WHAT IS STARTUPYARD?

StartupYard, based in beautiful Prague, is Central Europe’s leading seed accelerator for technology startups. Founded in 2011, we have accelerated 91 startups from 20+ countries, and over half of our alumni have been either funded receiving in total more than €100m. 11 companies have been acquired.

StartupYard alumni include a broad range of successful and award-winning tech startups including BrandEmbassy, Gjirafa.com, TeskaLabs, NeuronSoundware, Rossum.ai, BudgetBakers, DameJidlo, and SteelMountain, among many others. Our alumni now collectively employ hundreds of people, across the world, and have created 100s of millions of Euros in shareholder value.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

StartupYard invests in and accelerates “Deep Tech” startups that are solving a unique and difficult technology problem, or tackling an old problem in a unique and challenging way, with the possibility of scaling globally. Startups that apply should be able to benefit from intensive mentoring from some of the tech industry’s best minds.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

Program: StartupYard is a 3 month, fully-remote mentorship based program for early to seed-stage companies, that leverages deep corporate partnerships with telcos, banks, tech companies, and many others, to help a high tech company develop its business with access to a top-tier network.

Funding: Startups may be offered €20,000 in initial seed funding via a convertible note from StartupYard if they need it, and we operate a follow-on fund for startups that perform well during and after the program. This is in addition to over €1 Million worth of  perks offered through the exclusive GAN (Global Accelerator Network) partner program, including free access to professional services.

Network: More important than money, our startups gain access to our extensive network of mentors, investors, and advisors from Central Europe’s leading firms in Technology, Finance, Telco, Software, and Retail. Among our top mentors are C-level executives from KB- Bank, Vodafone, Accenture, KPMG, Seznam, Google, Microsoft, E.ON, and many more.