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Foreigners show interest in Lithuania’s startup accelerator
2013
May 14

Ghana, Japan or Romania? Where startupers for the 3rd batch of StartupHighway acceleration program will come from?

If not from Africa or Asia, they could be from South Korea, USA or any country in central Europe. StartupHighway received nearly 300 applications from 20 countries in 4 continents  for 13 week acceleration program. However, around 60 % of applications came from Lithuanian startup companies.

The selection period is about to end, while StartupHighway acceleration program starts May 20. Selected startup teams will work with mentors for 13 weeks and will receive up to €14,000 in seed funding. In addition to this, each team will be able to opt-in for additional €30,000 convertible note from Practica Capital, a StartupHighway partner.