BIH Last Cohort Through The Startups' Eyes

Our latest cohort took place this spring, and it was one of the most memorable yet, with nine remarkable startups joining us in Silicon Valley to strengthen their scaling strategies. Some of them already spoke to us about their experience. 

EmailTree.ai

EmailTree.ai is an open platform allowing businesses to deploy AI and automation for real business use cases, a new way of combining productivity, security and revenue generation when managing emails and text requests. 

With focus on Telco, Administration, BPOs and eCommerce, EmailTree.ai is an Enterprise-Grade Solution where businesses build their own Business Knowledge Base (BKB) by using AI, while creating their own/isolated models. 

On top of this, users can secure the inbox, preventing damages generated by spam & phishing, they can create Perfect Tickets to feed tasks for Human, APIs, and/or Robots and deliver end-to-end automation. All of this is done to help the business augment the humans behind their screens.

Strongly recommend to follow the program as early as possible in your startup's journey. It is packed with valuable learnings, insights, and things you should prioritize or avoid in your journey. - Casius Morea, Founder & CEO of Emailtree.ai.  

Pluria 

Pluria boosts in-person collaboration of distributed teams, a B2B SaaS platform that unifies a curated network of workspaces with a team engagement layer, addressing head-on the challenges of hybrid and remote collaboration. 

With 600+ collaborative spaces across Latin America and Europe, Pluria is a B2B solution that elevates the collaboration and productivity of distributed teams.

Offering a flexible workplace network, custom hybrid setup and management capabilities for your own office, Pluria is the single partner to keep a distributed team connected.

‘BIH gave us a really immersive experience, with many lessons learned live, in San Francisco.’ - Alex Cretu, Co-founder & CEO of Pluria  

Qibus 

Qibus is a remote driving technology company bringing driverless mobility to everyone by connecting existing cars to the network of remote drivers. Their technology installs into any modern vehicle to enable driverless operations.

Once on the platform, a vehicle can be driven from anywhere, at any time, with or without passengers. Their platform provides a seamless experience for both drivers and passengers, to ensure safety and convenience.

Qibus greatly benefited from the BIH accelerator program. The targeted mentorship, network, valuable feedback, and supportive environment provided by BIH put us on the track to greater success. We highly recommend this program to startups and would gladly repeat it every six months. - Leanid Tsurankou, Founder & CEO of Qibus

Saga 

Saga is a collaborative workspace for connected notes, docs and tasks. It focuses on speed, simplicity and useful AI that helps individuals and teams organize and make sense of their knowledge. 

Saga is focused on enhancing deep work within the organization, by empowering people to spend less time organizing and more time doing.

With powerful integrations and a minimalistic interface, Saga prides itself with being amazingly fast and allowing teams to collaborate in real time.

‘The community and network of BIH are something every startup needs by its side.’ - Filip Stanev, Founder & CEO of Saga AI

Vodar App

Vodar app enables sports coaches without previous experience in sports psychology to train junior athletes in mental skills and improve their performance significantly. 

They develop a proprietary 3D design studio to create and visualize the training content that ensures a unique and engaging user experience. Fun fact: Vodar is the official mental coaching app of “Les Petits As - Le Mondial Lacoste” 2024 and an official partner of Dunlop.

‘I am thrilled to share my experience as a participant in the BIH acceleration program based in San Francisco. As a founder, I was seeking guidance and support to propel our startup to new heights, and BIH exceeded all expectations. The mentors at BIH are nothing short of exceptional. Their wealth of experience and genuine dedication to helping us succeed made every session invaluable. From fundraising strategies to marketing insights, and sales tactics to sustainable growth methodologies, the mentors generously shared their wisdom and expertise, equipping us with the tools necessary to navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship. Participating in the BIH program has been a game-changer. The knowledge gained and connections made have been instrumental in shaping our trajectory toward success. I wholeheartedly recommend BIH to fellow founders who are seeking a transformative experience that can accelerate their journey toward achieving their goals. It truly is a gem among acceleration programs.’ - Radinela Vodar

Background: The company focuses on tennis players as the initial segment and will expand to other individual sports like padel, pickleball, badminton, golf, cycling, and winter sports.

The best thing about BIH is that it really helped me stretch my mind, see new opportunities, and remove mindset barriers that were not helpful for my company's growth. I met with amazing people - experienced, humble, and very willing to help and give back to the community. In general, BIH is a great place if you want to level up your startup game! - Karina Karaga, Founder & CEO of Vodar. 

We launched BIH in 2019 with the mission to foster knowledge exchange and cross-cultural collaboration between the entrepreneurial communities in the US and CEE.

Since then, we have witnessed first-hand how the ecosystem has become more mature, and we are ready to double down on our mission to facilitate go-to-market programs that can actively help the scaling process.

The possibility for Bulgaria Innovation Hub to achieve these milestones is achieved with the support of America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF) - an independent, nonpartisan, and nonpolitical American grant-making foundation working in partnership with Bulgarians to strengthen the country’s private sector and related democratic institutions. For more information, please visit: https://us4bg.org/