The CLIMB Accelerator Bootcamp is the annual acceleration component of the wider CLIMB Programme — a focused, cohort-based intensive built around the real operational and strategic challenges of scaling a creative or IP-led business. It includes expert-led workshops, hands-on strategy development, peer-to-peer support and targeted mentorship. There are four core focus areas:
The Bootcamp runs over 8 weeks for a total of 44 hours, combining:
The programme is practical and action-oriented, with founders developing and applying tools directly within their own businesses throughout the programme.
Dates:
CLIMB Accelerator Bootcamp aims to equip scaling creative founders with the strategic capability, practical tools, and external relationships needed to grow sustainably.
Programme aims:
The programme curriculum is organised around four interconnected areas:
Theme 1 — Systems, Strategy & Operational Scale
Theme 2 — Market Expansion & IP for Creative Businesses
Theme 3 — Funding, Investment & Pitch Readiness
Theme 4 — Team Development & Leadership
The programme fee is €900, payable in two instalments, the first of which must be made in advance of the kick-off weekend.
The programme is being offered to the SME at 20% of the market rate (the full programme is valued at €4,500) with the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme. In order to avail of this discounted rate, all applicants are asked to confirm that they have the appropriate De Minimis balance to accept the support. More information on De Minimums State Aid can be found here: State Aid | Enterprise Ireland
The CLIMB Bootcamp will support a cohort of
creative founders who:
Participants are expected to engage at a strategic level, bringing real business challenges and opportunities into the programme that reflects their business.
Sectors welcomed
