Creative Accelerator is a program that connects creative startups with experts and successful entrepreneurs. In recent years, local creators and artists managed to bring our country higher and higher up in the international ranking of creativity and technology: in 2022, Moldova was successfully represented at the San-Sebastian International Film Festival, at the first Moldovan-French Economic Forum in Nice (France), at one of the most important technology events in Europe – Web Summit in Lisbon (Portugal) and at the largest design event in Northern Europe – Dutch Design Week, which takes place annually in Eindhoven (The Netherlands).
Creative Accelerator comes to encourage creative ideas and people. Thus, if you own a studio/ creative agency making art, music, publishing, design, packaging, film, game development & design, immersive/interaction/VR, AR, XR, media, education – register here, until on February 19, 2023, and you can benefit from financial support worth 5000 $ to expand your sales and attract partners from abroad.
Eligible applicants:
– Createch startups
– Creators and artists with growing brands (i.e. books, music, art, photography, design, packaging, digital artists, etc.)
– Creative brands/companies and entrepreneurs ready to develop their products with a scaling potential (i.e. games, animation, films, art galleries, exhibitions, photography, design, packaging, etc.)
The duration of the program is 6 months and it involves 5 stages: Inspiration, Ideation, Incubation, Acceleration, Pitching. The winner will be designated during Demo Day (June 2023), and will benefit from the financial support of 5000 $ for the development and implementation of the project.
The accelerator is implemented by Yep! Moldova and Artcor. Financial support is provided by the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) – a $150 million regional fund, pioneering in Ukraine and Moldova, with over 28 years of experience of investing in small and medium-sized companies. The program partner is the Future Technologies Project, funded by USAID Moldova and Sweden. Registrations are open until February 19, by completing the form – https://bit.ly/3GCQY6g
