AWS launches new accelerator for start-ups in the EU, UK and Israel

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching a new early-stage start-up accelerator to help founders in the EMEA region to scale their businesses.

Mentors include VC firm Entrée Capital and founders such as Bernadette Nixon, CEO of Algolia; Cristina Fonseca, co-founder of Portuguese unicorn Talkdesk and AI start-up Cleverly; and Dr Shay David, co-founder and CEO of UK-based startup Retrain.ai and co-founder of Kaltura.

“We focus on investing in great teams who are building businesses in large, interesting markets,” said Eran Bielski, general partner at Entrée Capital. “We’re delighted to be supporting this new AWS accelerator to give hungry, ambitious and talented entrepreneurs the opportunity they need.”