You can apply until the 3rd of September, 2024. In case you miss this opportunity, keep an eye on our website – here we announce the registration period for the next edition.

Yes. This year, we focus on teams of 2+ members, but you don’t necessarily need to have an established company to apply.

Yes! When applying to our program, is important to have a team of at least 2 members working at the MVP and, more importantly, to have an MVP ready to be validated or even launched on the market.

It depends. During the program we are focusing on startups, and by startup, we understand any initiative with innovative potential and an advanced technological component that can discover a scalable business model and achieve exponential growth. This type of entrepreneurship differs from “classic” entrepreneurship (SMEs) in at least two essential aspects:

1. The targeted geographical area – must be as large as possible, not reduced to a single city for example
2. The business model – should allow rapid scaling on as many markets as possible

If your SME does meet the criteria mentioned above, then YES, we encourage you to apply to our program.

Yes, about 30% of the participants in each series are people without tech expertise.

Even if you don’t have a tech background, but you are confident in the potential of your startup, we invite you to apply to the program!

Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the cultural region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos.

Sovereign states and territories that may be included in the region are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia (alternatively placed in Central Europe), Greece (alternatively placed in the broader region of Southern Europe), Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania (alternatively placed in Eastern Europe), Serbia, and the European part of Turkey (alternatively placed in the broader region of Southern Europe, also in Western Asia with the rest of the country). Sometimes, Cyprus (most often placed in West Asia), Hungary (most often placed in Central Europe), Moldova (most often placed in Eastern Europe) and Slovenia (most often placed in Central Europe) are also included due to cultural or historical factors and affiliation despite their geography.

Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe. Central Europe is known for its cultural diversity; however, countries in this region also share historical and cultural similarities. Whilst the region is variously defined, it often includes Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

The program is entirely free (NO fee, NO equity). However, while the accelerator program is free for startups, the value of the support, resources, perks, and services is worth over 150,000 euros. So the least we expect from our participants is full commitment during the period of the program.

The program has a hybrid format, with two offline moments when physical presence is required from participants:

• The Founders Bootcamp (25-27 September) in Piatra Neamt, Romania
• Demo Day (end of November – the location will be announced).

Throughout the program, we will meet online 2 or 3 times a week for specific workshops/office hours. In addition, each participant will benefit from one-to-one mentoring sessions, according to their specific needs and available time. We encourage participants to spend as much time as possible connecting with mentors to solve their needs and find answers or guidelines to their questions.  During the program, we can help you achieve incredible results through our tailored program, BUT WE CAN’T DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU.

Also, there will be two offline moments when physical presence is required from participants: The Founders Bootcamp (25-27 September) in Piatra Neamt and Demo Day (end of November – the location will be announced).

No – providing funding to participants isn’t the goal of this program. However, you will gain knowledge about various funding sources available for startups. During the acceleration period, you will have the opportunity to interact with mentors who are investors and will be provided access to angel investor networks.

Furthermore, at Demo Day, you will be pitching your startup in front of a wide community of investors (VCs, business angels, etc.). If your primary goal is to raise investment, we will tailor our focus to support you in achieving that objective.

Once you are accepted into the Rubik Garage accelerator, you become part of a community dedicated to supporting startups as long as you wish or need us. Moreover, the top startups from the acceleration program will be selected to take part in the Ready to Raise Program, meant to help the startups navigate the most important aspects of fundraising.