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Boost your startup and get
investments up to $25k
Registration is closed
60+ hours of mentoring sessions, affiliate services up to $50k, pitch to investors from the US and Europe, non-equity investments up to $25k based on the results of the Demo Day, and the opportunity to pitch to investors at TechChill Riga. Is your startup ready to take off?
Individual mentoring, pitch to investors, and first investments
Up to $25k investment for the best startups based on the results of the Demo Day
Up to $50k in affiliate services for cast, product development, and marketing
Pitching at the Demo Day for VC funds from Europe + showcase of startups for US investors
Opportunity to pitch to investors at the startup conference TechChill Riga
Market & Competition
VC & Fundraising
UNIT Economics
Financial model
Mentors support
Investors feedback
Perks & Grants
Pitch training
Networking
The acceleration program is individualized for each startup - we plan the optimal combination of group bootcamps and workshops, individual mentoring sessions, and 1-1 meetings with investors.
The program consists of two phases:
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The first phase (4 weeks): group bootcamps and individual mentoring sessions for product validation, product-market-fit, and building a sales and go-to-market strategy.
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Second phase (8-10 weeks): individual mentoring sessions, 1-1 meetings with funders and investors, group Q&A sessions. Tracking, unit economy, financial model, fundraising strategy, pitching and pitchdeck, Demo Day for investors.
Important! Startups can get into the second phase only based on the results of the YEP expert board's evaluation after the first phase.
70+ mentors
from Ukraine, USA, Great Britain, Israel, Estonia
$ 2М+
grants and investments attracted by alumni
15 winners
of USF, TechStars, WebSummit, Slush, IT Arena competitions
Timeline
Product validation
Produc-market-fit
Go-to-market strategy
Sales strategy
12/04
First phase
11/07
Demo Day
10/05
Second phase
Unit economics
Traction & finmodel
Pitching & pitch deck
Fundraising strategy
25/07
Pitch to US investors
Pitching to Ukrainian and European investors, possibility to raise $25k investment
In partnership with MZP League, a community of founders and investors from Silicon Valley
YEP Acceleration program is supported by the Western NIS Enterprise Fund, which supports initiatives to promote reforms in Ukraine and transformational projects.
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is a $150 million regional fund, a pioneer in Ukraine and Moldova with 28 years of successful experience investing in small and medium-sized companies. WNISEF was funded by the U.S. government via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Additional Opportunities
We are building a global network of partners to provide more opportunities for YEP resident startups to develop — investments, discounts, tools, and networking!
Founders that chose YEP
We are engineers and aviators, but from the business side, we came to YEP with zero experience. Meetings with mentors and Andrii Zaikin gave us this knowledge. We think that in 2021 we scaled quickly because of the first Zoom session with YEP!
Anastasiia Smyk
Founder & CEO, INPUT SOFT
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