Apply to the 11th edition of Cuatrecasas Acelera
Does your startup face legal or regulatory challenges? Through Cuatrecasas Acelera, an equity-free program, we boost your project through legal advice, developing strategies to facilitate the growth of your business.
SHAPING NEW HORIZONS
A new strategy to address the technological and legal needs of the entrepreneurial ecosystem with a global approach, and to optimize the exchange of value among the various initiatives and players within the ecosystem.
It was created with a clear purpose: to generate more opportunities, fully leverage the firm’s knowledge, and foster collaboration.
Meet the startups from the 10th edition
Experience · Strategy · Results
Turn your legal challenges into new opportunities
For 10 years, we’ve put Cuatrecasas’s legal expertise and network at the service of startups and scaleups turning their legal challenges into real growth opportunities.
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Startups
Startups & scaleups
We support the most disruptive projects in sectors such as healthtech, energy, fintech, aerospace, defense and new technologies by accelerating and validating their legal and regulatory strategies, as well as promoting the adoption of these new technologies together with our clients.
Community
Innovation community
We collaborate with institutions, organizations, and key players within the ecosystem to promote cooperation, share knowledge, and jointly create value.
Testimonials
What people say about us
At Acelera you get to work with genuinely passionate professionals who bring deep expertise — both legal and business — and who really get the challenges startups face. It's a hands-on program that has helped us gain real self-awareness as a company.
The program has been a great learning experience. Getting access to a top-tier legaltech organization, backed by a team that's always there when you need them, has made a real difference for us.
Acelera stands out for the quality of its training, mentors, and connections — all laser-focused on creating real value for startups. For us, it was a true turning point.
The program helped us cut through the noise and bring our ideas down to earth. The legal mentoring in particular was key to finding our footing in the market. Unlike other programs, Acelera delivers in areas that actually make or break a business.
It gave us the chance to swap notes with fellow entrepreneurs, get expert validation on what we'd built, and map out our next steps with confidence. Having a full picture of our legal landscape has been invaluable — especially in our industry and with the clients we're targeting.
Cuatrecasas Acelera has been particularly helpful in two areas: negotiating solid contracts with both suppliers and clients, and navigating our licensing agreement with partner institutions — which is central to our work as a technology transfer company.
We've been through several accelerator programs, and this one is hands down the most valuable. The legal support is outstanding — thorough, professional, and exactly what early-stage companies need.
We came from a purely academic background, and Cuatrecasas Acelera helped us get our bearings on the legal and commercial side of things. We're breaking new ground in alternative financing, where regulation is everything — and they've been instrumental in helping us understand where the lines are drawn.
We applied to Cuatrecasas Acelera because we operate in a heavily regulated medical space and needed guidance from experts who know the legal terrain. It was also a great opportunity to explore the Spanish market, which is a key target for Clynx's expansion.
It's about leveling up — shifting from scrappy startup to a properly structured company. We've started tackling everything from IP and corporate infrastructure to tax, and we're confident this will be a real game changer for us.
In the music industry, legal challenges come with the territory. We're operating in an emerging space where the regulatory framework is still being written, which makes having the right legal guidance critical.
Cuatrecasas Acelera helps you learn faster, avoid costly mistakes, and shortcut your way through the early stages of building a startup. From employment law to tax and business fundamentals, we've picked up knowledge we now apply every single day.
One of the program's biggest strengths is how it bridges the legal and business worlds. In tech, the two go hand in hand — and letting either one slip can seriously hold you back.
