IBM Sofia Accelerator

Run by IBM.

IBM's Sofia accelerator covers healthtech, climate, security, fintech and AI. Its page headlines a "12-week intensive professional program" while elsewhere referring to "8 weeks per cohort", an inconsistency left as published with the 12-week figure recorded. What is on offer is IBM Cloud credits, access to technical experts and mentorship rather than a cheque, and no equity terms are given.

Investment

Not disclosed

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

12 weeks (Shorter than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

Not disclosed

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Sectors

• Health Tech
• Climate
• Security
• FinTech
• AI & ML

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.ibm.com/info/sofia-accelerator read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, duration weeks, duration note, cheque note, equity note, sectors, application url, website, status

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• ClimAccelerator Black Sea
• Innovation Starter Accelerator
• South East European Innovators Program (SEEIP)
• Vitosha ACCELERATE

Last verified 2026-09-05.