In this 180 days program all participants will receive support in developing a business model, a product design and in finding a market for their product. Besides an initial funding of 20,000 euro they will be provide with office space and legal and financial support, which is good for another 55,000 – 77,000 euro.
Rockstart also promises access to a customer line up that can lead up to between 300k and 575 k worth of deals. In exchange for this, Rockstart gets an equity stake in each startup of between 5-8 percent.
All-in all Rockstart, presenting itself as Europe’s number 1 accelerator, has helped 68 startups underway in three different segments: ‘digital health, ‘Web & Mobile’ en ‘Smart Energy’. Rockstart works together with the Nijmegen Radboudumc (university hospital).