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Modular startup accelerator

Cloud, IoT, Fintech & Commerce, Mobile, Energy, Life science

Sept-Dec, 2015

SuperFounders Start
Sept-Dec 2 2015, 5th batch

Goal
Provide business outcomes to early stage innovative tech startups in the Balkan region
Outcomes
Market ready, investment ready, support in fundraising and business development.
Format
Early stage acceleration program covering multiple verticals, based on weekend intensive modular
weekends and regular coaching sessions, with a demo day at the end.
Content
Delivery of startup fundamental content in one weekend along with coaching, then provide know-how
on special verticals over modular weekend workshops. Offline and online coaching sessions are
organized throughout the whole program.

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Calendar
Road-Show

09/07/2015

09/18/2015

Application Period

09/07/2015

10/05/2015

Kick-off weekend

10/10/2015

10/12/2015

Consumer Mobile weekend

10/24/2015

10/26/2015

Business Cloud weekend

10/31/2015

11/02/2015

Internet of Things weekend

11/07/2015

11/09/2015

Life Science weekend

11/14/2015

11/16/2015

Fintech & E-commerce weekend

11/21/2015

11/23/2015

Alternative energy weekend

11/21/2015

11/23/2015

Demo Day at BkVF Zagreb

12/03/2015

12/05/2015

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Terms for startups

Services
Startups accepted into the main SuperFounders Start program receive access to
The Kick-off Weekend dedicated to covering fundamental topics in building a startup
Access to one specialized weekend(Cloud, IoT, Fintech & Commerce, Mobile, Energy, Life
science), covering business and technology related topics per sector,
Online coaching sessions with international mentors,
Live coaching sessions once a week at partner hubs (Skopje, Thessaloniki, Novi Sad, Zagreb,
Sarajevo, Mostar, Podgorica...)
Presentation to investors at Demo Day,
Top 5 startups at the Demo Day qualify for the Startup Exchange(Paris, Madrid, Venice,
Lisbon, London),
Full ticket to two days of BkVF Zagreb,
Access and membership to the SuperFounders alumni group,
Program participants receive special discount to attend additional sector focus weekends.
Weekend events cover lunch and refreshments for two days at the venue, but excludes travel
and accommodation.
Top 50% startups from Demo Day be offered fundraising advisory and support through our
network.

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Locations

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Organizing Partners
Our partners co-organizing the SuperFounders Start program within their hubs and collaborating
across the region:

University Donja Gorica Podgorica

Apolo startup hub - Novi Sad

Stage ONE acceleration

program - Thessaloniki

Innovation Farm Thessaloniki

INTERA Technology Park Mostar

Networks - Sarajevo

Zagreb Incubator for

Entrepreneurship

Startup Bosnia and

Herzegovina

SuperFounders(Balkan Unlimited Foundation) is a partner of the ATALANTA project for trans-national cooperation between
startup accelerators and is supported by the European Commission.

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Alumni
Out of previous program participants, three have raised investments, while at least two more are in
preparation for fundraising.

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Client Gear

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Regional partnership
Balkan Unlimited Foundation partners with Pioneers Festival to implement the Pioneers of the
Balkans program, of the World Bank, supported by the European Commission.

SuperFounders is supporting the mentoring component of Pioneers of the Balkans by selecting 10 companies to be
accelerated through the intensive program.

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SuperFounders road-show
Goal
Maximize local and regional awareness of the overall program, maximize sign ups.

Responsibilities
All partners have to promote the enrolment locally and through all communication channels: TV,
radio, press, internet portals, social networks, partner network.

Schedule
7th Belgrade,
8th Novi Sad,
9th Osijek,
10th Zagreb
11th Banja Luka
12th Sarajevo

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14th Mostar,
15th Podgorica,
16th Tirana
17th Skopje,
18th Thessaloniki
19th Sofia

Kick-off Weekend
Goal
Adopt the fundamental theory for startups and work out practically the case for each startup.
Introduce startups to the goals of the program, to mentors and to eachother. Create an engaged and
collaborative community.

Format
A weekend event, containing lectures, coaching and program induction.

