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Empowering German Startups to Scale Globally

German Accelerator empowers German startups to scale globally. We take high potential companies on a fast-paced learning journey to help them enter international markets and succeed quickly in the world’s leading innovation hubs in the U.S. and Asia.

To access the U.S. market, companies can choose between our programs in Silicon Valley and New York. For life sciences companies, we offer an industry-focused program based in Boston. Our program in Singapore serves as a gateway for German startups to enter the Southeast Asian markets. We don’t take any equity and all our market access programs are free of charge. For startups that want to explore first potential business opportunities in Asia, we offer the two-week market discovery program “Next Step” for a small participation fee. All our programs are highly customized to the participants’ individual needs and goals, and we provide mentoring from dedicated experts, access to our vast global network of business partners and investors, as well as free office space in all our locations. Our teams in Munich and Berlin provide additional central support.

German Accelerator is a team of successful entrepreneurs, investors, and experts who are committed to helping German startups become global players or even category leaders. German Accelerator is run by German Entrepreneurship GmbH and is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) – it is their belief that investing in startups is directly investing in innovation, job creation, and economic growth. Since launching in 2012, German Accelerator has nurtured over 270 startups, such as Celonis, N26, and Proglove. All former program participants have raised more than US$3 billion in funding so far. Visit www.germanaccelerator.com for more information.