AAlchemy Growth Lab

AAlchemy Growth Lab Connecting founders, investors & mentors through programs, events & opportunities.

Another important session completed for the Founder Institute Cyprus · Spring 2026 cohort.This week, founders focused on...
24/06/2026

Another important session completed for the Founder Institute Cyprus · Spring 2026 cohort.

This week, founders focused on two of the biggest challenges every startup faces: building the right team and building the right product.

The discussion covered how to identify key roles, recruit and retain great people, develop a strong team culture, and ensure product development stays aligned with customer needs and business goals.

A huge thank you to our mentors Sandra Da Silva, christina michaelidou Marianna Hadjiandoniou, Katya Solov, and Maria Pallidou for sharing their experience and helping founders think beyond the startup they have today and towards the company they want to build tomorrow.

As we move closer to Graduation Day on 23 July, founders are now entering the final stretch of the program, refining their businesses, strengthening their teams, and preparing to present their progress.

If you're inspired by what this cohort is building, applications for the Founder Institute Cyprus Autumn 2026 cohort are now open.

www.fi.co/cyprus
The next founder journey starts soon.

🎓 The journey doesn't end with an idea. It ends with ex*****on.Join us on 23 July as the founders of the Founder Institu...
23/06/2026

🎓 The journey doesn't end with an idea. It ends with ex*****on.

Join us on 23 July as the founders of the Founder Institute Cyprus Spring 2026 cohort present the startups they've spent months building, validating, and refining.

Expect startup pitches, feedback from an international jury, a graduation ceremony, and the opportunity to meet founders, mentors, investors, and members of the Cyprus startup ecosystem.

Whether you're building a startup, thinking about launching one, or simply curious about innovation and entrepreneurship, we'd love to see you there.

📅 23 July 2026
🕡 6:30 PM
📍 CYENS Centre of Excellence, Nicosia

Interested in joining the next Founder Institute Cyprus cohort? This is the perfect opportunity to experience the community firsthand.

👉 Register through the link in our bio.
https://pages.aalchemy.eu/23-july-event

23/06/2026

Why did we bring Founder Institute to Cyprus?

In this clip from the AAlchemy Growth Lab Demo Day, FI Cyprus director, Andrey Kostyuk shares the vision behind launching the Cyprus chapter of Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator.

Founder Institute helps ambitious founders validate ideas, build investor-ready businesses, and join a global network spanning hundreds of cities worldwide.

Today, as we approach the Demo Day of our first Cyprus cohort and prepare for the next chapter, it's exciting to see founders turning ideas into ventures and becoming part of a global entrepreneurial community.

Founder Institute and AAlchemy Growth Lab serve different stages of the startup journey:
🔹 Founder Institute supports founders at the earliest stages of company building.
🔹 AAlchemy Growth Lab helps more advanced startups accelerate growth, expand internationally, and prepare for scaling.

Applications for autumn cohort of Founder Institute Cyprus https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0wgHm80

23/06/2026

We start tomorrow.

As coaches and mentors, we spend a lot of time helping others reflect, grow, and make progress.

But how often do we step back and look at our own practice?

Where do you keep your notes?
How do you track progress?
How do you prepare for supervision?
If a client asked for a summary of their progress over the last six months, how easily could you provide it?

Tomorrow, we'll explore these questions together in a practical workshop designed for coaches and mentors.

Hosted by Andrey Kostyuk, founder of Mentormatic and AAlchemy Ventures, this interactive session will focus on real challenges, real workflows, and practical ways to create a more organized and effective practice.

📅 24 June 2026
🕕 18:00 EEST
📍 Online

There is still time to join us.

22/06/2026

Many founders see regulation as a barrier to growth.

Mr. Skourides offered a different perspective during the AAlchemy Growth Lab Demo Day.

One of the observations from Cyprus' AI ecosystem is that companies scaling internationally tend to prepare for compliance much earlier than others. In particular, readiness for the EU AI Act appears to go hand in hand with global growth ambitions.

While compliance may seem like a lengthy process, preparing early can reduce risk, improve market readiness, and make expansion into new markets smoother.

For startups building AI products, compliance is not just a regulatory exercise. It can become a competitive advantage.

🎥 Watch the full AAlchemy Growth Lab Demo Day recording available on our YouTube channel. https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0wgBbF0

Our Autumn 2025 cohort (Project: Supstructures/0125/0001) is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU through the Research and Innovation Foundation.

19/06/2026

How much of your coaching or mentoring work actually makes it into supervision?

