{"id":6988,"date":"2022-11-07T10:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-espa.summerize.io\/venture-program-2022-acceleration-program-for-startups\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T07:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T07:23:03","slug":"venture-program-2022-acceleration-program-for-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espa.io\/en\/venture-program-2022-acceleration-program-for-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Program 2022: Acceleration program for startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/espa.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/venture-program-2022-programma-epitahinsis-gia-startups-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eitdigital.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">EIT Digital<\/a><\/strong> has announced the launch of the <strong>Venture Program for 2022<\/strong> with the aim of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/espa.io\/en\/business_type\/new-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supporting newly established business groups<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>startups<\/strong>) in their business journey. Business groups from the Baltic countries, Eastern and Southern Europe (the full list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eitdigital.eu\/venture-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>), with business plans and activity <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/espa.io\/en\/c\/informatics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the deep tech sector<\/a><\/strong>, have the opportunity to apply <strong>until 8 April 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This unique <strong>initiative offers an intensive eight-week pre-acceleration program.<\/strong> This program <strong>is organized by EIT Digital<\/strong> and <strong>implemented by regional partners.<\/strong> Selected teams will receive guidance on how to:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>to develop their Minimum Viable Product (MVP).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>to establish their startup company<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>to raise capital from investors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the final &#8220;PitchDays&#8221;, teams have the opportunity <strong>to pitch their business solution by presenting it to investors, potential customers and experts<\/strong> <strong>from the technology community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x3C3;&#x3C4;&#x3AE;&#x3C1;&#x3B9;&#x3BE;&#x3B7;-&#x3C3;&#x3B5;-startups-&#x3B1;&#x3C0;&#x3CC;-&#x3C4;&#x3BF;-venture-program-2022\"><strong>Support to startups<\/strong> <strong>from the Venture program 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last four years, the EIT Digital venture programme 2022 has supported <strong>more than 93 early-stage business teams<\/strong>. Also <strong>more than 200 entrepreneurs<\/strong>. Many of these teams have <strong>attracted investors during the pre-acceleration phase of the programme<\/strong> or shortly afterwards. For example, in the 2021 program, Horsano, a Polish remote health monitoring startup, <strong>raised the required funds immediately after the program ended.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lithuanian startup Revolab is another impressive Venture Program success story. Through Venture 2020, <strong>in a record time of twelve months,<\/strong> Revolab managed to achieve, <strong>sign major pre-order agreements.<\/strong> At the same time, it received <strong>CE and FDA certifications<\/strong>, which helped its expansion in the USA.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EIT Digital looks forward to supporting the next generation of talented teams from these regions, on their entrepreneurial journey in the markets: <strong>Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, North Macedonia, Greece, Malta, Montenegro, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and to apply for participation in the programme, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eitdigital.eu\/venture-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\n  <strong>www.eitdigital.eu\/venture-program.<\/strong>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/randevou-espa-news\/15min\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIT Digital has announced the launch of the Venture Program for 2022 with the aim of supporting newly established business groups (startups) in their business journey. 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