Fit 4 Start is back! Calls-for-applications are now open

Start-ups in the ICT and Space technology sectors are invited to participate in the 11th edition of Luxembourg's acceleration programme Fit 4 Start. Successful candidates will benefit from 20 weeks of personalised coaching and grants of up to €150,000. Calls are now open until 15 April 2021.

Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of the Economy, and managed by Luxinnovation with the support of Technoport and the Luxembourg-City Incubator, Fit 4 Start has, in a few years, become the leading programme for launching and accelerating startups in Luxembourg.

Fit 4 Start provides entrepreneurs with intense coaching, attractive pre-seed funding and access to key networks.

The international character is growing from edition to edition. Over 1,800 start-ups applied to the first 10 editions of the programme. 78 start-ups participated in the various support sessions and 56 graduated. The start-ups participating in the first 9 editions of Fit 4 Start have raised, since their creation, a total amount of more than €15.2 million from private investors.

476 start-ups from 60 countries responded to a call for applications launched last summer for the 10^th Fit 4 Start edition.

he Fit 4 Start programme continues to evolve. The next step has just been determined, with the call for applications to the 11th edition that was launched on 15 March 2021.

Calls-for-applications for ICT and Space startups are now open! Interested startups will need to submit their applications by 17:00 on 15 April 2021.

Who can apply for Fit 4 Start?

The following conditions are applicable to startups who should:

• have an innovation-oriented project ;
• have a company which is younger than 5 years (the incorporation of the company is not a prerequisite for the application);
• be a team of 2 people minimum (no nationality constraint), at least one of whom will need to be dedicated full time when participating to Fit 4 Start.

READ FIT 4 START PROGRAMME RULES