Deadline: April 1, 2019 00:00 CEST| Apply here
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Eligibility: The accelerator is looking for promising business ideas to serve and disrupt a diverse cross-section of industries
Location: New York, the United States
ERA Summer Program 2019
ERA gives you a chance to grow your business with the help of its operating partners and mentors.
ERA has assembled the most experienced group of entrepreneurial experts in NYC, all of whom are on deck to help solve every type of operating and strategic problem startups encounter.
ERA’s partners are committed, passionate members of the New York tech community. As entrepreneurs with decades of experience in business, technology and early-stage venture capital; we have successfully founded, built, run, sold and financed businesses.
Why apply?
The companies selected to participate in the four-month program will receive a $100,000 investment and the potential for follow-on funding from ERA’s Fund.
The accelerator invests in the company directly and the founders decide how to use the funds. In exchange, it receives 8% common stock in your company. It aligns us with the same economics that you as founders have.
In addition to this financial investment, ERA companies are immersed in its mentor-driven program, in the words of a well-known ad, is priceless. They also provide four months’ free office space, free hosting credits with several major cloud providers, legal, finance, accounting and other business services.
Who should apply?
While the accelerator is open to great entrepreneurs with transformative ideas, it has some general guidelines around company focus.
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator companies are technology companies, or companies with a significant technology component since those are the companies we can help the most.
It looks for companies best able to take full advantage of the New York City opportunity as a starting point to successfully enter the market for their product, service or application.
Most ERA companies will be software or software-related in some way and may be either B-to-B or B-to-C-focused. The interests are as diverse as your ideas: Internet, Mobile, FinTech, SaaS, E-Commerce, Local, Media, Marketing, Ad Tech, Education, Fashion Tech, Real Estate, Logistics and many more.
ERA is looking to you to wow them with anything Internet and software-related that you think is cool. They consider all the business questions around the product business concept and market size.
Interested in applying for the ERA Summer Program 2019? Register your participation by following the application link and taking the suggested steps.
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