The Founder Institute (www.fi.co/s/amsterdam), the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, announced today that it graduated 16 founders and startup companies in Amsterdam, Luxembourg, and other parts of Europe. In collaboration with WomenTech Network, the cohort shows an exceptionally high percentage of female-led startup graduates (65%). Industry leaders, media and investors are joined to the graduation to learn about some of the pre-seed companies that will go onto seed-accelerators, raise funding, and build the next generation successful startups.
The companies graduating from the cohort of Founder Institute (FI) Amsterdam span across multiple industries such as Eco E-Commerce, FashionTech, FinTech, HealthTech, various sustainability solutions and more.
Many of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, and to raise funding.
Just a few months ago, Founder Institute Directors announced the virtual semester in the expanded region of this extremely challenging startup accelerator program, where graduating is a significant achievement.
In fact, there were over 1,300 applications and only 62 Founders were accepted and started the semester, and only 15 of those made it through. So, given the high dropout rate, it’s only fitting that we recognize those who persevered through the challenging weeks.
The latest graduate companies from the Luxembourg program include:
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Aforemind (Singapore) makes mental health services accessible from an early age, from schools, institutions, corporations and communities.
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Ahuras (Netherlands) is the mobile interface to access welfare benefits and financial aids in a simple and effective way - the e-government as it is supposed to be!
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Equalicert (United States) helps companies assess, transform and certify workplace diversity and inclusion. Equalicert certification is the most powerful way to build credibility and trust for your company's diverse and inclusive team.
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GreenAnt (Italy) helps rainforest farmers in producing weaver ants to obtain a sustainable protein source and a natural biocontrol agent.
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Innate Mood (United Kingdom) is a neuroscience based video journaling app, providing a framework for you to interact with your future self to help you understand yourself & master your emotions.
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iYonga (South Africa) is developing a behavioural savings app to help middle-income Africans improve their savings behaviour through personalised interventions such as reminders and incentives.
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MyShupper (Netherlands) is an app that improves the experience of shopping for fashion items online by offering simple, fast & accurate personalised fashion recommendations.
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Phioneers (United Kingdom) developing low-cost eco-friendly houses to help sub-Saharan African adults earning under $5 a day, afford homes where they can find comfort and share memories with their families.
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Pilay (Turkey) is a meal concierge service that offers individualized menus and organised delivery of all necessary ingredients.
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Recube (Luxembourg) is a cloud-based platform for small and medium fashion brands to digitize their product development process, reduce waste, time, and costs by leveraging the 3D technology.
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Rolela (Luxembourg) is a virtual marketplace for expiring food items that connects vendors with other vendors, end-users, and charity organizations.
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SaltyLama (Luxembourg) is a trusted curated online marketplace for sustainable and sustainably made products featuring a local proximity tool making sustainable shopping easy for everyone.
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The WASTED (Netherlands) app empowers users to kick out plastic from their daily routine rewarding them with discounts on sustainable brands.
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We save food (Russia) is an app with a mission to decrease food waste. Online platform connects households and businesses to share and sell food which is still good but uneaten or close to expiry.
If you want to get involved and help build impactful companies as a mentor, advisor or investors: Please apply to join here.
About Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, we have helped over 3,500 startups raise over $800M and build some of the world's fastest growing companies. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 65 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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About WomenTech Network
WomenTech Network is the world's largest community for Women in Tech with more than 5200 ambassadors representing 161 countries. Since 2018 its founders have engaged +100,000 tech specialists to join in building a diverse global community inspiring and reaching +1 million people in 2020 alone. The Network strives to increase gender diversity in the workplace to improve equality across all areas like representation, promotion, and equal pay. The Network’s mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated women in tech through leadership development, professional growth, mentorship, and networking events (Women in Technology Conference) to make a difference by building impactful and inclusive technology while introducing them to like-minded people, inspiring speakers and opportunities at leading companies and innovative startups that aim to create diverse teams and a culture of belonging.
