IONOS Cloud Startup Program
IONOS · European cloud
$108KSPARK: up to €5,000 (12 months); ACCELERATE: up to €100,000 (up to 24 months) in IONOS Cloud credits
German sovereign-cloud provider IONOS gives tech startups under 5 years old up to €5K (SPARK) or €100K (ACCELERATE) in public-cloud credits, with tier set by IONOS.
Key terms
- ACCELERATE: first €10,000 covers invoices fully, then IONOS pays 50% of each invoice until credits/period end
- Tier is assigned by IONOS and cannot be chosen
- Accept the offer and add payment details within 30 days or approval may lapse
- Private Cloud (VMware) excluded; capacity-limited resources such as Cloud GPUs may be excluded
- Credits non-transferable, expire at period end; one participation per company
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Max company age
- 5 years
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Must have an MVP
- Innovative, tech-focused, scalable business model
How to apply
Register a free IONOS CLOUD account, then submit the online application form on the program page; reply by email typically within two weeks.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- Usually within 2 weeks
- Credit validity
- 12 months (SPARK) / up to 24 months (ACCELERATE)
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
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