Building Global Innovators

Building Global Innovator Accelerator (BGI) is a deep innovation global accelerator based in Lisbon (Portugal) with operations in Cambridge (MA/USA).

Who is BGI looking for?
- tech start ups with less than 5 years
- Revenue < €2.5M
- Working MVP in one of the 4 verticals:
Medical Devices & Health Care
Smart Cities & Industrial 4.0
Enterprise IT & Smart Data
Water Economy

What BGI offers?
- Personal weekly mentorship program during 6 months with Angels
- 3 bootcamps, with expert coaching, 2 in Lisbon, Portugal and 1 in Boston, USA.
- Access to a network of investors, corporate, potential partners through invitation only events
- Look for the best funding opportunities for each start up

What is BGI's track record?
- After our program 117 start ups raised over €110M
- 73% survival rate
- 727 high qualified jobs created
- 43,3x economic leverage
- Applications from 54 countries, 2489 entrepreneurs

What do we ask in return?
- 3% equity in a pre-money valuation over €2M
- Physical presence in all bootcamp