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Challenger is a group of committed doers across geographies who help companies and organizations get unstuck – whether they are early-stage tech companies or corporate behemoths.

Our experience is based on decades of work with some of the most promising entrepreneurs, world-class research organizations, corporates, and governments.

We have supported over 1,200 startups through our programs and helped companies design meaningful innovation initiatives, scout for technologies, upskill their workforce, and develop new products.

We founded Challenger to catalyze new businesses and reinvent existing ones.

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The Mentors

Yevheniia Skoryna
Senior Communication Specialist
Iurii-Volodymyr Blavt
Co-founder of Challenger Accelerator
Olena Shershun
Program Manager
Linda Krondahl
CEO of THINGS
Nataliia Kravtsova
Project Manager
Daryna Prydka
Program Coordinator
Daryna Bubniuk
Communication Specialist
Mohammed Sultan
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist, Ethiopia
Manuk Hergnyan
Armenia
Justina Ivanova
Lithuania
Inga Baltaseviciute
Lithuania
Martyna Krasauskaite
Lithuania
Jurga Mečinskienė
Lithuania
Erik Ehasoo
Estonia
Elo Meier
Estonia
Mariia Romanova
Ukraine
Karina Tsymbalenko
Ukraine
Alyona Kara
Ukraine
Olena Shershun
Ukraine
Lenka Supolikova
Slovakia
Michal Laco
Slovakia
Martin Vesely
Slovakia

