Autumn Accelerator Program

About the Program

Autumn Accelerator is a 2-month program tailored to help pre-seed start-ups by providing investment and support in understanding the entrepreneurship and VC landscapes, further developing their solutions, and launching them to the market. The program provides free know-how through lectures, discussions and mentoring on various topics such as business model, Go-To-Market, finance, fundraising, sales, and more.
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The acceleration program is suitable for start-up teams developing their PoC, working on their MVP, or those who have just launched their product and acquired their first customers.
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Our program welcomes tech start-ups developing products that address significant customer problems. We place strong emphasis on the scalability of the solution and the strength of the team.

Approx. 30 start-ups will be selected for this program and will be divided into 2 groups:

Group 1

Teams with more developed prototype, MVP or an idea with a big potential will get an opportunity to attend all the lectures and discuss the issues with the mentors on 1:1 meetings.

Group 2

Teams will get access to attend all of the lectures during the program.

Online/Hybrid

Approx. 2 months

Early-stage

Mentors and speakers in Autumn Batch

Peter Pašek

Managing Director & Partner Accace Slovakia

Peter Pašek

Since 2013, Peter has managed Accace, one of the largest consulting companies on the Slovak market. Recognized as specialist in transaction and tax consulting, he participated in several sales of companies, set up the structure of the transaction and represented companies in negotiations with investors.

Jan has spent 10+ years in startup ecosystem. He started at LRJ Capital, where he assessed investment opportunities and worked closely with portfolio firms, such as Bloomreach. He then joined HubHub, a co-work focused on tech companies, which he scaled to over 2500 members in 5 countries and co-founded two legal tech companies: CourtQuant, a saas platform predicting court case outcomes, and Trama, a global leader in brand protection.

Pavol is the founder of KobiVentures and experienced start-up strategist. With a track record of building and scaling successful ventures like Photoneo, PEKAT Vision, and Whalebone, he specializes in sales globalization, business growth, and strategic planning. Pavol helps start-ups create scalable systems, navigate challenges, and achieve sustainable growth. In his free time, Pavol enjoys calisthenics, cycling, dancing tango, trading emeralds.

Donal is a global leader in the biometric technology sector, dedicated to advancing secure digital ecosystems. In 2021, he founded Trustmatic, an identity verification startup. Its success under his leadership led to its acquisition by Certn in 2023, where he now leads identity initiatives as Vice President. Prior to that, he played a pivotal role at Innovatrics as CXO, driving revenue from €3 million to €20 million within four years.

Boris is the CMO at Fumbi, Slovakia's largest crypto investment company. With over 15 years of experience in marketing and communications, he leads Fumbi’s communication and marketing strategy, contributing to the acquisition of over 140,000 users and investments exceeding 50 million euros. Under his leadership, Fumbi has received awards like Superbrands and CESA Awards. He has also worked in marketing for major brands such as Sygic and BMW.

As the CEO of Zade, a product accelerator that aids early-stage startups in validating product-market fit and securing investments through rapid product prototyping, Ivan has been working with pre-seed and seed startups for the past seven years. Together, they’ve navigated the market with minimal investments and risks. He takes pride in the fact that the startups he´s supported have collectively raised over 10 million USD in their early stages.

Efi has a diverse background in companies’ excellence in various industries, established a few companies, mentors in different start-up programs around the world and is a member of the board of the EU tech chamber´s Startup and Finance alliance and in advisory board of the European leadership network CEE. He is improving complex global operations and developing leaders and managers to achieve business growth and global expansion.

Martin is a CEE-based US attorney who specialises in working with tech startups and software development companies. After training within the startup ecosystem where he advised on matters from US expansion to intellectual property, he advises clients on contract negotiation and corporate governance. Whether it’s navigating daily struggles or securing international investments, Martin is dedicated to empowering innovative entrepreneurs.

