The AWS Startup Loft Accelerator program was created to support entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of their startup. It is designed for startups that have begun building a working prototype or proof of concept. Participants must be committed to their startup and working full-time on its development. AWS Startup Loft Accelerator is industry and vertical agnostic, although all companies should have plans to run their infrastructure on the cloud.
The AWS Startup Loft Accelerator is an equity-free program focused on supporting early stage startups in Europe, Middle East and Africa with technology, product development, go-to-market advice and getting you funding ready.
The virtual 10-Week program enables startups to maximize the value of AWS by providing them with AWS tech resources, to validate their business by industry leaders, to access investors and to accelerate their time to market. The program structure is based on four pillars crucial to a startup’s success in its early days: Technology, Product, Go-to-market and Funding. The program puts the entrepreneur at the center allowing startups to build their own personalized program out of the AWS Startup Loft Accelerator session and content offering.
A new cohort is starts almost every month applications are screened on an ongoing basis.
AWS Startup Loft Accelerator offers an extensive catalog of curated content: technical deep-dive workshops, round tables with investors and professional advisors, fireside chats with founders and networking events. All are hosted virtually and open for registration to AWS Startup Loft Accelerator participants only.
How will AWS determine who is accepted to participate in the program?
We look at the team, market and idea – in that order. We choose high-potential founders who are proposing products that solve real problems or create meaningful innovations. We are more likely to accept companies with two or more founders as we believe having multiple founders increases the skills pool. Nothing is too early. We’ve accepted companies with no more than an idea, a dream or one customer.
