QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge 2024 (DL: April 30th)

Are you ready to accelerate your startup and make a tangible impact on resiliency, equity, and sustainability in communities around the globe? Leading Cities invites innovative startups to participate in the AcceliCITY program – an opportunity to win funded pilot projects, cash prizes, and connect with a pipeline of clients from cities worldwide.

QBE AcceliCITY is among the Top 5 GovTech accelerators in the world. It serves as a runway for emerging urban solution providers while simultaneously reducing the risk and cost of innovation for cities.

Throughout the course of the program, teams participate in a business-to-government focused web-based curriculum, direct interaction with city leaders, free access to our virtual LaunchPad 11 global community, and an intensive Boot Camp led by international business, government, and smart city leaders.

What’s in It for Startups?

• A chance to win a $100,000 grand prize along with a People's Choice Award.


• Extra smart challenge tracks for startups in proptech and/or humanitarian causes, backed by the QBE Foundation (proptech), and Australian Red Cross and American Red Cross (humanitarian).


• An intensive 5-month program with web-based curriculum focused on business-to-government relations, including direct interactions with city leaders and free access to our global community, LaunchPad 11.


• Intensive Boot Camp led by international business, governments and smart city domain.


• Pitch events offering $150,000 in city pilot opportunities, laying the groundwork for real-world application and growth.


• A pipeline of clients from cities worldwide.

Value to Cities

For cities, QBE AcceliCITY serves to mitigate the risk that often comes with innovation by connecting local governments with globally sourced, expert-vetted Smart & Resilient City solutions. With hundreds of applications each year, from upwards of 70 countries, QBE AcceliCITY’s vetting process serves to bring forth the best and most prepared solution providers, ready to tackle the pressing urban challenges facing cities today. Through QBE AcceliCITY, Leading Cities builds confidence in city leaders to execute innovative solutions bolstering community resilience in a time when it is needed most.

Application open until April 30th! So apply before it's too late.

More information here.