Advancing AI

AI Accelerator for Early Stage Startups

15 AI Startups from SEE will be part of the
Advancing AI #4 Accelerator

Early Stage
Startups
A program focused on 2 tracks, offering a tailored
experience for:
Pre-Seed Startups looking to become Investment Ready

Techcelerator's contribution to the Romanian Startup Ecosystem

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About Advancing AI #4

During 12 weeks you will have the chance to interact with industry experts ready to boost your start-up growth. You will get through training sessions customized to your needs, 1 to 1 mentoring slots, and a complex learning program designed to skyrocket your start-up.

Our main focus for this acceleration batch is to validate together with you the best use case for your product. That’s why we will help you develop these use cases and put you in contact with the right stakeholders to test them with. This means access to data, business validation, and accelerated growth!

Also, we are getting you closer to SEE investors! The start-ups that perform the best during this batch will have the chance to get in touch with top-notch investors and get their pre-seed/seed investment rounds.

What you get from this program

All startups finalizing the program will join our alumni community of international start-ups developing High Tech solutions

early-stage rounds targeted at 300k - 500k euro

Mentorship from top-notch industry AI experts

3 months of customised complex learning

Easier access to investment through our strategic partners

Tailored training sessions for each track

200k € perks and other benefits from our partners

AI/ML startups to help them to transform ideas into
fast-growing businesses

Analytic AI

sentiment analysis, supplier risk assessment

Functional AI

IOT,
robots

Interactive AI

chat bots, smart assistants

Text AI

text recognition, speech to text conversion

Visual AI

computer vision, augmented reality

Get traction & early
stage investment round!

This program is for you if your company falls into one of the categories below.
Early stage startups with a POC using AI/ML technologies.
Early stage startups with an MVP (early traction is a bonus) using AI/ML technologies.
Pre-seed/Seed start-ups with traction in at least one market using AI/ML technologies that are looking to raise in the next 6-12 months.

What we offer for each track

Program Structure for each track

Advancing AI #4 accelerator timeline & general info

September-October
Open Call for Startups
1
September-October
December
Enrolled startups announced
2
December
December
Program Start
3
December
January - March
Bootcamp Sessions
4
January - March
End of March
Demo & Pitch Day
5
End of March
Open Call for Startups
December
Program Start
January - March
Demo & Pitch Day
1
2
3
4
5
October – December
Enrolled startups announced
December
Bootcamp Sessions
End of March

More to know about Bootcamp

Our Bootcamp sessions will be held online.

Each session will require a commitment of 1.5 – 2.5 hours. Between these learning sessions, you will work on your own using the frameworks created to help you accelerate the growth of your start-up.

At the end of the program we will host a Demo Day Event, when you will showcase your idea and get Investment Ready.

Valuable mentors & industry experts

We maintain a community of 200+ business professionals
to assist continuously the startup founders

Radu Ionescu

Professor at Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,
University of Bucharest

Ioana Alexandra Frincu

Chief Technology Officer la EQIFI DeFi | Web3 | Blockchain | Banking |
EQIFi CTO

Irina Leca

Startup Mentor & Founder | Blockchain Evangelist | Marketing Manager @ Google Portugal

Alex Burciu

Program Coordinator Deep-Tech Angel Investor
Tech Venture Partner la
Fortech Investments

Raul Popa

Co-founder & CEO at TypingDNA

Cosmin Ochisor

Partner at GapMinder Venture Partners

Dan Oros

Head of Marketing Google & YouTube RO | Tech Advisor & Angel Investor/Starter at Accel

More mentors for Advancing AI #3 will be announced”

Valuable mentors & industry experts

Through our programs and investment partnership with GapMinder VC& EIF until now we supported the fundraising of over 20 #DeepTech & Fintech companies.