How far can you go?Aim high, accelerate fast and make your vision come true.
The EY Start-up Academy is an annual initiative that was launched in 2017 with the aim of supporting new tech and FinTech companies. Last year, a successful financing round was secured by the Frankfurt start-up node.energy at the end of the program: the founders secured themselves growth capital amounting to an almost seven-digit figure.
Bring entrepreneurial drive to your business
Knowledge & Experience
Gain an immense amount of condensed experience through hands-on mentoring, and exposure to industry experts.
Collaborate & Network
Build a network that goes beyond the usual and get connected to extremely targeted industry insiders.
Present & Celebrate
A day to celebrate your achievements with investors, corporates, mentors. press and the local ecosystem.
The Academy at a glance
During the eight-weeks challenge (26 September to 22 November), the newcomers will meet numerous mentors from EY, banks and other companies as well as FinTech experts, start-up supporters, investors and financing partners. In more than 30 workshops and training sessions, founders will receive detailed information on topics including business planning and management, financing and subsidies, corporate and tax law, supervision and IT.
Challenges
Possibility to defend the business model and receive feedback
Fireside Chat
Informal discussions with selected investors and successful founders
Investor Readiness
Preparation to the relevant facets of the financing process
Pro Bono Advisory
Pro bono consulting sessions by EY on several business topics
Public Events
Events with business topics highly relevant for startups
Roundtables
Discussions in smaller groups with experts from different industries
Workshops
Interactive sessions dedicated to problems typically affecting startups
Investor Matching
Introduction to investors from the EY network
Ey Academy Award
Award for the best start-up of the program
Call for participation to the EY Start-up Academy 2018
EY, Deutsche Börse, and TechQuartier support FinTech and Technology companies through the “EY Start-up Academy” program
Applications can be submitted between 11 June and 5 August
Comments from previous participants
“We definitely benefited from the knowledge shared through the EY Start-up Academy. It was also exciting to see how due diligence reviews and actual financing rounds were explored in just a few weeks”
Sascha Donner,
Co-Founder, Evana
“In the course of the EY Start-up Academy, we were able to network with very valuable new contacts and significantly improve both our business planning and our investor pitch”
Tilo Kraus
Co-Founder, CreditLinks
“In December last year, we managed to acquire growth capital via High-Tech-Gründerfonds and Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain. The contact was established through the EY Start-up Academy”
Matthias Karger,
Founder, node.energy