Investment Readiness Program Application

Apply to the Investment Readiness Program for Early-Stage Startups.

Startup Focus & Application Process

Startup Focus:

Business model: B2B SaaS business models that are digital, innovative, and scalable
Stage: MVP with traction, preparing for a fundraising round, and preparing to take on Venture Capital investors
Founder: Two or more cofounders (with tech skills & founder-led sales)
Industry: Agnostic
Region: DACH region

Application Process:

Step 1.: Application Form
Step 2.: 1h Pitch and Q&A session with jury
If your application is promisting, we will invite you to an interview with us. Interviews will be held by video conference. We typically make decisions the same day as your interview, giving everyone who interviews feedback on our decision.

Application Timeline:

The program for the upcoming first cohort will start on May 02, 2024, with up to 10 startups.
If you apply after the deadline, we will consider the application, but can’t promise exactly when we will get back to you.

Application Questions:

More information about the program can be found here: https://www.mth-potsdam.de/en/accelerator/
In case of open questions, please reach out to:
Erdinç Koç
Head of MediaTech Hub Accelerator
E-Mail: koc@mth-accelerator.de
Book a meeting via Calendly

Contact person (required) Contact email (required) Contact phone (required) Please provide the founders’ responsibilities in the company and their LinkedIn profiles (required) Please describe the (planned) equity destribution among the founders, employees and others. (required) If possible, please record a one-minute video introducing yourself. Explain what you’re doing and why, and tell us anything else you want to know about the founders or the project. (You can share your video by using filehosting services like WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive.) Company name (required) Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less. (required) Company URL (required) Where is your company located? (required) Have you formed ANY legal entity yet? (required) Please state your shareholder structure. (required) Please share your product demo if you have one. Provide a link to the product, if relevant. What are your founding hypotheses, and which have you proved or disproved? What is the specific problem you are solving? (required) Who has this problem, and who is your customer? (required) Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you’re making? (required) Why is your team uniquely motivated to solve this problem? (required) What key insight about your user led you to build this business? (required) How are you planning to acquire users? (required) Who are your competitors? What do you understand about your business that they don’t? (required) How do or will you make money? How much could you make? (required) Which industry are you operating in? (required) How long have you been working on this? (required) How far along are you? (required) Overview about the traction you have already achieved. (required) If you have already participated or committed to participate in a startup program, please tell us about it. Have you taken any investment yet? If yes, how much in EUR, when and from whom? How much do you want to raise, and what’s the status? (required) What milestone do you want to hit? (required) What hypotheses will you prove or disprove with this next funding round? (required) How did you here about the Investment Readiness Program? What convinced you to apply? (required) Please upload your pitch deck (.pdf & in English & max. 8 MB) (required) I have read the privacy policy and agree.

Erdinç Koç

Head of MTH Accelerator

koc@mth-accelerator.de

+49 15735723666