500 Eurasia

And here are the final 10 founders of Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1!

This group brings together founders building across construction, travel, B2B intelligence, art technology, healthcare access, music tech, veterinary operations, asset tokenization, real estate sales, and restaurant management.

These founders are beginning Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit, an important phase focused on understanding the market, validating customer needs, and building the foundations for long-term growth.

✨ Congratulations to the founders behind Remondo, SeeSight, Shelf, Slct AI, Smart Ek, SWARM.AUDIO.DSP, Tail, Tokenizer, TwinO, and Wox.

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Meet 10 more founders joining Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1 — Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit.

This group is building across marketing intelligence, sustainability, sales infrastructure, engineering workflows, food discovery, customer simulation, sports communities, language learning, film production, and call center analytics.

It’s a strong reminder that innovation does not come from one sector alone. It emerges wherever founders deeply understand a problem and commit to building a better way forward.

✨ Congratulations to the founders of Lumio.ai, NECO, Networker, NodeSnap, OnlyFood, PersonaX, Playmaker, PrepDaF, Prior AI, and QaTracker AI!

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500 Global | GITA • Tech Park

Introducing the next 10 founders of Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1!

Welcome to Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit.

This group reflects the breadth of founder ambition in Georgia: smarter cities, better education access, enterprise AI, EV infrastructure, customer intelligence, hospitality operations, neuroscience-driven insights, legal tech, logistics digitization, and service-business automation.

Different industries. Different founder stories. One shared goal: build solutions that customers need and markets can support.

✨Congratulations to the founders behind Floway, Gakvetili, Graphitize.ai, GreenPoint, Heard, Hello Host, InsightLabs, Legalstepy, LightLane, and Lucklucky!

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500 Global | GITA • Tech Park

Meet the first 10 founders of Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1!

These founders are entering Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit, where ideas meet customers, assumptions are tested, and strong company-building foundations begin to take shape.

From AI and mobility to healthcare, sustainability, trade, and culture, this group shows just how diverse and ambitious Georgia’s startup ecosystem is becoming.

✨ Congratulations to the founders of Adaptain, AI Whisper, AIMEP, Aqpark, Atrium Exchange, Bio Shield, CARENT, CogniLens, Coptrial, and Culture Pass!

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Batch 1 is here! 🚀

Georgia Startup Academy kicks off this week, bringing together 40 ambitious founders for an exciting journey of building, learning, testing, and growing.

More than a program, it’s a launchpad for Georgia’s next generation of tech innovators.

Over the next few days, we’ll be introducing you to the founders and startups joining us for Stage 1 (Founder-Market Fit). Get ready to meet the people building bold solutions for Georgia and beyond.

Let’s go BIG. Let’s Build in Georgia.

500 Global | GITA • Tech Park

🚀 Applications are OPEN.

The Georgia Startup Academy by 500 Global, a part of GITA's Innovative Startup Acceleration Program, is now accepting applications for Stage 2: MVP.

The MVP Stage is for founders ready to build, test, and refine a working product.

Over 4 months, they will focus on:
• Designing and building the first working prototype
• Running user tests and collecting feedback
• Refining product features based on early customer interactions
• Establishing a business model and initial revenue streams
• Identifying product-market fit

Selected startups will also receive a GEL 50,000 grant from GITA.

🗓 MVP Stage Dates: August 31 - December 18, 2026

⏳ Apply by July 31, 2026

👉🏼 Apply Here: https://be.500.co/georgiastartupacademyb1

This program is open to all Georgian and international founders who have a registered legal entity in Georgia, or are planning to establish one.

500 Global | GITA • Tech Park

🚀 What a moment for the Eurasia tech ecosystem!

Hosted by Ilona Limonta-Volkova, the evening brought together founders, the VC community, mentors, and partners for a night full of ideas and momentum.

Here’s how the night unfolded:

🎤 Opening remarks from Pedro Santos Vieira, Partner at 500
Global
💬 VC panel with ScaleX Ventures, Amplify GTM, Calm/Storm,
and more
🚀 Batch 10 presentations from Cerberus, Clinova,
ComplyBridge Inc., Evermuse, Karpatia Benefits, MaiCall, Mybots.pro, Resti, and Whisperr, alongside portfolio companies, Tezbor and Kings International
🔥 Founder panel with Denis Vehovec Pondelak, Dmytro
Strelchuk, Stan Suchkov, and Sharon Goldstein
🤝 Networking reception to close the evening

Thank you to all founders, mentors, the VC community, partners, and guests for being part of Demo Day!

🚀 What a moment for the Eurasia tech ecosystem!

Hosted by Ilona Limonta-Volkova, the evening brought together founders, the VC community, mentors, and partners for a night full of ideas and momentum.

Here’s how the night unfolded:

🎤 Opening remarks from Pedro Santos Vieira, Partner at 500
Global

💬 VC panel with ScaleX Ventures, Amplify GTM, Calm/Storm,
and more

🚀 Batch 10 presentations from Cerberus, Clinova,
ComplyBridge Inc., Evermuse, Karpatia Benefits, MaiCall, Mybots.pro, Resti, and Whisperr, alongside portfolio companies, Tezbor and Kings International

🔥 Founder panel with Denis Vehovec Pondelak, Dmytro
Strelchuk, Stan Suchkov, and Sharon Goldstein

🤝 Networking reception to close the evening

Thank you to all founders, mentors, the VC community, partners, and guests for being part of Demo Day!

🚀 What a moment for the Eurasia tech ecosystem!

Hosted by Ilona Limonta-Volkova, the evening brought together founders, the VC community, mentors, and partners for a night full of ideas and momentum.

Here’s how the night unfolded:

🎤 Opening remarks from Pedro Santos Vieira, Partner at 500 Global

💬 VC panel with ScaleX Ventures, Amplify GTM, Calm/Storm, and more

🚀 Batch 10 presentations from Cerberus, Clinova, ComplyBridge Inc., Evermuse, Karpatia Benefits, MaiCall, Mybots.pro, Resti, and Whisperr, alongside portfolio companies, Tezbor and Kings International

🔥 Founder panel with Denis Vehovec Pondelak, Dmytro Strelchuk, Stan Suchkov, and Sharon Goldstein

🤝 Networking reception to close the evening

Thank you to all founders, mentors, the VC community, partners, and guests for being part of Demo Day!