CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • INVESTMENT

How to support impact investment in CEE and what chess to do with it | Olena Boytsun

Olena leads Luminate's funding activities in Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Georgia, and the Baltics.

LATIN AMERICA • TECH

Fifteen Tech Startups from Latinamerica Advance to Regionals of Seedstars World Competition 2020

Let’s take a closer look at some of the promising startups in the region that have made it to the LATAM Regional Finals of the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECH

17 Tech Startups from CEE Advance to Regionals of Seedstars World Competition 2020

Out of the 570 applications we received, we had selected 17 of the most promising startups in the batch to move on to the next stage.

LATIN AMERICA • OTHER

7 startups selected for the final phase of the Expansion Program, Colombia 2020

The MinTIC, APPS.CO and Seedstars, the consortium running the Expansion Program, have selected seven startups with a mission to expand their business to international markets.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • OTHER

Five startups from Moldova vie for a spot at the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21

Five up-and-coming tech startups from Moldova are set to pitch on November 26th at 16:00 at the Online Seedstars Chisinau Competition 2020/21

LATIN AMERICA • FOOD & BEVERAGES

Eat Cloud: The Startup that Leverages Technology to Minimize Food Waste and Reduce Hunger in Colombia

EatCloud is a startup that reduces food waste and fights against hunger, generating social, economic, and environmental impact

AFRICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

Seedstars Partners with UNITEL for Seedstars World Competition to Grow a Startup Ecosystem in Angola

This year, we partnered with UNITEL Angola to make sure more entrepreneurs in the country have access to quality learning and investment opportunities.

GLOBAL • FINANCIAL SERVICES

How to Raise $1.2m in Funding (Mesfix Case)

As Mesfix raised its latest round of $1.2million, Seedstars wanted to get back in touch with Felipe Tascon, co-founder and CEO of Mesfix, and get the inside scoop!

AFRICA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

How One Platform Helps African Artists Pave Their Way to Success

Recently, Chidi’s startup Publiseer, a digital publishing platform for African authors and artists, has become one of the winners of the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize by the Human Security Division (Switzerland).

LATIN AMERICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

Meet TÓTAL Report — a Regtech Company Participating in the Expansion Program Colombia

The first month of the Expansion Program Colombia organized by Seedstars, MinTIC and APPS.CO is coming to an end, and we want to introduce you to some of the promising startups from Colombia participating in the program this year.

GLOBAL • INVESTMENT

Seedstars Brings Its Startup Competition Online: 2020 Applications Are Open

We are happy to announce that Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 will be held exclusively online and the call for startups is open until July 31st.

AFRICA • TECHNOLOGY

eCampus: Using the Power of AI in Employee Training to Eliminate Poverty in Africa

In 2020, one more great startup joined the Seedstars community – eCampus – as the winner of the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize by the Human Security Division (Switzerland).

GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER

Online Is The New Black: Running Events In The Times Of Coronavirus

Event organizers are no strangers to crisis management. Last-minute speaker cancellations, Wi-Fi connectivity issues, missing files… The list goes on

AFRICA • INVESTMENT

What’s Your Why: Salum Awadh

What kind of startups, Salum, CEO of SSC Capital from Tanzania, is looking as an investor and entrepreneur?

GLOBAL • OTHER

Online Seedstars World Competition 2019/20

How does it feel to compete with the 44 most promising startups from all over the world? And how does it feel when your name is announced as the winner?

OCEANIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bringing Online Payments to the Population with 3% Credit Card Penetration | Celeste (Lupe) Solofa

GLOBAL • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

The Mag: Education

Living in the era of the ‘technology Renaissance’ as the digital merges with the physical, and robots are capable of executing surgeries on the human brain, requires a completely new approach to education starting in early childhood, continuing throu

GLOBAL • HEALTHCARE

The Mag: Accessibility

According to the World Bank research, one billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability, with prevalence higher in developing countries.

GLOBAL • OTHER

The Mag: Migration

Everyone is a migrant, and most people are not a native of the place where they are born. So, why is the world divided into migrants and “natives”?

GLOBAL • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

The Mag: Environment

Around 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees are cut down each year, and during 2018 alone, 3.6 million hectares (8.9 million acres) of primary tropical forest disappeared.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE

From $100 M USD Exit to Street Art Activism | Marc Berrebi

It is difficult to present Marc Berrebi in just a few sentences. An entrepreneur since he can remember, but an artist at heart, this multi-exit founder has, what one could say, lived it all.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • INVESTMENT

How Kenza Traveled the World to Find Her Calling and Started an African VC Fund | Kenza Lahlou

Kenza was born in Morocco, but has quite a rich international experience: from France and Singapore, all the way to the USA. At some point, she found her calling and decided to go back to her home country.

LATIN AMERICA • HEALTHCARE

Transforming the Lives of Millions of People with Disabilities Around the World | Alvaro Rios

After watching the US TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man” at the age of 5 in Colombia, Alvaro Rio, founder of Human Assistive Technologies, knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life.

ASIA • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

Disrupting the One Billion Energy Market, One Household at a Time | Sebastian Groh

Sebastian comes from a middle-income family in Germany and originally pursued a career as an investment banker.