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1. Startup
Magic
Powered by IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator

2. Melissa
Sassi
Chief Penguin
Entrepreneur & Student
Experience
@mentorafrika

3. 01
What is IBM Hyper
Protect Accelerator?
02
Criteria, benefits,
timeline?
03
How can you get
involved?
Agenda

4. Industries
Fintech
Healthtech
Insurtech
Size
<$1 million revenue
<5 years old
Fit for Purpose
Handling sensitive
data such as
individual insurance
claims, or
healthcare or
financial records
Selection Criteria
Empower | Mentor | Scale

5. Technical
Mentorship
Quarterly tech
leadership deep dives
1x1 tech mentorship
Business
Mentorship
Quarterly business
leadership deep dives
1x1 business
mentorship
IBM Cloud
Credits
$120K in IBM Cloud
credits
IBM
Collaboration
Access to IBM network
GTM collaboration
Comarketing
Events
2
years
1
year
1
year

6. Fintech Healthtech Insurtech
3 Cohort
45 Startups | 20+ Countries | 3 Industries

7. Apply in
April
Recruiting 55 new startups
Global program
Fintech, healthtech &
insurtech
OPEN APPLICATIONS
April
CLOSE APPLICATIONS
July
ANNOUNCE COHORT
September
START MENTORSHIP
November

8. Business
Model
Tech
Value Prop
Product Market Fit
Market Opportunity
Fit for purpose
E V A L U A T I O N
C R I T E R I A Team
Business Model

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Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin
IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator
@mentorafrika