Year in Review 2017
2017 We accelerated some startups... Screened startups Camps provided Accelerated startups Startup funding secured Tailored accelerator programs Participants from 12 countries … and teamed up with corporations In case you missed our year 6 January Accelerace Alumnus The Eye Tribe (VR) gets acquired by Facebook 13 February Start of the new acceleration batch including Tech, Life science and Biotech startups 6 March Accelerace launches together with ISDI and FundingBox the IMPACT Growth initiative which accelerates and funds startups with €100k 26 June We kick off the second acceleration batch with 24 Tech, Foodtech, Cleantech, Life science 4 July and Medtech startups We get nominated as Top 10 acceleration program in Europe (by Venionaire) 5 September Accelerace wins the Nordic Startup Award as Best Danish accelerator 18 October Winning the Nordic Startup Award as best accelerator in the Nordics and nominated for the global award 24 October NOME Annual Meeting and Startup Competition 18 December Elia and Accelerace join forces to help startups grow in the electricity industry End of December We secured a 10,7mn DKK investment from Færch Foundation, the Danish Growth Fund and Symbion Communications +1’000’000 198 Facebook impressions Press clippings 1’350 71 New twitter followers Published blogs & articles 6’800 Social media followers Accelerace team New employees joining Venture Scouts onboarded Thanks for making 2017 exceptional. Together with you, we were able to shape the ecosystem, scale startups and team up with high caliber corporations. We are looking forward to the next year full of initiatives and accelerations.
