Build a Great Startup in 2023 with the FI Serbia Startup Accelerator

The Founder Institute, the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Serbia program!

If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Serbia's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Serbia Founder Institute today.

Since 2009, our highly-structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network, a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free online startup events in Serbia, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs:

Serbia Events:

Novi Sad Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your Startup to Local Investors & Advisors: 6:00pm, Jun 20, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/346083
Niš Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your Startup to Investors & Advisors: 5:00pm, Jul 10, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/346084

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Launch a Startup in Europe: Hear from Experts across the Region: 7:00pm, Jun 20, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/348171
How to Turn your Value Proposition into Product Market Fit : 7:00pm, Jun 24, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349369
How to Remove Bias from Your Startup Investment Decisions, with Loyal VC: 6:00pm, Jun 25, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/350182
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349370
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 2:00am, Jul 02, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349390
How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 7:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349388
How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 7:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349391
Adam Robinson’s Path to Bootstrapping Success: From Idea to $22 Million Revenue: 6:00pm, Jul 12, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/348820
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 2:00am, Jul 16, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349392
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349393
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00am, Jul 23, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349394
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 7:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349395
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 7:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349396
The Entrepreneurial Mindset with Lost and Founder Author Rand Fishkin: 8:00pm, Jul 31, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/351971
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 2:00am, Aug 06, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349397
How to Achieve Product-Market Fit: Insights from Seedstars: 7:00pm, Aug 07, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/347178
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 7:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349398
The Startup Founder’s Guide to Building AI Products Quickly & Easily : 7:00pm, Aug 14, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/347983
Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 2:00am, Aug 20, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349399
Venture Trailblazers, featuring Warren Packard (Operating Partner at AI Fund): 6:00pm, Aug 22, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/351778
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 2:00am, Aug 27, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349400
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 2:00am, Aug 29, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349389
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 2:00am, Sep 03, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349465
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00am, Sep 10, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349466
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349467
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 7:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349468
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349469
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349470
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 2:00am, Oct 15, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349471
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 2:00am, Oct 24, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349472
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 6:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349473
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 7:00pm, Nov 04, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349474
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 2:00am, Nov 07, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349475
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 2:00am, Nov 19, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349476
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00am, Nov 26, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349477
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349478
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349479
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 7:00pm, Dec 04, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349480
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349481
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 7:00pm, Dec 16, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349482
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 2:00am, Dec 24, 2024 (Europe/Belgrade): https://FI.co/e/349483

See all upcoming events

The Serbia program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Đorđe Ćelić (CEO, Business incubator Novi Sad), FI Serbia, Nedeljko Milosavljević (Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia), Tamara Čolić Milosavljević (Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia ).

In addition, some of Serbia's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Serbia Founder Institute includes:

Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Aleks Rakitch: Founder & CEO, MixAart
Aleksandar Celeski: Executive Director, DUEL Consulting
Aleksandar Stamboliev: CEO & Co-Founder, BAU Accelerator
Aleksandar Bakoč: CEO & Founder, Algotech doo
Aleksandar Bijelić: President of the Board, Serbian Venture Network
Aleksandar Marić: Head Of Finance, Alt Labs
Aleksandar Hangimana: Advisor & Investor, Noordenster B.V.
Aleksandar Momiroski: COO & Co-founder, Comeunity Business Incubator
Aleksandar Matanović: CEO & Founder, ECD
Aleksandar Janičić: Founder/CEO, J Consulting Group
Aleksandar Marić: Partner, Adore Chocolat
Aleksandra Lazović - Lønningen: Chief Executive /Visionary/ Officer | Circular Business Models ( CBM ) Strategist | Entrepreneur, Founder | System Innovation MPhil. System Dynamics, Eat Me App
Aleksandra Vuković: Founder and Director | Nura digital & Singular Advantage, Nura Digital | Singular Advantage
Ales Pustovrh: Partner, Bogatin doo
Alex Migitko, UNIQUE.VC
Alex Lunginovic: Broker/Vice President, Montalvo Ventures
Alexander Naydenov: Head of Sales, GraphCMS
Alexander Sumin: co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass
Alexander Martynov: Head of Bio-IT, Biovision Ventures
Alin Vacian: CEO, enovatika
Alin Vacian: CEO, Enovika
Almir Zejneli: CEO and Co Owner, ADRIA EXCLUSIVE LTD
Andrei Cosmin Munteanu: Co-Founder & CEO, Cowork Timisoara
Andrija Bednarik: Entrepreneur serving Humanity, Co-Founder and CEO at 9m Inc., 9m Inc
Anja Stanisic, Foundation Novak Djokovic - Original platform
Ari Veltman: Business Strategy Advisor | Board Director | CBDO@, Sparko.TV
Arseniy Dabbakh, Innotechnics
Athanasios Ladopoulos: CEO | Founder, MOOCTORS
Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
Benoit Doumas: Managing Director, BlackRock
Berg Moe: Owner, Berg Moe Media
Bilyana Dimitrova: Managing Partner, Dimitrova and Staykova Law office
Blanka Supe: Founder, Haos Community Space
Boris Kolev: Founder and Managing Partner, DigiMark Ventures
Boris Hristov: Founder and CEO, 356labs
Borislav Miljanović: CEO, Represent System
Borut Čeh: Co-owner and CEO, Labena ltd
Boštjan Čeh: Co-Director, Labena Ventures
Branko Bajić: Marketing and Products Director, Yettel Bulgaria
Brian M Pasalich: Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Syntoniq
Charles Cormier: CEO, TopLeads Agency
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Christophe Nègre: General Partner, Western Balkans Private Equity Fund
Clarisse Dr. Behar Molad: CHief Strategy Officer , Whistesteps Technologies
Dajana Džindo: Executive Director, F787
Daniel Lorer: Advisory Board Member, Quadrodynamics
Daniel Michael Böhi: Founder & Partner, Alphorn Venture Partners | TheForge | Swiss FoodTech Scaleup Factory
Danijela Matovic: CEO & Founder, Parlok Consulting
Darko Ivanović: General Partner, Balkan Tech Fund
Darko Vidakovic: Darko Vidakovic, EASME
Darko Burčul: Chief Marketing and PR, Infostud
David Schoch: President and member of the Board of Directors, Serbian Private Equity Association
Davor Sakač: Director, TS Ventures Fund
Dejan Dramićanin: CEO, Bitgear
Dejan Tonić: EBRD Associate, Regional Coordinator of Star Venture Programme for Western Balkans, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Dilyan Dimitrov: Partner, Eleven Ventures
Djordje Filipovic, 30Hills
Dmytro Lokshyn: Head of Alternative Investments, Stockpile Inc.
Dóra Marosvölgyi: Founder & CEO, DARE Innovations
Đorđe Ćelić: CEO, Poslovni inkubator Novi Sad - Business incubator Novi Sad doo
Dragana Vujovic Djermanovic: Growth Guide, PCG
Drago Gverić: CEO, Innovation Center Banja Luka
Dušan Karan: Enterprise acceleration consultant, Innovation Fund
Evgeny Podlesny: Director, CEECAT Capital
Filip Sasic: Managing Director for Southeast Europe, Network 20/20
