CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE •
Some Moldovan startups register a company in Estonia before they ever talk to an investor.
March 23, 2026
Founders in the West Bank and Gaza build in fragments. Power cuts, travel limits, and blocked payments are part of the job. Out of that reality, a distinct tech scene has taken shape that works lean, tests quickly, and looks outward for growth.
November 12, 2025
Morocco’s startup ecosystem is finding its rhythm. After a quiet 2023, founders and investors regained momentum. Startups in the country raised around 70 million USD across 40 deals in 2024 - almost double the previous year, according to Africa: The
October 3, 2025
Jordan has positioned itself as one of the Middle East's most efficient startup ecosystems. While the Kingdom represents just 3% of the region's population, Jordanian entrepreneurs have achieved remarkable influence across the Middle East.
Georgia’s tech ecosystem has been growing quietly beyond its early fintech reputation. The small Caucasus nation has built one of Europe’s most business-friendly environments, and it is starting to show.
September 17, 2025
ASIA •
While Silicon Valley startups chase the next consumer app, Azerbaijan's entrepreneurs are solving a more fundamental problem: building the digital backbone that businesses across the region desperately need to operate.
July 29, 2025
Lebanon's startup ecosystem operates on a fundamentally different premise than most tech hubs. While entrepreneurs in larger markets might spend years perfecting their domestic strategy, Lebanese founders incorporate abroad and sketch international e
Aug 4, 2025
Armenia has quietly built one of the region's most sophisticated startup ecosystems. The country's tech diaspora, with deep Silicon Valley roots, gives it an edge that neighboring countries can't easily replicate.
Aug 1, 2025
When you think of Mongolia, startup innovation probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But this landlocked country is quietly building something unexpected: a tech ecosystem that's learned to turn geographic constraints into creative advan
Ukraine's tech sector thrives amid challenges, developing resilient solutions that work in any conditions. See how innovation under pressure creates technology the world needs.
MAY 21, 2025
GLOBAL • AGRICULTURE
Agritech startups in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are transforming farming with local innovations tackling drought, resource limits, and climate change.
MAY 2, 2025
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA •
Egypt's startup ecosystem shifts from hypergrowth to sustainable innovation, with founders focusing on profitability and efficiency amid changing investment standards and government support.
APRIL 4, 2025
LATIN AMERICA • TECHNOLOGY
Círculo de Crédito, sociedad de información crediticia líder en México, está impulsando la innovación tecnológica a través de su brazo de Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) para promover la innovación y el desarrollo tecnológico en el ecosistema de conf
MARCH 24, 2025
Kazakhstan's tech startups are revolutionizing infrastructure and services across the vast country, creating innovative solutions to modernize essential systems despite formidable geographic challenges.
MARCH 7, 2025
Tajikistan's entrepreneurs focus on building essential digital infrastructure, transforming access to services in a country where internet reaches just less than half of the population.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Discover how Belarusian tech companies' migration to Poland and Lithuania is creating new innovation hubs and transforming Eastern Europe's digital landscape with global ambitions.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Moldova emerges as a pragmatic tech hub, with local startups solving real-world problems through practical innovation. Learn how its strategic location and incentives are attracting tech talent.
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
GLOBAL •
Discover the hidden tech ecosystems of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where entrepreneurs are building crucial solutions that transform how millions live and work.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
iGravity and Seedstars are proud to announce their engagement as managers of the SECO Startup Fund (SSF), marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the initiative
JANUARY 31, 2025
Seedstars Africa Ventures I, a venture capital fund making early-stage investments in highly scalable start-ups in Africa, has achieved a first close of $42 million, with participation from the African Development Bank, EIB Global with the support of
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Seedstars and Visa Foundation select 15 innovative disability-focused startups across Asia for SEED Inclusivity Program, supporting entrepreneurs with disabilities and assistive tech.
DECEMBER 5, 2024
GLOBAL • OTHER
With nearly half of the world's 280 million international migrants being women, their financial inclusion represents both a crucial development challenge and a significant market opportunity
NOVEMBER, 2024
Geneva, Switzerland. October 14, 2024 – Seedstars, a global organization dedicated to supporting startups and entrepreneurs in emerging markets, and Redwood Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in Mexico, today announced a strategic partnership a
OCTOBER 14, 2024
The United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), in partnership with Seedstars, has unveiled an expanded Youth Climate Innovation (YCI) Programme for the 2024-2025 cycle aiming to empower young innovators from developing countries acr
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Seedstars and Visa Foundation today announced the launch of the SEED (Seedstars Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development) Inclusivity Program, aimed at supporting entrepreneurs with disabilities and disability-focused businesses across Asia, focusing o
The landscape of climate tech in Africa is evolving rapidly, with a growing focus on solutions that not only mitigate environmental impact but also drive economic growth.
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Seedstars Capital the global alternative investment platform specializing in emerging markets, and iThink VC, a venture capital firm based in Paraguay focused on Latin America's nascent ecosystems, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at nur
AUGUST 20, 2024
Discover how fintech is transforming the lives of migrants and refugees through innovative financial solutions. Learn about inspiring startups like Patapia, founded by refugee Rebecca Aime, which empower women with digital business skills and microcr
JUNE 25, 2024
Discover the trillion-dollar opportunity hidden in emerging markets to drive climate tech innovation and shape a sustainable future.
JUNE 05, 2024
FIWAM Growth Program concludes in Malta, empowering migrant women globally through innovative fintech solutions tailored for financial inclusion.
MAY 14, 2024
LATIN AMERICA •
As Women's Month continues, Seedstars highlights the remarkable stories of five Latin American women entrepreneurs defying conventions in a male-dominated ecosystem.
MARCH 25, 2024
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in partnership with Seedstars, announces INFUSE 2024 a global call for applications for innovations, to bolster health systems against climate threats and enhance immunization delivery.
MARCH 11, 2024
This year's challenge placed a special emphasis on tech startups offering climate-related solutions across different sectors of the migration debate, with a focus on the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
In our interconnected world, the plight of migrants, especially women, is an issue that demands urgent and comprehensive attention.
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Swiss powerhouse Seedstars, a leader in fostering growth in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship, alongside its long-standing partner xMultiplied, will be joining forces with ICFAI, a prominent Indian university, in the launch
JANUARY 19, 2024
AFRICA •
EIB Global equity investment of US$30 million in Seedstars Africa Ventures I supports risk capital for entrepreneurs across Africa, boosting growth and job creation.
JANUARY 10, 2024
In its fifth edition, the CAF Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF), a collaborative effort between Seedstars and CAF – Development Bank of Latin America, proudly unveils the winners of its 2023 challenge.
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Seedstars and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) announce the finalists for the 4th Migration Challenge, set to culminate at the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD) 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
DECEMBER 27, 2023
El Programa Acelerador del Futuro de los Servicios Financieros, liderado por Krealo, el Corporate Venture Capital del Grupo Credicorp, en colaboración con el Centro de InnovaCXión del BCP y ejecutado por Seedstars, culminó y premió a tres startups de
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Referral programs are one of the most cost-effective ways for a startup to grow. Imagine turning every new customer into another one!
DECEMBER, 2023
Dive into the pages to explore our mission, inspiring stories from our entrepreneurs, and our vision for the future. The journey continues.
OCTOBER 2, 2023
GLOBAL • TECHNOLOGY
The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and Seedstars have launched the fourth edition of The Migration Challenge.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Seedstars will cap its global tour celebrating its 10-year anniversary at the Building Bridges 2023 conference on October 3-5 at the CICG in Geneva.
AUGUST 29, 2023
LATIN AMERICA • FINANCIAL SERVICES
CAF is organizing the fourth edition of the Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF 2023), an initiative that seeks to support and promote the LATAM fintech ecosystem.
GLOBAL • INVESTMENT
One year since the launch of Seedstars International Ventures II, let's check some key learnings we’ve picked up along the way.
AFRICA • TECH
Seedstars and Lab of Tomorrow (LoT) announce the conclusion of LoT 17, an innovative program aimed at transforming Nigeria's transport and e-commerce sectors.
AUGUST 28, 2023
Today, we shed light on the cornerstone of AI Start - its four fundamental modules: Team, Traction and Financial, Product and Market, and Impact.
ASIA • URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Seedstars has announced the shortlist of fifteen progressive startups for their joint initiative, the Smart Cities Innovation Lab (SCIL).
JULY 26, 2023
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • FINANCIAL SERVICES
Enhancing Financial Inclusion in Palestine is aimed at nurturing the local fintech landscape and driving sustainable, inclusive financial solutions in Palestine
JULY 24, 2023
AFRICA • TECHNOLOGY
AFFI provides a space to challenge ideas and business concepts and gives access to mentors and resources for the fashion designers participating in the program.
JULY 14, 2023
The Future of Fintech program is an initiative that seeks to support the most promising pre-seed to seed stage fintech startups in Peru, Colombia, and Chile.
JULY 10, 2023
In this blog post, we dive deeper into AI Start's role and potential by interviewing the team behind it.
JULY 5, 2023
GLOBAL • FINANCIAL SERVICES
Financial Innovations for Women Affected by Migration is a growth program that aims to support fintech companies focused on promoting financial inclusion.
JULY 3, 2023
AI Start's innovative approach to startup investments. Harnessing AI for predictive insights, it aims to reshape decision-making in early-stage venture capital.
JUNE 26, 2023
Seedstars Capital and Fondation Botnar have announced the launch of the Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures mandate.
