The Central Eastern Europe 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 2024 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 6 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 Central Eastern Europe's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Central Eastern Europe program:
- NFA.space - Offering a Web3 platform that makes art investment accessible and secure for crypto-savvy investors by combining physical and digital art markets with blockchain technology, offering low fees, global reach, and data-driven insights.
- 3pic.ai - Developing an AI-assistant for tour guides that streamlines group management while enabling seamless digital tipping and reviews—no app downloads required, fostering a natural, effortless experience.
- Waiter Call - Providing a comprehensive web application for restaurant management that streamlines staff operations, enhances customer service, and reduces environmental impact by cutting paper use, minimizing food waste, and optimizing labor efficiency.
- Dinest - Connecting short-term rental guests with nearby cafes and restaurants to offer convenient, personalized breakfast options, boosting local economies, reducing food waste, and fostering authentic community engagement.
- EasyPesa - Developing a seamless mobile platform that enables users across Africa to pay all their utility bills in one place, promoting financial inclusion by providing secure, accessible payment solutions.
- Testifind - Offering a web service that connects R&D teams with certified testing providers through hybrid expert and AI-driven matchmaking, accelerating product certification and fostering global innovation.
The Eastern Europe Fall 2024 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
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Central Eastern Europe Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Central Eastern Europe Founder Institute: Alex M. Dascalu (Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe), Eastern Europe, Ewa Geresz (Managing Director, Founder Institute Poland), Ivan Germanov (Regional Success Manager, Founder Institute HQ), Ivaylo Ivanov (Director, Founder Institute CEE), Karolina Wilk-Tryjanowska (Director | Investor Network, Founder Institute Poland), Maria Mihes (Advisor, Start-ups). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Central Eastern Europe that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Eastern Europe Fall 2024 program was supported by some of Central Eastern Europe's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Central Eastern Europe’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 $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Central Eastern Europe 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 Central Eastern Europe Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/central-eastern-europe.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN 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.
