Join Our Community

• Applications are open until the 12th of January 2025. If you submit your application in advance of the deadline, we have an ongoing process, meaning our evaluators will provide feedback, giving you the opportunity to make application revisions. Here are our evaluation dates:

Early bird: 5th October 2024

General applications: Dec 1st 2024

Last chance to apply: Jan 12th 2025

• The pre-selection is carried out by an external & internal jury, who will select the top candidates for interview rounds. If selected, you will be invited to a 40-min interview with our team who will assess if you are the right fit for the accelerator program and our community. If accepted: you will be required to sign a participation agreement, and pay a commitment deposit to reserve your place in the cohort. We also do our best to provide helpful feedback if you aren’t accepted, so you can reapply successfully the following year.

Our global community and the program is fully remote & accessible from anywhere. During the program, we will require you to travel to a European destination for our 2 day kick off event and for Demo day at the end of the program, so please ensure you are able to travel in the months of early June and November.

1000 EUR commitment deposit to take part in the program

We will return the deposit back if you successfully complete the following:

• Attend a 2 day Kick-off event in person (at least 1 co-founder)
• Attend a 1 day Demo day in person (at least 1 co-founder)
• Attend at least 75% of the program courses
• Complete at least 10hrs of mentor sessions

Success fee of 5%

• Up to 18 months after the accelerator program has ended. The 5% success fee is only applied if the startup is able to successfully raise after the program
• If you have received a LOI from investors before the program starts, the success fee will not be applied to funds received from these investors
• The fee is capped at 30,000€ and applies to 1 round of fundraising only

NOT Included – Startup team cost

• Travel and accommodation to the 2 x in person events in June and Nov

• Be clear and concise: We need to understand who your target customer is and what you are offering to serve their needs in a viable market.

• Highlight your cultural impact: What value does your product or service add, and how does it align with Culttech’s vision and values?

• Articulate your purpose: Explain why you are passionate about your startup for us to understand how determined and resilient you will be to grow your business successfully

• Last but not least, ensure your pitch deck is accessible! Please provide an open link or grant access via email

Our dedicated team evaluate each application using the following criteria:

• Strength of the Team 
• Cultural Impact
• Industry Knowledge
• Innovation Level
• Business Model
• Scalability

We’re not necessarily looking for teams that “have it all”. Rather, we seek Founders with the right attitude and openness, who are a good fit for our community, and who show high potential to succeed in the cultural and creative industries

The connections and expert support you receive during the program continues beyond our accelerator program. With an ever growing number of mentors, partners and investors joining our community we are always looking at new ways to bring people together for collaborations. You will be invited to talks, training and relevant industry networking events to elevate your business beyond PreSeed and Seed investment.