[“Kee”] Noun

The Accelerator Model in partnership mode.

The best accelerators are built where access is the key to impact.

OUR MISSION

The accelerator model has become the keystone to startup ecosystems worldwide — there are 3,200+ just in the United States.

Quay Acceleration is here to ensure that accelerators all over the globe are built to serve their communities through economic impact.

WHAT WE OFFER

We create accessible acceleration.

Designed to support market entry for early and growth-stage international startups. In United States and beyond.

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G2M ACCELERATORS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Designed for government partners that care about their constituents’ ability to entrepreneur when the time calls for it.

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ACCELERATOR LICENSES

Join the world’s top universities and other institutions that purchase our process and program materials to succeed on their own.

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The Quay components of acceleration (do you see what we did there?).

ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS

Quay accelerators offer 3 primary components that power the access behind innovation:

  • Curricula from the field: Quay accelerator content is cutting edge because our speakers are out adopting, creating, and implementing new technology every day. In addition to workshops, entrepreneurs access 1:1 time with our staff, a dedicated lead mentor, and a world-class Demo Day.

  • Cohort: entrepreneurs selected to part of a Quay accelerator cohort conquer a selection process that includes interviews with our staff, custom challenges, and contact with our mentor network via the Selection Committee composed for each cohort.

  • Community: the key to impactful acceleration is access. Mentors are the most efficient part of any accelerator program, and Quay accelerators have built a network of 700+ mentors who are part of a specific mentorship structure that ensures for entepreneurs that any mentor they meet in-program is someone that can be followed up with and who can open doors.

BY THE NUMBERS

200+ Alumni

27+ Nationalities

600+ Mentors

300+ Investors

+150 Corporates

200+ Alumni • 27+ Nationalities • 600+ Mentors • 300+ Investors • +150 Corporates

WHO WE WORK WITH

Made to Partner for Economic Impact

Part of what makes Quay’s commitment to its partners uniquely powerful: we are made to partner. Quay is a service firm — while we may one day raise a fund, our fiduciary duties make our contracts our only focus.

This is critical for institutional partners — innovation partnerships are historically notorious for their unpredictability and sparse gradient of outcomes. No longer. Quay accelerator service teams are real people who priority every day is our partners and the entrepreneurs in our programs.

This means lower upfront costs, trackable and concrete KPI’s, and durable alignment throughout the life of a Quay partnership.

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BY THE NUMBERS

200+ Alumni

27+ Nationalities

600+ Mentors

300+ Investors

+150 Corporates

200+ Alumni • 27+ Nationalities • 600+ Mentors • 300+ Investors • +150 Corporates

WHAT WE OFFER

Quay Acceleration is NYC’s premiere acceleration program for international startups expanding to the US.

Formerly WEVE and Cela, Quay enjoys more than twenty years of experience introducing the world’s most promising startups to the world’s largest market.

10-WEEK US SOFT-LANDING ACCELERATOR

Designed to support US market entry for early and growth-stage international startups.

CUSTOMIZED ACCELERATION PROGRAMS & BOOTCAMPS

Designed for international governments and their corporate partners.

CORPORATE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS

Designed to for corporate leaders interested in tailored programming with industry experts.

 What we do

Quay Acceleration is NYC’s premiere acceleration program for international startups expanding to the US.

Formerly WEVE and Cela, Quay enjoys more than twenty years of experience introducing the world’s most promising startups to the world’s largest market. Since opening our NYC office in 2017, we’ve accelerated over 120 startups from 25 different nationalities, and counting!

10-WEEK US SOFT-LANDING ACCELERATOR

Designed to support US market entry for early and growth-stage international startups.

CUSTOMIZED ACCELERATION PROGRAMS AND BOOTCAMPS

Designed for international governments and their corporate partners.

Designed to expose corporate leaders to industry trends through tailored programming and networking with industry experts and innovators.

CORPORATE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS