500 Eurasia

03/08/2026

🚨 There's still a chance to apply:

Batch 11 applications close August 9

Funding, mentorship, and a founder network spanning 29 countries - this is your moment to get in front of 500 Global in Eurasia, and scale your startup beyond borders.

Comment APPLY and we'll send you the link. 👇

31/07/2026

28/07/2026

⏰ 3 days left to apply for Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1: Stage 2 - MVP.

An MVP should do more than prove that you can build a product.

It should help you discover who needs it, why they need it, and whether they will use or pay for it. That evidence becomes even more important when you want to enter markets beyond Georgia.

Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1: MVP Stage helps early-stage founders build the foundations needed for that journey.

👉🏼 Apply by this Friday, July 31: https://be.500.co/georgiastartupacademyb1

This program is delivered by 500 Global as part of GITA’s Innovative Startup Acceleration Program, and each of the 20 selected startups will receive a GEL 50,000 grant from GITA.

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21/07/2026

Your startup’s biggest risk may not be failure.

It may be never giving the market a chance to respond.

If your MVP has been waiting for “one more thing” before you show it to anyone, this is your chance to put it in motion.

Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1: MVP Stage is designed for early-stage founders in Georgia who are ready to replace guesswork with evidence. Participants will work on:

→ Designing and building a first working prototype
→ Running user tests and collecting feedback
→ Refining features based on early customer interactions
→ Establishing a business model and initial revenue streams
→ Identifying product-market fit signals

The Product Open House is where that work meets the real world. You’ll build in public, put your product in front of customers and experts, hear feedback in real-time, test the assumptions behind your MVP, and gain clarity on what to improve next.

No more making every product decision inside your own bubble.

🗓 MVP Stage Dates: August 31 - December 18, 2026
⏳ Apply by July 31, 2026
👉🏼 Apply Here: https://be.500.co/georgiastartupacademyb1

Georgia Startup Academy by 500 Global is a part of GITA’s Innovative Startup Acceleration Program. Only 20 startups will be selected for this stage, and each selected startup will receive a GEL 50,000 grant from GITA.

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14/07/2026

And here are the final 10 founders of Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1!

This group brings together founders building across construction, travel, B2B intelligence, art technology, healthcare access, music tech, veterinary operations, asset tokenization, real estate sales, and restaurant management.

These founders are beginning Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit, an important phase focused on understanding the market, validating customer needs, and building the foundations for long-term growth.

✨ Congratulations to the founders behind Remondo, SeeSight, Shelf, Slct AI, Smart Ek, SWARM.AUDIO.DSP, Tail, Tokenizer, TwinO, and Wox.

Swipe through to know more →

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13/07/2026

Meet 10 more founders joining Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1 — Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit.

This group is building across marketing intelligence, sustainability, sales infrastructure, engineering workflows, food discovery, customer simulation, sports communities, language learning, film production, and call center analytics.

It’s a strong reminder that innovation does not come from one sector alone. It emerges wherever founders deeply understand a problem and commit to building a better way forward.

✨ Congratulations to the founders of Lumio.ai, NECO, Networker, NodeSnap, OnlyFood, PersonaX, Playmaker, PrepDaF, Prior AI, and QaTracker AI!

Swipe through to learn more →

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10/07/2026

Introducing the next 10 founders of Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1!

Welcome to Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit.

This group reflects the breadth of founder ambition in Georgia: smarter cities, better education access, enterprise AI, EV infrastructure, customer intelligence, hospitality operations, neuroscience-driven insights, legal tech, logistics digitization, and service-business automation.

Different industries. Different founder stories. One shared goal: build solutions that customers need and markets can support.

✨Congratulations to the founders behind Floway, Gakvetili, Graphitize.ai, GreenPoint, Heard, Hello Host, InsightLabs, Legalstepy, LightLane, and Lucklucky!

Swipe through to get to know them →

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09/07/2026

Meet the first 10 founders of Georgia Startup Academy Batch 1!

These founders are entering Stage 1: Founder-Market Fit, where ideas meet customers, assumptions are tested, and strong company-building foundations begin to take shape.

From AI and mobility to healthcare, sustainability, trade, and culture, this group shows just how diverse and ambitious Georgia’s startup ecosystem is becoming.

✨ Congratulations to the founders of Adaptain, AI Whisper, AIMEP, Aqpark, Atrium Exchange, Bio Shield, CARENT, CogniLens, Coptrial, and Culture Pass!

Swipe through to meet them →

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08/07/2026

Batch 1 is here! 🚀

Georgia Startup Academy kicks off this week, bringing together 40 ambitious founders for an exciting journey of building, learning, testing, and growing.

More than a program, it’s a launchpad for Georgia’s next generation of tech innovators.

Over the next few days, we’ll be introducing you to the founders and startups joining us for Stage 1 (Founder-Market Fit). Get ready to meet the people building bold solutions for Georgia and beyond.

Let’s go BIG. Let’s Build in Georgia.

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