How far can you go?Aim high, accelerate fast and make your vision come true.
The EY Start-up Academy is a 6-week program in which selected startups are given the unique opportunity to improve their business model and its main components through structured help and advice from EY experts. The program runs from 30 September to the 12 November 2020 virtually and is free of charge.
This year, the events and workshops of the fourth EY Start-up Academy will take place virtually for the first time. A live stream of the public events of the EY Start-up Academy will also be offered. Join us for EY Academy Award event on November 12.
The Academy is supported by renowned cooperation partners: Federal Association of German Startups, Business Angels FrankfurtRhineMain, Deutsche Börse Venture Network and TechQuartier, Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, FinLab, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), signals Venture Capital, SixThirty Ventures and Visa.
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 six-weeks challenge, the newcomers will meet numerous mentors from EY, banks and other companies as well as FinTech experts, startup 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.
You can register here for the EY Academy Award event on November 12.
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
Check out our photos from the 2019 edition below and read about past participants here.
“The people behind the startup are just as important as the idea. Without a good team that is passionate, curious and open to explore, there is no chance to grow. You have to be bold to do the unimaginable. That’s the spirit we like to incorporate. We hope to find a strategic partner who will support our aspirations.” Laura Haberkorn, co-founder of suprtrue
“Right now we need legal and tax advices most urgent since we are about to found our own GmbH end of this year. So far we had two legal coaches who helped us a lot to know the potential difficulties that we could face during this process. We just got pre-seed financing, so our search for financial resources is not very urgent. We use the pitch training to be prepared for investor/vc-talks in the beginning of next year. We’d also like to have an external point-of-view about our business idea and want to profit from EY’s international knowledge and network.” Christopher Dörne, co-founder of Sooqua
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
Applications are closed
Register for the EY Academy Award event on November 12.