Welcome to GründerAcademy
Norway’s largest early stage accelerator
Application Deadline: Beginning of February
Program start: March 2025
TheFactory Gründer Academy is a free 3-month accelerator program for early stage startups that wants to become investment and market ready. The program targeting Norwegian startups within fintech, proptech, retail, saas/business, and impact that runs twice per year in four different regions (Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand).
We run a new program every fall and spring for 3 months with up to 40 participating entrepreneurs. Are you our next participant?
We are community builders and have worked with entrepreneurship, clusters, and accelerators for many years. Our aim is to bridge the gap between the corporates and the startups by facilitating meetings and introducing startups to corporates as early as possible in their entrepreneurial journey. Our program is designed to offer startup the best possible kickoff.
Got any questions? Send us an email to marius@thefactory.no and we will get back to you!
Benefits for entrepreneurs:
Statements from our entrepreneurs:
“TheFactory offers an impressive collection of motivated people that will kick start your business idea.”
“Most accelerators offer a lot of the same things to startups over a 12-week period: a toolkit, money, and mentoring. But post-graduation companies are on their own, and this is where TheFactory stands out. TheFactory keeps introducing us to prospective investors, customers, get us on stage at events, and genuinely care about how we’re doing – long after program completion.”