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Good Life X

GLX Accelerator

Good Life X

GLX Accelerator for post revenue startups

12 WEEKS OF BUSINESS COACHING FOR 10 INNOVATIVE COMPANIES!

With our Accelerator program we support early stage, growth driven startups solving unique problems to enhance quality of life of all. Our program offers a combination of knowledge sharing, mentorship and seed financing.

Rooting for purpose driven change, one company at a time

Sector

Startups

Working with startups in the Food & Agri, wellness & travel and design sectors to become stronger in their journey of making a lasting change for Asia

Duration

3 months

June to August 2021

Expert Hours

1250hrs

A team of cross functional experts from ESCP Berlin came together to make growth meaningful and fun for the 10 startups

Seed funding

10M

10 Million LKR of seed funding by means of service or product purchases for growth driven investments

GLX Accelerator 2020

GLX in motion

Demo day 2020!

Get to know our startups better! After 12 weeks of intensive coaching and mentoring these 10 inspiring entrepreneurs have set their goals to upscale their businesses.

Participants

We proudly present the amazing GLX Accelerator participants of 2020!

BusSeat.lk

An online platform that connects passengers with bus operators that created an effective scheduling mechanism, in the absence of one. Their goal is to reduce emissions by enabling more people to use public transport!

GOOD FOLKS

Good Folks operate an e-commerce platform, that sources unique products produced by individuals and MSME’s across Sri Lanka, and supplies it under one brand name. The goal is to support ethical, sustainable and organic producers!

LOCAL FORECAST

A virtual platform, where craft artisans – mostly from rural parts of the Sri Lanka – can sell their creations. Their goal is to facilitate collaboration between artists and craft artisans.

MINDFUL TRAVELS

A curated marketplace for sustainable-minded travelers. The business concept is to identify unique experiences that are also sustainable and have them all available in one space.

MOONSHADOW NATURALS

A sustainable and environmentally friendly body care producer, that empowers women to make independent income from the comfort of their homes.

OLAI

A business for palmyrah products. Olai designs and produces alternatives to replace your daily use plastics and other household items with palmyrah products.

OWITA ORGANICS

A start-up which will enable Sri Lankans to grow and eat organic food. Owita offers a complete end to end Organic and Healthy food solution with trade stores, delivery services and mobile stores.

RAW

An all-women run business that produces cold-pressed fresh juices. All the products are organic and produced via renewable solar energy und with sustainable packaging.

Sebastco

Produces wearable sustainable products, with a goal of using up to 95% all-natural materials. The first product is a sustainable sandal, in which all raw material is locally sourced and is 80% natural.

Wawamu

A technology that enables people to grow their own chemical free produce in their own homes! The Wawamu team has a tower system which allows consumers to grow up to 12 vegetables in one square foot of space.

Meet our experts

GLX Accelerator 2020

Jan Ehlers

ESCP Business School - Director Executive Education, Career Development, Company Relations

GLX Accelerator 2020

Martin Kupp

ESCP Business School - Associate Professor for Entrepreneurship and Strategy

GLX Accelerator 2020

Peter borchers

ESCP U-School - Co-Founder & Academic Director

GLX Accelerator 2020

Sebastian Fittko

ESCP Business School - Academic Advisor

GLX Accelerator 2020

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GLX Accelerator 2020

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