And let the world watch how you really do it!
The Founder Games is the first accelerator that doubles as a reality show, where early-stage startups are tested through real business challenges, real investors and real pressure - all captured on camera.
No Demo Day theater. No scripted success. Just execution, growth and truth.
We select startups that already have something real - an MVP, early traction or a clear problem worth solving.
Submit your startup details through our application form
Shortlisted teams are invited for thorough evaluation
Final teams enter the accelerator + reality show experience
Before applying, we strongly recommend downloading the Application Guide. It explains what we look for (and what we don't), how the show and accelerator actually work and what kind of founders thrive in this environment.
Download The Founder Games Application GuideFree PDF, 5 min read
This is not a 'watch-from-the-back-row' accelerator. You are in the arena!
You're tested through high-pressure business challenges — sales, PR, storytelling, investment negotiations — compressing months of learning into days.
Your journey is documented and distributed through a 10-episode reality show, reaching audiences across 15+ countries. Investors don't just see your deck — they see how you think, react, and lead.
Founders receive targeted support from operators, investors, and experts — before, during, and after challenges, not in generic office hours.
Selected startups compete for a €300K investment pool and gain direct exposure to VCs, angels, corporates, and partners actively looking for deals.
You join a regional founder community spanning Southeast Europe and beyond — mentors, alumni, investors, and future collaborators.
You're tested in real pressure situations, revealing how you think, decide, and lead when it matters. Most founders say this is where real clarity begins.
It works!
of startups raised funding during the show
generated revenue while participating
entered active investment negotiations
These are the founders who chose to step into the arena. Follow their journey as they build, grow and compete.
BuyerMind is the data mining platform which identifies people interested in specific products or services and connects them with businesses. The platform analyzes data to create customer segments and predict their questions. It then uses content from company websites to generate helpful information, making the buying process seamless. By tracking engagement on emails, landing pages and Ads, BuyerMind continuously refines content to simplify decision-making and increase conversions.
Currently Beauty Studio Mia Arabi it’s functioning as a beauty studio with it’s usual services, but we wanna reach it on a level of cozy community environment with many other services & creating a well known brand with a strong team of creative people, so it will have it’s own product line, academy, personal clothing brand, styling advisers & it will be a place of many other opportunities.
Baby FM is a health-tech company revolutionizing fever monitoring with AI-driven solutions, offering continuous temperature tracking for enhanced diagnostics, therapy management, and patient care in both home and clinical settings.
We allow software companies to issue tax-compliant invoices from anywhere with a single API integration.
Ai-Driven platform connecting people with places!
DAKAEi simplifies AI with an all-in-one platform, For education businesses and individuals, our mission is to make AI accessible and affordable to everyone by providing our AI solutions.
Aleflet is an Airbnb for offices, turning people’s unused spaces into shared, optimized workplaces with automated pricing and contracts
We connect open source contributors with pledgers, enabling sustainable development and impactful innovation in open source ecosystem. We started this journey because we saw a gap—brilliant developers doing vital work without the backing they deserve. So we built a platform that bridges that gap: where collaboration meets compensation, and passion meets sustainability. We make it easy for companies to support the open source projects they rely on and ensure their funding drives real, measurable impact.
Captabble is helping companies to raise capital on the private markets, trough investment relations platform allowing them to send regular, transparent and updated information to potential and ongoing investors.
Omnilyst is a Personalized AI-Powered Content Creation Platform, offering Businesses multichannel publishing from one place. Our tool is your catalyst for increasing engagement and sales, while saving time and money spent on marketing.
Decentralized Energy Cloud for P2P energy transfer.
Neofunction creates innovative dental care products like Neo Pill, making oral hygiene easier and more effective for people with braces.
The Founder Games is more than a show or an accelerator — it’s a growing community of ambitious builders from across Southeast Europe. Get access to a curated founder network, practical playbooks, mentors, capital, and a platform where your story can be seen by the region and beyond.
If you want comfort, this isn't for you. If you want growth, visibility and real feedback - it is.
Join the next cohort of founders building in public
Get access to content, founder stories, learning resources and future opportunities, even if you're not on the show (yet)
This is where startups stop hiding behind slides and start proving what they're made of.
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Women in Business track