The application for the IBM Z ScaleUp Program Class of 2024 is now open!
Apply Now!
Submit your application today at https://community.ibm.com/zsystems/form/zsup-application-2024!
We are seeking our next cohort of startups and scaleups that are data-driven, security-first, and working in cutting edge industries such as fintech, healthtech, digital assets, and AI. We are excited to build another truly global cohort for 2024. Our companies are diverse in leadership (black, brown, and Latinx founders, women founders, and diversity in culture and geography) and in perspectives, and we give special consideration to those with a mission of tech-for-good.
Companies in our program receive full access to our catalog of cloud and security services, as well as the support of our team of experts, advisors, and engineers. For later-stage scaleups, we also offer IBM Cloud Credits to help them build and scale with IBM Cloud technology. We take NO equity from the companies in our program. Our only mission is to empower startups and scaleups to grow using our trusted platform.
To ensure these benefits go to the best and brightest companies possible, we screen for startups and scaleups that are:
- For-profit and post-revenue with good MMR
- Working with security, privacy, or cryptographic services (i.e. leveraging PII)
- In strategic alignment with IBM and IBM technology (hybrid multi-cloud, leveraging AI, etc.
If this sounds like you, then submit your application today here!
Friends of IBM ZSUP
This year, we are also accepting companies as 'Friends Of' our program. Members in this group can meet like-minded founders and developers, work with our same team of cloud experts and engineers, and participate in our business and tech learning programs, but do not receive cloud credits. We are selecting both groups simultaneously, so all interested companies should still apply here!
Friends of Our Program are companies that are:
- For-profit with clear paths to future revenue
- New to IBM technology
- Excited for co-marketing opportunities with IBM
As always, diversity in leadership, global operations in underserved communities, and a mission of tech-for-good are desirable qualities for startups looking to join our program.
Learn More
You read more about our application process on our Application Criteria page, or learn more about our Program Benefits. If you have any questions on our application process or program, please reach out to us at ibm.z.scale.up@ibm.com!
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