Bogomil Balkansky
Founding Board Member, Partner at Sequoia Capital
Galina Antova
Board Member, Co-Founder at Claroty
Pressian Karakostov
Board Member
Rika Nakazawa
Board Member, Chief Commercial Innovation at NTT
Based in Silicon Valley, Future Unicorns Accelerator provides US go-to-market strategies for visionary founders in Central and Eastern Europe ready to take their startups to the next level. Rooted in a strong community and global ecosystem of serial entrepreneurs and investors, we offer personalized support to help startups master the art of scaling.
By aligning the network expertise with every company's unique journey, our program empowers entrepreneurs to think bigger, innovate boldly at a scale, and achieve success beyond their expectations.
Our program is backed by venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs and other impact driven organizations and foundations, committed to giving back and driving a more prosperous future for the economies and communities of Central and Eastern Europe.
The most impactful takeaway was the Tesla playbook on hiring and building top performing talent.
The best thing about the program is that it really helped me stretch my mind, see new opportunities, and remove mindset barriers that were not helpful for my company's growth. I met with amazing people - experienced, humble, and very willing to help and give back to the community. In general, a great place if you want to level up your startup game!
The biggest benefit from the program was to teach us how to think more ambitiously and gave us the confidence to see that it’s possible. For us, it was very useful to understand how investors are thinking and how we should be thinking about the whole fundraising process. At the same time, AMPECO was getting good traction and a good amount of customers, so we thought it was a good moment to scale. So, we were looking for advice on the best practices for doing so, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls people have fallen into in the past.
Since day zero, even before founding my company, for me it wasn't a question whether we will participate, but more of when - the team behind it is just phenomenal! While I wasn't 100% sure what is the best company stage you should be in in order to join the program, now after experiencing it, I would strongly encourage everyone with as early as an initial traction or close to such to join. The program, dear founders, will help shape and strengthen your foundation!
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The best way I can describe the program is with one example. Imagine a little kid that goes to the playground with his mom. This child feels empowered to play with the others because his mom is around and will help him if he falls or something else happens. That’s how I see it, as the mother who is always available to help and support tech entrepreneurs and companies.
When we started the program, we were exactly at the stage of preparing our pitch deck, preparing materials for investors, and also our pitch. So, this focus of the program was enormously relevant and beneficial for us. All of the drills we did and going through them, improving, and iterating, were very helpful for us. Through them we were able to get to the next level.
The program was very helpful for us in various aspects. We were able to streamline our sales process, demonstrations, and investor relationship processes.
When we started OfficeRnD, we had leading development teams but we didn’t have a lot of business acumen. By participating in such programs, we gained valuable experience in developing business and working with more experienced people.
The program gave us a really immersive experience, with many lessons learned live, in San Francisco.
Strongly recommend to follow the program as early as possible in your startup's journey. With valuable learnings, insights, and things to do or not to do in your journey.
The tenth cohort of Future Unicorns closed its journey this spring with a milestone program that brought together founders, mentors, and investors across two continents.
This summer marked a special milestone for Future Unicorns, the celebration of our 10th cohort and of a growing community that’s redefining what it means to build global companies from Central and Eastern Europe.
