The program is not active - the accelerator operated in the years 2019-2020

The SEEDS 5 accelerator is a program bringing together common goals of the Small and Medium Business Agency (SMBA) in the Ministry of Economy Industry, via its executive arm "Maof", The Appleseeds Academy, Microsoft, and the American Embassy to create an accelerator program for technological ventures, committed to make the ventures highly successful. The program has wide scope, professional content, and the most optimal infrastructure the industry can offer, including hi-tech companies, mentors and opinion leaders. The program connects ventures and industry experts to leverage and maximize the feasibility of success.
Structure The program includes meeting experts and workshops from the entrepreneurial world while gaining experience and working with adopting organizations which are relevant to the start-up. The ventures will be integrated into the Israeli start-up industry eco-system atRead More.... early stages, and a mutual commitment will be created between the ventures, the Appleseeds Academy partners and the SEEDS community. The program sets clear milestones and standards that lead to the growth of a working start-up, ready to go forth and continue to the business phase at the end of the program.
Goals Advancing 8-12 technological start-ups to realize their business, a unique mentoring process that integrates the companies in companies specializing in their field, and promoting the business-professional connections. The program will deal with the importance of increasing diversity in the technological-entrepreneurial population in Israel and will promote co-existence.
Four Axes That Will Serve as the Basis of the Program Throughout: Entrepreneurship – Research – Community – Corporations
In the entrepreneurial aspect, the emphasis will be on technological development, product development and product uniqueness, management, leadership and the importance and suitability of the team. On the research aspect, we will foster a deep connection between the MVP and deep research in the context of technological implementation, market research, academic research and collaboration, competitor and target audience research, with the goal of taking the start-up forward and making a product that creates value and makes a significant impact on the market. On the community aspect, SEEDS 5 emphasizes the formation of an environment of expert mentors from the industry, such as speakers, entrepreneurs and companies that could provide the entrepreneurs a significant advantage and increase the chance of success. The goal is that these corporations could potentially serve in the future as investors, partners, or customers of the start-ups. SEEDS will engage with all the program participants, past and present, and will set aside infrastructure to continue fostering the program graduates once they are out of the accelerator program, within it, and among participants from the different classes. Close