Start:up Alpe Adria Open Call for Growth-stage Startups

 

An intensive 5-day acceleration programme with globally experienced mentors that will help you scale your business, reach new customers, improve your sales operations, hire the best talent and take care of the legal side of your business. 
 
Are you in the process of growing your startup company?
Do you need help with entering new markets, forging strategic partnerships or follow-up investment rounds?
 
We have prepared an intensive 5-day mentoring programm, where we will support and connect you with the right stakeholders of the Slovenian-Austrian cross-border startup ecosystem.
 
We will select and support up to 10 Growth Phase Startups from the Start-up Alpe Adria program area. *

 

What will you get?

 

• An intensive 5-day mentorship programme with more than 10 globally successful entrepreneurs from Slovenia and Austria
• 8 hours of individual consulting from two dedicated expert consultants, one from Slovenia and one from Austria,
• Final networking event in Villach with active international investors, ecosystem stakeholders, successful entrepreneurs and more.
• Up to 20 hours support from Start-up AA project team, to provide them with: searching and networking with potential investors and other stakeholders of the crossborder startup ecosystem, intensive promotion of your startup to cross-border regions covered by the Start:up Alpe Adria platform.

Who can apply?

 

The application is open for growth-stage startups from the Start-up AA program region *, that already have revenue flows, are scaling their businesses and accessing new regional and global markets. A startup is defined by the following criteria:

• Independent commercial company, which is developing or commercializing an innovative product, service or business model with high market potential,
• The company is not older than five (5) years and not younger than one (1) month,
• The company has at least one (1) full time employee
• The company is not in a liquidation or bankruptcy process
• Registered Company address in the Start-up AA program area *

 

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Evaluation criteria for the selection of the 10 growth stage startups

 

• Business operations & sales
• Investment feasibility
• Market and growth potential
• Team potential & competency

Who will evaluate applications?
 

Ideas will be evaluated according to the above mentioned criteria where 10 startups with the highest score will be selected 

• Aleš Zorc (Venture Factory)
• David Belovič (Venture Factory)
• Vera Nunić (Technology Park Ljubljana)
• Aleš Pevc (Technology Park Ljubljana)
• Martin Krch (Lakeside Science Technology Park)
• Jürgen Kopeinig (Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds)

 

PROGRAMME AGENDA

 

1st DAY: Kick Off workshop  introduction of selected startups, mentors and entrepreneurs, discussion on why having a mentor from the entrepreneurial world is crucial for success	Date: 25.3.2020 Location: Klagenfurt & Livestream Lecturer: Blaž Zupan (Optiprint d.o.o.)
2nd DAY: Leadership Experience & know-how how to prepare your team for growth leap of thought 1:1 mentoring	Date: 27.3.2020 Location: TPLJ & Livestream Lecturer: Jaka Lindič & Borut Jeglič (Ujemi znanje d.o.o.)
3rd DAY: DACH markets and internationalization Experience & know-how Basic steps Stories from different markets (AT+DE+PL+IT+Scandinavia) 1:1 mentoring	Date: 1.4.2020 Location: TPLJ & Livestream Lecturer: Nina Dremelj + HOORAY STUDIOS d.o.o. and Enikam d.o.o.
4th DAY: Sales Sales Preparations for entering a new market 1:1 mentoring	Date: 3.4.2020 Location: TPLJ & Livestream  Lecturer: Matt Mayfield and Protectus d.o.o. (CarLock)
5th DAY: Legal challenges of business expansion   1:1 mentoring	Date: 8.4.2020 Location: TPLJ & Livestream Lecturer: Grilc Vouk Škof odvetniki (Maria Škof)
Final networking event in Villach
Final networking event in Villach	Date: TBD Location: Villach Language: EN

 

 

Program timeline:

 
Meet us at Startup AA roadshows:

Slovenia  
 

Austria  

1. Klagenfurt: 20 February 2020 at build!
 
Open Call for growth-stage phase startups start date; 13 February 2020
Open Call for growth-stage phase startups deadline: 15 March 2020
Publication of the Results: 20 March 2020
Start of the 5-day programme: 25 March 2020
End of the 5-day programme: 8 April 2020
Mentoring from two startup experts from Slovenia and Austria: 25 March 2020 - 30 May 2020

 

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*The program area consists of the following 17 regions in the partner countries Slovenia and Austria: 

Slovenia: Gorenjska, Koroška, Savinjska, Podravska, Pomurska, Osrednjeslovenska, Goriška, Zasavska

Austria: Oststeiermark, West- and Südsteiermark, Graz, Östliche Obersteiermark, Westliche Obersteiermark, Unterkärnten, Klagenfurt-Villach, Oberkärnten, Südburgenland