The Founder Institute is a “pre-seed startup accelerator”; the company got started in California in 2009 and then opened a Luxembourg branch last year. It ran the first cycle here with Elvinger Hoss Prussen, a law firm.

The 10 startups will present during FI’s “Demo Day” graduation ceremony and networking event on Thursday 13 June starting at 6pm. The event is invite-only, so contact Ivo Radulovski at the Founders Institute Luxembourg about attending.

The firms are (with company descriptions taken from a press release distributed by FI and Elvinger Hoss on 3 June):

“ChefPassport is a web and mobile application to connect cooking lovers with local cooks and chefs around the world to deliver live streaming private cooking classes.

 

Concio helps travellers save time by gathering personalised travel activities and enabling them to book all of them with a single click/tap.

 

Cryptic is a platform to help IT Security Officers manage their digital keys, that includes monitor and audit of the usage

 

Hitblu is a universal air charter search platform facilitating private jet booking worldwide.

 

Groundfeet is a crowd lending platform that empowers small social investors in selecting social and environmental impact projects by measuring the impact and providing due diligence to them

 

Legal Finder provides a booking platform to help clients find lawyers in a couple of minutes with all the relevant information given, including other clients recommendations. It also helps lawyers attract new clients online.

 

RealtyImpact is a network and online marketplace that helps clients bring the highest design quality, sustainability and social value into their construction projects by quickly and conveniently connecting them to the most talented architects and engineers and qualified builders who best fit their project needs.

 

Rejustify helps economists and financial analysts to get and merge data from multiple sources in a few clicks. It saves 75% of the analyst's time and reduces errors.

 

Tallocate is an online talent management & sharing platform for companies to source, engage and hire qualified specialists faster.

 

Working Princess is a community to help working mothers to achieve their work-life-balance by using a platform. It also to makes a bridge between the companies looking for the best talent fit and the working women who are looking for alternative working cultures.”