JUNE 19, 2023
Regardless of the industry, business model, geography, or team, all startups have one thing in common: they want to grow fast.
JUNE 07, 2023
Seedstars Impact Report 2022: Boosting ventures in emerging markets through Seedstars Programs, Academy, & Capital, driving change for 250K+ changemakers.
JUNE, 2023
After reviewing decks and speaking with amazing fund managers, we have crunched the numbers to give you a look and feel of these emerging managers.
MAY 18, 2023
ASIA • TECHNOLOGY
The hackathon offers local, tech-savvy people an opportunity to find solutions to help small businesses survive the ongoing economic hardship in Myanmar.
MAY 5, 2023
LATIN AMERICA • OTHER
The Latam4WEF Innovation Lab and Academy, a joint initiative by SAFEEM and Nexus, successfully hosted its Matchmaking Demo Day and announced its winner AiGROU.
APRIL 24, 2023
The GICEEP has been launched in the Asia-Pacific region, to help women turn disproportionate unpaid care work into business opportunities.
APRIL 3, 2022
Seedstars has joined forces with Beem and other accelerators to support startups across the African continent.
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Alejandra Gaviria was determined to make a positive impact in the world of finance. After seeing firsthand how difficult it is for startup companies like hers to access financial services.
MARCH 09, 2023
AFRICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
In Kenya, period poverty has created a huge barrier for girls to pursue an education. A staggering seven out of ten girls miss up to a week of schooling every month due to their inability to access sanitary pads.
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and the actions we take today will determine the fate of future generations. At Seedstars, we found that entrepreneurs have a unique opportunity to use their skills and resources to make
With a passion for creating meaningful change and armed with an eye-opening insight, Princess Adeyinka Tekenah embarked on her entrepreneurial journey. She discovered that a vast amount of coffee grown by local farmers in Nigeria was going to waste d
Audrey, who comes from an entrepreneurial family, has always been driven to make an impact in the world, and education is a particularly meaningful area for her, as she believes it is the best weapon for empowering individuals and communities.
Another entrepreneur who found their calling in combating climate change is Sirasit Sachdev, the founder of Micro Green Tech, a Thailand-based company that aims to enhance the environment and social well-being by upscaling the efficiency of recycling
The UNESCAP has launched an open call to startups across Asia to take part in the Smart Cities Innovation Lab (SCIL)
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
GLOBAL • SUPPLY CHAIN
In developing economies, small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, make up 90% of businesses and 50% of worldwide employment.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The LATAM4WEF Innovation Lab brought together some of the brightest minds from across the region to compete and find ways to make a real difference.
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
AFRICA • OTHER
The African Fashion Futures Incubator introduces its first cohort of fashion designers that will be joining the program to receive training and grant funding.
JANUARY 23, 2023
Thai insurtech startup Eazy Digital, which provides digital platforms for insurance companies, has raised US$850,000 in an oversubscribed seed funding round.
JANUARY 30, 2023
ASIA • HR
Mindtera, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) platform in Indonesia, announces the close of their combined seed and seed extension round at $850K funding.
JANUARY 16, 2023
The Zenith Bank Pitching Competition selected its startup winners receiving up to N53m (fifty-three million nairas) in cash prizes at the Zenith Tech Fair.
DECEMBER 8, 2022
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • TECHNOLOGY
The Youth Climate Innovation Labs and Academy held an online demo day for 8 climate tech startups from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The EWEA program is calling for women-led startups and community enablers in Africa to apply for its mentorship, skills capacity-building workshop series.
The platform partners with emerging managers with local expertise and provides the necessary resources to launch new funds or develop their investment firms.
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
develoPPP Ventures is back with an opportunity for startups in Kenya and Tanzania to get a chance to scale their companies and receive a €100K grant investment.
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
LATAM4WEF is for youth innovators and SMEs in LATAM to develop solutions that could help address water, energy, and food security (WEF) challenges.
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Humble Sustainability, a circular economy startup from the Philippines, closed its seed round led by Seedstars International Ventures.
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The Zenith Bank Pitching Competition launches its open call for entrepreneurs in Nigeria with tech solutions to innovate businesses from different industries.
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America- announces the 10 winners of its fourth edition of the Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF 2022).
OCTOBER 20, 2022
ASIA • AEROSPACE
Lufthansa Technik Philippines held its hybrid pitch competition event in Villamor Air Base for the 12 aviation innovator finalists of the LTP Startup Challenge.
OCTOBER 13, 2022
AFRICA • INVESTMENT
Seedstars Africa Ventures announced that Bruce Nsereko-Lule has joined the team full-time as a General Partner based in Nairobi.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
VC capital flow has been growing 40% year-on-year in emerging markets but still represents less than 4% of global volumes
AUGUST 29, 2022
The objective of Seedstars Programs is to implement high-quality capacity-building programs for entrepreneurs in emerging markets and support them along their startup journey.
AUGUST, 2022
The Youth Climate Innovation Lab is calling all young innovators in MENA that are creating climate technology solutions to join a three-day launchpad
AUGUST 15, 2022
يدعو مختبر الابتكار المناخي للشباب في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا جميع الشباب للانضمام إلى منصة إطلاق مدتها ثلاثة أيام لطرح حلول تكنولوجية لمعالجة أزمة تغير المناخ
The Lufthansa Technik Philippines and Seedstars is the LTP Startup Challenge for aviation innovators in the APAC region.
AUGUST 10, 2022
The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022, a program designed for socially driven startups with a mission to enhance the inclusion of migrants in the Middle East and Africa, announces the 20 startup winners of its second cohort.
AUGUST 4, 2022
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America- is organizing the fourth edition of the Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF 2022) focused on finding digital solutions for the financial inclusion of women.
JULY 25, 2022
Seedstars launched its second emerging market seed stage fund, Seedstars International Ventures II. Seedstars will invest in 100 seed stage companies.
La Embajada de Estados Unidos en Santo Domingo y Seedstars llevaron a cabo el Hackathon Rural de Innovación e Incubación para Emprendedores en República Dominicana, donde durante cinco días, se reunieron jóvenes emprendedores, estudiantes y mentores
JULY 1, 2022
Crypto risk and intelligence platform Merkle Science emerges as the global winner of the FT x Cardano Blockchain Challenge.
JUNE 27, 2022
The FT x Cardano Blockchain Challenge is bringing 52 blockchain startups to its 3-day boot camp finale. Only one will emerge as the global winner.
JUNE 20, 2022
Raising pre-seed and seed capital in Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, most VC funding (approx. 83%) goes to the Big Four: Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya & South Africa
JUNE 9, 2022
The Women Entrepreneurship for Africa announces a Growth Programme that selected 30 female entrepreneurs to receive up to an additional €50,000 in funding.
JUNE 1, 2022
Four startups from LATAM were selected from the CAF Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF) to take part in the Seedstars Acceleration Program.
Seedstars and Cardashift announce a partnership to create a full ecosystem on the Cardano blockchain.
MAY 16, 2022
GLOBAL • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
Very few B2B leads are sales-ready when first generated. Many marketers fall into the trap of only running acquisition marketing campaigns
MAY 9, 2022
The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo and Seedstars are pleased to announce the call for applications for the Rural Innovation Hackathon and Incubator.
La Embajada de Estados Unidos en Santo Domingo y Seedstars se complacen en anunciar la convocatoria para el Hackathon Rural de Innovación e Incubación para Emprendedores en República Dominicana.
Seedstars will be participating in The SUP Challenge with projects in Thailand and the Philippines.
APRIL 27, 2022
The FT x Cardano Blockchain Challenge is sourcing ventures building on Cardano or interested in leveraging the Cardano blockchain platform and community.
APRIL 25, 2022
The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize, a program designed for startups with a mission to enhance the inclusion of migrants, opens applications once again.
From providing pet services through an app to gamifying financial education, here are six Colombian startups that Seedstars and Genie LATAM found promising
MARCH 30, 2022
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • OTHER
The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize program is focused on socio-economic rights and reducing the vulnerability of migrants in the Middle East and Africa.
MARCH 23, 2022
In honor of International Women’s Month, Seedstars organized a panel discussion where founders share how they overcame fundraising challenges
MARCH 22, 2022
Seedstars Included in ImpactAssets’ IA 50 2022 Impact Fund Listing on Deep Impact, Innovative Managers
MARCH 16, 2022
Some capital will flow faster than others and investment terms must be considered, but assuming all things are equal, the real value lies beyond the capital.
MARCH 10, 2022
Seedstars International Ventures now has 80 companies in it’s portfolio.
MARCH 2, 2022
LIMA EXPRESA, empresa de VINCI Highways y concesionaria vial de la Vía de Evitamiento y la vía expresa Línea Amarilla, presentó la convocatoria de innovación abierta “Smart Cities Challenge for Startups”, el cual convoca a las startups a nivel global
MARCH 1, 2022
AFRICA • AGRICULTURE
The documentary tells a story about Alima and Peter, founders of Cowtribe, an African startup that helps farmers vaccinate their animals, preventing stock loss and supporting the Ghanaian economy.
FEBRUARY 30, 2020
ASIA • HEALTHCARE
HD is a direct-pay healthcare marketplace connecting patients to hospitals and healthcare SMEs, with the mission to bring affordable healthcare to the ‘99%’
MARCH 25, 2022
DMThe crucial difference between digital marketing and growth marketing is in customer decision-making.
