Empowering Central & Eastern Europe’s Next Wave of Innovators
DDAccelerator supported innovators with groundbreaking sturtup ideas and technologies that needed a boost. We worked with students, researchers, and early-stage entrepreneurs from Bosnia, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine, helping them move from early concepts towar viable businesses. The program focused on academia-driven ICT innovation with the goal of creating lasting impact.
The DDAccelerator was a co-funded Interreg Danube Region Programme supporting 30 adademia-driven ICT innovators to create a lasting impact nationally and internationally.
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Read moreNSigma is a Serbia-based team behind NSage.ai, an AI platform that helps investment professionals forecast key metrics and understand what drives them. It combines data ingestion, modeling, and visualization in one cloud dashboard to reduce manual work and enable faster decisions.
Read moreAlvaEduSmart builds an AI-powered system for universities that automates operations, especially scheduling, and provides personalized insights for students, teachers, and administrators. Already live at Uzhhorod National University, they are now scaling across Ukraine and into Europe.
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Participating teams strengthened their business fundamentals through hands-on workshops, webinars, and expert mentoring. They redefined their business models, developed go-to-market strategies, and addressed early-stage challenges.
DDAccelerator connected teams with mentors, industry experts, investors, and peer startups across the region. This network supported collaboration and helped teams accelerate their progress.
An international event in Prague will offer a standout platform for startups to showcase their solutions and connect with media, investors, and industry leaders. The stage is designed to spark meaningful conversations, open doors to partnerships, and elevate visibility across the ecosystem.
Accelerator programs are widely used to help early-stage startups move faster than they would on their own. DDAccelerator provided a structured support system, combining mentoring, expert input and practical sessions, to strengthen fundraising preparation, sharpen go-to-market plans and support sustainable growth.
Teams were eligible to apply if:
An opportunity to join a unique ICT incubation and acceleration programme, combining both cohort-style activities (workshops, webinars) and 1:1 bespoke mentoring
Introductions to corporate partners in your industry for first pilot projects and customer conversations
An opportunity to meet and be coached by early-stage investors and public funding experts
From computational resources, access to laboratories, and co-working spaces, we will provide you with the tools necessary for your work (subject to availability in your region)
Join the DDAccelerator for expert mentorship, resources, and a global network to help your startup grow. For answers to your questions, please see the FAQ section or contact your regional coordinator.
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