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APPLICATIONS

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OPEN
JANUARY 18, 2021

APPLICATIONS

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CLOSE
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
1ST SHORTLIST

VIDEO-CALL
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INTERVIEWS
INDIVIDUAL, ONLINE

2ND SHORTLIST

FINAL PITCH
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EVENT
APRIL 15, 2021, ONLINE

ANNOUNCEMENT
2021 COHORT

PROGRAM
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KICK-OFF
MAY 11-12, 2021, ONLINE
To complete the application, we ask for (I) contact details as well
information about your (II) company and (III) solution, your (IV) traction, as
well as your (V) team and (VI) motivation. Please also have your latest
pitch deck at hand.

If you have all the information ready, this application should take
approximately 30 minutes. You can save your application at any time and
come back to it later.

Please submit applications here: www.respond-accelerator.com/apply

If you have any questions, refer to

the FAQs, send us an email to
info@respond-accelerator.com or
visit one of our online Q&A
sessions here.
First name *

Last name *

Your position in the company *

Email address *

Phone number *
What is the name of your company? *

Please describe your startup in one sentence. *

Which city and country is your company headquartered in? *

Have you formed any legal entity yet? *

Yes No

What kind of legal entity have you formed? *

Year of incorporation? *

Have you applied for the RESPOND accelerator program before? *

Yes No

Have you participated in another accelerator or incubator program before? If yes, which one? *

Company website (URL)

Additional links (URL)

Which of these innovation areas do you address? *
FUTURE OF WORK
SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION
RESPONSIBLE ECONOMY

What problem are you solving? Please describe in detail. (max. 500 characters) *

How do you solve it? Please provide a high-level summary of your solution. (max. 100
characters) *

Please describe your solution in detail. (max. 500 characters) *

How do you describe the impact of your business? (max. 500 characters) *

How do you measure the impact of your business? (max. 300 characters) *

How are you building a sustainable business model around your solution? (max. 500
characters) *

What is innovative about your product / service or business model? (max. 500 characters) *

Who are your competitors and how do you differentiate yourself? (max. 300 characters) *

What’s your long-term vision for your company? (max. 300 characters) *

What are the key market dynamics you expect for the future in the market(s) you operate in?
(max. 500 characters) *

Please upload your pitch deck. (PDF only) *

Please upload your company logo. (jpg, png) *

If you like, provide a link to a product demonstration. (URL)

What is your solution’s state of development? *
idea phase first paying customers
in development scaling phase
first test users

Do you have any notable reference customers or partners yet? *

Which countries or regions are you currently operating in? *

What are the two key metrics you use to run your business? (max. 300 characters) *

What have you achieved in terms of these metrics? * (max. 300 characters) *

How much revenue do you generate per month (on average during the past 6 months, in
euros)? *

What are your planned revenues for 2021 (in euros)? *

How much funding have you raised so far? Please distinguish between equity and grants (in
euros). *

What are some of the milestones you will be working on in 2021? (max. 500 characters) *
How many founders does your startup have? *

Name of Founder * (for each founder)

Email * (for each founder)

LinkedIn profile (for each founder)

Please briefly describe your founding team. (max. 300 characters) *

For how long have all founders worked together as a team? *

How many people are currently on the entire team? *

What is your approach to building an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization? (max. 500
characters) *
Why do you want to participate in the RESPOND Accelerator Program? (max. 300 characters) *

What are the biggest challenges you are facing right now? (max. 300 characters) *

What could other founders learn from you during the program? (max. 300 characters) *

Participation in the RESPOND accelerator program requires personal attendance of all four
sprints (3-5 days each) and the Responsible Leadership Days (4 days), all held in Munich,
Germany. If travel is not possible due to COVID-19 restrictions, the program will switch to virtual.
Can you guarantee that at least one member of your founding team will take part in all of these
events? *

Yes No
How did you first learn about RESPOND? *

Internet search Startup event / conference

Press / Media Social media
Colleague / friend RESPOND alumni
RESPOND email invite BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
UnternehmerTUM Other

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offers *

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