WHU Accelerator (Summer 2022) Application

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Here's your chance to apply for the inaugural WHU Summer Accelerator, taking place from May 9 to June 25, 2022. The majority of the program will be virtual with the orientation day and demo day taking place in person.

Please complete only ONE APPLICATION PER TEAM (so work collaboratively).

BASIC INFORMATION

Please provide the following information about your startup or idea.

Company Name (or working title) *

Is at least one founder a WHU student or alumnus? *

Yes (student)

Yes (alumnus)

Short Description of Startup (your tagline) *

When (roughly) did you start working on this startup? *

YYYY

Are you registered or incorporated? *

Yes

Company Website URL

Company Social Pages (or other online presence)

TEAM INFORMATION

Please provide the following information about your founder team (up to 3 people).
Please fill out one form for the entire team, so work collaboratively on this.

Founder #1

Founder #1: Describe yourself *

Founder #1: What is your role in this venture? *

Founder #1: What are your core competencies/skills? *

Founder #1: Tell us about something awesome you have built in the past? *

Founder #1: What is your physical address? *

Founder #1: What is your email address (WHU address, if applicable)? *

Founder #1: What is your phone number? *

Founder #1: What is your LinkedIn profile URL? *

Founder #2 (if applicable)

Founder #2: Describe yourself

Founder #2: What is your role in this venture?

Founder #2: What are your core competencies/skills?

Founder #2: Tell us about something awesome you have built in the past?

Founder #2: What is your physical address?

Founder #2: What is your email address (WHU address, if applicable)?

Founder #2: What is your phone number?

Founder #2: What is your LinkedIn profile URL?

Founder #3 (if applicable)

Founder #3: Describe yourself

Founder #3: What is your role in this venture?

Founder #3: What are your core competencies/skills?

Founder #3: Tell us about something awesome you have built in the past?

Founder #3: What is your physical address?

Founder #3: What is your email address (WHU address, if applicable)?

Founder #3: What is your phone number?

Founder #3: What is your LinkedIn profile URL?

Additional Founders

If you have additional founders, answer the following question. We'll contact them directly for further information.

If you have additional founders, please state their names, roles, and email addresses below.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Please provide the following information about your new venture

Describe your company and the problem you're solving in 500 characters or less. *

How is your solution uniquely addressing this problem? (500 characters or less) *

How will your company change the world? What is the mission/vision? (1000 characters or less) *

Who are your competitors? Please list the names and websites of 3-5 of them. *

FOUNDER TEAM

We'd like to learn about you as a team.

How long have you been working together and how did the co-founders meet? (400 characters or less) *

Founder-market fit: Please explain why your team is uniquely qualified to solve this problem. (400 characters or less) *

Is there someone on your team building your product/technology? If so, who? (200 characters or less) *

TRACTION

We'd like to know how far along your new venture is to date.

Please provide your revenue, customer base, user growth, or other relevant KPIs or metrics (month-ver-month). If your product is not yet on the market, how are you tracking progress - e.g. pilots, LOIs, waitlist sign-ups, or other indicators of early market demand? (1000 characters or less) *

How do you plan to acquire customers/users? (500 characters or less) *

FUNDING & CAP TABLE

Please provide the following information about ownership and funds.

How much money have the founders invested into this business/idea? *

Have you raised any funding? If so, how much? *

Please list all shareholders of the company that own at least 5% equity, including their title and percentage. If you have not yet registered your business, please describe how equity will be distributed among founders. (1000 characters) *

PITCH DECK

Please provide a download link to your pitch deck. This is your chance to let us know about your business in greater detail.

Please provide a link to download your pitch deck (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc). *

INTRO VIDEOS

Please provide a short, 2-3 minute video introducing the founder team (required). Production quality is unimportant here so keep it rough and unedited.

If you have one, you can also provide a short demo video of your product (optional).

Please provide a link to your founder intro video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc). *

Please provide a link to your product demo video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc).

SUBMITTED BY

Whoever submitted this form will be the primary point of contact for your team.

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