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
The Ruta N Acceleration program took 30 startups from Colombia and provided them with entrepreneurial training and a grant to scale their operations
Through PILARES, a total of 300 youths from Mexico City will be trained to learn how to develop web technology, digital skills, and entrepreneurship.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
UNIDO in partnership with Seedstars will be implementing a 12-week accelerator to support the creation & growth of sustainable & inclusive businesses in Jordan.
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
On top of capital Seedstars portfolio companies get access our Value Creation Platform where they get support in a variety of ways in order to grow sustainably
ImpactAim SDGs Tech PreAccelerator powered by UNDP and Seedstars is a 15-day intensive online PreAccelerator for startups in impact venture building exercises.
JANUARY 25, 2021
The WE4A program is kicking off with 120 women-led startups selected to join its high-impact program focused on startup growth for employment creation.
JANUARY 12, 2022
The last two decades saw billions of dollars invested in financial inclusion which has led to a rise in the percentage of banked adults in developing economies.
JANUARY 1, 2022
Most people will agree that migration cannot be avoided or stopped, however, we can change the way migration is handled and how migrants are being perceived.
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Financial Times and Seedstars announce the startup finalists advancing to the FTxSDG Challenge finale for a chance to win $500K in funding among other prizes.
DECEMBER 17, 2021
FT and Seedstars announce the winners of the FTxSDG Challenge that will be added to a fund in which they’ll have a chance to secure up to $500K in funding.
Se abren inscripciones para el programa: Academia de Programación y Habilidades Digitales, cuyo objetivo es desarrollar las habilidades digitales de las juventudes en la Ciudad de México.
DECEMBER 10, 2021
For the past six months, Seedstars & FT have been working to identify the most impact-driven entrepreneurs creating solutions to tackle six of the UN’s SDGs
Orcas is an EdTech platform that gives tutors access to lesson plans and provides students with free assessments. They were able to achieve growth with data.
DECEMBER 6, 2021
develoPPP Ventures is calling for young innovative companies, improving living conditions in a developing or emerging country and who are planning to scale up.
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
ASIA • OTHER
K-Startup Center held an accelerator program with a goal to help local FinTech and Smart City startups expand into Singapore and the Southeast Asian region.
CTCN, SAFEEM and Seedstars are organising a demo day for startups from LatAm to pitch their projects after being in the Climate Innovation Academy Program.
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The UN Women Care Accelerator has concluded their program showcasing startups in Asia-Pacific with a focus on developing solutions for the care industry.
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Seedstars conducted a research on 248 founders who started 110 companies in emerging markets that achieved exits through acquisition in the last ten years.
NOVEMBER, 2021
Easier Online II hackathon aims to promote and empower entrepreneurs creating solutions that will help mitigate the need for migration from Egypt.
OCTOBER 20, 2021
The Digital Democracy Challenge has declared its winners: 1. Divao ($10K USD), 2. SafeNow ($8K USD), and 3. Crowd Journal ($6K USD).
OCTOBER 5, 2021
LATIN AMERICA • INVESTMENT
La segunda edición de BizMatch iniciativa de ProChile busca conectar empresas chilenas que están innovando en el mercado de la tecnología con empresas peruanas con el objetivo de firmar un contrato para probar sus productos en empresas del país extra
OCTOBER 1, 2021
The Incubation Network joins the Thai Govt’s Public Private Partnership for Plastic and Waste Management, with aim to reduce marine plastic debris.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
ASIA • TECH
Support for local startups comes as The Incubation Network joins the Thai Government’s Public Private Partnership for Plastic and Waste Management, which aims to reduce over 50% of marine plastic debris by 2027.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
The Financial Times partnered with Seedstars to empower promising, impact-driven startups and entrepreneurs with learning and funding opportunities.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Our team has once again selected 8 of the most promising ventures to join the Seedstars Portfolio and to participate in our Growth Program.
AUGUST 26, 2021
The Digital Democracy Challenge is a global hackathon that aims to develop innovative solutions that strengthen and enhance digital democracy.
AUGUST 18, 2021
We have selected thirteen startups from the Asia-Pacific region working in the care industry and talked to them about their innovations.
AUGUST 13, 2021
The 2021 concerns fintech startups from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay that will receive acceleration, financing and participation in workshops.
AUGUST 10, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECH
With most of the world’s capital focused in few places, markets such as Moldova get overlooked. This small eastern European country still has potential.
AUGUST 04, 2021
La edición de este año está dirigida a startups de Argentina, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay, y cuenta con 36 aliados del sector público y privado de estos países.
AUGUST 3, 2021
AFRICA • ENTERPRISE
Over the last ten years, entrepreneurship has increased in popularity. In Africa, the young are venturing into business to explore ways to solve problems.
AUGUST 02, 2021
The UN CTCN, SAFEEM and Seedstars are calling young innovators in LatAm that are creating climate tech solutions to join the Climate Innovation Labs.
JULY 26, 2021
UN está en la búsqueda de jóvenes innovadores en América Latina que estén creando soluciones tecnológicas para mejorar la acción climática.
Seedstars and The Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss FDFA announce 20 global startup winners of the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2021.
Shell Foundation and Seedstars have chosen twenty Sub-Saharan African startups to participate in the Investment Readiness Programme as part of the Energy, Mobility, and Agriculture Innovation Challenge.
JULY 25, 2021
The IOE, in partnership with Seedstars, a start-up incubator, and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, championed the Migration Challenge competition.
JULY 13, 2021
GLOBAL • TECH
World Bank’s PRISE-UP program is set to support entrepreneurs from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia through training and investment opportunities
JULY 2, 2021
Tech4Impact at EPFL is Switzerland’s help on building a bridge between innovation projects and the most pressing environmental and societal challenges of nowadays.
JUNE 30, 2021
GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER
ITC has partnered with Seedstars to launch ecosystem-building events for tech startups in Africa, meaning startups that have technology at the core of their businesses.
JUNE 29, 2021
Viva Technology, the Conseil Présidentiel pour l’Afrique, and Seedstars Africa Ventures unveil new African initiatives and join forces to drive additional investments in African innovation during a dedicated AfricaTech breakfast in Paris.
JUNE 28, 2021
It's no mystery that investors follow a specific investment strategy, striving to make it as efficient as possible. How about startups?
JUNE 18, 2021
IOE and the Swiss-based incubator Seedstars have announced the nine finalists of the IOE Third Migration Challenge Start-up Competition.
JUNE 17, 2021
ASIA • WATER & SANITATION
Seedstars and Waterpreneurs are launching the Seedstars: Water Nexus programme to connect, train and bolster the water industry in Asia.
JUNE 7, 2021
LATIN AMERICA • TECH
ProChile Initiative seeks to connect innovative startups from Chile with Peruvian companies to implement their digital product and to have the opportunity to enter into a new market.
Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) and Seedstars have awarded five startups from this year’s startup batch of the Investment Readiness Program a 5K USD funding grant.
JUNE 4, 2021
GLOBAL • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
EdTech is said to be one of the most profitable startup sectors. Find out some of the interesting startups changing education around the world.
AFRICA • FINANCIAL SERVICES
QuickCheck not only bridges the financial inclusion gap but also educates people about financial instruments and the risks related to loans and overindebtedness as financial literacy isn’t part of the curriculum in many countries.
he Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) is launching the DeveloPPP Ventures that aims to empower local Kenayn startups by providing an entrepreneurial support program with a grant of up to €100,000.
Switzerland has one of the most stable and prosperous economies in the world. Their diverse partnerships helped them out during the pandemic as well.
Digital education is making education more accessible, affordable and valuable for students across emerging markets.
After almost a year-long virtual run, the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 announced this year’s Global Winner, Malaysian FinTech startup Finology, a startup that enables seamless access to financial products via the use of proprietary technology
MAY 20, 2021
When lighting a fire in a windy setting, one should always start small, get close to the flames and be attentive. Throwing wood too early or not paying attention to it will only result in going back to square one.
Gamaya leverages the agronomy and crop knowledge of our partners and uses remote sensing technology to reach scalability.
The Grand Finale of the Seedstars World competition is here! Discover the most promising startups of the largest startup competition in emerging markets.
GLOBAL • WATER & SANITATION
An idea born when Ramzi had to prepare his child’s bottle at 3 in the morning that changed it all and set off a passion to improve global water management.
Ensuring early childhood development and wellbeing means a better society down the line, and technological solutions can help not only children but also parents, caregivers, and teachers.
MAY 19, 2021
GLOBAL • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
We can’t afford to passively observe climate change anymore. Check out how these startups are working on their solutions.
MAY 18, 2021
Pierre-Yves Bridel and Peter Gustavsson went on to create OriginFood in 2018, a startup that develops solutions for tracking, tracing and certifying food products, based on blockchain technology.
MAY 17, 2021
We believe that gender equality shouldn’t just be a buzzword pulled out in March. Find out who this year's winner of the Women Entrepreneur Prize is.
MAY 14, 2021
Find out how startups are revolutionizing Food and AgriTech by tuning into the Grand Finale, in partnership with VAUD.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
We spoke with Hossam Taher, CEO of Orcas, an app that helps learners in K-12 discover the best tutors in their area.
Seedstars has organized a webinar in partnership with the canton of Vaud on how they can help companies leverage government support for starting or expanding their business in Switzerland or Europe.
MAY 13, 2021
GLOBAL • FOOD & BEVERAGES
It may seem unbelievable that in 2021, when humanity has come such a long way in terms of technology and innovation, world hunger is still an issue.
MAY 12. 2021
Seedstars and The Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) have partnered together for the second time to announce The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2021
MAY 10, 2021
Watch now an amazing panel discussion in Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in Latin America.