Think about the last three months.

The breakthrough moments.
The difficult conversations.
The resistance you noticed.
The patterns that kept repeating.
The questions you wished you had handled differently.

Most practitioners try to bring all of that into a supervision session from memory, notes, and intuition alone.

But what if you could review your sessions more systematically?

What if you had a structured way to capture observations, reflect on your practice, and identify development opportunities before supervision even begins?

This is exactly what we'll explore in our upcoming workshop.

We'll walk through a real example, discuss reflective practice, and demonstrate how AI can support coaches and mentors without replacing professional judgment.

We'll also introduce a new research initiative exploring the role of AI in practitioner self-reflection.

📅 June 24, 2026, 18:00 EEST | Online

If you're a coach, mentor, supervisor, or program manager looking to strengthen your reflective practice, we'd love to have you join us.

👉 Register here: https://pages.aalchemy.eu/mentormatic-webinar

19/06/2026

How many AI startups do you think are operating from Cyprus?

During the AAlchemy Growth Lab Demo Day, Chief Scientist of Cyprus, Mr. Skourides, shared an interesting insight:
Most people in the room didn't believe Cyprus already had AI companies operating globally.

The reality?

A recent mapping of the local AI ecosystem identified more than 300 companies and startups developing AI products and solutions. Of the companies surveyed, Cyprus is showing strong momentum and compares favorably with much larger European ecosystems.

More importantly, some Cyprus-based AI startups are already building and operating globally.

The conversation is no longer whether Cyprus can become an innovation hub.

The conversation is how we help more founders build globally from Cyprus.

🎥 Watch the full video of the AAlchemy Growth Lab Demo Day discussion between Mr. Skourides and Panis Pieri on our YouTube channel https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0wgPvN0

Our Autumn 2025 cohort (Project: Supstructures/0125/0001) is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU through the Research and Innovation Foundation.

A major milestone for the Founder Institute Cyprus · Spring 2026 cohort.This week, founders stepped in front of investor...
18/06/2026

A major milestone for the Founder Institute Cyprus · Spring 2026 cohort.

This week, founders stepped in front of investors and experienced startup leaders for the "Investor Progress Review" one of the most demanding sessions in the program.

Each founder had just five minutes to present their progress, communicate their vision, defend their assumptions, and demonstrate how their startup has evolved since entering the program.

A huge thank you to our review panel:

Nikita Yuriev
Gillian Muessig
Anastasios Avranas
Cyril Golub

Your feedback, questions, and insights challenged founders to think bigger, communicate clearer, and raise the standard of what they're building.

For many founders, this was their first opportunity to pitch to investors. For all of them, it was an important step forward.

The journey continues.

Registrations for the autumn cohort are open
www.fi.co/cyprus

How Organized Is Your Coaching Practice?You probably have notes.You probably have goals.You probably have client convers...
17/06/2026

How Organized Is Your Coaching Practice?

You probably have notes.

You probably have goals.

You probably have client conversations, reflections, and action points stored somewhere.

But if a client asked today for a summary of their progress over the last six months, how easily could you provide it?

Join us for a practical workshop where coaches and mentors will explore common challenges around organization, progress tracking, reflective practice, and professional development.

This is not a webinar about technology.

It's a working session where we'll assess current practices, discuss real challenges, build an ideal workflow together, and explore how tools like Mentormatic can support a more structured and effective practice.

📅 24 June 2026
🕕 18:00 EEST
📍 Online

Register now
https://pages.aalchemy.eu/mentormatic-webinar (link in bio)

12/06/2026

As AI becomes more integrated into coaching and mentoring, one question matters more than ever:

How do we protect the people behind the data?

Coaches, mentors, and programme managers work with highly sensitive information every day. Notes, assessments, reflections, goals, personal challenges, and professional development journeys all require a high level of trust.

This was one of the topics discussed during the Mediterranean Leadership & Coaching Summit, where the conversation moved beyond what AI can do and focused on how AI should be governed.

The European Union's AI Act is raising the bar for accountability, transparency, and risk management across AI-powered systems. While this creates additional responsibilities for technology providers, it also creates something important for users:

Confidence.

At Mentormatic, we believe AI should support practitioners, not replace them.

That's why responsible development, data protection, transparency, and human oversight remain core principles as we continue to build AI-supported features for mentors, coaches, and organisations.

Innovation matters.

But trust, ethics, and accountability matter just as much.

Because AI should remain a tool that helps humans make better decisions, not a system that makes decisions for humans.

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