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Coaching, mentoring, equity-free funding, networking

Join the startup accelerator Fit 4 Start 

Fit 4 Start provides entrepreneurs with intensive coaching and mentoring, attractive equity-free funding and access to key networks that help them succeed with launching their business venture and scaling it on the European market.

Launch your business venture and scale it on the European market

To enter the market and get off to a strong start, startups need quality support that is relevant to their stage of development. The international coaches, high-quality jury members and experts of Fit 4 Start, Luxembourg’s leading startup acceleration programme, offers precisely this. Coaching sessions, thematic expert sessions and feedback from the jury – notably including experienced entrepreneurs and investors – provide participating startups with all the components needed to put together a concrete business plan, assess the viability of their company as well as its attractiveness to potential investors, and identify the right business partners.

Fit 4 Start combines a group approach with personalised coaching adapted to each startup. Participants become part of a vibrant and international community of startups that often use Luxembourg as a launchpad for reaching European and global markets.

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Key figures

3,000
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applications since the start of the programme
in 2015
165+
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  • startups coached so far
€12.5 million
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of equity-free funding distributed
35
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  • countries represented
among coached startups

Key benefits

Fit 4 Start offers high-potential startups the following advantages:

  • 6 months of coaching and mentoring by startup experts
  • Up to €150,000 of equity-free funding
  • Free access to co-working space
  • Valuable networking and funding opportunities in Luxembourg

Who can apply?

The Fit 4 Start acceleration programme is open to:

  • Start-ups less than 5 years old that meet the small enterprise criteria with innovative high potential projects
  • Team composed of at least 2 people

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