Founder Institute Germany, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Germany Regional 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 Germany's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Germany Regional program:
- Fizzyfesta - a comprehensive party planning platform that connects hosts with top-rated vendors, offering a seamless and efficient solution for organizing and executing events.
- CLIQup - platform helping newcomers in cities solve loneliness by matching them for hangouts in small groups and unique experiences through personalized plan recommendations.
- Pixeller - a solution for submitting visual content to various microstock agencies for selling.
- Resistine - a company that provides open source software and machine learning models, especially the virtual Cyber-Security Analyst, to make the world safer and more free.
- SkillsCourt - a startup helping to bridge the gap between high demand regions of professionals (MENA region) and high supply of those professionals with unemployability problems in their countries.
- Markisch - a company that develops the first smart gardening assistant that turns sad garden landscapes into blooming utopias.
- EUROVERSE - a business enabling people attend events without traveling to venues.
- Joy Toy Berlin - a startup developing a device for sexual empowernment for women.
- SCI - Sustainability & Circularity International - mediator and facilitator helping the people of Ukraine to rebuild the country as well as a thriving sustainable construction industry with the ability to export products, knowledge and skills.
- Podiya - scalable one-stop-shop platform for migrants who need to be integrated into a new society.
The Germany Regional 2023 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at at Germany Regional Founder Institute Graduation Event June 22
Germany Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Germany Founder Institute: Amanda Fornal, (ex-Googler, ex-IBMer), Dirk Lehmann (Innovation Advisor & Pitch Coach, Dirk Lehmann & Partners), Ferdinand Muehlhaeuser (Lead Director Germany, Founder Institute Germany), Kai Malkwitz (Associate, Founder Institute), Rikke Klitskov (CMO, Founder Institute), Eva Dimitrova, Nathan Evans, Manuel Born, Fransisco Tavira.
Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Germany that is conducive to building to great companies.
''Founder Institute is a notoriously demanding but rewarding startup program to both complete as a founder and run as a director. I’m proud of the teams graduating the 2023 Germany Spring cohort, as they have made considerable progress in both their businesses and personal development. Collaborating with the different leadership teams from Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Nuremberg has been instrumental in making this work as well as it did." shared Eva Dimitrova, Director of the Regional FI Germany program.
"As we celebrate the upcoming Founder Institute Germany Spring 2023 cohort graduation (my 10th FI cohort), I am incredibly proud of the remarkable journey we've embarked on with these exceptional entrepreneurs! Witnessing their growth and innovation in many fields, including firsts in my time in the fields of Cybersecurity, EventTech and Sextech has been truly inspiring, and I have no doubt they will continue to shape and revolutionize their respective industries!" Ferdinand Muehlhaeuser added.
In addition, the Germany Regional program was supported by some of Germany's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Germany’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 Germany 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 Germany Regional Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/germany_regional.
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.
