One of Plug and Play’s most critical components and differentiating features is the access to business development opportunities. Whether it comes from one of the 700 networking events across the world every year, tailored dealflow sessions, or major pitch events, startups find the next big customer faster at Plug and Play.

By entering the Plug and Play ecosystem, the startups, corporations, and VCs get access to a new markets immediately. It is crucial for startup companies to have trusted partners on the ground when moving into different geographies, and equally important for corporations to have line-of-sight into new regions – because innovation is global.

By breaking accelerator programs down into industries, the relevance of the network is hyper-focused. This brings much more meaningful connections to the ecosystem whether that be between startup-to-corporation, startup-to-startup, or even corporation-to-corporation.

One of the main reasons that Plug and Play has always maintained an extremely high caliber of startup companies in its ecosystem is the zero equity requirement. Startups are not required to hand over any of their company ownership for their participation in any program.