Collaboration with the Unleashed Accelerator will open doors
International Brand
Collaborate with one of the region's largest food and beverage companies. We employ around 6,700 people in Australia & New Zealand and contribute over $5 billion to those economies.
Investment
Selected startup participants can receive up to $150,000 of funding. Gain potential additional investment from Lion, the Slingshot Venture Fund and our investment partners.
Accelerate
Work with the Lion and Slingshot team, industry experts and mentors. Be selected to participate in a structured 12-week course, led by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.
Commercialise through Insights
Lion is committed to helping people be the best they can be, really make a difference, and have a great time doing it. Work alongside us and gain unique insights into Lion and our customers.
Additional Value
Selected participants gain additional value at over $500,000 from our program partners.
Supportive Community
Gain access, advice and support from Slingshot's growing community of alumni, mentors and partners.
Unleashed Themes
Our core purpose is to enrich our world every day by championing sociability and helping people to live well. To us, this is more than just a statement – it's our reason to come to work every day, and it guides the strategic decisions we make as a business. By living up to our core purpose, we believe we will build a sustainable and trusted business that delivers for all of our stakeholders.
And in a rapidly changing world constantly being transformed through technology, we have identified areas of our business that provide opportunities for startups and scaleups to collaborate. In order to be accepted into the program, your product or service must address one or more of these themes.
Living Well
Living a happy and well-balanced life starts with individual nutrition and health.
Our dairy & juice products are made locally using dairy milk sourced from 400 Australian farms and fruit from around 180 Australian orchards, while our beer is created with just four key ingredients: hops, malt, yeast and water.
Application Criteria
The Unleashed program is open to both early stage startups and later stage companies (scaleups).
Startups
Scaleups
Participant Journey
14 June 2017
Register for the Roadshows across Australia and New Zealand
13 July 2017
Tell us why your business and team should be considered for the Unleased program
1-2 August 2017
If successful, pitch your business to the Lion Unleashed and Slingshot team
program begins
The 12-week startup and scaleup program begins for selected startups
6 December 2017
Stand up and pitch to Lion executives, stakeholders and potential investors
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Select teams will receive an additional three months of support from Unleashed
Unleashed International Roadshow
We encourage you to come and meet the Unleashed team and learn more about the program to gain valuable insights if you have or are considering applying.
