STARTUP PROGRAMS, TO BOOST YOUR STARTUP!
Are you ambitious and do you have a brilliant startup idea? As a (potential) startup founder, do you want to bring a new, innovative product to the market? Or have you been working on your startup for a while and want help with validating or attracting investment? There are various startup programs in which you as a startup can participate and take you one step further towards a successful startup!
Below is an overview of validation and acceleration programs. Including the Brabant wide Startup Readiness Program. You will also find national programs for your startup.
VALIDATION PROGRAMS
ONLINE FOUNDER PROGRAM
Boost your startup, anywhere, anytime. Also for this program it is central that you successfully bring your new, innovative product to the market. During 10 weeks you will work – in addition to your job or study – on your own company, under the guidance of mentors and the best incubators in the Netherlands.
The Online Founders program is provided by StartupLeap in collaboration with Braventure.
READY Program
Do you have a brilliant startup idea and want to start your own business? Or would you like to discover what it is like to be a startup founder? Then the READY Program is the right choice for you!
READY is part #1 of the Startup Readiness Program which helps you to load your startup. Through 3 sessions, you will learn what it means to build a startup and how to validate your startup(idea). Moreover, you will gain insight into your entrepreneurial skills and develop your own entrepreneurial vision.
GAME Program
Do you have a potentially repeatable, scalable startup(idea)? And would you like to discover who your customer is, or if the customer problem is big enough to solve? Then the GAME Program is the right choice for you!
GAME is part #2 of the Startup Readiness Program which helps you to find your customer problem. During 5 sessions spread over 10 weeks, you will learn to conduct customer conversations to achieve deep customer insight. Ultimately, you will gain a clearer picture of the first customer segment that is experiencing the problem you aim to solve.
SET Program
Already know what customer segment you want to target first? And do you want to discover whether your solution is really the best solution to their problem? Then the SET Program is the right choice for you!
SET is part #3 of the Startup Readiness Program which helps you to validate your solution. During 5 sessions spread over 10 weeks, you will learn to validate your solution with your early evangelist. Eventually, you will become able to identify the best problem/solution fit.
MATCH Program
Do you have a potentially repeatable, scalable startup(idea) as well as the proof for a problem solution fit? And would you like to commit your first customer to your solution fit? Then the MATCH Program is the right choice for you!
MATCH is part #4 of the Startup Readiness Program which helps you to commit your first customer. During 5 sessions spread over 10 weeks, you will find the first committed customer who embraces your product or service and is willing to pay the commercial price for it.
Data / AI program
he Startup Readiness Program Data – AI is developed by startup experts to help accelerate your startup. The program consists of four different modules: Ready, Game, Set and Match. Depending on what point you are at with your startup, there is an appropriate module available.
Besides the program with the different modules, you will also be guided in the Startup Readiness Program by Data-AI mentors, domain experts and coaches. You get (online) tools, startup deals and community events are organized to expand your network even further.
ACCELERATION PROGRAMS
Investor Readiness Program (NL)
Is mijn businesscase volledig uitgewerkt? Ken ik alle financieringsmogelijkheden voor mijn startup? Het zijn belangrijke vragen die je aan jezelf moet stellen voordat je start met een financieringstraject.
Voor Brabantse startups die zich goed willen voorbereiden op hun financieringsaanvraag is het Investor Readiness Program samengesteld. Het doel? Jouw start-up sneller gefinancierd krijgen door het optimaliseren van je businesscase.
Dit programma wordt verzorgd door onze partner de Brabantse Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij (BOM)
Techleap.nl Rise Program
Starting a startup may seem easier than ever, but growing it successfully is certainly not. With the Rise Program, Techleap.nl wants to support your company in overcoming your biggest challenges and give you the insights and connections you need to scale successfully.
This program is intended to help the most promising scale-ups in the Netherlands. Every quarter, Techleap opens a new registration round, around a specific theme, to select 10 to 15 scale-ups.
This program is provided by our national partner Techleap.nl.
Techleap.nl Compass Program
‘Compass’ is the new global expansion program for Dutch scale-ups that want to go international in 2022. It provides access to experts, supports strategic planning, and delivers the market intelligence businesses need to expand in less time, with less risk, and less cost.
This program is provided by our national partner Techleap.nl.
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE STARTUP PROGRAMS?
Reach out to Richelle Kant!
“Whether you only have a startup idea, have just completed the first customer validation or in funding stage. I’m happy to think along with you about a suitable program that fits the life stage of your startup!”
