HOW TO APPLY

Start-ups at IDEA enjoy a total estimated worth of up to €60.000 in benefits:

• €12.000 seed capital from the Bank of Cyprus
• Business creation training & mentoring from industry experts
• Specialized mentoring in Financial Technology – fintech – and cultural / art proposals
• Consultation in legal, accounting, ICT & Marketing areas
• Business development opportunities, networking, access to investors
• Enthusiastic in-house staff, nurturing in-residence entrepreneurs
• Utilisation of fully equipped co-working spaces for 9 months
• Extraversion activities in order to internationalise and expand their business abroad (such as participation in conferences in Israel & Europe)
• Weekly consultation sessions with a mature business person, so that the startups can receive customized feedback and personalised guidance
• In cooperation with Amazon Web Services (AWS) we offer the opportunity to provide startups with low cost, easy to use infrastructure needed to scale and grow any size business. AWS Activate is a program with resources designed to help startups get started on AWS.

Indicative Timelines *

• Opening of new call for Applications – 18/11/2021
• Closing of acceptance of new applications – 20/02/2022
• First evaluation – 24/02/2022
• 1st Formal Pitching of selected teams – 09/03/2022
• Initiation of training sessions – 15/3/2022
• 2nd Formal evaluation – Entry stage B – 06/07/2022
• 1st tranche of seed funding** – July 2022
• 3rd Formal evaluation – November 2022
• 2nd tranche of seed funding** – November 2022
• End of IDEA 7th cycle – 31/12/2022
• Expected 7th IDEA Graduation Ceremony – February 2023

*timelines may change based on needs or health restrictions, at the absolute discretion of IDEA Management

**subject to completion of requirements of the startup program and obtain a satisfactory Pass Rate.

Indicative timelines*

• Opening of new call for Applications – 16/11/2020
• Closing of acceptance of new applications –  21/02/2021
• 1st evaluation – Last week of February 2021
• 1st Formal Pitching of selected teams – 09/03/2021
• Initiation of training sessions – 16/3/2021
• 2nd Formal evaluation – Entry stage B – 06/07/2021
• 1st tranche of seed funding** – July – August 2021
• 3rd Formal evaluation – November 2021
• 2nd tranche of seed funding** – November 2021
• End of IDEA 6th cycle – 31/12/2021
• Expected 6th IDEA Graduation Ceremony – February 2022

*timelines may change based on needs or health restrictions, at the absolute discretion of IDEA Management

**subject to completion of requirements of the startup program and obtain a satisfactory Pass Rate.