MAY 3, 2021
Learn more about Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Asia.
You're invited to attend this webinar where you'll learn about our region as well as opportunities for potentially expanding your business and benefit from our innovation & start-up ecosystem.
The 2020/21 edition of the Seedstars World Competition Grand Finale will be the second one held completely online. To find out more about the agenda and speakers keep reading and don’t forget to register for the Grand Finale
Watch now an amazing panel discussion on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Africa.
The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and Seedstars are launching the third edition of The Migration Challenge with an open call to tech startups focused on improving regular migration
APRIL 29, 2021
APRIL 22, 2021
Seedstars and Bopinc, a social enterprise, will co-lead with UN Women the training, exchange and mentorship under the ‘UN Women Care Accelerator’.
The seven themes we are tackling this time are: 21st-century education, women empowerment, climate action, childhood development, FoodTech, EdTech, and ICT Accessibility.
APRIL 23, 2021
Take a look at these startups and how they celebrate Earth Day every day through their tech solutions.
On Earth Day, eleven selected startups from Africa and Asia Pacific will be pitching their technology solutions for enhanced climate action across the two regions.
The Growth Program is a virtual three-month post-acceleration program focused on helping startups grow their businesses.
APRIL 21, 2021
These five startups have proven that no matter how difficult times may get, innovation is still at the forefront. We can’t wait to see them at the Grand Finale
APRIL 20, 2021
This Earth Day (April 22), the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), in partnership with SAFEEM and Seedstars, is holding the Youth Climate Innovation Lab Demo Day.
APRIL 19, 2021
AFRICA • AUTOMOTIVE
The winner from Tanzania, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, or Ivory Coast will get the chance to pitch with other startups globally for an investment of up to $500k.
APRIL 16, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • FINANCIAL SERVICES
Finalists from Uzbekistan, Russia, Georgia, and Armenia are battling for the chance to represent their region in the Grand Finale of the Competition
APRIL 15, 2021
ASIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES
The entrepreneurs from Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Pakistan are competing for an investment of up to $500k.
APRIL 14, 2021
Entrepreneurs from Venezuela, Argentina and Peru are ready to pitch their startup and win the Regional Final.
APRIL 13, 2021
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • SUPPLY CHAIN
After 17 pitches during the Regional Stage of MENA, we are having the top 4 startups from the region competing for a spot on the Grand Finale.
APRIL 12, 2021
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • TECH
Support your favorite startup and find out which 2 startups will join the bootcamp of the Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 and compete for the title of ICT Accessibility Award winner.
MARCH 31, 2021
The 20 winners advancing to the final stage of the Online SSW 2020/21 have been announced. From 94 startups, only 20 are moving on to the Regional Finals.
MARCH 29, 2021
The local winners of the Seedstars World Competition (SSW) 2020 have been announced with 18 startups from MENA included in the batch.
MARCH 26, 2021
The local winners of the Seedstars World Competition (SSW) 2020 have been announced with 19 startups from Asia included in the batch.
The local winners of the Seedstars World Competition (SSW) 2020 have been announced with 25 startups from Africa included in the batch.
The local winners of the Seedstars World Competition (SSW) 2020 have been announced. From over 5,000 applicants, 94 tech startups from emerging markets were selected to advance to the regional stage of the competition.
In this early stage of 2021, we have welcomed eight new ventures from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East to our Seedstars family.
MARCH 19, 2021
Seedstars Global
VivaTech and Seedstars Africa Ventures bring together experts to hold a deep dive into the vibrant African tech ecosystem
MARCH 11, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • HR
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE
MARCH 9, 2021
Seedstars and Shell Foundation have joined forces to look for sustainable, scalable and innovative startups addressing universal access to energy-related challenges.
AFRICA • CONSUMER SERVICES
MARCH 5, 2021
Africa Episode #5 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
MARCH 4, 2021
AFRICA Episode #4 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
MARCH 3 2021
Seedstars World
AFRICA • HEALTHCARE
MARCH 2,2021
AFRICA Episode #2 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
MARCH 1, 2021
AFRICA Episode #1 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
The Mada Center works to empower persons with disabilities and the elderly and support their independence through technology.
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
CEE Episode #4 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
With this report, Seedstars aims to encourage other organizations to develop support ecosystems and invest in women entrepreneurship.
Martin Courtinat
Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) and Seedstars announce the second batch of startups that are part of the Investment Readiness Program.
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • OTHER
CEE Episode #1 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
ASIA • ENTERPRISE
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
ASIA Episode #4 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
ASIA Episode #3 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
ASIA Episode #2 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
LATIN AMERICA • ENTERPRISE
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
LATAM Episode #3 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
LATAM Episode #2 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
LATIN AMERICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
LATAM Episode #1 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
AfricaWorks is welcoming the vibrant Seedstar spaces across its continental network to strengthen support to its entrepreneur’s panafrican community.
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Looking retrospectively at 2020, it was probably one of the most historical years in our lifetimes. 2020 was about going fully online, check all the programs we ran during the year.
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
MENA Episode #3 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • CONSUMER SERVICES
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
MENA Episode #2 Online Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The MENA Regional Stage Episode 1 is here! Get ready to hear 4 amazing startup pitches from Tunisia, Jordan, Libya, and Oman.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • INVESTMENT
Olena leads Luminate's funding activities in Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Georgia, and the Baltics.
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.
DECEMBER 03, 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.
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
NOVEMBER 25, 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.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
African Development Bank
GLOBAL • HEALTHCARE
Mada
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
TRECC and School of Management Fribourg (HEG)
Five up-and-coming tech startups from Ukraine are set to pitch on November 10th at 10:00 at the Online Seedstars Kyiv Competition 2020/21.
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
LATIN AMERICA • FOOD & BEVERAGES
EatCloud is a startup that reduces food waste and fights against hunger, generating social, economic, and environmental impact
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Grameenphone
This year, we partnered with UNITEL Angola to make sure more entrepreneurs in the country have access to quality learning and investment opportunities.
OCTOBER 29, 2020
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!
OCTOBER 26, 2017
ASIA • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
The Metronome, the famous Manhattan digital clock in Union Square, started the countdown to the next climate disaster.
OCTOBER 19, 2020
AFRICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER
If we say that COVID-19 has changed the world, it would be an understatement. COVID-19 disrupted our world.
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Misk Foundation
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).
MAY 10, 2020
LATIN AMERICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
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.
SEPT. 29, 2020
ASIA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER
According to ILO publication Transformation of women at work in Asia, Asia is the only region where female labor force involvement rates have been decreasing or remained unchanged even before the global pandemic.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
When the time comes to make career choices, modern young people suddenly find themselves in a seismically active world, where rock-solid paradigms are cracking, new normals are forming, and opportunities are flowing like lava.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • AGRICULTURE
To increase both productivity and revenues of smallholder farmers, while fighting against food insecurity on the continent, the Investment Readiness Program (IRP) supports promising African startups offering FoodTech and AgriTech solutions.
SEPT. 14, 2020
At Seedstars, we believe in the power of entrepreneurship to address the most critical global issues and help build a sustainable future, especially during such turbulent times the world today is currently experiencing.
The MinTIC, Apps.co and Seedstars are launching the Digital Expansion Program in Colombia.
AUG. 28, 2020
What do investors expect from your pitch?
AUG. 18, 2020
UN SDSN Youth partners up with Seedstars for an extended call for submissions to empower the next generation of innovators for sustainable development.
JULY 16, 2020
Seedstars, in partnership with the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the Business Advisory Group on Migration, is to launch an open call for the Migration Challenge,
JULY 13, 2020
As far as he remembers himself, Fabian Biedermann, CEO of MOMO, was always inseparable with computers.
06/07/2020
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.
JUNE 25, 2020
According to the World Bank, Africa is home to 25% of the world’s agricultural land, and yet it produces just 10% of the world’s food, whereas food insecurity is rising on the continent (FAO, 2017).
JUNE 9, 2020
Meet Geraldine Geraldo, CEO of Roque Online, a solution that connects informal markets with consumers in Angola.
JUNE 07, 2020
Despite some fantastic ideas, brilliant products and passionate owners, it’s a sad fact that most start-ups never make it to their third year.
JUNE 5, 2020
During summer 2020, Seedstars will be launching the next batch of its Growth Program, a virtual 3-month post-acceleration training designed to help startups build a growth team and implement a growth methodology.
JUNE 4, 2020
Hackathons have gained relevance and popularity in just a few years. It could be said that their popularity has increased much more in the last months due to the initiatives promoted by governments and corporations to fight Covid-19.
MAY 27, 2020
Amarilis has chosen to study economics as she believes it’s an efficient way to impact millions of lives.
MAY 18, 2020
His love for nature defined Anderson’s career path. Today, he is a founder and CEO of an innovative startup dealing with waste problems called Menos Lixo.
05/16/2020
The acceleration programs are one of the most commonly requested services by entrepreneurs and they have proven to have a great impact on business growth.
APRIL 28, 2020
In the past 4 months, Seedstars has been facilitating a high-impact growth program titled Anjal Z, an initiative that was started and led by the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA), to bring in global startups from across the world and have the
APRIL 27, 2020
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).
APRIL 26, 2020
The Seedstars Index (SSI) has been fully reworked for the 2020 edition with the aim of achieving a higher quality predictive indicator for the success of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Why SSI is a powerful tool for data-driven decision making:
APRIL 22, 2020
During challenging times is when we activate our survival, creativity and pro-solutions skills. Now is one of those moments.
