Participation in MITEF Poland ensures the following benefits: 

• Support up to PLN 250,000;
• Access to know-how developed within programmes executed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT);
• Access to mentors and experts from the international MIT network;
• Work within selected paths and specialisations with the biggest companies in Poland and abroad;
• Support in business verification of a project based on the model of 24 steps of disciplined entrepreneurship of Professor William Aulet from MIT;
• Pitch Academy – combining workshops and individual training that will enable you to acquire an investor;
• Support of lawyers, patent officers, tax advisors, consultants providing advice in terms of company financing;
• Mentor programme – each start-up will be assigned to at least two mentors with in-depth understanding of the industry in which the company operates;
• Access to the MIT MITex education platform;
• StartSmart – network conference involving the MIT eco-system and the eco-system of innovation in Poland;
• Joining the MITEF Alumni Programme supporting development of start-ups that participated in the accelerator;
• Access to the Campus Warsaw space;
• Possibility of global networking;
• Access to potential customers.

Participation in the Programme is free. 

For the top five start-ups, there will be a possibility of attending a week-long bootcamp at MIT in Boston, presentation of the idea to investors in the USA and participation in week-long workshops at MIT.

Your ideas can be developed within five area-specific paths: 

• Fintech – “Let’s Fintech with PKO Bank Polski”; 
• Health – cooperation with Adamed Group;
• Energy – cooperation with PGNiG;
• Raw materials – cooperation with KGHM Cuprum, Research and Development Centre;
• General – technologies within the scope of National Intelligent Specialisations.

To join the Programme you have to take part in one of the recruitments and meet the following conditions:

• The application must be submitted by at least two and no more than six natural persons that create a team operating in the form of a partnership and conducting a business activity under § 21 of the Ordinance of the Minister of Infrastructure and Development of 10 July 2015;
• At least half of the team members participating in the Programme must hold Polish citizenship;
• Each of the participating team members must be legal-aged;
• Your project meets the conditions of National Intelligent Specialisations, particularly those related to the energy, raw material, healthcare and financial sectors.

Acceleration place: Warsaw

Within this project, there will be two rounds of the acceleration programme. The duration of one round is approximately 6 months:

1^st round: December 2016 – April 2017;
2^nd round: March 2017 – December 2017
 

SCHEDULE AND COURSE OF RECRUITMENT

• Recruitment start – recruitment to particular editions and paths of the accelerator takes place through an active submission form.
• Recruitment end – recruitment lasts approximately two months. 
• Formal and professional assessment – checking the formal criteria of the submitted projects, such as legal status, compliance with the National Intelligent Specialisations by three international judges.
• Concluding a contract – formal acceptance of a team to the accelerator, granting the first financing instalment.
• Acceleration start – starting works within the Programme.

If you are accepted to join the Programme:

• Two mentors will be assigned to you (one  Polish and one international mentor);
• You will obtain access to MITEF knowledge within the scope of the accelerator based on the book entitled “Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup” written by William Aulet, as well as knowledge of specialists from MIT Enterprise Forum;
• You will take part in six workshops (held every two weeks in Warsaw), in the format of 24 steps based on the book written by William Aulet, a commercial practitioner and Professor of MIT Sloan School of Management for many years;
• You will work on developing your idea or product with experts, partners and mentors; 
• You will take part in Demo Day, where you can present your solutions to scientists, jury, investors and partners;
• You will have an opportunity of attending the MIT Bootcamp in Boston (for the top five start-ups); 
• You will obtain post-acceleration support within the scope of MITEF Alumni.