{"id":117138,"date":"2026-02-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=117138"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:08:48","slug":"apply-now-for-the-societe-accelerator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/117138\/apply-now-for-the-societe-accelerator\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now for the &quot;socia&quot; accelerator!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/day\/social-entrepreneurship\/\">Social startups<\/a> Startups often face greater challenges in securing funding than those in other sectors. Socially oriented business models don&#039;t always align with traditional funding models or investors&#039; return expectations. This makes offerings specifically tailored to their needs all the more crucial.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, all Munich startups in the social sector should take note: Apply by April 15th for the &quot;socia&quot; accelerator program, a nationwide accelerator program for social innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Target group and framework conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The target group is non-profit social startups nationwide that are about to be founded or are up to one year after their founding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What the program offers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>50 teams per year in the tailor-made social real-world laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>free of charge and without any involvement in the company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reimbursement of travel expenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The application period runs from February 1st to April 15th, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information and application: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socia.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.socia.info<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Social Economy Cluster Silicon Vilstal is launching \u201csocia\u201d, a nationwide social innovation accelerator program for socially oriented startups in Germany.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":117141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[361,5550,3094],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jetzt bewerben f\u00fcr &quot;socia&quot;-Accelerator! - Munich Startup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Social Startups k\u00f6nnen sich noch bis zum 15. 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