Accelerace

What is Accelerace?

Founded in 2008 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Accelerace is a venture capital investment fund and accelerator that focuses on supporting the growth of startups in the Nordics and Baltics.

As the leading pre-seed investor and startup accelerator in these regions, Accelerace seeks to invest in innovative companies within fintech, life sciences, food tech, clean tech, healthcare, and other emerging sectors such as Software (Web Marketplace, SaaS), BioTech, Retail (& E-commerce), IoT (& Wearables), A.I. (& Big Data), HealthTech (& Fitness), Food & Beverage, and Insurance (& InsurTech).

They assist startups from the idea stage to becoming scaleups, having supported over 1000 founders, including parents, university students, c-level executives, and first-timers.

Their investment strategy includes providing pre-seed funding, educational resources, knowledge, and tools necessary for success, which is reflected in their significant startup survival rate and the percentage of startups that have raised additional capital. Accelerace Allstars is their lifelong founder’s community, offering mentoring from successful alumni, support in preparing to raise seed funding, and facilitating connections with investors and corporates.

Their partner programs co-managed throughout Europe offer industry-specific acceleration and mentoring programs.

They also organize investment programs, investor days, and community activities to foster the ecosystem. The website showcases testimonials from founders highlighting the impact of Accelerace's support in business model optimization and scaling, as well as stories of their investments into various impactful and innovative ventures.

Accelerace presents themselves as an entity run by founders for founders, with a mission to help startups avoid early mistakes and excel in their entrepreneurial journey.

What they say:

Since 2008, Accelerace have supported 2000+ Danish and international startups, including Trustpilot and Templafy and have made 120+ pre-traction investments. Our aim to help as many startups succeed as possible - by investing, making our platform available for free and offer mentoring from other successful founders. In Accelerace we stand on the shoulders of everyone we have had come through, and we use that knowledge to pass on to the next generation of startups. Accelerace is also responsible for the management of NOME (Nordic Mentor Network for Entrepreneurship), an elite mentoring program for Nordic life science startups, and are partners on programmes: Beyond Beta, VITA and Beyond.

What we look for: We invest in and accelerate early-stage, ideally pre-seeds. Industry-agnostic.

How we help: Supports pre-seed startups with a 7-week accelerator focused on seed fundraising readiness, hands-on mentorship from experienced founders, investor day access, pitch and storytelling coaching, proprietary investor insights, and extensive cloud, software, and professional service perks.