Annabel supports startups at seed and growth stages as a privacy professional and entrepreneur. As a privacy partner and data protection expert, she helps create tech by integrating compliance into products. Her expertise includes data policy, EU, UK, and US data protection, and highly regulated sectors like healthcare and fintech. She advises founders in several communities, including Alchemist Accelerator, Zinc VC, and Y Combinator.

Arcui Usoara is a global strategist who helps businesses find PMF before launch by creating a brand strategy ecosystem that helps them stand out and scale. He helps companies get on track to 100MM ARR. Having helped over 2000+ businesses in the last decade at various stages, he specializes in helping founders build with their users, validate, and scale more seamlessly in saturated markets by tailoring strategies for them and their niche.

With 12+ years of experience in digital marketing, from B2B and B2C to in-house and client-based roles, working for start-ups as well as established businesses. She discovered that tech start-ups have some of the most compelling stories to tell early enough in her professional journey, despite having worked for global brands such as Microsoft, KFC, and Coca-Cola. She holds a BA in Communication Sciences and an MA in Advertising.

František (Frank) is the Co-Founder and CEO of Productway, a product studio dedicated to helping start-ups with idea validation, MVP development, launches, and Go-To-Market strategy. As a Co-Founder of DOBROBOT, the #1 non-profit auction platform in CZ, he built the platform and team from the ground up alongside David Procházka (Donio) and Livesport. He offers expertise in all aspects of the product-building process, from strategy to execution.

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The Program

Autumn Accelerator's lectures that can directly impact the future of your start-up.

What is venture capital?

The lecture answers questions like: What is VC? How does investor think about the investment? What are the criteria investors use to evaluate a start-up team? How can a start-up showcase traction in pre-seed and how to have fast and steady growth?

How to build your pre-seed round pitch deck & how to succeed with your start-up?

Listen to the ultimate tips for a pitch deck that will increase the interest of investors, and learn what to do to succeed with your start-up.

Basics of fundraising

Prepare yourself for fundraising, get to know the types of investors, learn how to approach them, and find out what due diligence, equity, debt/SAFE, and more are.

Valuation, dilution, how much to ask from the investor, term sheet and much more

All the essential know-how and metrics every start-up founder needs to understand.

Validation

Confirm that a business idea, product, or service meets the needs and expectations of the target market, and learn key aspects of validation.

Market

Market, its size and growth, competition and defendable factors.

Go-To-Market

Key aspects of Go-To-Market strategy and what you shouldn´t overlook when entering the market. Discover more about MVP development, GTM budget and when to set the launch date. Discussion with successful founders who share their experience with going to the market.

Business model

Study the customer and value proposition to develop a product that will bring real value. Plan and develop a business model to achieve product-market fit.

Sales tips & techniques

Learn how to sell your product efficiently and create a repeatable sales process to grow your business quickly and steadily.

Mid-Demo Day: pitch training

Selected teams get an opportunity to try to pitch their solutions in front of an online jury and receive feedback on their pitch deck.

The finale: Demo Day

Approximately 10 of the best teams from the program will have the opportunity to pitch their startups to an audience and compete for one of two €40K investments from AceON. Demo Day will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, on November 28th.

Autumn ACCELERATOR

2 investments of 40K EUR for 2 selected start-ups

Lectures with start-up and VC know-how

1:1 mentoring with industry experts and C-levels

About the Program

Group 1

Group 2

Benefits of the Program

Support

Investment of 40K EUR

Community

WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

What is expected of start-ups entering the program?

Key dates

Applications

Selection

Kick-off

Demo Day

Mentors and speakers in Autumn Batch

Peter Pašek

Peter Pašek

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Michal Roth

The Program

What is venture capital?

How to build your pre-seed round pitch deck & how to succeed with your start-up?

Basics of fundraising

Valuation, dilution, how much to ask from the investor, term sheet and much more

Validation

Market

Go-To-Market

Business model

Sales tips & techniques

Mid-Demo Day: pitch training

The finale: Demo Day

Partners

FAQ