch at the regional Pitch Day. The Prepare Your Startup Academy is an important element of our selection process.
After the Prepare Your Startup Academy you will pitch (if selected) your business plan during the dry run at the demo day. The selected startups will be invited to pitch at the semi-finals. The best startups will eventually be given the opportunity to pitch at the big final live Pitch Event.
Check out our event calendar for the latest data, locations and more information!
““It was a great week. We learned a lot about various aspects of a startup. It was also very interesting to know other startup ideas and co-founders. Overall a very well organized boot camp”.”
““The Academy week brought us a lot of new insights and inspiration. It was great meeting everyone”.”
PROCEDURE
Applicants submit application forms through this page.
Based on your application, we will shortlist startups and invite them for the Introduction meeting.
Shortlisted startups will be notified after the introduction meeting and will be invited to start our the Online Academy.
After the Online Academy, we have Prepare Your Startup Bootcamp. During this training week you will learn more about business model, finance, pitching and legal aspects of doing business.
There will be a halve-finale, you will pitch in front a panel of jury members. They will shortlist the best 5 startups.
Finalists will receive extra training, an exclusive investor dinner where they will be introduced to our network of investors. Then comes the Finale.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Finance training.
Pitch training sessions.
Exclusive networking opportunities with CEOs from corporates, governmental institutions, investors, experts and other startups.
Pitch opportunities for an audience of experts and investors.
TV exposure.
Exposure at www.presentyourstartup.nl
Keep an eye out for our agenda and events!
