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Join the remote program that takes the most ambitious founders from Zero to One

We select talented founders and invest up to €500,000 into their idea or early-stage startup, helping build it from the ground up with a proven blueprint and hands-on approach.

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20Portfolio Companies

€5.2bnCombined Portfolio Valuation

250+Dedicated Venture Builders

We've helped our ventures raise billions

With our wide investor network and rigorous approach to investor-readiness, our program is strongly geared towards raising a six-figure pre-seed round at the end of the 6 months.

You’ll join an esteemed portfolio of funded ventures and their founders

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With Day-Zero Investing, we're pioneering a new way of supporting early-stage ventures

We get hands-on, and you're getting a fully-fledged founding team right from the start.

Overnight access to 250+ growth, product, design, and engineering specialists

At least €50,000 in cash runway and services credit to bootstrap your way to paying customers

Cash and legal support to incorporate your venture in any jurisdiction

Lifetime talent support to accelerate early, specialist, and C-level hiring drives

Lifetime fundraising support for all external rounds, from Pre-Seed to Series A+

Lifetime services discounts for Delta Zero alumni - save millions a year in product and growth

Curious about what it takes to get into the program?

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A stack of additional benefits for all Delta Zero founders

This is what else you get from Day Zero:

Office Space

Lifetime access in London, Berlin, and Cape Town - with more capitals to follow

Angel Sponsor

Dedicated mentorship from a successful entrepreneur, who may invest later on

Support Pod

Weekly check-ins with similar teams in your cohort to share contacts and learnings

Software Credits

Free or discounted access to dozens of popular early-stage tools and technologies

Scientific Panel

On-demand access to specialist advisors, industry experts, and lauded researchers

Founder Content

Lifetime access to all Delta webinars, eBooks, in-person events, and exclusive communities

BizDev Portal

Sell to our own network of corporates, startups, and small businesses in Europe & Africa

Alumni Network

Engage with past and present founders from DZ cohorts, while coaching the next generation

And more to come...

This is what Delta Zero achieves for founders, beyond the initial investment:

Chris Bruchhausen

Strove | Employee Wellness App

Secured first corporate client (with 30,000 employees); all product development handled by The Delta

Jörg Godau

Doctorly | Medical Practice SaaS

Facilitated €5.6m Seed round; 10 Software Engineers from The Delta became full-time hires

Dr. Nikolai Wessendorf

Playbook | Company OS

Largest retail company in Africa secured as client; sourced VP Engineering, and four senior hires came from The Delta

The most productive 6 months of your life

Our DZ1 cohort is already underway, but we review applications on a monthly basis and will still admit exceptional candidates into the cohort.

Estimated time to complete the application: 60 min

If you are applying as a team, please ensure you are sitting with them when filling in the application, as some questions require inputs from the team as a whole.

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