3dots Accelerator is an accelerator program for cultivating impactful ideas of the next-generation cultural entrepreneurs. We converge culture, tech, and impact for social innovation.
As 3dots Accelerator, we converge the dots between people, cultures, and contexts. We do it with unconventional ways and contemporary minds. With our accelerator program we will bring international mentors together from various backgrounds who have innovative minds for startups. Also our learning path is a tailor-made program based on the founder’s needs. If you are a cultural entrepreneur looking to expand your business passionate about solving today’s most pressing problems using the power of culture and creativity with innovative thinking, you should apply to 3dots Accelerator.
The goal of 3dots Accelerator is to cultivate startups that have an impact-oriented focus and innovative mindset in cultural and creative industries.
The duration of the 3dots Accelerator program is 12 weeks. We will gather for a bootcamp in İstanbul, Turkey and finalize the first batch of the accelerator with a Demo Day which will take place in Berlin.
Any cultural entrepreneur with a scalable, marketable and profitable business who seeks challenges to create impact by utilizing the power of culture can apply.
We will conduct the program in a hybrid mode. While mentorship and other training sessions will be online, boot camp and demo day will take place in Bozcaada and Berlin.
Applications will be online through our website. Since we would like to get to know the founders even further, we will be conducting online meetings as well.
It is a combination of multiple things but mainly we will take innovative and unique business ideas, scalability potential, market viability, team, potential for social impact, sustainability, business model, ability to leverage technology and intellectual property aspects of the applicants into consideration.
We will accept 5 startups for the first batch.
We are not planning to fund and support non-profit businesses. We know that ideas and startups in culture and creative industries have tremendous potential for profitability and we will be supporting business ideas that are scalable.
No, we don’t. We consider passion, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn and to grow more than the age of an entrepreneur.
Applications will be carried out online, after the evaluation process we will get in touch with the founders that are selected for the first batch and hold Q&A sessions with other applicants based on their requests.
Yes! We will have a process to identify the needs and the characteristics of the startups who have joined the program to provide them with the most relevant training and mentorship. Every entrepreneur who has concluded their problem/solution or product/market fit phase can benefit from 3dots Accelerator.
Applications will be carried out online, after the evaluation process we will get in touch with the founders that are selected for the first batch and hold Q&A sessions with other applicants based on their requests.
We will make sure to match you with the most suitable and relevant mentor based on your business stage, respected sector, and founder’s needs.
Every startup that participated in our program remains as our alumni and we keep supporting them and their businesses to build a thriving community of cultural entrepreneurs.