The Bulgaria Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Eastern Europe Fall 2023 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 10 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 Bulgaria's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Bulgaria program:
- Hunt Social Network - an app that connect gamers, allowing gamers and esports players to share, play and compete together.
- Adventural - a solution that bridges the gap between independent travelers and small inbound travel agencies.
- SPOracles - a platform for sports predictions providing users with verified and validated insights from top-ranked tipsters.
- BuddyGuard - a platform that connect pet owners with pet sitters in Europe.
- Assista - an AI-powered assistant for SMEs and tech startups, enhancing their productivity.
- ADJAR - an application to help sportsmen and helathy eaters to have personalized ready-to-eat meals at affordable price.
- Glasiers - a startup helping owners increase revenue without hiring additonal sales representatives.
- Girafeed - a B2B2C mobile app that allows users to have an impact on countless animals' lives around the world.
- INST.digital - a mobile app for meeting people nearby, faster, in a short time, in an easy, fun and relaxed way.
- Superead - a digital reading platform for middle and high school students to enhance their reading comprehension skills, blending books, texts, and video lessons.
The Eastern Europe Fall program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
The Bulgaria Founder Institute Graduation Event will take place on February 20
Bulgaria Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Bulgaria Founder Institute: Ivan Germanov (Regional Success Manager, Founder Institute HQ), Ivaylo Ivanov (Director, Founder Institute CEE), Lyubomir Kolev (Associate, Founder Institute CEE). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Bulgaria that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Eastern Europe Fall 2023 program was supported by some of Bulgaria's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Bulgaria’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
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 2BN.
After Graduation, the new Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/bulgaria.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over 2BN 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/graduates.
