All of our highly customized programs and offerings are designed to help grow your global mindset, navigate your new market, and accelerate your company’s international growth and success. Which program suits you best depends on the market you want to enter, current B2C or B2B trends and developments, overall business landscape, and your startup’s individual stage and needs. Whatever stage you are in, we will empower you to hit the ground running.
We provide guidance and individual coaching from dedicated experts and accomplished entrepreneurs during 1 on 1 sessions and group workshops.
We will introduce you to our strong network of potential partners, customers, investors, and an engaged community of other program participants and our alumni.
From day one, our local teams will support you on the ground and will empower you to hit the ground running.
We offer co-working spaces you will be sharing with other program participants to foster the exchange between the companies facing similar challenges, as well as with our own local teams.
We teamed up with a variety of different partners from different spaces and areas to offer you various products, services, and useful tools with an attractive discount.
Our in-depth programs will help mid- and later-stage startups to enter international markets. Within an intense mentoring phase of three to five months (depending on the location), our team will support you together with our expert mentors in getting access to and entering the business world in the international innovation hubs.
For early-stage companies, we offer a discovery program in Silicon Valley that is specifically designed to support you in making critical early decisions about product, market, and business models. Our goal is to help young startups prepare for internationalizing their business and to do the groundwork right from the start.
This offering is specifically designed for startups to tap into new markets and to get in touch with the business network abroad. With our guidance, you have the chance to meet potential customers, corporates, and partners to validate the potential of these markets for your business. Let Next Step Asia be your starting point to a whole new region of opportunities.
Browse our blog for experience reports, insights on scaling startups, program insights, helpful tips and tricks, and some real life founder stories for inspiration.
Prior to boarding the plane we help you prepare for your exciting new business journey. Our team and mentors will help you identify priorities, set goals, and will give you an overview of what you should prepare before you start the program on the ground.
Upon arrival, you will participate in the German Accelerator Bootcamp – a series of workshops tailored to equip you with the knowledge needed to enter the U.S. or Southeast Asian markets. These sessions are hosted by our mentors, alumni, and team members.
You will work with our mentors on individual topics to foster your company’s global expansion. The access to our community through different events and personal introductions will help you grow your foreign network and engage with the local startup scene right from the start.
At the end of the program, each company pitches in front of a mixed audience of investors, mentors, other startups, partners, media representatives and the local ecosystem at “German Startup Night.”
Each program participant can apply for a program extension based on their progress. The objective of the extension phase is to help startups grow further and gain a lasting foothold in the foreign market.
Your company must be incorporated in Germany
Accepted legal forms are UG, AG, GmbH, GmbH & Co. KG
Must be under the limit of the official EU De-minimis aid regulation
Provide your pitch deck and answer (~10) short questions about your company.
Depending on the program, you have to submit an application video or answer a more in-depth questionnaire on your company.
You will pitch in front of our selection committee consisting of accomplished entrepreneurs and business experts – either remotely or on-site, depending on the program.
Our selection committees consist of accomplished entrepreneurs and business experts. We will send an overview of the committee members to respective applicants before the final pitch rounds.
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