The Romania 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 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 7 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 Romania's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Romania program:
- Languagehood - Helping professionals improve their job-specific language and communication skills using AI coaches that adapt to different job roles.
- Education Plus - Allowing youngsters to easily access available internships, exchanges, scholarships and trainings, listed by NGOs and companies, at one place.
- Fedo - A SaaS Platform that automates the quoting process for custom-made furniture and provides live KPIs and profitability tracking.
- Whozz - Serving CMOs, influencer marketing directors, and brands by safeguarding their collaborations with influencers. It enhances the potential for corporate brands and influencers to engage in secure and productive partnership.
- OutfitIQ - Developing an AI mobile application to empower busy young women aged 20 to 45, plagued by 'nothing to wear' syndrome despite full wardrobes, suggesting outfits tailored to their preferences and current needs.
- Warranty River Ltd. - A mobile application meant to entirely replace paper receipts of the electronic products consumer purchase by enabling secure transmission of warranty data in digital format at the moment of sale.
The Eastern Europe program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Romania Founder Institute Graduation Event on July 30, 2024.
Romania Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Romania Founder Institute: Alex M. Dascalu (Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe), Ivan E Germanov (Reginal Success Manager Co-Director, Founder Institute), Ivaylo Ivanov (Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe), 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 Romania that is conducive to building to great companies.
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In addition, the Eqstern Europe program was supported by some of Romania's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Romania’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 Romania 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 Romania Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/romania.
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.
