ACCELERATION PROGRAMS

An acceleration program is the most performing instrument to empower a large corporation’s open innovation strategy. An acceleration program, when well planned and managed, offers high potential return for investors and organizations which run the program. Acceleration programs enable to extend the reach of talent, team, mentor and product pooling in the market. And can be a very powerful mean to communicate the innovativeness and openness of a large corporation. Whether you are a large corporation or an organization planning to launch a startup acceleration program, we can support you in design and operation.


Program planning
Run your own program or participate to an existing one? How to set up a mentor pool, run the communication and selection process? How to execute a war-track program? What resources are required? How to plan and measure performance?

We will help you establish the right goals for your program and plan the whole acceleration program (funding, partnerships, mentor pool, communication, selection, war-track program, follow-on, investor relations). As per any startup, metrics are the key stone of operation also for accelerator programs. We will apply our startup acceleration toolkit to drive optimal performance.

Program management
How to set up the right team for your program? How to raise funds? How to perform communication, selection, war-tracking and investor relation? How to develop your own program playbook and guarantee performance?

We can support you in each phase of the program execution, from just plugging in our expertise to taking over the full management of the program. Our experience in supporting organizations in their acceleration programs will help you fast track the process of deploying your acceleration program, from early funding to exit.

 Acceleration toolkit and playbook
How to incorporate startup methods and culture into your organization? How to coach each startup? How to capitalize on each iteration of the acceleration life cycle? How to build your own model?

 We will provide you with our full set of acceleration services in order to bring the startup culture into your organization as well as support you in each phase of startup coaching. Basing your acceleration program on sound business and financial metrics, we will guide you in developing your own acceleration playbook, so to optimize performance and efficiency per each iteration of the acceleration program.

Program funding
How to fund your acceleration program? Who are your target investors and/or sponsors? Should you invite also business angels?

Each acceleration program has a history of its own. Corporate programs will rely less on professional investors and more on the knowhow and relational value ad of business angels. Pure accelerator programs inherently need the participation of large corporate investors and funds. Based on your main goals, we will guide you in defining the right mix of investors, sponsors and partners for your program. We will also help you in fund raising operations by giving you immediate access to our international network.