Accelerace

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Last activity: 12.09.2025

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We’re the leading startup accelerator with 800+ accelerated startups and pre-seed investor in the Nordics since 2008.

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Nov 7, 2023	Акселератор в России и в Европе. Есть ли разница и стоит ли игра свеч?	В этой статье я хочу поделиться своими мыслями про отличия акселераторов в России и Европе, а также оценить их пользу для стартапов. Статья будет полезна для всех кто развивает или планирует развивать свои проекты, особенно на международном...
Aug 15, 2023	3 common fundraising mistakes made by first-time founders, according to VC investors	The journey of raising funds for your startup can be exhilarating. But more often than not, it’s extremely challenging. The current market downturn has made fundraising even more difficult. Atomico estimates that by the end of 2023, Europea...
Jul 27, 2023	Investor Showcase: Accelerace – a first stop for first-time founders	When investors are looking for an excellent track record as a prerequisite for investment, first-time founders can find themselves in an inescapable cycle. How do you demonstrate track record, if no one is willing to take the first chance? ...
May 22, 2023	Акселератор в России и в Европе. Есть ли разница и стоит ли игра свеч?	Всем привет! Меня зовут Деян, в 2022 я переехал во Францию по стартап визе и сейчас развиваю здесь свой стартап, записываю подкаст про капитализм, а также строю свое бутиковое агентство по релокации стартапов Movly.me. Мы много работаем с п...
May 12, 2023	Latvian agritech WeedBot raises €425k in a round led by Overkill Ventures	Latvian agritech WeedBot raises €425k in a round led by Overkill Ventures 12 May, 2023, 14:56 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Riga-based laser weeding techn...
Aug 23, 2021	Finnish startup Pibox raises funding for remote collaboration solution for audio content	Pibox is a centralized/all-in-one remote collaboration solution developed for working with creative collaboration. It is used daily by the head of a production, music producers, managers and sound engineers. Now, Pibox has raised € 150,000 ...
Jan 5, 2021	EU-Startups Podcast / Episode 12: European startup accelerators pitching on air	For the 12th episode of the EU-Startups Podcast we invited some of Europe’s leading startup accelerators to come on air and to pitch their program and its benefits to startups. For further information, the links to those accelerators can be...
Jan 5, 2021	EU-Startups Podcast / Episode 12: European startup accelerators pitching on air	For the 12th episode of the EU-Startups Podcast we invited some of Europe’s leading startup accelerators to come on air and to pitch their program and its benefits to startups. For further information, the links to those accelerators can be...
Nov 2, 2020	Why most European startup accelerators are dead, but a few will define the future of acceleration	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace In 2005, four individuals became legends. They are Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell and Robert Morris. That year they founded Y Combinator. It was the first s...
Sep 28, 2020	The true reason startups fail, and how to avoid it	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace In 2006, two different startups set sail to change ticketing for events. One became a global leader. The other failed miserably. I know because I was the founder of one of the...
Sep 28, 2020	What innovation really is and why it matters for startup success	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Some words are used so much that we forget to ask what they mean. One of these words is 'innovation'. But what is innovation in the context of startups? What do we mean when w...
Sep 28, 2020	Why time is not money, and how founders should spend their time	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Some say time is money. It is not. Money is time. And when startup founders run out of money, they run out of time. Time is Opportunity. And startups are defined by Opportuni...
Sep 28, 2020	Why we chop onions with knives and why it matters to startup founders	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Consider the problem of common onions. Most people face these bulbs daily because common onions are part of most dishes. The problem is that they are tricky to cut into the ne...
May 27, 2020	Why the best founders feel unsuccessful	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Many startups look successful, but this post will tell you how most founder really feel. It will tell you how humans are different from other animals, and why this difference ...
May 12, 2020	The Art of Startup	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace 2500 years ago, a true polymath authored a book so powerful that it made emperors, kings, and generals. When I first read the Art of War by Sun Tzu in my youth, I set a goal....
May 6, 2020	Why founders should never build the one-stop-shop	By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Are you okay? The founder was reacting to my painful facial expression. The pain I felt wasn’t physical, but it was real, nonetheless. The unpleasant sensation stemmed from a ...
Apr 15, 2020	AVAtronics secures CHF 1.6 million	Since its incorporation in 2016, AVAtronics has been developing its patented, ‘True Wideband Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Technology’ for the audio devices market. The three founders Jeyran Hezaveh, Amir Farahani, and Fardad Zabetian, re...
Apr 15, 2020	AVAtronics secures CHF 1.6 million
Jul 16, 2019	Copenhagen’s Thriving Edtech and Fintech Startups Take the Spotlight	Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is home to great builders. LEGO, a childhood staple, is based here and serves as a great example of the inventiveness and ingenuity of the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Brick by brick, this city has b...
Jan 28, 2019	Reducing food waste is on the agenda as Nordics gain stronghold in foodtech innovations	Nordic Startup Bits sat down for an interesting talk about the foodtech startup scene at SLUSH in December with Accelerace’s Investment Manager, Business Accelerator and Head of Venture Scouting Martin Holmboe. Accelerace is the Nordics’ le...
Jan 24, 2019	Blockimmo joins Denmark’s first fintech accelerator
May 15, 2018	Coinify Announces New Corporate Brokerage Service to Funds Raised in Blockshipping’s ICO	Share Tweet Share Share Email May 15, 2018 (Copenhagen, Denmark) In light of the recently launched brokerage service for corporate clients, Coinify is pleased to present the first collaboration. In this partnership, Coinify is assisting the...
May 14, 2018	IMPACT Growth selects Bookingabus.com and Clarity as top startups to receive an additional €150,000 equity-free	These outstanding startups were chosen from among the 14 startups participating in IMPACT Growth’s first batch of acceleration. IMPACT Growth has announced Bookingabus.com (Denmark) and Clarity (Spain) as the best projects from its first o...
Mar 6, 2018	IMPACT Accelerator has selected 14 top startups from among 2,000 applicants to enter the IMPACT Growth program	Of the 2,000 applicants, 39 semi-finalists were invited to attend Jury Day in Madrid on March 1st. Startups pitched in front of a jury of experts, and 14 were selected to enter the program. IMPACT Growth’s second Jury Day took place in Mad...

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What has the press written about Accelerace?

Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Accelerace, among them “Акселератор в России и в Европе. Есть ли разница и стоит ли игра свеч?” (Nov 7, 2023) and “3 common fundraising mistakes made by first-time founders, according to VC investors” (Aug 15, 2023).

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Yes, Accelerace is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 12, 2025.