The first cohort will run for three months, beginning with a programme kick-off in early March and concluding with a final event at the end of May. Designed for the pace and needs of early-stage DeepTech startups, the programme requires a manageable 1–2 hours of participation per week.
Selected teams will take part in bespoke business coaching and cohort-based learning sessions, all focused on accelerating development and strengthening market readiness. 
All sessions will be conducted online and in English.

Participating startups receive bespoke 1-to-1 coaching from seasoned experts within the Consortium of Project Partners. These customised sessions focus on strengthening business development, providing practical guidance, hands-on support, and regular progress reviews to maintain momentum and accountability. In addition, coaches help open doors by facilitating introductions to relevant partners, stakeholders, and networks that can accelerate your growth.

Individually tailored support is further strengthened by a series of deep-dive workshops led by seasoned experts with real-world, practical experience. Each session combines strategic insights with hands-on examples, covering essential topics such as business strategy, customer discovery, business development, intellectual property, and pathways to both dilutive and non-dilutive funding. Designed to be highly interactive, these workshops directly address the real-world challenges early-stage startups face.

These collaborative sessions are designed to foster learning and exchange within the cohort, encouraging meaningful sharing of know-how and experience among startups. Through interactive formats tailored to participants’ needs and interests, founders gain insights from each other’s journeys, challenges, and strategies, strengthening collective learning and accelerating individual progress.

Fireside Chat sessions give startups the opportunity to deepen their understanding of both investors and potential customers. Through interactive fireside conversations, participants gain firsthand insights into customer pain points, needs, barriers, and enablers, as well as investor expectations, preferences, and decision-making logic, equipping founders with the knowledge needed to refine their strategy and strengthen their market fit.