ENTREPRENEURSHIP : PwC's Accelerator and EDHEC Alumni Entrepreneurship Club offers you a unique opportunity to pitch and to win a membership

You are an Edhec Entrepreneur... PwC's Accelerator offers you a unique opportunity to pitch in front of top-tier investors and to become a member of the Accelerator's community.


You...

• Are an Edhec Entrepreneur;
• Just had your first successful client experience and are looking to scale up;
• Have a disruptive technology;
• Want to take a leading market share with your solutions;
• Have first mover advantage.

You may need assistance in...

• Fund raising;
• Corporate structuring;
• Management team talent assessment;
• Assistance with the roll-out of international operations;
• Business development and go-to-market assistance;
• Access to state of the art turnkey office solutions; etc.

You are a possible candidate for Acceleration with us and you can apply:
-  to be selected to pitch for the coming "Local to Global" Expo organised by PwC's Accelerator Luxembourg
-  to win a membership to join our dynamic Community.


What is PwC's Accelerator?

It is a unique platform designed to accelerate high-growth companies to a global level. Our aim is to help these companies achieve an international reach and therefore become a leader in their market by combining adequate fundraising, top management team building and logistic assistance for growing exponentially via PwC's extensive business network and professional expertise.

What are the "Local to Global" Expos?

The "Local to Global" Expos undertake to present a selection of fast growing companies to institutional investors. The featured companies are selected based on the uniqueness of their technology, the quality of their management, their ambition to grow internationally as well as the size of their total addressable market.


What are the criteria to be selected to pitch?

To be accelerated, your company must fulfill most of these criteria:

• Business Model validated and highly scalable
• Highly differentiated technology or know-how (barrier to entry)
• Ambition to go global
• Market validation from large corporate buyers or large number of end-users
• Client acquisition strategy has successfully been proven
• Solid Market Traction
• Sales pipeline significantly higher than proven turnover

What do we offer to the selected Edhec Entrepreneur?

The most "accelerable" Edhec Entrepreneur will be offered an invitation to our next "Local to Global" Expo and the opportunity to pitch (among 25 other promising startups), in front of 200 Venture Capital investors and potential business partners.
The event will take place on September 27, 2012,  at our premises in Luxembourg.

The selected Edhec Entrepreneur will also be offered a free one-year membership to PwC's accelerator community (value € 6,000).
The membership entitles you to...
·        Access a set of professional experts in relevant domains for your company and to a network of experienced entrepreneurs, corporations and potential investors;
·        Two coaching sessions tailor-made to your needs (Business development, corporate structuring, team-building...)
·        Quality review of your business plan
·        Invitations to all our networking events (including the "Local to Global" Expos)


How to go forward?

If you want to participate to our selection, you can apply online by the August 15, 2012 on the following link:

http://www.pwc.lu/en/forms/pwcsaccelerator/apply-to-pitch-local-to-global-expo.jhtml

Indicate in the comments : "Edhec Application - contact Florence Roux" and your request will be processed with care and due confidentiality.

Do not hesitate to attach any relevant documentation that could help us in the selection process (such as your executive summary, description of your activity as well as an updated business plan etc.)


For more information, you can also visit our website (www.pwcaccelerator.com) or contact us directly:

Chloe Ghnassia (Edhec 2010) :                chloe.ghnassia@lu.pwc.com        or        +352 49 48 48 5084
Nicolas Stamet (Edhec 2007):                nicolas.stamet@lu.pwc.com        or        +352 49 48 48 4192
Florence Roux (Edhec 1995):                florence.roux@lu.pwc.com        or        +352 49 48 48 6402

We look forward to reading your application,

Happy acceleration,


PwC's Accelerator Team