Filip Komnenović: Principal Product Manager | Partner, LambdaWorks
Filip Bovan: Board member & Co-Founder, ESEM Business School | Ex J.P. Morgan M&A
Filip Ivančić: Advisor
Florin Grosu: Co -founder, Traderion
Frank Mertens: Founder & CEO, FM Consulting GmbH
Frank Petry: CEO, EuroTechInnovation
Gaia Montelatici: Founder, STUDIO X Ventures
Gajo Vanka: COO, Aim Cube Limited | UK
George Sidjimkov: General Partner , Sofia Angels Ventures
Georgi Malchev: Managing Partner, XploraBG
Georgi Kadrev: Co-Founder & CEO, Imagga & Kelvin Health
Glen Hellman: Glen Hellman - CRO & Business Development, CXO Elevate and University of Maryland
Gogo Rafajlovski: COO, SEEUTechPark
Goran Mladenović: CEO, Nis Cluster of Advanced Technologies (NI CAT)
Goran Ćulibrk: Community Lead, Serbian Entrepreneurs
Gregor Rebolj: Managing Partner, Silicon Gardens Fund
Hristo Hristov: CEO, Darik
Igor Madzov
Ingeborg Gasser Kriss: Board Member, Advisor , Agent21
Ivan Minić: Co-Founder, Pojačalo
Ivan Nonković: Partner, Karanovic & Partners Law Firm
Ivan Radojičić: Lecturer and Marketing manager, Turnkey
Ivana Pesic Forbes: VP of design, Interactio
Ivaylo Ivanov: Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe
Ivo Vasilev: Founder and CEO, Reloyalty
Jakob Gajšek: GP, RUJ Ventures
James Zanewicz: Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Research Business Development - Tulane University School of Medicine
Jan Kobler: Managing Partner, South Central Ventures
Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
Jasmina Knežević: Founder and Supervisory Board Member, Acibadem Bel Medic
Jasmina Jankičević: Chief Medical Officer, Innovaderm Inc.
Jasna Pejović: CEO , Flourish
Jelena Plavanski, Business angels association of Serbia
Jia Hong Shaw: Founder, Turn Off Turn On Ventures
Jivko Ivanov: Managing Partner, Simbula Ltd.
Johannes Benkhoff: Founder, innocellerate
Jonie Oostveen: CEO , Digital Den
Jovan Tišma: Co-founder, ALL-ART
Kamen Bankovski: Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners
Karina Sotnik: Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart
Keo Sar: Mentor, Advisor & Business Angel, August Hill
Kostas Karolemeas: Founder, CEO, Allcancode
Kristjan Zemljic: Founder, Global Disruption
Lazar Lekić: Supercluster Manager, Serbia Innovates
Lazar Grujicic: CEO
Luka Prišunjak: Ecosystem Facilitator, Swisscontact
Luka Pejović: Director, BDO Ventures (Ventu.rs)
Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
Maja Križan: Investment Manager, Business Angels of Slovenia
Marat Shaidulatov
Marita Price: Founder & Director, Hello
Mark Rogers: CEO, Futurist Labs
Mark Liepinsh: Managing director, Pulsar VC
Mark Kalin: CEO, ABC Accelerator d.o.o.
Marko Vučetić: PR manager, HelloWorld.rs
Marko Džombić: CEO, Net Zero Prototcol
Marko Mijatović: CFO & Investment Principal, Fifth Quarter Ventures
Marko Rosic: Senior Innovation Consultant, Science Park Graz
Matej Rus: Head & Co-founder, PODIM
Matija Srbic: Deep-tech venture builder programme director, Innovation center Nikola Tesla
Max Gurvits: Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners
Maya Zlatanova: Co-Founder & CEO, FindMeCure
Michael Kosic: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
Michael Schneider: Founder, Seedraisr
Mike Lingle: Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma
Mila Milenkovic: Director of Sector for Strategy, Telekom Srbija
Milan Ranđelović: Managing Director, Science and Technology Park Nis
Milan Dobrota: CEO, Agremo
Milen Ivanov: Managing Partner, Sofia Angels Ventures, Co-Founder, CEO Angels Club
Milena Micanović: Director for Communications and Public affairs, OTP banka Srbija
Mili Ibrulj: Principal , Fil Rouge Capital
Miloš Milovanović: Co-founder & COO, Blinking
Miloš Lazović: Ecosystem Facilitator, Swiss EP - Swisscontact
Miloš Došen: CEO, Accounting and Tax Advisory Agency ‘Došen’