APRIL 20, 2020
Event organizers are no strangers to crisis management. Last-minute speaker cancellations, Wi-Fi connectivity issues, missing files… The list goes on
APRIL 14, 2020
After the outbreak of COVID-19, more than ever we need efficient tech solutions.
APRIL 13, 2020
We've just wrapped up the online Seedstars Summit 2020, which became possible thanks to partners and supporters such as Presence Switzerland FDFA.
APRIL 9, 2020
AFRICA • MEDIA & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
While the media has a role to play in uniting the continent’s fragmented tech startup scene, it also has a duty to perform the role of a watchdog, argues Burn Media founder and publisher of Ventureburn, Matthew Buckland.
APRIL 4, 2019
Access without quality undermines investments in the sector and yields limited gains. Ivory Coast, and the continent more broadly, has witnessed an increase of the school attendance rates
APRIL 1, 2020
What kind of startups, Salum, CEO of SSC Capital from Tanzania, is looking as an investor and entrepreneur?
MARCH 30, 2020
Dear community, As the world seems to be put on hold, I am amazed to witness the resilience of our community and its ability to put forward new and innovative ways to organize our societies.
MARCH 18, 2020
OCEANIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES
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.
MARCH 17, 2020
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”?
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?
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
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.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • URBAN DEVELOPMENT
What makes Switzerland unique? How did the country manage to become the global leader in innovation?
MARCH 16, 2020
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • INVESTMENT
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.
MARCH 15, 2020
LATIN AMERICA • HEALTHCARE
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.
Sebastian comes from a middle-income family in Germany and originally pursued a career as an investment banker.
03/15/2020
Lucrezia wanted to be an actress and started her entrepreneurial journey when she was 8 years old, selling crafts to give to those most in need.
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.
OCEANIA • FOOD & BEVERAGES
Come with us to the middle of the Pacific, where Kenneth is shaping the future of the fishing industry. Did you know that around 70% of the world’s tuna comes from the Pacific?
MARCH 14, 2020
In this episode, we meet Ann, founder and CEO of DataCue, who not only launched her own company but did it with her husband as her co-founder whilst travelling across Central and South America for their honeymoon!
GLOBAL • HR
It's not all doom and gloom. Founders have to realize that setting up a business is hard, but also that most challenges can be surpassed if tackled with the right mindset and skills.
MARCH 12, 2020
“An equal world is an enabled world” - this is the slogan of this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day.
MARCH 8, 2020
Given the growing concerns around the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, we’ve decided to redesign the Seedstars Summit and bring it fully online to ensure everyone’s safety.
MARCH 5, 2020
Being a developer, Ahmed created a website to connect therapists to their clients for Arab people all over the world.
03/03/2020
Leaf Global is one of the ten winners selected for the Entrepreneur Migration Prize by HSD.
MARCH 03, 2020
Hugo’s entrepreneurial journey started at a very young age when he was at primary school and selling dinosaur drawings during breaks.
Martin has one arch-enemy in life and it’s cash. After studying in Canada and working in India, a consulting project with Accenture led him back to his home country, Mexico.
One out of every two students in Latin America quits school before graduating, and Blended is trying to change these statistics.
From a Hungarian refugee family who emigrated to the United States, Tenke Zoltani is running fast as part of the Hungarian national running team.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • FOOD & BEVERAGES
Anastasia went to the hospitality school in Lausanne, where she met her business partner, Noemi, and in 2017, they decided to launch Kitro, a startup that focuses on food waste management.
Christina was born in Jerusalem, moved to North Carolina, USA as a kid because of the tense political situation in Palestine, but came back to her home country as a teenager.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
Who said your business partner cannot be your wife or husband?
AFRICA • URBAN DEVELOPMENT
In our episode, you’ll learn what a ‘chimba’ is and how Hilda is burning a trail for women as entrepreneurs in Africa.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Looking for a more impactful role in the world, Jens joined Life Shelter as a Managing Director.
AFRICA • MOBILITY
Originally from a small town in Senegal, Papa Amadou has decided to dedicate his life to serve others.
Talking about life as a migrant and as a social entrepreneur, Berat shared his story with us in this exclusive podcast.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
With a passion for learning, growth and continuous development, Dasha turned the knowledge she used herself to secure scholarships.
The Seedstars Mexico City winner is helping Mexicans by providing personal microloans to people without a credit history.
Rene was working in a medical institution in Chile with neurologists, physicians and people with various disabilities.
More than ever, environmentalists like Bethlehem are convinced that the government can, and must, take more drastic measures when it comes to sustaining our only planet.
MARCH 2, 2020
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECHNOLOGY
Dinmukhamed Junussov (Dimash) from Nur-Sultan
03/02/2020
LATIN AMERICA • HR
Ever since she can remember, Jessica has been walking the streets of Venezuela protesting with her family against various injustices Venezuelan people suffer.
MARCH 02, 2020
GLOBAL • URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Our society is at a tipping point. Consequently, there is an urgent need for developing sustainable economic and social solutions for change. This is where transparency comes in.
02/27/2020 08h46
The article is based on the training we provide for startups during the Growth Programs .
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Africa has long lagged behind the rest of the world when it comes to investment, even in the continent’s most exciting tech areas.
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Gilbert Abel, CEO of Noobites, is on a mission to solve the problem of mosquito-borne diseases by engineering clothing capable of repelling mosquitoes.
02/20/2020
Medsaf became the winner of the Seedstars Malaria Challenge, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at the Seedstars Summit 2019, and we had a chance to talk with Vivian Nwakah, Co-Founder of Medsaf about their aspirations and plans for the
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
AFRICA • SUPPLY CHAIN
CowTribe started with a simple conversation in a car when Peter offered Alima a lift one day. Strangers a few minutes before, they already knew that this acquaintance was not a coincidence and would grow into something bigger.
Six years, five countries (we’ve got two winners from the Philippines!), six solutions in education, finance, recruitment and agriculture – we decided to check on each of the winners and see how they are doing today.
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
This time, we had a talk with our alumni in the healthcare industry – CMED Health, a Bangladeshi startup that is focusing on preventive healthcare.
Women make vast contributions to economies across the world, whether that’s in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs, or by doing usually unpaid domestic work.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
Meet Vincent Tresno, founder and a growth hacking advisor at Tresno Digital (Switzerland) who shares his vision of entrepreneurship and gives us examples of his favourite tools to strategize over the business growth.
AFRICA • GOVERNMENT
Sheria Kiganjani was created to give people access to various legal services and information via their mobile phones
Having a cosy home and a place where you can build your future with your family is a dream of many people.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TRAVEL & TOURISM
Why did Zolko choose the path of an entrepreneur? What makes him move forward? Get the answer in our next ‘What’s Your Why’ episode with the founder of IHotel (Mongolia) Zolko Batmunkh.
Meet Espree Devora, founder of WeAreLATech, who was the keynote speaker at the Seedstars Summit CEE and hear her answers.
What would be a reaction of your parents if one day you told them that you won’t pursue career in economics and will do laundry instead?
What if one meeting can define what you want to do in your life?
AFRICA • HR
We continue our alumni story series with an interview with Anish Shivdasani, CEO of Giraffe, a fully-automated digital recruitment solution that gives medium-skilled job seekers access to opportunities for free, and enables businesses to recruit high
We are not born outstanding speakers. Practice is the only way to excellence in public speaking, but the truth is that many of us think it’s as easy as ABC and we normally spend just one night preparing before our presentations.
Sergio Contreras, CEO & Founder of inteliBPO, wants to break a common stereotype in Latin America.
ASIA • MOBILITY
AN VUI is creating an impact as the first technological company in Vietnam that features a comprehensive software system for the passenger transport. We caught up with Marcus Tran, CEO of AN VUI, to examine his whys.
With 14 years under her belt as an entrepreneur and a media and technology expert, Gwendolyn Regina has found an interest in exploring the question “What is a good question?”.
Why Daria, founder and CEO of StudyFree, can’t settle? What drives her and what motivates her every day? Hear Daria’s answers in our next ‘What’s Your Why’ episode!
ASIA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
How to solve the global human capital crisis? Where to start? We met someone who knows the answer – Htet Thiri Shwe, CEO and Founder of MYEO.
GLOBAL • REAL ESTATE
UltraGrupo has just secured $520,000 in second-round funding and is going to scale its products to other markets
Winning the vote of the entire jury, AgroCenta from Ghana was crowned the Seedstars Global Winner of the 5th edition of Seedstars Summit.
Meet Okka from Yangon, Myanmar and his idea RecyGlo Myanmar, a first innovative recycling solution in the country.
02/03/2020
According to OECD, it takes 5 to 7 generations to get out of poverty. Freddy Vega, CEO and co-founder of Platzi, decided to break the vicious cycle with the help of his edtech startup.
Fabio Segura has been awarded “outstanding young persons of the world” by TOYP (Japan, 2008).
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
For the 4th consecutive year, African women entrepreneurs can apply to the WIA 54 program.
FEB. 3, 2020
In her speech, she addresses the global health issues and how they can be tackled with the technology in a smart way.
Meet Azamat Galimzhanov, CTO of Biometric.kz
Amar Inamdar, Managing Director of KawiSafi Ventures, gives us a brief intro into the history of energy technology and how it made possible for people to access power without a very expensive grid and fossil fuels.
“If a black African woman could succeed in America in 1999, then all the entrepreneurs across the world can succeed!”, Rebecca Enonchong, tech entrepreneur, founder and CEO of AppsTech and iospaces.
