Hero House GlendaleAcceleration Program Opens New Opportunities For Startups in Europe
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Are you a startup in Europe looking for an expansion to the U.S. market?
SmartGateVC, a Silicon Valley pre-seed venture capital fund has launched a new acceleration program Hero House Glendale to help startups in Eastern Europe to set up their sales, set up their growth hacking, and set up their initial presence in the United States.
Hero House Glendale is going to be a two-way program. On the one hand, it will help startup founders from California to find tech teams here and build R&D here, and on the other side, help tech founders in Eastern Europe to expand to the US market, make the sales, do the business development, and fundraising from venture capital.
Hero House Glendale is a 3-month acceleration program targeting overseas startups and serving as a gateway for them to expand operations to Southern California and the wider US market while leveraging the business development talent and opportunities in the LA area.
The program will start remotely due to Covid restrictions. During 12 weeks of remote programming, participants will get space, mentorship, and funding. Along with a 12-weeks mentorship program focused on establishing growth frameworks, refining and validating sales strategies, the participants will also have an opportunity to hold 8 weeks of on-site business, customer development, and fundraising in Southern California.
With the world’s leading research universities on its side, the program will utilize the AI and deep-tech talent of Eastern Europe to build state-of-the-art technological capabilities for startups and work with the companies to commercialize those in SouthernCalifornia.
The Program has two strategic partners Hye Rise Investments and Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA), that goes beyond running only the startup program.
Some benefits come with this partnership:
- Hosting and supporting technology companies year-round, outside of LA
- Consolidating local scientific and engineering potential around cutting-edge research projects;
- Developing further venture capital and angel investing culture in Glendale and its surrounding regions and establishing angel investors’ community around Hero House Glendale (SmartGateVC and Hye Rise will set the force for the establishment of an in-house VC infrastructure);
- Organizing and hosting various entrepreneurial, investing, and technological events, as well as designing and running tech entrepreneurship programs for the youth and students from Glendale
Founders with strong execution skills working on robust deep tech startups with early traction (revenue/user base/launched product) are welcome to apply for the accelerator by December 18.
To learn more and apply here: https://www.herohouse.io/
