The Berlin branch of the worldwide Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Program twice a year provides young entrepreneurs with the possibility  to work intensively on their ideas , products, their technology and their business models for four months at the location "Unter den Linden" in Berlin. The Berlin team is supported by various local partners and the 35 mentors who bring entrepreneurial experience and industry knowledge into the Accelerator program. The follow-up financing is in focus in addition to the comprehensive business and technology support. Already in the selection process Microsoft works therefore together with investors from Germany and abroad and is also working on bringing startups at an early stage together with the matching business angels and institutional investors after the program. Additionally, participants of the Accelerator automatically qualify for BizSpark Plus and get up to US $ 500,000 in credit for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's own cloud platform.