Metavallon.org Information

Metavallon is a Non-Profit and Research Organization that empowers and accelerates startups at their very early stages. Our mission is to uplift passionate enterprising spirits around the world and generate a powerful venturing movement across Europe. Towards this, we work on the ground with budding entrepreneurs to build capacities and networks, and are active ecosystem enablers via support services to accelerators across Europe, awareness campaigns, and research. Through these activities, since 2012, Metavallon has enabled over 320 founders in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Most recent activities have focused on the European project Future Internet Business, through which Metavallon partners with 5 European organizations: EBAN, bwcon, New Factory, Media Deals and Eurescom, to provide support services to 16 FIWARE accelerators. These cutting-edge services include Investment Forums, Bootcamps, Webinars, ePitches and one-to-one online coaching sessions. We also work passionately on The Accelerator, which is our venture evolution and investment program for high-growth potential startups in Europe. A regional leader in this sector, The Accelerator offers a rigorous 4-month business acceleration program to talented founders looking to build a powerful market presence, create a scalable business, secure follow-on funding, and get the right results, fast. The Accelerator 2016 offered 22.000€ in pre-seed funding, over $220K in perks and services to participating teams, and a high-profile US mission to Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Throughout the years, we are honored to have established strategic alliances with distinguished organizations, including Ericsson, Microsoft Innovation Center, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the American Embassy of Athens, and ALBA Graduate Business School at the American College of Greece, empowering our vision and mission towards a viable, structured, and dynamic growth of entrepreneurial activity.