The Germany Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Germany Fall 2024 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, 11 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 program:
- Matka - Crafting 100% natural clay cookware, offering a sustainable, health-conscious alternative to modern cookware that enhances flavor, preserves nutrients, and ensures chemical-free cooking.
- Omni-Aid - Creating innovative, eco-friendly structural solutions like the HopePod—a lightweight, durable, and cost-efficient shelter made from banana fiber—that provides homeless individuals and disaster survivors with protection and sustainability, while reducing environmental impact.
- Ava Health - Empowering women aged 20-35 with gut issues like IBS to take control of their health by providing monthly microbiome testing, personalized tracking of changes and improvements, and comparisons to an extensive dataset of healthy and unhealthy microbiomes.
- Livri - Revolutionizing the African supply chain by connecting consumer goods suppliers with local shops and the HoReCa sector through advanced AI technology, transforming traditional order processes into seamless digital transactions that empower small businesses.
- Estalmia Services Pvt Ltd - Empowering health-conscious Indian adults aged 25-34 with eco-friendly products while fostering a purpose-driven ecosystem to reduce plastic use, carbon footprints, and support sustainable living.
- Plances GmbH - Offering smart irrigation hardware that helps busy urban gardeners across Europe keep their plants thriving by automatically adjusting watering based on real-time environmental conditions.
- Astro - Providing an AI-powered knowledge management platform for fast-growing tech startups, streamlining access to company information across tools like Slack and JIRA, helping employees reducing time wasted switching across multiple platforms.
- SensoryRecovery - Offering a mobile app that helps individuals regain their sense of smell and improve cognitive function through personalized, scientifically-backed exercises.
- PawPro GmbH - Creating innovative, bacteria-based nutrition and care products for pets using patented formulas, while supporting global pet wellness through preventive care solutions, AI-powered vet services, and social impact initiatives for pets in need.
- Cognified X Solutions: Next Kiddo brand - pProviding a curated marketplace of new and used toys and books, supporting children's cognitive, motor, language, and social-emotional development while promoting sustainability.
- Topixs - Offering a curated platform that saves busy professionals time by delivering expertly selected, AI-filtered content on specific topics, enabling efficient knowledge acquisition and fostering innovation.
The Germany Fall 2024 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Germany Founder Institute Graduation Event on Jan 29th - link to graduation event
Germany Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Germany Founder Institute: Amanda Fornal, Berlin Admin (., ex-Googler, ex-IBMer), Eva Dimitrova (Inventor, Go-To-Market Canvas), Ferdinand Muehlhaeuser (Lead Director Berlin, Founder Institute Berlin), Kai Malkwitz (Impact Director, Founder Institute Berlin / Germany), Mohammad Hossein Tavangar (Director, Founder Institute), Nathan Evans (Fintech Founder, Stealth Startup), Rikke Klitskov (CMO, YellowX OU), Sara Maki (Director, Barclays). 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.
In addition, the Germany Fall 2024 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 Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/germany.
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.