The high-growth program for 12 ready-to-scale startups and innovation ecosystem leaders

Launch Y(E)P’s Accelerate program is the big event of the year, running for 12 empowering weeks including the Tropical Innovation Festival.

Are you ready to join us in 2024?

Applications close Monday 8th April 2024. Don’t miss out!

TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Get ready to explode your growth.

Launch FNQ Accelerate is the premier business growth program in Far North Queensland every year.

Run over 12 intensive weeks, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime for eight tech-oriented startups and ecosystem leaders to scale through new customer acquisition, new market entries or new investment.

The question is, will your business be included?

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WHO IS IT FOR?

Which businesses are eligible to apply?

The Accelerate program is the opportunity of a lifetime for:

  • Tech-oriented businesses to scale through new customer acquisition, new market entries or new investment. 

  • Innovation-ecosystem leaders to accelerate their strategic thinking and decision making, connections and collaborations.

If you’ve got a working tech product (app, software, website or service) that is ready to scale, Accelerate is for you. Acceptance into the program is by application only. Are you ready to scale?

WHATS INCLUDED?

Far North Queensland’s top-level accelerator program includes:

  • Weekly group accountability and strategy sessions with the EIR and mentors.

  • Weekly, hosted meetings with your accelerator cohort and a guest speaker / subject matter expert.

  • Weekly individual executive coaching sessions with an experienced Performance and Organisational Psychologist.

  • Individual assessment and development session.

  • Individual investment mentoring with an experienced venture capitalist and opportunity to pitch in a round-robin format to investors from Main Sequence Ventures, Artesian, Black Sheep Capital, Larsen Ventures, PieLab Capital, Sprint VC, Ten13 and OneVentures.

  • Individual entrepreneurship mentoring with a successful founder from companies like Travello, Go1, ActivePipe and Functionly.

  • Group workshops and opportunities for individual mentoring with subject matter experts from successful scaleups in grant writing, investment, marketing, legal, sales, wellbeing, finance, growth and tech development.

  • Business and personal assessments to help you understand the areas you need support in.

  • Perks from startups and scaleups including up to $10,000 credit with AWS.

  • Demo Pitching Opportunity at the Tropical Innovation Festival in front of potential investors and customers.

WE’RE SUPPORTED TO SUPPORT YOU

Launch Y(E)P’s entrepreneurial programs are made possible, thanks to the support from:

Interested in joining Accelerate?

If you meet the eligibility criteria above and can commit to a 12-week period of intense growth and mentoring, register below.

Applications close Monday 8th April 2024