Accelerator

Slingshot

Sydney (national corporate cohorts), Australia

Australia's original corporate accelerator, running white-label programs with partners including HCF, ING Direct, and NRMA.

Location:
Sydney (national corporate cohorts), Australia
Duration:
12 weeks

Eligibility

Eligible stages
All stages
Countries
Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval

How to apply

  1. 1

    Find the accelerator that is currently open

    There is no single Slingshot application. The page lists eleven corporate accelerators (ClubsThrive, NewsBolt, Qantas AVRO, HCF Catalyst, Caltex Spark, Lion Unleashed, Horizons, ICON, the B2B Sales Masterclass, HR Tech and Beyond Bank) and marks each one either Between Intakes or Taking Applications. Only an accelerator marked Taking Applications is accepting startups.

  2. 2

    Apply on that accelerator's own site

    Each accelerator links out to its own site from the programme page, for example HCF Catalyst at hcfcatalyst.slingshotters.com and ClubsThrive at clubsthrive.com.au. The application is made there, not on slingshotters.com.

  3. 3

    Register on CoVentured while programmes are between intakes

    The page directs startups to sign up to CoVentured at coventured.com/startup-register, the platform Slingshot runs so corporates can find startups outside an accelerator intake. It states there are over 3000 startups on CoVentured.

Frequently asked

Access to funding, mentors and corporates looking to invest, space for collaboration and productivity, specific guidance for growth, access to serial entrepreneurs and leaders as mentors, and a 12 week intensive education program.

Slingshot describes a 12 week intensive education program.

You apply to one named corporate accelerator, not to Slingshot. The programme page shows which accelerators are open and links to each one's own site. At the time of this audit only HCF Catalyst was marked Taking Applications; the other ten were marked Between Intakes.

Slingshot publishes no dates. Each accelerator carries only a status label, so the next window has to be checked on that accelerator's own site.

Slingshot points startups to CoVentured, its corporate matching platform, at coventured.com/startup-register.
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Do I qualify?

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Stage
Seed, Series A+
Where it runs
Australia. In person, so you need to be able to take part there
What you give up
No equity stated
Deadline
Not confirmed. Check the official page

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