The Serbia Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Serbia 2025 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 8 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 Serbia's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Serbia program:
- Refine — AI-powered corporate training platform that turns any employee skill into adaptive 6-minute lessons for global enterprises.
- IWFS (I Want To Feel Safe) — Discreet wearable pendant that instantly detects drugs in beverages, helping people stay safe when going out.
- Safe & Naked — Patented electronic safety device that prevents electric shocks in water heaters, protecting lives in homes and businesses worldwide.
- Knjizica — Monthly subscription delivering curated children's books matched to each child's age, interests, and developmental milestones.
- ON (The Online Networking) — Structured networking platform giving new founders five high-quality one-on-one conversations each month.
- Lekkyr — Responsible travel marketplace helping Gen Z students find verified volunteer programs that match their expectations.
- KleverCargo — Cloud platform giving factories real-time shipment control, replacing email chaos with instant visibility and early alerts.
- BetaTehPro — Develops aircraft that display marketing promotions in the sky for high-visibility consumer engagement.
The Serbia 2025 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
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Serbia Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Serbia Founder Institute: Đorđe Ćelić (CEO, Business incubator Novi Sad), FI Serbia, Nedeljko Milosavljević (Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia), Tamara Čolić Milosavljević (Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia ). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Serbia that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Serbia 2025 program was supported by some of Serbia's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Serbia’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 2BN.
After Graduation, the new Serbia 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 Serbia Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/serbia.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over 2BN 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.
