{"id":2280,"date":"2021-12-20T09:31:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T09:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starburstdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=2280"},"modified":"2025-04-17T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:05:13","slug":"apply-now","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/starburst.aero\/astra\/apply-now\/","title":{"rendered":"APPLY NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"text-image section--hero section--no-padding-top section--no-padding-bottom\" style=\"defaultBG\">    <div class=\"text-image__grid\">\n        <div class=\"text-image__image-stopper contain-grid\">\n            <div class=\"container-fluid h-100 align-self-end\">\n                <div class=\"row h-100 align-content-end\">\n                                                                    \t\t                                                                            <div class=\"col-12 col-mb-4\">\n                                <div class=\"text-image__text 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in-person Demo Day on <strong>November 20, 2025<\/strong>, during which the cohort will demonstrate their progress to local investors, partners, and ecosystem players from Starburst&#8217;s network by pitching their companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The program will primarily take place in person at the IAI <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovation Center and Starburst office in Tel Aviv&#8217;s Mid-Town.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <div class=\"d-none d-mb-block col-mb-1\"><\/div>                                                                                                                    \t\t                                                <div class=\"d-none d-mb-block col-mb-1\"><\/div>                            <div class=\"col-12 col-mb-4\">\n    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