London, UK.–4th September 2023 - WSO2, the leader in technology for digital transformation, announced today the launch of its global startup accelerator programme. ‘WSO2 for Startups’ goal is to help early-stage companies that are developing innovative mobile or web application solutions by giving them access to WSO2’s solutions, as well as support for an intial period.

The chosen startups will have access to software such as WSO2 Choreo, a SaaS application development suite with AI tools, and WSO2 Asgardeo, a client identity and access management (CIAM) solution for security management, alongside support from a senior architect and the WSO2 client success team. Candidates will also receive USD 2100 every month for the initial three months to cover their running costs.

According to sifted.eu, the UK is the reference point for Europe’s tech landscape and tops virtually every chart and metric in the region. In 2022, its 48 unicorns and 40,000 startups got the most funding, closed the most deals and realised more exits than any other country in Europe and is an increasingly mature tech space.

“There is a thriving tech start-up community here in the UK and we believe that this is an excellent way to incentivise the development of innovative business projects enabling startups to fully explore the open source tools that we offer to the market. We are not only providing them access to Choreo and Asgardeo, but also Ballerina, our programming language. We think that there are many startups that will benefit from the WSO2 ecosystem in a quick and objective way,” says Ricardo Diniz, WS02 VP and General Manager for EMEA.

Which startups can apply

In order to be considered eligible, the startups must have been operating for at least two years, have less than USD 10 million in financing and less than USD 1 million in ARR. Any interested startups can find more information on the website https://wso2.com/landing/startups/ or apply by sending an email to startups@ws02.com. Applications will be evaluated by WSO2 quickly and a response will be provided within two to three working days.

About WSO2

Founded in 2005, WSO2 enables thousands of companies, including hundreds of the world's largest enterprises, major universities, and governments, on their digital transformation journeys - executing over 60 trillion transactions and managing over 1 billion identities annually. Using WSO2 for API management and integration, and customer identity and access management (CIAM), these organisations are using the full power of their APIs to securely deliver their digital services and applications. Our open source, API-based software approach, running locally or in the cloud, helps developers and architects be more productive and build digital products quickly to meet demand, while remaining free of vendor lock-in. WSO2 has over 900 staff worldwide, with offices in Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Sri Lanka, UAE, UK, and USA. Access https://wso2.com to know more. Follow WSO2 on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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