The Amsterdam Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Amsterdam - Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program.
Over 1300 people applied to the program, and after an intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints and constant evaluation and feedback from investors and mentors, just fourteen companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Amsterdam's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the newest Alumni of the Amsterdam program:
- Rolela
- Recube
- Saltylama
- AFOREMIND
- GreenAnt
- WASTED
- Phioneers
- INNATE Mood
- Ahuras
- We Save Food
- PİLAY ELEKTRONİK
- iYonga
- MyShupper
- Equalicert
The new Amsterdam - Silicon Valley program Alumni invite members of the public to join them for a graduation online event this Thursday, May 27th, 2021 - click here to learn more and RSVP free.
The Amsterdam - Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Leaders of the Amsterdam Founder Institute: Anna Radulovski (Co-founder & CEO, WomenTech Network) and Ivo Radulovski (CEO, Jump Start Venture Capital). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in the Netherlands that is conducive to building to great companies.
Some of Amsterdam’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Aditi Singh: Chief Product Officer, WineChain
- Alexander Swaab: Senior Program Manager, Btomorrow Ventures
- Alina Kornienko: COO, co-founder, Quppy
- Anastasia Rivodeaux: Managing Partner, Get Funded Tools
- Andra Fola: Co-Founder, Solutionary Minds SARL
- Andrea Volongo: Head of EU Delivery Experience, Amazon
- Anna C. Mallon: Senior Manager, Startups & Ecosystem Development, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Apoorva Prasad: Founder & CEO, The Outdoor Group
- Ashli Weiss: Attorney, Weiss Law LLP
- Balazs Kos
- Bastien Berg: Director, Luxembourg-City Incubator
- Belen Suarez Lopez: Team Leader , Blockhub.eu
- Ben Sufiani: Founder + Growth Marketer, Pirate Skills
- Brian M Pasalich: Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Syntoniq
- Catherine Schreiber: Deputy CEO / COO, ADVITOS GmbH
- Charlotte Christensen: Executive Director, Fintocat
- Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
- Chris Foltz: Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents
- Daan Weddepohl: CEO & Founder, Peerby
- Danielle Diamond: Marketing & Communications Educator, ex MICROSOFT.
- David Holland: Business Coach, Author, Trainer & Speaker, Results Rules OK
- David Dessers: Founding Partner, Cresco
- Deka Dike: Founder & CEO, Omatochi
- Dennis Huizing: Country Manager Netherlands, Leapfunder
- Diego De Biasio: CEO, Technoport SA
- Diogo Saraiva de Ponte: Head of Investments, STAG Fund Management
- Domagoj Ivanusa: Marketing Manager , Amazon
- Drazen Nikolic: Founder
- Dusica H. Lukac: Partner, DL Capital Partners
- Elena Mlotok: General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon
- Elena Obukhova
- Elena 伊莲 Bucciero: Executive Business Coach , European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
- Elitza Stoilova: Founder & CEO, Umni.co
- Elsa Valentine: Founder, INNATE Mood
- Erik Evrard: Partner Director EMEA and APAC, Platform.sh
- Estelle Roux Stevens: Co-Founder, CEO, Mentorjam
- Eva Arh: VC, 3VC
- Evan Wong: CEO, Checkbox.AI
- Fabrice Testa: CEO, PHV SA
- Fabrice Kwetchet, ULALO
- Filip Westerlund: Founder & CEO, OURCHOICE.ECO
- Fonny Bunjamin: Founder, VESTIS LABS
- Galo Vargas: CEO & Founder, Inkspired
- Genevieve Leveille: Principal Founder and CEO, AgriLedger
- Genna Elvin: Co-founder , TaDaweb
- Graciela Perez: Founder & Lean Start Up Coach, Lean Sigma Tech, LLC
- Hugo Valdivia: Founder, Silentus
- Ian Wagner: Partner, Funktional OÜ
- Idowu Akinde: Founder, Boolean Labs
- Ilana Devillers: Founder , F4A(Food4All)
