The Next Web 2015 startup program Boost is now open for applications! #TNWEurope

The Boost program has been highly successful in previous years. The most-recent Boost competition winner, Fly Labs, recently passed 1,000,000 downloads and is now built into all Apple retail store demo iOS devices. Whereas companies including Waze, Rapportive and Shutl have participated at the conference and are now well-known names in their fields – going on to be acquired by Google, LinkedIn and eBay respectively.

So how exactly does it work? Over the next three months, The Next Web will be selecting 150 start-ups to join them at TNW Conference in Amsterdam. Perhaps the most intriguing highlight for the early-stage participants is the opportunity to pitch to investors and TNW attendees on stage. However, receiving actual funding is only one of the great opportunities offered by TNW, as there are loads of additional benefits that come along with participating. Each company will receive coverage on The Next Web blog (which has roughly 17 million page views per month), additional visibility on different social channels as well as the opportunity to meet a TNW editor, one-on-one.

More information regarding the benefits of Boost, as well as the program’s application form can be found here. Shortlisted startups will be invited for an interview with a TNW team member. The program is open to any startup under two years old that has acquired less than €3 million in funding, has a fully functional demo of their product, and was launched no earlier than January 2013.

While the program itself will only be held for the third time, The Next Web has a long history of accelerating the growth of startups. The focus has always been the same, but the Boost program has been specifically curated to provide a product built on all the great experience and knowledge gained from the previous programs. The competition is undoubtedly becoming more competitive and desirable within the startup community, as well as with investors, each year.  Since the initial announcement on Tuesday, the Boost program has already had more than 70 applications.

➤ To apply for free to this year’s Boost program, click here.