Content
There will be presentations by qualified mentors on:
1. Hiring, execution and culture
2. Building a product and growing
3. Talking to first customers
4. Pitching and raising money
5. Designing the experience
6. Tracking finances

Potential mentors
TBC: Vidar Andersen, Andeas Klinger, UX, Aleksandar Tasev, Yann Girard, Alex Gvozden, Stevica
Kuharski, Stefan Gantchev, Salim Virani.

Partners

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Focus sectors
Goal
Provide startups with knowledge how to develop their product and business in a specific vertical.
Connect startups with industry experts in the respective vertical, so they can get mentoring, contacts,
business support on the spot at the event and on following sessions.
Format
Each sector is covered during one focus weekend and a mix of online and live mentoring. The focus
weekend covers business and technological areas relevant to the specific sector, delivered by
experienced entrepreneurs, scientists or investors in the sector. Participants also have access to the
mentors for online coaching sessions.

Verticals
IOT (Wearables, Smart Home, Smart Enterprise, Smart City, Smart Transportation),
Cloud (SaaS, Enterprise IT, Security, Machine Learning),
Consumer Mobile (Social networks, Games, Media)
Fintech and commerce (Banking, Loans, Bitcoin, Blockchain services, Marketplaces, Payments)
Life Science (Medtech, Biotech, Agritech)
Alternative energy (Production, Transport, Storage, Optimized usage)

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Online coaching sessions

Goal
Provide sustained support to startups on fundamental and specialized issues, throughout the
program.

Format
Online video conference calls with program staff and mentors. Startups will be checked upon and
proactively pushed forward by program coordination staff, scheduling coaching session when
needed.

Schedule
Each startup will receive at least two follow up coaching session on the fundamental topics from the
kick-off weekend and at least two coaching sessions with mentors experts in the verticals they
attended.
Scheduling with each mentor will be on first come first served basis, in the available time.

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Local coaching sessions

Goal
Provide sustained support to startups with local experts and business angel networks. Any startup
participating in the SuperFounders program can attend local sessions anywhere.

Format
Organize weekly meetups throughout the duration of the program, with two parts:
1. Private face-to-face coaching sessions with multiple local mentors which may include
experienced businessmen, angel investors, startup experts, fund managers, industry experts.
Each private session may last 20-30 minutes. In total the coaching should last two hours, with
parallel mentoring sessions for multiple startups.
2. Provide relevant lectures by local experts, open for the whole community.

Schedule
Each mentor will dedicate at least one day for online sessions, where a number of startups can be
involved. Time slots will be during work weeks.
Scheduling with each mentor will be on first come first served basis, in the available time.

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Demo Day
Goal
Highlight the result of the SuperFounders Start and introduce startups to investors.

Format
It will take place within the Balkan Venture Forum in Zagreb on Dec 3-4, as a separate program, with
a few key presentations, a coaching segment, a final pitching session(3min pitch, 3 min questions),
and an award ceremony.
The audience and the jury will be over 20 selected investors.
Top 5 startups will qualify to apply for the Startup Exchange.

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Startup Exchange
It is a program for top alumni startups selected at the Demo Day, allowing them to apply for a one
week curated business development program throughout the eco-system of one of these partner
hubs: Numa - Paris, Tetuan Valley - Madrid, Lisbon Challenge - Lisbon, H-Farm - Venice. The
hosting hub partner must also approve the applying startups for the Startup Exchange.

Only alumni startups are eligible to participate (so startups that have graduated.)
Startups must have a product launch and traction.
The Startup Exchange is facilitated by the ATALANTA project.

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Mentor list(excerpt)
Samo Omerzel
Vendotel

Argyris Spiridis
Innovation Farm

Ivan Jovetic
MEBAN

Dragan Antonic
Online.rs

Aleksandar Tasev
SuperFounders

Stevica Kuharski
Locodels, Startup Camp

Boyan Benev
MammothDB

Matej Ftacnik
Booster, The Core

Adriane Thrash
Innovation Farm

Riccardo Aimerito
ERA Kapital

Steve Keil
MammothDB

Stanislav Sirakov
Launchub

Antonio Separovic
Oradian

Dario Jankovic
Payment processor

Stefan Gantchev
Launchub

Edin Mehic
Posao.ba

Sasha Cvetojevic
ZIP

Bratislav Stankovic
USPTO

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Aleksandar Birovljev
Payments/banking