Maanasa cares. She cares as much as you do about the well-being of our planet and its citizens. Inspired by her trip to India and seeing how many people don’t have access to energy,
Imagine a drone flying 100 metres over a section of Nigerian farmland, taking infrared pictures that will then tell the farmer if his crops are suffering from a disease – up to 10 days before the damage is visible to the naked eye.
JANUARY 10, 2020
Kazakhstan is emerging at the forefront of innovation at the global level. From start-ups to government backing, opportunities for the nation and its citizens are springing up everywhere.
JANUARY 6, 2020
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER
The Seedstars World Competition 2019 in MENA has come to an end during the latest edition of Seedstars Summit MENA 2019 in Morocco that took place from December 10 to 12.
DEC. 20, 2019
Tanzanian fintech Nala was yesterday selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Dar es Salaam, at a pitching event in Tanzania’s capital.
DECEMBER 19, 2018
As of the new year, the Investment Readiness Program will shift to a new format based on short modules at the starting price of $79.
DEC. 18, 2019
During Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Seedstars selected 10 the most promising startups from the continent that proved their ideas to be innovative and scalable.
DEC. 15, 2019
On November 29th, the 7th edition of the Seedstars World tour in Latin America wrapped up with the Seedstars Summit Latam in Medellin, Colombia.
DEC. 11, 2019
Over 3 eventful days, if you had walked into The Factory at Phnom Penh, Cambodia, you’d have found it to be buzzing with excitement. For it was here that the 4th Seedstars Asia Summit took place.
DEC. 10, 2019
Recently, we had a chance to talk to Omar Christidis, CEO of Arabnet
DECEMBER 9, 2019
This 1st December, the Human Security Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs together with Seedstars will launch an open call for startups in countries and regions prone to strong migration movements in MENA and Africa.
DEC. 9, 2019
What did the Seedstars Summit CEE 2019 in Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan bring to the community this year?
DEC. 3, 2019
We travelled to Morocco at the beginning of July 2019 to conduct further research on the Moroccan entrepreneurial ecosystem and to bring closer its various stakeholders.
NOVEMBER 29, 2019
In 2019, Seedstars makes its last stop in Casablanca, Morocco on December 12th to officially close the Seedstars World Competition with the regional Seedstars Summit MENA 2019.
NOV. 21, 2019
In 2018, the Seedstars World Competition got a winner from Ghana — Agrocenta, and recently, great startups such as Schoolap, Iyezahealth, Medsaf, MyFoodness, Benefactors Ltd, CowTribe, and many more have joined our network.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Final destination - Colombia, Medellin. Date of the journey - November 27-29. The 7th edition of the Seedstars World Competition in Latin America will wrap up with the regional Seedstars Summit Latam taking place in Colombia
NOV. 11, 2019
In 2019, the Seedstars Word Competition will wrap up with the regional Seedstars Summit Asia in Cambodia
NOV. 6, 2019
How Ten Colombian Startups Are Preparing Expansion to Mexico and Per
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER
Kazakhstan, November 22. You would probably ask why Kazakhstan was chosen as the final stop for the Seedstars World Competition 2019?
OCT. 30, 2019
At the forefront of the Myanmar waste discussion, the historic nation grapples with managing unwanted products like plastic and food
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Seedstars is delighted to announce the launch of a new six-weeks training course.
OCT. 23, 2019
In this article, we will focus on the question of mobility skills, because building the right framework and policies to enable the movement of people is primordial for a sustainable economy and social wellbeing of the world’s population.
OCTOBER 22, 2019
This September, Seedstars has partnered with Mada, a leading non-profit organization based in Qatar that works in the field of ICT access locally and internationally to enable Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and the elderly.
OCT. 2, 2019
What does it take to be an investor? How venture capitalists choose companies and make their investment decisions? To get answers to these questions, we interviewed one of the most recognized investors in Eastern Europe — Bas Godska,.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Bogota, CO - September 2019 - Between September 17th and 20th, Apps.co and Seedstars kicked off the International Expansion program for digital initiatives focused on supporting Colombian startups in their plan to reach an international market.
SEPT. 25, 2019
This November marks the start of a 4.5 months acceleration program by Grameenphone Accelerator (GPA) and Seedstars, which will take 10-12 startup teams in Bangladesh on a journey of idea validation, prototype building and becoming investable.
SEPT. 24, 2019
The Misk Foundation has launched its Growth Accelerator for MENA tech startups in partnership with Seedstars and Vision Ventures.
SEPT. 20, 2019
QuickCheck started as an experiment that the company CTO Luis Rodrigues built over a weekend back in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
BeneFactors Ltd is a factoring company providing tailored working capital solutions to firms in Rwanda.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
It’s a brave new world out there for b2b tech startups. In the last few years alone, the b2b tech landscape has changed dramatically.
SEPT. 6, 2019
How investors are born and where to find them? What to ask when you meet one and what they are looking for in your startup?
RedCapital is a leading crowdlending platform for small business loans in Chile and Peru. Lenders obtain attractive returns while small and medium businesses get loans or invoice discounting at a fair rate.
AUGUST 26, 2019
Seedstars has launched its first Seedstars Academy Program in Yangon on August 10th. The Program kicked off its first batch with a two-day bootcamp for the selected startups at Seedspace Yangon.
AUG. 20, 2019
Seedstars and GrowthLab, two of the most prominent organisations impacting entrepreneurs in Nigeria, are happy to announce their partnership with the commitment to build high growth businesses in Africa.
AUG. 14, 2019
Meet Eugenia Shevchenko, Seedstars Summit CEE Manager who shared with us her journey at the company, key learnings, adventures, and challenges.
JULY 27, 2019
No, you don’t have to stay in long queues to see a practitioner when you get sick.
JULY 18, 2019
Seedstars is launching a Growth Accelerator for MENA tech startups in partnership with Misk Innovation and Vision Ventures.
JULY 17, 2019
Meet Democrance, an insurance technology company with the mission to make insurance accessible for the low-income population in MENA and Asia.
JULY 12, 2019
The future of work seems to be very different from what we see now, and if we don’t change the way we teach and learn, in a couple of decades, we might end up in intellectual resources crisis.
JULY 9, 2019
Here are just 6 of the ways that your startup might get hacked.
JULY 1, 2019
Heyl has also taken an undisclosed share in the company, which was founded in 2010 by the late media entrepreneur Matthew Buckland, who passed away in April.
JUNE 25, 2019
Starting on 2nd May 2019 in Phnom Penh, SmartScale powered by Seedstars gathered 11 early-stage startups in a three-month acceleration program fuelled by 20+ international and local high-level mentors and an ambitious curriculum program.
JUNE 21, 2019
Peru is a great country for entrepreneurs, considered by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) as one of the fastest growing Latin American ecosystems.
Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Guinea, with their young and rapidly growing populations, are among the fastest growing economies in Africa.
JUNE 19, 2019
Newer generations are moving away from previous financial mainstays and putting their trust in tech.
Yangon, Nur-Sultan, Bogota, Medellin, Lima and Mexico City are the new locations where the much anticipated Investment Readiness Program by Seedstars has started on the 6th of June.
JUNE 10, 2019
OCEANIA • INVESTMENT
We are excited to announce that this year, Seedstars will extend its worldwide competition to Papua New Guinea and Samoa, thanks to a partnership with the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator and the Australian Government.
The 7th edition of the Seedstars World Tour , the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets, will be launched on the 27th of June in Lima, Peru.
JUNE 6, 2019
“Every problem, in the end, is an educational problem. Changing education is one of the best ways to make the world a better place.”, - Federico Hernandez
GLOBAL • ENTERPRISE
We all understand the importance of good personal hygiene, but have you ever considered the importance of good "password hygiene”?
JUNE 4, 2019
Iyeza Health became the winner of the Seedstars Vaccine Delivery Challenge, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at the Seedstars Summit 2019, and we decided to discover what’s on the company’s agenda in the near future.
MAY 30, 2019
And the winner of the Transforming Education Prize by TRECC and the School of Management Fribourg is…Schoolap.
Seedstars is happy to announce the opening of its new entrepreneurship hub in Kazakhstan, Seedspace Nur-Sultan, in collaboration with Astana Innovations and the BI Group on May 17th, 2019.
MAY 17, 2019
Seedstars and Kowork are happy to announce the opening of their new entrepreneurship hub, Seedspace Casablanca.
Digital Pitch, a startup competition powered by Seedstars and ESH Médias, encourages Swiss-based startups to pitch their ideas and win up to CHF 100'000-. The event is open to all the e-commerce startups active in Switzerland and will take place on t
MAY 16, 2019
The delivery of public services such as healthcare, education, sanitation and criminal justice, is a key task for any government.
MAY 14, 2019
We are really happy to announce that Seedspace, the largest network of entrepreneurship hubs in emerging markets powered by Seedstars, has been selected to receive the 13th annual WorldBlu Freedom-Centered Cultures awards.
GLOBAL • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
When you’re running a startup, it goes without saying that you’ve got a lot on your plate: managing your team, updating all your social media channels, responding to user feedback. The list goes on.
MAY 9, 2019
“Who is Seedstars?” - with this question, Alisée de Tonnac, Co-Founder and CEO of Seedstars, opened the Seedstars Summit 2019. Who are we and what do we want to achieve? Where are we heading?
APRIL 17, 2019
Committed to serving the entrepreneurs and startups from emerging markets, Seedstars has designed a brand new program with the purpose of supporting ventures looking to receive investment.
