Founder Institute Eastern Europe Virtual 2021 Produces New Tech Companies

Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Eastern Europe Virtual 2021 program.

Over 200 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 eight Founders and six companies were able to make it through. We are also proud to share that we have 62% out of the Alumni Founders are Female Founders.

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 Eastern Europe's top startup experts and investors.  

And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Eastern Europe Virtual 2021 accelerator: 

• EduMagic

• Effectico

• Mom o'clock 

• Parentropolis

• Radarity

• SAVI

The Eastern Europe 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 Eastern Europe Founder Institute: Janet Todorova, Alex M. Dascalu, Bozhidar Georgiev, and Tatyana Mitkova. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and regional network that is conducive to building great companies.

In addition, the Eastern Europe Virtual 2021 program was supported by some of the region's top technology organizations, including:

Some of the region’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 $1.75BN. 

After Graduation, the new 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 Eastern Europe Virtual Fall 2021 Founder Institute program will open applications shortly. If you are interested in applying when enrollment opens in the coming days, visit FI.co/apply/sofia.

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.