Climate-KIC Accelerator in Germany Opens for New Start-ups

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Climate-KIC’s centre in Germany are calling for new applications to their clean-tech incubation program. Start-ups with a business idea tackling climate change can apply for the Climate-KIC Accelerator until 16 February 2015.

The Climate-KIC Accelerator supports entrepreneurs to transform their climate innovations into sustainable business models and marketable products or services. It helps the most promising start-ups to connect with the right experts, to formulate their business plans, develop their entrepreneurial skills and fund their businesses through the early stages.

The incubation programme consists of three stages of six months offering an overall package worth up to €95,000. Accepted start-ups get professional pitch training and business coaching, substantial financial support, office space at a clean-tech incubator in Berlin or Munich and access to the exclusive European and international Climate-KIC network to help find investors and first customers.

How to Apply
Climate-KIC is looking for entrepreneurs with scalable and technologically promising business ideas that have high impact on climate change. Start-up teams of at least two persons can apply here.

Applications are open from January, 1 through Febraury 16, 2015. A selection round with live pitches will be held in March, before the new program starts on April 1, 2015.

Information and Contact
For further information on the German Accelerator programme click here or contact Maura Kessel, Manager of the Accelerator programme at Climate-KIC Germany.
Interested start-ups also have the opportunity to meet the Accelerator team at following dates:

• Open office hours on Thursdays 9:30 – 11:30 am at Climate-KIC Germany, EUREF-Campus, Berlin-Schöneberg
• Open office hours on Tuesdays 2:00 – 4:00 pm at UnternehmerTUM GmbH, Garching, Munich
• Climate Hackathon, 23 – 25 January 2015, at Green Garage, EUREF-Campus, Berlin-Schöneberg (details)
• UnternehmerTUM Network Meeting “Entrepreneurs’ Night”, 28 January 2015, 7 pm, at Oskar von Miller Forum, Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25, 80333 Munich

www.climate-kic.org