Enabling Breakthrough Innovations to Reach Breakout Success

    Europe's leading scale-up program for early-stage deep tech startups. Non-dilutive. From founders, for founders.

    81 Startups Accelerated

    $0B+
    Combined Portfolio Value
    >0x
    ø Post-Program Valuation Step-Up
    0
    NPS of Particpating Founders
    $0M+
    ø Funding at Program Entry
    0%
    Alumni Still Thriving
    0+
    Senior Industry Experts
    0+
    Serial Entrepreneurs as Mentors
    0+
    POCs & Pilots Delivered
    0
    Startups Accelerated
    0+
    Startups Evaluated
    <0%
    Acceptance Rate
    0
    Exits
    >0%
    Graduation Rate to Series A

    Ignite Next In a Nutshell

    A custom scale-up program helping founders who develop IP-heavy breakthrough innovation to reach breakout success.

    We are looking for exceptional early-stage teams…

    Stage

    Pre-Seed to Series B (sweet spot: late Seed)

    Funding

    VC-funded, with proper (or fixable) cap table

    Potential

    Global ambition & category leadership potential

    Mindset

    Coachable, committed founders, eager to grow

    Origin

    IP-heavy innovation, from all-across Europe

    … working on the Future of Computing

    Silicon

    Breakthrough approaches in chip design, architecture, advanced manufacturing and packaging.

    Data Infra

    Key advancements in (distributed) data processing, storage & usage, from cloud to edge.

    New Paradigms

    Paradigm-shifting innovations in areas such as Quantum, Photonics & Neuromorphic Computing.

    AI, ML, Computer Vision

    Foundational innovations at the infrastructure, model, enablement, optimization, and application layer.

    Physical AI

    Groundbreaking perception and control technology enabling robotics, autonomous systems & automation.

    Privacy & Security

    Hardware, hardware-near & software solutions to ensure safe and secure compute and usage.

    DevTools & DevOps

    Platforms and tooling for engineers to build and run the cutting-edge solutions of tomorrow.

    Call to Action: Work With Us

    Whether you're a founder ready to scale, or someone who wants to help shape the Future of Computing—there's a way to get involved.

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