Our alumni

Softbrik
Transforming Customer Experience & Engagement with Voice-To-Text AI. #AI2023
Inspira Legal
Inspira is lawyers' trustful AI assistant. The app transforms how lawyers work by automating several time-consuming tasks, such as researches, analyses, reports and knowledge management.
GIOS
GIOS is an AI-powered interactive math platform and tutoring marketplace designed for K-12 students.
Vanongo
AI-powered urban logistics platform that enhances the last-mile delivery process while enabling upselling opportunities. It focuses on providing transparent and accurate delivery solutions for merchants and fleets, ultimately driving sales growth.
MOVERSE
MOVERSE is accelerating 3D animation workflows. By combining AI with optical sensing, the startup provides a holistic solution for comprehensive human data capturing giving complete control to the user.
Rythmex
Rythmex is an AI-powered transcription solution designed for both B2C and enterprise clients.
Crespect
AI-powered legal practice management system designed to streamline law firm operations. It integrates client relationship management (CRM) with tools for case management, compliance checks, time tracking, and invoicing.
HechicerIA
The platform is providing AI solutions for the education and healthcare sectors. It specializes in automating processes, improving workflows, and optimizing decision-making through artificial intelligence.
Apixmed
A virtual assistant for personalized disease treatment. This system enables healthcare professionals to easily identify and recommend personalized treatment plans for each patient based on their unique medical history, symptoms, and other pertinent information.
Aspichi Inc
Aspichi focuses on providing innovative VR-based PTSD therapy solutions. The startup develops a software platform that enhances clinics' capacity to deliver psychological services through 360-degree videos and VR headsets.
PlaiBox
Plai.Box develops commercial communication bots based on GPT, designed to handle up to 80% of a company's internal and external communications.
Chatty AI
A solution that unifies customer support channels with AI-driven efficiency, bridging popular communication channels effortlessly.
Scally Care
A bot of emotional support for relatives of cancer patients developed in collaboration with oncopsychologists. #AI2023
AirLaw
AI-powered customer care legal service for air passengers. #AI2023
Parking Around
Find, Book, Share & Pay for parking with ease. Our intuitive mobile app is designed to minimize drivers' and parking owners' interactions with parking. #AI2023
CheckEye
Сloud-based solution for early disease diagnosis using AI. #AI2023
Getpin
Automation software for effective customer service and omnichannel communication on 3rd party platforms. #AI2023
Beholder
Spacetech AI for metals, minerals and energy resources exploration. #AI2023
Elomia Health
AI mental health chatbot therapist for people struggling with depression & anxiety. #AI2023
DEVS
DEVS is a deep-tech company, streamlining building construction industry through design automation. #Green&Digital2022
Reternum
Reternum is a platform which allows restaurants to reduce packaging waste by 50% and foster customer loyalty through behavioural and habitual data. #Green&Digital2022
SIML.ai
SIML.ai is a platform for next-generation, extremely fast physics simulation using AI that helps engineers and scientists solve complex challenges in minutes. #Green&Digital2022
Stacktape
Stacktape Stacktape makes DevOps 97% easier, allowing developers to deploy applications to AWS entirely on their own. #Green&Digital2022
SIAT
SIAT brings solution of gas leak detection technology to improve performance in the intelligent manufacturing space in order to save your money. #Green&Digital2022
storePredictor
storePredictor is modeling customer behavior to cashflow forecasting, inventory automation and cost reduction up to 30% for your business. #Green&Digital2022
DigFin
Application enabling people to apply for a mortgage online. #Green&Digital2022
Flywize
Assistant that helps passengers while travelling via plane in real time. #Green&Digital2022
Trustmatic
Advanced AI verifying that people really are who they claim to be. #Green&Digital2022
CompAct Estonia
AI-based toolkit that helps employees form sustainable behaviour habits. #Green&Digital2022
e-Bike Check
A locking and charging system for e-bikes, driven by mobile app. #Green&Digital2022
YourLOX
Smart-lockers & mobile app for renting sport equipment. #Urban:Creative2022
Togggle
Decentralised bank for personal data ensuring their management and transparency. #Urban:Creative2022
Smartico
Utility smart meters wirelessly transmitting data from various energy suppliers. #Urban:Creative2022
Revisior
Feedback & Net Promoter Score service to help increase profits and Lifetime Value. #Urban:Creative2022
Ozai
AI-powered software for creating 3D objects from 2D images and videos. #Urban:Creative2022
Nordics.io
Data-based matchmaking B2B platform outsourcing IT specialists for IT companies. #Urban:Creative2022
Ninjamoba
Social Impact Chatbots using AI to improve health, education, and environment through social intervention. #Urban:Creative2022
Modern Mobility
Digital mobility systems helping communities to build their mobility ecosystems. #Urban:Creative2022
Spoločné Bývanie (LiveSpace)
Online communication platform for residential communities. #Urban:Creative2022
BringAuto
Robotizing last-mile delivery segment processes by deploying autonomous robots. #Urban:Creative2022
BLOCK
Smart & secure bicycle docking and charging stations. #Urban:Creative2022
Transportly
A software company specialized in logistics. Trasportly´s first product is an application for road cargo carriers to manage their business in a simple workspace. #Green&Digital2021
Panza Robotics
A high-tech innovation company focused on the research and manufacturing of advanced robots that will make people’s life easier, safer, and more fulfilling. #Green&Digital2021
Nanodi
Nanodi is developing a disinfection device that uses carbon nanotechnology to give water disinfectant properties providing a more ecologic and economic solution. #Green&Digital2021
MERATCH
A radar-based IoT technology that measures the level of rivers and streams online anywhere in the world and sends alert messages. #Green&Digital2021
manualogic
Manualogic builds software tools for digital, interactive manuals that keep learning from end-users, who share their experience, tips, or knowledge. #Green&Digital2021
KALM:IT
A software platform that uses machine vision and in-house developed and trained AI models to help cities, real estate developers, and many more with data-driven decisions. #Green&Digital2021
CrowdPledge
A consumer-led crowdfunding platform helping consumers make companies more sustainable #Green&Digital2021
BatteryCheck
Software technology startup specializing in battery lifecycle analytics and add-on applications and services. #Green&Digital2021
Edumus
Edumus brings real-world experience to classrooms – a marketplace and platform which connects working professionals with schools. #Diversity2021
Migrevention
Fully digital headache clinic which offers remotely monitored treatment module by specialists. #Diversity2021
Vits
Online platform to manage health and safety processes effortlessly in an organization. #Diversity2021
Ender Turing
Ender Turing specializes in the development and implementation of speech recognition and generation technologies which give users the capability to instantly transcribe and analyze calls. #Diversity2021
Others
Others offers natural plastic free toothpaste tablets which contributes to a greener and waste-free future. #Diversity2021
CEE Labs
Open energy consumption data platform for cities and citizens #Urban:Creative2021
Agevolt
AgeVolt is a digital ecosystem consisting of smart EV charging points, a proprietary energy management system & a sharing ‘Airbnb style’ digital platform. #Sustainability2020-21
Archee
SPEAR is a freeflow hydro powerplant that uses waving fins instead of propellers. #Sustainability2020-21
e-Vision systems
A battery-advanced services company, which develops solutions, which enable batteries to work better, last longer, and be used more effectively. #Sustainability2020-21
Ediris
Livestock Insider aims to revolutionize the livestock farming industry and the way feed management is approached. #Sustainability2020-21
eROBOT
An industrial robot self-maintenance system based on tribodiagnostics systems and an oil cleaning solution. #Sustainability2020-21
GroundCom
GroundCom builds and operates a worldwide network of ground stations (antennas to control satellites) making the operation of small space satellites cheaper and downloading data from space faster. #Sustainability2020-21
Makers
Makers developed a local energy management solution that cuts building’s bills and even generates profit by selling excess energy to the grid or other consumers. #Sustainability2020-21
Re-leaf
A patented technology to recycle fallen leaves into paper products. #Sustainability2020-21
Airlogylabs
Airlogy Labs provides scientific analysis of air and surfaces that detect microbiological threats in interiors. They identify bacteria, yeast, fibrous fungi (molds) and help you eliminate them. #Uplift2019-20
Biotron
Biotron is a data & analytics studio providing end-to-end data solutions to create and improve the products, services, and revenue streams of our clients. #Uplift2019-20
Buyora Solutions
Buyora is a platform in which we connect customers who need to buy in installments with financial institutions that want to help them with financing. #Uplift2019-20
iERP.ai
For Small and Medium businesses, iERP provides precise and actionable forecasts with ZERO required knowledge of artificial intelligence or machine learning. #Uplift2019-20
ImpromptMe
We provide conference planners with a single platform – virtual venue & event app – which creates the real bridge between Virtual & Physical attendees. #Uplift2019-20
Nitroterra Technology
Changing Farming. Now. We set out to revolutionize the way biofertilizers are produced and used in the farming industry. #Uplift2019-20
Site Podium
A mobile application that enables effective two-way communication with the community. #Uplift2019-20
Tirn technology
Delivers professional consulting and development services for future mobility. #Uplift2019-20 #Challenger Urban:Creative 2022
Crosswalk
The next generation of crosswalks. Safer pedestrians. #Uplift2018
Fleximodo
Fleximodo brings high-precision and cost-effective IoT for sustainable & efficient parking. #Uplift2018
Inventurist
Digital Transformation of Product Innovation via AI Technologies. #Uplift2018
Neseda
NESEDA is the first Slovak chair that respects the fact that it is not natural and healthy for the human body to sit in the same position for several hours. #Uplift2018
parktop.net
Parktop’s smart technology connects to any CCTV camera and uses computer vision software to analyze the parking situation. #Uplift2018
PowereX
The Powerex Virtual Power Plant platform enables real-time access to the energy market for the customers connected to our platform. #Uplift2018
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