APRIL 12, 2019
The prizes were handed out at the sixth Seedstars Summit held last Friday (6 April) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Seedstars is a Swiss organisation that assists tech startups in emerging markets
APRIL 10, 2019
Argentinian edtech startup Blended has been crowned 2019 Seedstars Global Winner at an awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday evening (5 April) and walks away with up to $500 000 in equity investment.
APRIL 8, 2019
Three African startups are among 12 startups that have been selected by a panel to compete tomorrow (5 April) for the title of 2019 Seedstars Global Winner and up to $500 000 in equity investment.
What do Facebook, Google, and Yahoo have in common? Aside from being major tech giants, they’ve all been the victims of data breaches.
MARCH 26, 2019
SEO seems to be just one of those things that a lot of startups overlook during the early days. But I can understand why. You’re juggling a million and one priorities and looking to invest funds in areas that will have the biggest impact.
“Paraguay is a perfect beta tester” is what we heard a lot of times during our first trip to this country. Looking at Latin America, Paraguay is today one of those terres inconnues (‘unknown lands’ in English) in terms of tech and high impact communi
MARCH 22, 2019
Until recently, the world of professional PR has been out of reach of most early stage startups. And for good reason.
MARCH 15, 2019
Ayenda Rooms is the largest digital hotel chain in Latin America, it operates 45 properties and generates more than $1M.
One of the most common questions early-stage startup founders ask us as PR professionals is: when is the best time to start developing PR and marketing strategies?
MARCH 14, 2019
Whether it’s developing your product, managing your team, or even securing investments, there is no shortage of challenges that come with running a startup.
MARCH 9, 2019
A huge congratulations to all of our startups for their amazing pitches today!
MAY 9, 2017
At the intersection of finance and technology lies a phenomenon that has been reshaping the world of money. The rise of the internet has brought about a high degree of disruption to almost all industries and financial services are no exception.
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Edtech is set to change that. Many predict it to be the biggest and most profitable digitized sector the world has ever known.
The world’s natural resources are near the brink of depletion. This is not a gloomy overstatement – the consequences of our current development model are undeniable.
The question of how to meet the world’s food needs in a sustainable way is becoming more pressing as the agricultural industry struggles to address a number of challenges.
The Healthtech industry spans a broad number of sub-sectors: hospitals and practitioners; insurance companies; consumer-facing services; pharmaceuticals; and government – to name a few.
How does the life of our alumni look like after the Seedstars World Competition?
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Known for its numerous breathtaking landscapes, wineries, and abundance of copper, Chile is a country that has so much more to offer.
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Hosting a workshop at a conference or an event can be strenuous
FEB. 6, 2019
Although some entrepreneurs out there attribute their success to luck, savvy startups know that real business opportunity is created through hard work and consistently showing up in the right place at the right time.
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
To do so, for the 2019 edition of the Seedstars Summit, we’ve based the event on two pillars: Networking and Content.
JAN. 31, 2019
Startup pitching is both an art and a science. Mastering it, and understanding how to get investors’ attention, can make or break an entrepreneur.
JANUARY 25, 2019
Big change never happens overnight. It’s always the long-term work of a bunch of crazy people, who believe that they can break a status quo, move mountains, and change the whole world.
JAN. 4, 2019
The 6th edition of our Seedstars World tour in Latam ended on the 7th of November, and we could not have hoped for a better last stop than the new country added to our startup ecosystem map, Guatemala.
JANUARY 3, 2019
As an entrepreneur in a passionate and ever-evolving tech community, you may have gone through an uphill task of getting your company off the ground.
DEC. 26, 2018
3 days, 350 attendees, 34 investors, 20 startups from 12countries; 200 1:1 meetings between investors and entrepreneurs; plus thousands of interactions and new connections!
DEC. 17, 2018
3 days, 351 attendees, 45 investors, 119 startup founders, 21 countries represented, 303 one-on-one meetings, thousands of ground-breaking ideas — the Seedstars MENA Summit numbers are impressive, but it goes beyond the numbers.
DEC. 10, 2018
GLOBAL • MEDIA & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
As an entrepreneur with a new startup, besides your sparkling personality and brilliant knowledge, one of the most important weapons you have in your armoury is your pitch deck.
DEC. 5, 2018
Andre Haddad left Beirut in 1989 because his parent’s house was bombed during the war. Twenty-nine years later, he is a successful entrepreneur and CEO of Turo.
NOV. 26, 2018
In 2018, the Seedstars team traveled to 14 Asian countries including Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, and Vietnam to uncover Asia’s untapped potential and spot the brightest early-stage companies in the region.
NOV. 22, 2018
At Seedstars, we believe in the power of collaboration and knowledge sharing. Over the last five years, we have managed to bring together more than 10K entrepreneurs and 3K partners, government representatives, public institutions, and investors to c
NOV. 20, 2018
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • ENTERPRISE
In 6 years, the company has expanded to 100 cities in 14 countries and has created hundreds of career opportunities in MENA and South Asia.
NOV. 19, 2018
The Latin American startup scene is booming, and there are a few reasons why. First of all, the rapid growth of technology and internet penetration.
NOV. 15, 2018
If Africa is to foster more efficient growth, agriculture technology (or agritech) is likely to have an increasing role to play. Already a number of startups across the continent are getting stuck in developing tech solutions to help boost the sector
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
The 2018 Seedstars tour across more than ten countries in the region has come to an end.
NOV. 7, 2018
Your startup’s on fire! Now get the best fintech apps to help manage your company’s finance.
NOV. 1, 2018
With the population of 1.2 B people, Africa is the second fastest-developing market in the world. The region growth rate is expected to increase from 3.6 percent in 2017 to 4.1 percent in 2018 and 2019.
OCT. 16, 2018
The events aim at bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, top corporates, government institutions, and media to promote entrepreneurship and technology in emerging markets.
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Most people associate Bangladesh with ready-made garments (RMG). But, I got to know its capital Dhaka as a bustling city and met fascinating people who are highly motivated to change their country.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
Have you ever been to Astana? You would be surprised. Sky-high glass buildings, newly built smart quarters with entrances by a fingerprint scan, huge Expo area - firstly, a venue for the biggest Exposition “Future of Energy”
JULY 24, 2018
GLOBAL • MOBILITY
By 2030, almost 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The rapid growth of cities in the developing world, coupled with increasing urban migration, has led to a boom in mega-cities.
JULY 23, 2018
5 years of impact at Seedstars
JULY 9, 2018
Astana Hub is specifically dedicated to the development of the startup culture in the entire region of Central Asia, and to support high-tech projects that can strengthen the national economy.
JUNE 27, 2018
Most successful companies today have an effective digital marketing strategy that helps them build brand awareness, acquire users and drive revenue.
JUNE 20, 2018
This article is the result of a fintech workshop that gathered 15 Mexican financial players & experts on May 17th, in Mexico City.
JUNE 1, 2018
Hervé Lebret is the opening speaker of Seedstars Summit 2018. Currently in charge of EPFL’s start-up unit, Hervé Lebret has created the INNOGRANTS incubator for EPFL Innovation Park.
MAY 22, 2018
No other time has been as opportune as now for Tunisian entrepreneurs to start a startup.
MAY 15, 2018
The hub held its first open house event this past Saturday as an opportunity to showcase all it has to offers for start-ups, digital nomads and entrepreneurs wishing to make the most of the opportunities and networks the town has to offer.
The Seedstars World Tour has reached Cairo, Egypt, on the 4th of May 2018.
MAY 9, 2018
Last year I joined Seedstars, an organization with the mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets and activities in 70+ countries. As a traveling associate, I organized pitching competitions for early stage tech startups across Asia.
MAY 4, 2018
After completing the 5th Seedstars Tour with an unforgettable Seedstars Summit, the travelling team is already back on the road to start the 6th edition of the Seedstars World Competition.
MAY 3, 2018
It took us 5 years to finally set a foot in Venezuela. Last Friday, we organised a meetup at Impact Hub, founded in 2013 by Claudia Valladares among others, who is the current director.
MAY 2, 2018
The Seedstars Summit Pitch Corner brought together 24 entrepreneurs from 14 different countries spanning 5 continents to pitch their startups to a panel of international investors and executive summit attendees.
APRIL 13, 2018
The Investor Day is the only occasion for entrepreneurs to get connected with investors from their region and their industry and the one place to be for investors who are interested in impact investing.
APRIL 12, 2018
Months of heavy work finally paid off this Monday for the Seedstars team as they officially kicked off the first phase of this year’s summit with the bootcamp sessions.
APRIL 11, 2018
On April 12th, 2018, the 5th Seedstars Summit will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
APRIL 2, 2018
EdTech, FinTech, HealthTech and Agritech are booming sectors all over the world, especially in emerging countries. Following this trend, many events featuring startups front-and-center see the light of day
MARCH 20, 2018
A valid criticism of the country’s nascent startup scene is that the businesses that are being created are just thoroughly irrelevant to the actual needs of the country
MARCH 18, 2019
LATIN AMERICA • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
I’m a 20-year-old marketing intern from England, living and working in Medellin
JULY 16, 2018
The Middle East and North Africa are undergoing a rapid political and socioeconomic transformation.
MARCH 14, 2018
Switzerland is often seen as one of the most innovative countries in the world, supported and led by Canton de Vaud region, which witnesses the birth of many promising startups every year.
