{"id":544,"date":"2017-01-17T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.ambogdan.com\/2017-mvp-academy-applications-now-open\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T19:52:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:52:22","slug":"2017-mvp-academy-applications-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/2017-mvp-academy-applications-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 MVP Academy &#8211; Applications Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MVP Academy acceleration program, developed by TechHub Bucharest, recently announced that applications are open for the 4th edition of the accelerator dedicated to tech businesses. 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Details about the events will be published on the program\u2019s website;<\/li>\n<li><strong>How to apply for 2017 MVP Academy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 you can apply until Sunday,\u00a0February 19, by filling in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f6s.com\/mvpacademy2017\/apply\">registration form available online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mvpacademy.co\/blog\/applications-mvp-academy-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More details about the 4th edition are available here.\u00a0<\/a>It also includes 2016 MVP Academy Follow-up Report.<\/p>\n<h2>MVP Academy track record to date<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\n<li><strong>4 editions, <\/strong><strong>18 products launched on the global market, 45 business accelerated<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investments raised<\/strong> \u2014 just MVP Academy 2016 alumni alone raised EUR 760K until now; if we consider all three previous editions, we are talking about EUR 1.7 million; most recent investments went to Reflex,\u00a0Silometer,\u00a0Scooterson and TypingDNA; \u00a08 of the products developed by the 2016 alumni are available on the market, with the rest still under development in various stages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall program results<\/strong> \u2014 report available here;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>MVP Academy Alumni &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen, talked and mentored some of these startups, yet I must admit <a href=\"http:\/\/axosuits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AxoSuits<\/a>, is my favourite so far and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve already written about their amazing and affordable medical exoskeleton.<\/p>\n<div class=\" summary-block-wrapper summary-block-collection-type-blog summary-block-setting-text-size-small summary-block-setting-text-align-left summary-block-setting-design-list summary-block-setting-design-list-thumbnail-left summary-block-setting-metadata-position-below-content summary-block-setting-primary-metadata-date summary-block-setting-secondary-metadata-none summary-block-setting-show-thumbnail summary-block-setting-show-title summary-block-setting-show-price summary-block-setting-show-excerpt sqs-gallery-design-list \">\n<div class=\"summary-item-list-container sqs-gallery-container\">\n<header class=\"summary-block-header\"><!-- Collection Title --><\/p>\n<div class=\"summary-heading\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" summary-block-wrapper summary-block-collection-type-blog summary-block-setting-text-size-small summary-block-setting-text-align-left summary-block-setting-design-list summary-block-setting-design-list-thumbnail-left summary-block-setting-metadata-position-below-content summary-block-setting-primary-metadata-date summary-block-setting-secondary-metadata-none summary-block-setting-show-thumbnail summary-block-setting-show-title summary-block-setting-show-price summary-block-setting-show-excerpt sqs-gallery-design-list \">\n<div class=\"summary-item-list-container sqs-gallery-container\">\n<div class=\"summary-item-list sqs-gallery\">\n<div class=\" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author summary-item-has-comments-enabled \">\n<p><!-- End .summary-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End .summary-item --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End .summary-item-list --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End .summary-item-list-container --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MVP Academy acceleration program, developed by TechHub Bucharest, recently announced that applications are open for the 4th edition of the accelerator dedicated to tech businesses. 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