Innovation Starter Accelerator is a financing acceleration program, with a mandate to provide access to equity and quasi-equity financing to Bulgarian start-up companies with entirely private capital. The accelerator is powered by the team of the first Bulgarian innovation agency – Innovation Starter, which owns the projects Innovation Explorer Forum and Innovation Academy as well as the support of corporate partners.
Our vision is to focus on key high-priority sectors in the local economy with potential for disruptive and scalable innovation – including healthcare, education, care for the elderly, transport and logistics, frontier digitalization, FMCG, eco-innovation – and to support their transformation through professional innovation management in high-potential start-up businesses.
Our end goals are growing these businesses to scale and establishing vertical or horizontal integration with well-established international companies and innovation leaders – in Bulgaria and internationally.
Cardinal Bites is a company that produces protein products with no added sugar, with a substantial protein proportion, immune-boosting probiotic, and traditional as well as up to date flavors. The first batches are rose, bee pollen and yogurt flavored. Find out more at: www.cardinalbites.com
Invested cash: 20 115.75 BGN [10 000 BGN angel investment, 10 115.75 BGN corporate investment in company products].
FMCG, FoodTech
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Cintelly Ltd.
Cintelly is a niche company that developed a unique software instrument with an innovative concept aimed at analyzing the activity of clients in online and offline stores, via loyalty programs. Find out more at: www.cintelly.com
EduBots is a training robot company that offers kits, including all the necessary parts for a robot and training videos, clearly explaining all the steps in the process – from assembly, through the functions of the individual components to the software. Find out more at: https://edubotsbg.com/
Nosia is a manufacturer and online shop, the leader in transferring the Bulgarian folklore into everyday garments in a fresh and modern manner. The company is being perceived as the leader in its category: Bulgarian garments with the so-called “shevitsa” (a Bulgarian traditional embroidery) in Bulgaria and the international market. Find out more at: www.nosiya.bg