MARCH 7, 2018
On May 18th, 10 of Uzbekistan’s best seed stage startups will compete to represent the country at the Seedstars Summit 2019 and win up to USD 1 million in equity investment.
MARCH 2, 2018
Thanks to Christian Rollmann, Finance & Entrepreneurship graduate and Tech enthusiast, for providing these insights about the EdTech industry.
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Min Chen: At Redoxigen, we created Interfase, an augmented reality platform to crowdsource data in the real world for a wide range of industries, such as retail, infrastructure, and entertainment
FEB. 14, 2018
The cloud is a very broad concept, as it covers just about every possible sort of online services.
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Did you know that besides having a fascinating culture, the whole region is observing a very fast-growing interest for its potential in technology and entrepreneurship?
FEB. 9, 2018
Every year, our Seedstars team roams the world to scout for the best startups in the emerging markets. This year they visited 65 countries, 75 cities and organised not less than 85 events in 6 months.
FEB. 5, 2018
The 5th edition of Seedstars Summit will be held on April 12th 2018, in Lausanne.
JAN. 29, 2018
AFRICA • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
As a consequence vital services such as telecommunications, water supply, health care and education are neglected, creating significant barriers to development.
JANUARY 23, 2018
As part of their prize, all 9 winning startups will be participating at Seedstars Summit, taking place in Switzerland in April 2018.
JANUARY 22, 2018
With sweaty palms and an uncertain swagger, Dwayne Samuels begins to mix and mingle. He may not be feeling totally at ease in the crowded room, but he’s confident about the business networking app he and his partner have created and he’s convinced
JAN. 18, 2018
The Africa Regional Summit lasted for 3 days and brought together over 500 attendees commencing with a bootcamp for the participating startups.
JAN. 16, 2018
Alquilando is Argentina’s finalist for Seedstars World 2018 competition.
JAN. 5, 2018
One week ago took place the second edition of Seedstars Latam Summit.
DECEMBER 20, 2017
The Summit reunited over 300 attendees from more than 29 countries for a showcase of the most promising early-stage tech startups from 15 Asian markets, and a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship across the region.
DEC. 20, 2017
After two days of boot camp and workshops, CEE Summit happened on December 7th, in Kyiv! Here is what happened during the event:
DEC. 13, 2017
Seedstars MENA is coming to Bahrain to organize the closing event of its the Middle East and North Africa tour with the MENA Summit on December 14th, 2017, where it will gather all the local winners of the region along with 350+ registered attendees
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
After another year in which the Seedstars World teams travelled to over 80+ countries around the world and on the European continent with the mission to find the best tech startups in emerging markets!
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
His doctors quickly determined he was, in fact, stricken with malaria. They prescribed him artesunate, an inexpensive anti-malarial regularly used by Myanmar’s health care professionals to treat the infectious disease.
After another year in which the Seedstars World teams travelled to over 80+ countries around the world and 15 on the Asian continent with the mission to find the best tech startups in emerging markets, we are now just days away of hosting our Asia Su
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
After another year in which the Seedstars World teams traveled to over 80+ countries around the world with the mission to find the best tech startups in emerging markets, we are now just weeks away of hosting our third Africa Summit
NOV. 15, 2017
Treepex is our amazing finalist of Seedstars Georgia 2017. Treepex recently made a lot of noise all over the globe with its “fake announcement” of a new air cleaner device that would solve air pollution.
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
In Uganda, 4 years ago, the government launched “Know Your Budget” portal to allow citizens to give feedback and ask questions about the national budget. In Rwanda, your business can be incorporated within 6 hours.
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
On the 22nd of September 2017, we had the chance to be part of the Jury of the Seedstars competition organized in Dakar, which aims to select the best local start-up...
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Working as a tech entrepreneur proves that achieving success takes diligence and perseverance. There are many CEOs who now lead large and profitable enterprises, but many of them were not always at the top of the heap.
OCT. 27, 2017
In this article, we are going to have an in-depth look at how to become a tech blogger, requirements, types and niches in technology.
OCT. 25, 2017
At the end, only one startup was selected to represent the country in a regional conference Seedstars Latam Summit, that will take place on the 6th to 8th of December before they go to our international Seedstars Summit in April 2018
NOV. 20, 2017
Innovators around the world are finding new approaches to deliver healthcare effectively and at significantly lower cost, inspiring hope for new methods to tackle the rising cost of the industry, estimated at $7 trillion a year globally.
OCTOBER 11, 2017
With more than 5 million inhabitants, Belo Horizonte stands for the 3rd largest metropolitan area of Brazil and capital city of Minas Gerais, one of the wealthiest States in the country.
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Stakeholders with very different backgrounds, interests and visions came together to explore and discuss how AgriTech is changing the agriculture and food industry landscape in South Africa.
OCTOBER 2, 2017
In anticipation and excitement for Seedstars’ arrival to Maputo, Mozambique for the Seedstars Africa Summit this December, we sit down with local Seedstars ambassador and host Tiago Borges Coelho.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
Egypt’s an interesting country – for business and otherwise. Still unsure of its footing after a wave of revolution(s), it looks to its economy to sustain some form of stability.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
19th September 2017, 1:13 pm – Mexico was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, 32 years after the 1985 Mexico earthquake that caused more than 10,000 deaths.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In Africa, providing reliable electricity is one of the continent’s main challenges. Even if energy production could meet the huge demand of its 1.5 billion inhabitants, the energy supply, including infrastructure, remains very poor.
In the past two years, I got the chance to witness the Chilean startup scene. From Valparaiso to Puerto Montt, passing by Santiago and Concepcion, this article takes a look at the potential of the whole ecosystem.
AUGUST 8, 2017
Our values are visible in everything we do. To make it even more understandable to everyone who joins the team, we have a real life example of a behavior of a team member when she showed that value.
AUG. 2, 2017
While contemplating the package for the next batch of ventures in the Seedstars Growth Program, we wanted to understand exactly how our offer compared to all the other acceleration, growth and incubation programs out there.
JULY 27, 2017
Key takeaways from MAGNiTT’s H1 report card
JULY 19, 2017
WorldCover is a socially conscious alternative to traditional investment avenues.
At Seedstars Labs, we have been building web products since 2012 and have kept refining over time our methods and tools. Because sharing is caring we wanted to share our best practices and tools with those who are eager to learn.
JULY 5, 2017
When choosing how to finance a deal, the CFO will consider many factors in order to optimize the financing structure.
Auctions are a very important topic for all M&A practitioners for the following main reasons:
It’s hard to imagine a time when people thought Uber was a bad idea, but as every Country Launcher and early employee can tell you, back then everybody thought Uber was a bad idea — in their own country.
JUNE 28, 2017
There is no inherent value in any piece of data because all information is meaningless in itself. Why? Because information doesn’t tell you what to do. — Beau Lotto
Each coworking space has a different identity and is directed towards distinct types of audiences. In this article you will find the most emblematic coworking spaces in the city of Lima.
JUNE 26, 2017
I decide to get the advice of leading experts who work and invest in Mongolia to learn more about the country, its economy, and the opportunities available there for investment and business.
JUNE 23, 2017
On the quest to source the best entrepreneurs was akin to cutting a cross-section through each country— witnessing the brightest and most determined minds...
10 entrepreneurs have been named finalists of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), which will see three winners share total prize money of US$185,000 plus other incentives.
JUNE 21, 2017
MAGNiTT’s latest research reveals 60 startup exits across the MENA region over the last 5 years aggregating to over $3BN in exit valuations.
JUNE 15, 2017
At Seedstars we have teams spread across multiple geographies and time zones.
JUNE 12, 2017
Emerging markets are centres of innovation. Nigeria, Colombia, and Indonesia are no longer symbols of corruption, drug wars, or overpopulation, but actual incubators of talented entrepreneurs.
JUNE 5, 2017
“Hi, my name is Nick, I’m the CEO of ‘Not Another Startup’, and I’m about to waste your time.
JUNE 1, 2017
When investors are looking for intelligent ways to invest their money, they essentially all have the same goal: make more money
MAY 25, 2017
ASIA • INVESTMENT
Korea can stake a legitimate claim to be one of Asia’s most promising startup hubs. The country is producing around a unicorn a year.
MAY 24, 2017
How valuable is your network? When was the last time a longstanding connection resulted in something tangible or a sociable connection into a business opportunity?
A pressing question for Côte d’Ivoire is how to keep its economy on an accelerated, sustainable and more inclusive growth path in order to reduce inequalities significantly.
Emerging markets equal tremendous innovation, incredibly creative entrepreneurs
LATIN AMERICA • AGRICULTURE
We will always be people of the land. Our world’s subsistence and nourishment are provided by the vast agricultural economy and its preservation.
Asafeer Education Technologies from UAE was awarded the TRECC Transforming Education Prize, a grant of USD 50’000, presented by TRECC.
Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones.
You asked where we’d be and when…. Here it is. The 2017 itinerary! Dates may change however we will do our best to keep this article up to date.
With nearly 80% of adults in Africa not having access to formal or semi-formal banking services, the majority of the continent is still unbanked — at least in the traditional sense.
No entrepreneur can remain insensitive to the phrase “Chase the antelope, not the mouse!” (Well, some do! Read “Fuck the VCs” by the founder of Camera+ if you feel like you are one of them). If you’re still here, you’re interested in the antelope.
These MENA startups are not taking on big pharma companies, but they are reinventing the way schools adopt technology, visually and hearing impaired citizens interact with the world, how patients find doctors, and purchase health insurance.
Technology always creates a common denominator.
