Fozzy Group Acceleration Program
Fozzy Group together with the Ukrainian Startup Fund with the support of EIT Community RISE Hub Ukraine are opening a call for startups participate in the Fozzy Group Acceleration Program!
Startup topics in the accelerator are:
Improving the guest’s experience:
- The guest’s journey – from purchase planning to feedback after visiting the store;
- Tools to improve interaction with guests, including personalized communication, messages, and offers;
- Tools that provide customers with personalized recommendations, helping to increase basket value;
- Web-based sales using audio, video, sharing technology, etc;
- Solutions that use gamification and training to make it easier for guests to use in-store technology;
- Solutions that help determine the customer experience.
Improving the efficiency of internal processes:
- Optimisation of the supply chain: space, loading, routes, pallets, driver management and autonomous delivery vehicles, including trucks and drones;
- Optimisation of the sales process with inventory monitoring and prevention of expiry losses;
- Robotisation of all operations, from fulfillment and logistics to store operations and guest services;
- Technologies that further automate in-store operations: storage, cash registers, hybrid stores and solutions without human intervention
- Solutions to improve the efficiency of online trading, delivery and ordering;
- Increase the efficiency of store staff in various functions, from handling goods to managing people and equipment;
- Solutions to increase storage efficiency;
- Increase the efficiency of recruitment and training processes, work with documents and finances.
New products and services for guests
- Products and services that help guests to complete their daily tasks in Silpo stores or via the app to make their visit even more fulfilling and better meet their needs;
- Additional in-store services: products and services that can be both ordered and received in stores, including any relevant services, delivery and returns;
- In-app experience: services that can be ordered and managed in the Silpo app.
Foodtech
- Food:
- Alternative protein sources and lab-grown meat
- companies using innovative methods for growing fresh food
- unique farm products
- Early-stage companies engaged in packaged consumer goods (food, near food & non-food);
- Packaging;
- Disposal of food waste.
What we offer:
Depending on the startup’s current stage and the founders’ needs, an individual acceleration plan will be developed, which may include:
- Expertise and mentoring. Learn from the best industry mentors to improve your business models and expand your technology portfolio.
- Networking and useful business contacts. Participate in networking sessions and meet representatives of various businesses of the Group and partners.
- Large-scale testing. Test your solution in the Silpo network. You can use the test results as a case study.
- R&D support. Work hand-in-hand with our IT team and accelerate your product development to get it ready for real-world market testing.
- Publicity. Increase your brand awareness and build trust by working hand in hand with one of the most recognisable names in Ukraine.
- Assistance in preparing for fundraising. Experts will help you prepare materials for raising funds in the following rounds.
timeline
Applications period: 26.04.24–19.05.24
Compliance and finalist selection: 20.05.24–02.06.24
Pitch Day participation – the date and format will be announced lately.
The program will start in June-July 2024. Duration of 3 months.
Demo Day – end of September 2024
