Open call for 2nd Cohort under Digital Danube Accelerator Program
February 3rd 2025
We are excited to announce that Applications are now open for Cohort 2 of the Danube Digital Accelerator – unique international incubation programme for start-ups (or projects) with a focus on ICT innovation. 🔥
DDAccelerator 4-month program:
✅ Transnational Mentors & Networks in 9 countries,
✅ Expertise from VC, Tech Transfer, Business & Innovation Support,
✅ Strategic Industry Partnerships,
✅ Growth, Funding Expertise… and much more!
📅 Application Deadline: February 28, 2025!
https://www.ddaccelerator.com/timeline ⬅️
Ready to take your startup to the next level? 💡 Apply and grow beyond your borders!
National Contact Point for Romania: Cluj IT Cluster
For more details and application, visit DDAccelerator website www.ddaccelerator.com.
Digital Danube Accelerator Program Kicks-off this February
Janyary 31st 2025
The pilot edition of the Danube Digital Accelerator (DDAccelerator) kicks-off this year with a comprehensive 4-month program designed to help selected technologies developed by teams of students, researchers, and early-stage entrepreneurs in Central & Eastern Europe, to turn their ICT-related projects into successful businesses.
A total 9 teams, of which 2 Romanian projects, have been selected to be part of the first cohort under this international acceleration program.
Florin Paun, Innovation Manager at CLUJ IT Cluster joins the team of mentors composed of 11 experts from Central and Eastern Europe which will guide each team’s development throughout the program activities.
More details here: https://www.ddaccelerator.com/board-of-experts
The DDAccelerator is run by the CapTTict consortium, combining the expertise and skills of 16 project partners and 8 associated partners from 9 Danube Region countries.
National Contact Point for Romania: Cluj IT Cluster
For more details and application, visit DDAccelerator website www.ddaccelerator.com.
Workshop Recording: Bridging Innovation and Industry: A Practical Guide to Tech Transfer
January 27th 2025
Last November Dr. Florin Paun, Innovation Manager at Cluj IT, delivered the in-depth workshop: “Bridging Innovation and Industry: A Practical Guide to Tech Transfer” organized under the CapTTict Project.
Over 40 delegates of Higher Education Institutions, public research organizations, tech transfer offices and university management attended the workshop activities, which also featured dynamic discussions and real-world case studies of successful technology transfer, offering valuable takeaways for future projects.
View the entire workshop below.
Digital Danube Accelerator – Applications OPEN for Cohort 1
October 4th 2024
Danube Digital Accelerator: Empowering CEE’s Next Wave of Innovators
The Danube Digital Accelerator (DDAccelerator) is a 4-month remote program designed to help students, researchers, and early-stage entrepreneurs from Bosnia, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine transform their innovative ICT projects into businesses. With a focus on academia-driven technology, the accelerator offers structured support to create lasting impact. DDAccelerator is part of the CapTTict project supported by Interreg Danube.
Why Apply?
- Gain Critical Knowledge & Skills: Learn through workshops, webinars, and expert mentoring to refine your business model, market strategies, and overcome early-stage challenges.
- Access a Powerful Network: Connect with mentors, industry experts, investors, and startups.
- Present on a Global Stage: Showcase your startup at an international event in Prague to media, investors, and industry leaders.
- Enhance Startup Performance: Structured support helps startups raise funding, scale faster, and achieve long-term success.
Who Can Apply?
- Teams with at least two members; One member must be a student/researcher from the participating countries
- Science-based projects/startups with a technological focus in ICT (TRL 4+)
What You’ll Get:
- Mentoring Support: Tailored advice from expert mentors
- Workshops: Learn about strategy, business development, funding, and more
- Funding Expertise: Guidance from early-stage investors and public funding experts
- Access to Facilities: Tools for your work, such as computational resources, laboratories, and co-working spaces (availability varies by region)
Application Process:
Phase 1: Submit the application form by the deadlines (Oct 31, 2024; Feb 28, 2025; May 31, 2025).
Phase 2: Prepare a pitch deck, answer market questions, and participate in a country interview.
Phase 3: Conduct a market analysis, answer IP questions, interview with the International Board of Experts.
Key Dates for Cohort 1:
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National Contact Point for Romania: Cluj IT Cluster
For more details and application, visit DDAccelerator website www.ddaccelerator.com.
Apply Now & Turn Your Idea into Reality!
Delegates of 16 partners from nine countries reunited in Cluj-Napoca to mark the kick-off of CapTTict, our new project under the Danube Region Programme.
The project will support technological and knowledge transfer in nine countries – Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania and Ukraine.
The core of the project is the search for new synergies, cooperation and exchange of experience between innovators in individual countries, while the project will provide supporting services for developing business plans in the field of technology transfer and commercialization.
To achieve these ambitions we, the consortium, will be developing an incubation/acceleration program – ICT Danube Digital Accelerator, which will support over 30 promising technologies.
Within the framework of CapTTict implementation, Cluj IT will be coordinating scheduled activities under the Enhance capacities for technology transfer at HEIs/public research organisation objective.
We take this opportunity to thank each and every delegate present in Cluj-Napoca and look forward to upcoming activities within this journey towards reaching the ambitious goals of CapTTict project.
