About the Elevate Program
Every team gets access to an initial $2,000 grant to jump-start their development and weekly personalized sessions that guide them through the initial steps of building a start-up from an idea to a functional solution.
The Accelerator program starts in the Fall semester and finishes with a Demo Day event at the end of Spring when the start-up teams have the chance to compete for additional funding from an investment pool of $30,000! The Demo Day takes place at the end of the Spring Semester at the AUBG campus. Elevate Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 welcomed 33 start-up teams in total, and In the pursuit of developing their ideas, each team went through interactive workshops, one-on-one mentor sessions, SCRUM meetings, and countless hours of work. All of that was possible thanks to the support of 30+ generous donors as well as active participants from the AUBG community!
This year’s Season 7 will start on November 10th, 2025, and will welcome new start-ups! The program will have a culmination in April 2026 at DEMO Day!
