Kickoff Accelerator
Where student entrepreneurship Kicks Off.
We validate you, help you build, and funnel you to top accelerators, VCs and incubators.
In our network
Year one, 2026.
- Student startups selected
- 10
- Pitched on the Demo Day stage
- 5
- In Demo Day grants
- €5,000
Julius Brussee in Y Combinator
Building Caveman (YC F26).
Lucas Duys selected for Antler ONE
Stacklink's co-founder joined the September 2026 cohort.
Accepted into YES!Delft
Selected for the Validation Program's Batch 40.0.
Continuing with HighTechXL
Building the company in Eindhoven's deep-tech venture builder.
350+ customers
After its first year of selling.
Where our founders went next.
Year two · 2027
€15,000+
in grants
The road to Demo Day.
Applications
1 Nov to 18 Dec
Selection
January
The programme
15 Feb to 28 May · 15 weeks
Demo Day
End of May
What you get.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions with founders and operators from the Brainport ecosystem.
Network
The high-tech and industry network around Eindhoven.
Speaker access
Time with Business Talks speakers after their talk.
Next steps
Introductions to the programmes and investors that come after Kickoff.
Applications open 1 November.
One application per team. Applications close 18 December 2026.
Apply for 2027