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Preparing for Success: Apply to the EIT Culture & Creativity Accelerator!

Preparing for Success: Apply to the EIT Culture & Creativity Accelerator!

As one of the main partners of the European community EIT Culture & Creativity (EIT CC), we invite you to join the Regular Open Call for Acceleration of SMEs and Scale-ups program.

EIT Culture & Creativity is excited to announce the launch of its first accelerator programme for 2024-2025. This unique online/hybrid training program will provide your business with the tools, expertise, services and connections needed to scale in international and global markets.

 

Delivered in collaboration with EIT CC’s regional Co-Location Centres and industry professionals, and with a value of 20.000 EUR, this programme is designed specifically for businesses from Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries across Europe. Participation in the programme is free of charge!

 

The acceleration programme is also a route to joining the EIT CC partnership and to participate at a later stage in the shareholding activities of EIT Culture & Creativity.

 

 

Who Should Apply?

EIT Culture & Creativity is looking for creative SMEs or scale-ups (minimum 3 years old) in industries such as:

  • Fashion
  • Architecture
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Audiovisual Media and Gaming
  • Innovative businesses combining elements from these sectors, or leveraging the latest digital or circular technologies.

 

 

Key Requirements:

  • An innovative business idea with potential for global impact
  • A strong drive to succeed combined with an openness to adopting new business models
  • Demonstrable growth and turnover (with a minimum annual average of 5% sustained over the past 2 years

 

 

What’s in it for your company?

Your company will benefit from an 8-week acceleration programme led by top European speakers, trainers, and mentors, valued at 20.000 EUR. This intensive programme will provide you with expert guidance, hands-on workshops, and invaluable connections within the industry.

 

You’ll also build a strong network of peers and professionals while enhancing your business model. And you’ll also have the chance to be featured on our prestigious “100 to Watch” list!

 

 

The programme is structured as follows: 

  • Strategic building blocks: An 8-week training program with weekly lectures, workshops, and group mentoring for 30 selected companies, culminating in an online Demo Day.
  • Post-acceleration programmeAn additional 12-week programme addressed exclusively to 6-10 of the most successful participants of the acceleration programme (“Strategic building blocks”) may be launched separately to further support advanced growth , private funding and shareholding opportunities.

 

Programme timeline:

  • Call opening: 6th September 2024. 
  • Call closure: 6th October 2024 at 17.00 CET. 
  • Eligibility and admissibility check: 7th-8th October 2024. 
  • External evaluation of proposals: October 2024. 
  • Portfolio selection: End October 2024. 
  • Expected communication of results: 31 October 2024. 
  • Anticipated start of the projects: 1st November 2024.

 

 

For more information about the programme click here.

Issuer

EIT Culture & Creativity

Funds

20.000 EUR

Application deadline

6 oct 2024