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Empowering Migrant Founders To Startup in Germany

The Migrant Accelerator is a non-profit initiative supporting first- and second-generation migrants in Germany to found and grow their startups. We provide mentorship, community, and connections to grow startups with confidence.

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Autumn Batch 2025

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Shape the Future of Innovation in Germany with Your Unique Perspective

Diversity drives innovation. By supporting migrant founders, The Migrant Accelerator creates a startup landscape where fresh ideas, global mindsets, and bold visions redefine what’s possible.

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Because Building a Startup Should Never Be a Journey You Take Alone

Founding a company can feel overwhelming – but you don’t have to do it by yourself. Through mentorship, community, and strong partnerships, we connect migrant founders with the people who believe in their vision.

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Migrant Founders Accelerator

A free 12-week program with workshops, mentoring, and prototype funding for migrant founders in Germany developing knowledge- or technology-based startups.

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Migrant Founders Community

An online network for migrant startup founders, offering peer-to-peer exchange, a knowledge base, and community events.

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Migrant Founders Ecosystem

Building a powerful ecosystem of partners and resources that strengthens both the founders we guide and our collective vision.

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Why do we exist?

According to Migrant Founders Monitor, every fifth founder in Germany has a migration background and is facing difficulties in accessing funding, dealing with government offices, banks whilst without a viable network. We want to provide the best value for our community members by helping them with these challenges whilst creating more awareness, visibility and acceptance for them in the wider public. We need to act now – only an inclusive startup ecosystem will be sustainable and ready to face the future.

Voices of success

How TMA transformed lives

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Virto

Through this program, we gained valuable insights, connected with an inspiring and diverse network of founders, and refined our vision to make Virto even stronger. We highly recommend checking out The Migrant Accelerator!
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SmartCart

This program isn’t just about building businesses, it’s about empowering migrant founders with the tools, mentorship, and network needed to create real impact. SmartCart’s journey is just beginning, but TMA has given us an incredible boost.
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Goodlead

The Demo Day, organized by The Migrant Accelerator, was more than just a pitch event. It was a space to connect, exchange ideas, and learn from incredibly inspiring individuals with migrant backgrounds.
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AICU

We got here with lots of questions and we were really impressed on how valuable the sessions actually were with the mentors. They really wanted to help, they really wanted to give their knowledge. It was a huge step for us.
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Museful

The guidance we received during the program was crucial for our mission’s growth. The program equipped us with valuable skills and fostered lasting relationships within a community of innovators.
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Topshelf

TMA gave us the push we needed when few others believed in us — with great mentorship, an inspiring space, and a supportive community.
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RESEARCHPRENEURS

We had fantastic coaches and a very good support with the pricing models and to find our USP
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Loretta

They really considered the challenges that migrants face and you don’t really get that often; We came up with new, game changing ideas
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Impressions from our Demo Day

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The Migrant Accelerator
is national winner!

The Migrant Accelerator has been awarded the European Enterprise Promotion Award in Germany in the category Responsible and Inclusive Entrepreneurship. This category celebrates initiatives that make entrepreneurship more inclusive and accessible – supporting women, migrants, people with disabilities, and fostering social innovation and fair work.

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Our Partners

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Mentors

Schoschanna von Bastineller
Founder, Luminent B2B Experiences
Onur Can
Investor @ HEARTFELT_
Zamina Ahmad
Founder, CEO @ shades&contrast
Simon Morgan
Senior Market Manager @ IONOS
Dr. Neşe Oktay-Gür
Psychologist
Nadir Benkhellouf
Global Head of Product @ Yassir
Iris ten Have
Head Of Science @ Extantia VC
Vahid Khamsi
SVP, COO Industries @ SAP
Rukayyat Kolawole
CEO @ PACEUPinvest
Nenad Čupić
Coach, Trainer & Consultant
Mascha Bonk
Investor @ Ananda Impact Ventures
Marina Zubrod
Investor | Agency Group vom stein&zubrod.
Lena Berghaus
Freelance Startup Mentor & Coach

If you want to participate in Migrant Founders Office Hours as a mentor or investor or want to enable access through your organisation or event we’ll be happy to set up a call.

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