Announcing Rubik Garage Accelerator Cohort 7

September 18, 2024

We’ve selected 13 startups from over 100 applicants for this round for our acceleration program, Rubik Garage. Coming from 4 countries: Romania, Italy, Bulgaria, and Hungary, these teams have collectively secured approximately €2 million in investments and have already launched their products in various markets.

Over the next two months, they’ll dive into an intensive program with 60+ hours of online workshops, feedback sessions, and coaching. With guidance from our mentors – including investors, founders, and industry experts – they’ll refine their strategies for revenue growth, European market expansion, and securing further investment.

Meet the Startups from Cohort 7 of Rubik Garage

Apollo Technologies (Romania) – Empowers healthcare professionals with advanced AI-driven software for instant, reliable access to certified medical data.

Brainactive (Romania) – An AI-driven platform that empowers companies to directly interview their current and potential customers to get vital insights on their products and services.

CraftGenie AI (Bulgaria) – Helps organizations without IT departments and users without IT skills to digitalize their data and processes via GenAI.

Fairytales (Bulgaria) – A mobile app that offers audio stories for children, narrated in the voices of their parents through a voice cloning process.

Forensics Lab (Romania) – An advanced intelligence and investigation system empowering brands and BP companies to swiftly identify, investigate, and eliminate infringers.

FreedHome (Italy) – Simplifies and streamlines property rental for landlords by mitigating high payment risks, optimizing rental income, and providing comprehensive, end-to-end real estate services.

GapMatch (Romania) – Revolutionizes talent management with a dynamic skill-based platform for sourcing, resource redeployment, learning, and career pathing.

Ruuts.travel (Romania) – One-stop hub for sustainable slow travel, offering responsible transportation, alternative accommodations like camper-vans, camping, glamping, and immersive local experiences.

SiWeGO – Smart Eco Transport (Italy) – Revolutionizes logistics by connecting individuals, SMEs, and transporters through a sharing-economy platform that optimizes vehicle space, reduces empty trips, and promotes eco-friendly transportation.

STEMIX.TECH (Romania) – Builds hardware devices that can collect real-world data from machines and sensors, that it sends to our software solution, where data is interpreted by custom AI agents that can output actions and control physical devices.

SQBRobotics (Romania) – Transforms retail with fully autonomous, AI-powered stores that operate 24/7, offering cost-effective solutions for businesses with zero staffing needs.

Waitless (Hungary) – Empowers restaurants to overcome workforce challenges without high initial costs by enabling customers to order and pay instantly on their own devices, with no app download or onboarding required.

WeReload (Romania) – Offers eSIM data plans for over 200 countries and is launching mobile top-up services for 150+ countries, aiming to revolutionize travel and telecom solutions.

The startups operate in fields such as HealthTech, LegalTech, Martech, Data Tech, EdTech, PropTech, HRTech, DeepTech, HoReCa, E-commerce, and Mobility. Their clients come from a wide range of countries, including Spain, Romania, Greece, the UK, Belgium, Canada, and India.

What’s next?

We’re excited to kick off the latest edition of Rubik Garage with an intensive bootcamp from September 25-27 at our home in Piatra Neamț!

This is a great opportunity for our selected teams to meet face-to-face for the first time, connect with our mentors and our team, and dive into engaging workshops and activities. We’re thrilled to welcome over 20 mentors, including Alexandru Chifu (Investment Analyst at Fortech Investments), Alina Georgescu (Investment Manager at Catalyst Romania), and Andrei Vacut (EMEA Senior Director at UiPath).

We’ll wrap up the accelerator with a Demo Day in Bucharest on November 28, where our teams will showcase their innovative solutions and progress to a broad audience of investors, corporate partners, and Rubik Hub supporters.

So far, we supported over 200 startup founders through Rubik Garage. We’ve seen some incredible success stories, like Rayscape, Bloomcoding, DDDInvoices, and Chambr. For instance, just six months after finishing our program, Bloomcoding landed a €1 million investment and even became a finalist at the How to Web conference!

We’re super excited to see what this new cohort will achieve!