METRO Accelerator powered by Techstars was founded in 2015, there have been 7 programmes in total; 4 for hospitality and 3 for retail. Since then, market demand, start-up needs and METRO have evolved. We incorporated market feedback which meant a natural evolution to our programme. Introducing Xcel; it focusses on business development, coaching and pilot readiness.
In shifting our target group to later stage start-ups we believe that we are able to create stronger synergies and bring scaleups closer to METRO, its partners and its customers by a problem solving approach.
Participants have access to executive METRO staff, as well as METRO stakeholders and sales channels – all this, paired with one-on-one coaching makes for companies that are pilot-certified that have the bandwidth to efficiently fulfil any business goals they may have, specifically; piloting with a corporate, taking on 100s of leads at a time, entering a new market, or even branching into a new industry.