About the Elevate Program
Every team gets access to an initial $2,000 grant to jump-start their development and weekly personalized sessions that guide them through the initial steps of building a start-up from an idea to a functional solution.
The Accelerator program starts in the Fall semester and finishes with a Demo Day event at the end of Spring when the start-up teams have the chance to compete for additional funding from an investment pool of $30,000! The Demo Day takes place at the end of the Spring Semester at the AUBG campus. Elevate Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 welcomed 26 start-up teams in total, and In the pursuit of developing their ideas, each team went through interactive workshops, one-on-one mentor sessions, SCRUM meetings, and countless hours of work. All of that was possible thanks to the support of 30+ generous donors as well as active participants from the AUBG community!
The last year’s Season 4 started on November 7th, 2022, and welcomed six new start-ups! And as the teams continue to develop their ideas. The Demo Day happened on 25th April 2023 and introduced a new generation of solutions for Blagoevgrad and beyond!