Entrepreneurs, if you’ve got an idea for a business so brilliant it burns, you need to look into the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in London.
We are looking for promising early-stage startups doing big things in the cloud, on the Internet and in the mobile and gaming worlds. The accelerator enables top entrepreneurs to launch their companies through an immersive three- to six-month program.
Here are a few reasons why entrepreneurs should consider Microsoft’s accelerator program: you gain access to business mentors, technical and design experts, office space and resources to help scale your business.
Microsoft Ventures Accelerators are located in several cities around the world, including Bangalore, Beijing, London, Paris, Seattle and Tel-Aviv, with more opening this year in Berlin, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro. To date, 119 companies have gone through the program, with 85 percent of those companies receiving funding on Demo Day or within six months, and 20 percent making it to a series A round of funding.
To learn more about the accelerator program, check out this post over on the U.K. News Center and the MSDN U.K. Team Blog, which features a really cool infographic. To apply to the accelerator program, click here.
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