Spin-off Acceleration Burst
Build your spin-off faster: validate customers, refine product–solution fit, explore funding, sharpen pitching, and more in just 6 weeks. Kick off 29 October!
WHAT YOU'LL GET
Take a look inside the Spin-off Burst.
Across 6 weeks, you’ll gain the tools and insights needed to shape your spin-off and prepare it for growth. Key topics include:
- Customer validation – how to gather and analyze feedback, build personas, and refine your idea
- Product roadmap creation – align technical development with market needs
- Problem–solution fit – identify and validate your core value proposition
- Pitch training – learn storytelling techniques to pitch to different audiences
- Company structures & culture – explore founding team options and how to build a strong work culture
- Funding strategies – discover different funding options and how to plan your financing roadmap
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WHO IT'S FOR
Curious if this is for you?
The Spin-off Acceleration Burst, starting 29 October, is for early-stage founders with a small team who want to explore their spin-off potential and move faster to the next step. It’s a good fit if you’re open to mentoring, coaching, and sharing your ideas with others.
To make the most of the program, it helps if you already have:
- A small team of at least two members with an initial founding team structure
- A clear spin-off idea and first steps in customer validation
- Some early drafts, like a Business Model Canvas, and problem–solution fit
Don’t have everything yet? No panic! We’re here to help you build these step by step.
Benefits
Why should you join?
By the end of this program, you and your team will be ready to move from idea to spin-off with confidence , equipped with tools, insights, and a clear roadmap.
Build and validate your venture
Learn how to test your ideas with real customers, identify your problem–solution fit, and adapt your roadmap based on feedback.
Shape your team and structure
Define the key roles your startup needs, explore legal structures, and create a strong company culture that supports growth.
Fund and pitch your vision
Develop a clear funding strategy, understand different investor options, and sharpen your pitching skills to engage any audience at any time.
FAQ
Frequently
asked questions
Acceleration Bursts are short, intensive programs that provide experiential validation of specific approaches and challenges related to the domain. They cover content such as market entry, scaling, or securing investment. These bursts are tailored to the needs of startups in Digital & DeepTech, MedTech & HealthTech, and Energy Transition & CleanTech.
Yes! We usually expect a startup to start with either the approach or initial domain approach burst and then complete the other before finishing the programme via the final domain specific burst.
Yes.
Each burst includes access to industry-specific mentors, tailored workshops, and actionable feedback. Following your first burst you will also be assigned a mentor and given access to expert coaching hour credits to spend on developing your start-up.
Participation in the Acceleration Tier is based on a revenue-linked success fee model. This approach is founder-friendly, ensuring that payments scale with the company’s growth and are capped to avoid undue financial strain. The success fee is only applicable once your startup begins generating revenue, allowing you to focus on development during the early stages without upfront costs. This structure aligns our support with your success, ensuring a collaborative and growth-oriented partnership.
Each Burst has prerequisites that you will need to complete before you can apply. Only those who are part of our Acceleration Tier and have completed these prerequisites satisfactorily will be eligible to join.