Miloš Lukić: CEO & Co-Founder, ReadyCMS
Miloš Polovina: CEO, TransferNova
Miodrag Nenadović: Co-Founder, Brush Galaxy
Miodrag Bukvic: Strategic Account Manager, Amazon Web Services
Mirjana Perkovic: Founder & CEO, LookStyler
Miron Lukač: Co-founder, Portal World
Mladen Radišić: CEO, Foodscale Hub
Mustafa Cakir: Co-founder, PATENT EFFECT
Natali Delić: Director of the Directorate for Strategy and Digital, Telekom Serbia
Nataša Rađenović Živanović: Chief Innovation Officer, OTP banka Srbija
Nataša Filipović: Managing Director, OvationBBDO
Nathan Pike: Prior, Oxford Oracle
Nebojša Đurđević: Partner, Vega IT
Neda Trifunović: Manager, Business Angel Network DSI
Nedeljko Milosavljević: Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia
Nedžad Lomigora: Managing Partner, Falcon Venture Partners LLC
Nemanja Stefanović: CEO & Co-founder, HireApp
Nemanja Petrović: Co-Founder, Traken
Nemanja Zivkovic: Founder , Funky Marketing
Nenad Paunović: Co-founder, Serbian Venture Network
Nenad Novović: CEO and Founder, Amplitudo
Nenad Božić: CEO & Co-founder, SmartCat
Niko Slavnić: Founder, IQbator
Nikola Balić: Head of Growth, Daytona Platforms Inc.
Nina Dremelj: President, Business Angels of Slovenia
Olga Mirković Maksimović: COO, Videobolt
Olivier Tilleuil: Founder and managing director (former), EyeSee
Oskar Marko: Co-founder, Cropt
Pavel Cholakov, Chief Ventures
Peđa Predin: GP, Fifth Quarter Ventures
Petar Atanasovski: Managing Partner, Attic42 Venture Builder
Petar Savić: Partner, Supreme Factory
Petar Tsachev: Investor, Launchub Ventures
Péter Mogyorósi: CEO, Creative Accelerator
Predrag Krupez: CEO, Blue Coast Brewing Company
Primož Karpe: Partner / Chairman / Investment Committee member, Cedars Ltd / NLB Bank / Aroma Global Ltd / ALFI PE I & II
Raanan Shenhav: Founder, RS-CPD
Rada Đurović Vassena: Business Developer Consultant, Freelance
Rade Rakočević: CEO & Founder, Senzal capital doo
Radoslav Stankov: Head of engineering, Product Hunt
Rishi Chowdhury: Founder & CEO, Incube Space
Rok Zorko: Co-Founder, Outfit7
Salim Virani: Founder, Source Institute
Sanja Brdar: co-founder, Cropt
Saša Popović: Co-Founder and CEO, Vega IT
Shmuel "Sam" Eisenberg: Co-Founder, Design For Decks
Stavros Pavlidis: Expert network services, Independent
Stefan Vladimirov: Creative Director, monolig.
Stefan Mrvaljević: Founder and CEO, ACHIVR Educational Technologies
Tadej Kurepa: Programme Manager of the Venture an Idea Project, Digital Sebia Initiative
Tamara Čolić Milosavljević: Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia
Tatyana Mitkova: Co-Founder and CEO, ClaimCompass
Teodor Panayotov: CEO, CourseDot
Thibaut Taittinger: Founder & CEO, Puzl CowOrKing
Tilen Šarlah: Managing Partner, Feelsgood Capital
Tom Vodopivec: Principal, Silicon Gardens
Tomasz Golinski: Founding Partner, CofounderZone
Vassil Popovski: CEO & Co-founder, Connecto.ai (Acquired by Leanplum)
Vedran Rasic: CEO/Founder, LeadDelta
Vedran Šimunović: Director, INTERA Technology Park
Victor Schiller: President, R Cubed Group
Viktor Minchev: VC Investor, Eleven Ventures
Viktorija Petrov: PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad
Vladan Todorović: CEO & Founder, Advanced Security Technologies ltd
Vladimir Nedović: Owner, Synemedia
Vladimir Bozovic: CEO, ZenHire
Vladimir Pavlović: General Partner, Omorika Ventures
Vladimir Vojvodić: Director of operations, Fuller Vision
Vladimir Vlahović: Founder & Managing Director, SOLVENTRY GmbH
Vladislav Pavlov: Founder, Furtherance Network
Vojin Šenk: Professor, University of Novi Sad
Volen Vulkov: Co-Founder, Enhancv
Voon Yee Ho: CEO, Techbridge Ventures Pte Ltd
Vuk Lau: Partner, Silicon Gardens Fund
Željko Ilić: Co-founder & General manager, InCentar
Zoja Kukic Dordevic: VP Digital Transformation, Signet World
Zoran Vasiljev: CEO, Centili