- Isabel Holguera Vera: EYnovation program manager , EY Luxembourg
- Ivo Radulovski: Founder, Tech Family Ventures
- James Hickson: Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Financial Group Ltd
- Janne Saarikko: Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute
- Jenny Said: Business Mentor & Advisor, Freelancer through Cool Company
- Jeroen Bertrams: Online Marketing Consultant
- Jeroen Maudens: Partner, ONEtoONE Corporate Finance
- Joel Walker: Chief Operations Officer, THE KNOWLEDGE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
- Joël Dori: Startup Liaison, StartupAmsterdam
- Julia Zhou: Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer, Tidal Impact
- Katia (Ekaterina) Stambolieva: Founder, Cosmos Pics
- Kimberly Ofori: Founder , Growth Republic & GV Studio
- Lana Hassounah: Life & Energy Coach, Lana Maher
- Laura Bloomer: Founder, Backed Technologies / Redaim
- Leo Benkel: Founder, PURE LAMBDA
- Lidia Gryszkiewicz: Co-founder & Partner, The Impact Lab
- Martin Guerin: Senior Advisor - Start-up Acceleration, Luxinnovation GIE
- Martín Martinez: Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas
- Matias Mäenpää: Angel investor and serial entrepreneur, Several companies
- Matteo Ressa: Founder & CEO, ChefPassport
- Mattia Raffaelli: CEO & Co-Founder, RoomMate
- Meron Mekonnen: Investment Analyst, LUMO Labs
- Michelle George: CEO, founder, RubixPotential
- Mikael Dasilva: Chief Marketing Officer, RoomMate S.A.
- Milad Feroegh: Attorney at law, De Roos Advocaten
- Mircea Baldean: Principal, Purpose Consult
- Mohammed Amine Khobba: Program Manager, Founder institute BENELUX
- Moritz Spangenberg: CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn
- Nedeljko Milosavljević: Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia
- Nitin Mittal: Senior Business Development Manager, Amazon
- Oleg Croitoru: Principal Manager Global HR and Mobility SCM, Vodafone Group
- Orkun Ozbatur: Director & Founder, FI Benelux & Concio
- Paul Kikano: Head of Product, B2B Marketplace Europe, Amazon
- Philip Grother: CEO & Founder, Stepping-Stone / Test my App
- Pouria Kay: Mentor, Founder Institute
- Pranjul Shah: Manager, University of Luxembourg Incubator
- Predrag Krupez: CEO, Blue Coast Brewing Company
- Rachel Sheppard: Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ
- Rachel Dowling: Founder and CEO, Equal Time
- Remi Saint-Jean: Founder, delighting.io
- Richard Russell: Mr, Russell and Company
- Robert De Vries: Lawyer | Advocaat, De Roos Advocaten
- Roland Van Kralingen: Founder, Marketing Fund
- Romit Choudhury: Co-founder, Softbrik AI
- Rosen Dimov: CEO, Phasegrowth
- Roxana Lupascu: Business Lead/ Innovation Driven/ Sustainable Evolve/ Growth and Strategic Partner, binnno, EIC, MSP
- Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
- Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
- Sergii Kalinchuk: Local Leader, Founder Institute Ukraine
- Stéphane Ambrosini: European & Chartered Patent Attorney, Marks and Clerk
- Stephanie Jabardo: Social Media Manager, Silicon Luxembourg
- Stephen Meade: Founder & CEO, MonetaPro
- Teodora Ivin: Global Marketing Manager, Pernod Ricard
- Teona Khubutia: Manager, LBAN
- Vahid Hajjehforoosh: Founder, Bridgium
- Valentin Martin: Startup team lead, JCI
- Vlad Cioinigel: Business Development & Sales Manager, Marketplace Expansion EU, Amazon
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.75BN.
After Graduation, the new Amsterdam - Silicon Valley Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Founder Institute Amsterdam - Silicon Valley Virtual Fall 2021 program cohort is enrolling founder applications now. If you are interested in applying, visit FI.co/apply/amsterdam.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.75BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/journey.
