Meet the 2024 Кatapult cohort!
Katapult is launching the third cycle of its acceleration program for 23 selected startups. Through an intensive three-month program, the new startups will have the opportunity to advance their businesses and prepare for presentations to investors. During the program, participants will develop their skills with mentors, actively participate in educational workshops, and gain access to investors.
Additional financial support from the Innovation Fund up to EUR 300,000 is available to Katapult startups who secure a qualified investment by March 11, 2025.
The independent expert commission has selected a new Katapult cohort, composed of highly motivated individuals who are successful professionals and serial entrepreneurs. Focused on sales and growth, startups are developing convincing innovative solutions for various industrial sectors and have a high potential to successfully scale their businesses with the support of the Katapult program.
Katapult is implemented by the Innovation Fund and the World Bank which actively participates in the program’s realization and financial support, in collaboration with the Republic of Serbia and the European Union. The results of previous cycles clearly demonstrate the exceptional innovative potential of our startup community. With more than EUR 20 million raised in investments, half of the participants in the Katapult program have already made progress toward realizing their full potential.
In addition to financial support, startups have access to advisory support from experienced entrepreneurs and business leaders, including access to a large network of investors. This wide range of support encourages startups to continue innovating and developing new products, creating additional value for users, increasing market potential, and ensuring sustainable long-term growth.
Investment potential has been realized through successful collaboration between the Innovation Fund, the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, the World Bank, and the European Union. Powerful synergy enables significant support for our startups in their fast growth and development.
Financing for Katapult is provided by the Republic of Serbia (Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation), through a 7.7 million euro World Bank loan with implementation support, and the European Union, through a 10 million euro grant. The program is part of the “Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship Project,” dedicated to strengthening innovative entrepreneurship and scientific research.
List of selected startups
Startup: Radoznali vrabac
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Creative industry
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Personalized books for children (Radoznali vrabac) and adults (brand Ljubav u koricama), featuring you or your child as the main character with numerous customization options. Educational children’s books are approved by child psychologists and tailored to different ages.
Startup: MotionOps
Town: Niš
Industry: ICT
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
MotionOps is an all-in-one SaaS CRM for service and construction companies. He is fully configurable to meet different industry workflows.
Startup: Terra Core Technologies
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Terra Core Technologies is a software development company that has rapidly transitioned from services to building its products. Terra has developed a new flagship EXO Trader & CRM platform, a white-label trading and brokerage solution designed to give brokers everything they need to start their own successful brokerage business.
Startup: Devoak
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Devoak is a prop-tech startup with Getafeel as its flagship product – offering highly realistic 3D virtual tours for real estate properties currently under construction. Getafeel provides buyers with an authentic sense of the space they’re considering purchasing, while also empowering real estate agencies and investors to expedite sales and command higher prices compared to their competitors.
Startup: Neural Factory
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Artificial intelligence
Acceleration stream: Ideation
Neural Factory is transforming the way businesses approach AI. The platform is specifically tailored for vision and language AI projects, simplifies every step of the process – from data collection to deployment.
Startup: randevu.tech
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
randevu.tech offers flexible and fully customizable workflow-based B2B commerce backend technology enabling businesses to build, run and scale different manifestations of digital platforms such as B2B (wholesale) marketplaces, B2C marketplace, eProcurement, e-commerce, and matching platforms.
Startup: Global booking
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Информационо-комуникационе технологије
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Booking.dentist is a global marketplace that brings together patients and providers of dental services in one place. They have partnered with over 1000 dental clinics spanning across 35 countries.
Startup: Route3
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Blockchain
Acceleration stream: Ideation
Route3 helps businesses start using Web3 technologies for real-world use-cases prioritizing the ability to budget and a quick time to market.
Startup: Telmed
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Medical Technology
Acceleration stream: Ideation
Telmed is a high-tech startup that produces digital products in teleradiology and telemedicine and makes radiology services available worldwide with just a few clicks. TelMed platform is highly automated software for top-quality remote radiology.
Startup: ERIDAN
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Beauty and skin care
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Eridan Beauty is a brand that presents a combination of nature and science. Еridan chooses wisely and does compromise using the Earth’s finest components for the benefit of the skin and recycling them back for our planet to enjoy, too.
Startup: nextesy
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Financial technologies
Acceleration stream: Ideation
nextesy is developing enterprise systems of the next generation by combining in-depth knowledge of finance and business operations, state-of-the-art technology and design, as well as cutting-edge advances in artificial intelligence. The product is the enterprise operating system (eOS), which provides an ‘all-in-one’ solution for managing and performing all essential business processes in one place.
Startup: Tau Commerce
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Tau Commerce is a groundbreaking full-feature E-commerce solution addressing rising Customer Acquisition Costs. It excels in SEO and organic traffic, thanks to its innovative modular architecture. Automation and AI streamline store management, reducing operational costs.
Startup: farmit today
Town: Belgrade
Industry: ICT
Acceleration stream: Ideation
farmit today created a multi-sided platform for connecting customers from urban areas with small farmers. Customers can create their gardens on the app by choosing their favorite vegetables and planting them through the app.
Startup: Lexelerate
Town: Novi Sad
Industry: Artificial Intelligence
Acceleration stream: Ideation
The startup develops Whisperly, a legal AI assistant designed to assist both in-house departments (HR and Legal) and law firms in the area of employment and data protection law. Whisperly operates in the SEE and the EU, with a cost structure that ensures transparency and predictability.
Startup: SRWA
Town: Novi Sad
Industry: Blockchain
Acceleration stream: Ideation
SRWA is focus on using blockchain technology for tokenizing Real-World Assets. This brings improvements in the use of physical assets, both in supply chain management and new finance opportunities.
Startup: TRAKEN TECH
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Blockchain
Acceleration stream: Ideation
TRAKEN is a data tracking, management and exploitation tool for smart electrical grids, that provides a distributed ledger to manage metering records, track physical objects and transfer value without a 3rd party or manual reconciliation.
Startup: PuzzlesCloud
Town: Kragujevac
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Ideation
PuzzlesCloud provides On-premise or SaaS specialised solution for the product/technical documentation and services around it.
Startup: Spectro
Town: ICT
Industry: Artificial intelligence
Acceleration stream: Ideation
Spectro is an AI-based fire detection startup at the forefront of safeguarding environments and communities. Spectro’s solution not only detects fires in their early stages but also offers valuable insights for informed decision-making, making a significant impact on fire safety and environmental protection.
Startup: Valuator
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Valuator is a platform tailored to simplify the procurement process, save time and money, and provide users with full control over procurement regardless of the industry, sector, or size of the company.
Startup: INLOODIS
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Augmented reality
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Inloodis is developing an Augmented Reality platform that offers training solutions for basketball. The product is software for AR glasses that enhance basketball training efficiency with holographic simulations.
Startup: Smartsy
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Pet industry
Acceleration stream: Ideation
Smartsy is a smart dog house designed to establish a safe zone outside commercial facilities. It includes features such as sound and heat insulation, UV sterilization, as well as an app for live streaming and insights into the well-being of pets.
Startup: Inclusio
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Сolutions for improving quality of living
Acceleration stream: Ideation
Inclusio allows individuals with disabilities to directly contact employees before encountering barriers, providing an opportunity to explain the type of assistance they require.
Startup: Loop International
Town: Belgrade
Industry: Software and application development
Acceleration stream: Scale-up
Loop has built a digital platform and single point on the web for supporting a spectrum of HR processes.
