Grace - Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship

🧡 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 🧡 🌟 Roberta Dabed Sitnisky and Daniela Burgos co-founders of Nerea Roberta is passionate about: Female representation, AI enthusiast, self development, creating new projects, inspiring success stories and communities. Daniela is passionate about:  Coding, nature, sports, human connections, technology, the universe, science, spirituality and empowering other women in the tech scene. Nerea is building a Beauty Salon Management Software that automates tasks using AI agents and advanced technologies. It will handle repetitive tasks such as, answering messages, handling appointments, managing products and staff, helping with marketing and overall organization. Functioning as the ultimate 24/7 receptionist. Focusing in reducing the workload for business owners and freelancers, allowing them to do the creative and fun part of their work. 👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲? Roberta and Daniela joined Grace to connect with other female founders in a similar journey, to share wins and get inspired by the community. Also to learn from Mentors, coaches and expert sessions unlooking their full venture potential. Having the right support is everything! 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: 🕯️ Buddhism and Spirituality 🍲 Good food from cuisine around the world Do you have a question for Roberta or Daniela? Leave it in the comments. — The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #femalefounders #startupsofberlin #womeninbusiness #gracefounder #graceaccelerator

🚀💥 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 – 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 This month has been a defining moment for the Grace Berlin Accelerator, full of insights, collaboration, and milestone achievements. As our founders wrapped up their six-month journey, February was all about refining their pitches, reflecting on their growth, and celebrating their progress. ✨ Some of the February Highlights: ✅ 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 on hiring, biases and diversity at the workplace with Alexandra Krammer ✅ 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 sharpening their demo day pitches ✅ 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 fine-tuning every detail ✅ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘆 the big moment and everyone shined on stage ✅ 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 recognizing the transformation ✅ 𝗔 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🎉 We couldn’t be prouder of our founders and the incredible community they’ve built. Over the past six months, they’ve grown as founders, refined their businesses, and supported each other every step of the way. Thanks to our partner Scaling Spaces for accelerating female entrepreneurship with us throughout the years, and more is yet to come.  While we close this chapter, we’re already looking ahead, excited to support the next  Grace founders next week already! Stay tuned! ___ The Grace Berlin Accelerator is implemented by ignore gravity and funded by the European Social Fund Plus, with support from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #StartupAccelerator #FemaleFounders #Entrepreneurship #Startups #BusinessGrowth #GraceBerlin #GraceAccelerator #WomenInBusiness #FounderCommunity

🧡 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 🧡 🌟Arus Manvelyan Founder of Minimo Haus Arus is passionate about designing and building regenerative spaces for people and nature to thrive. She values authentic relating and deep conversations with others. Minimo Haus aims to solve the housing and environmental crisis by offering circular, quick-to-build, and affordable modular housing units. We help real estate developers and private investors increase their return on investment and reach their sustainability goals.  The product comes in different typologies that can be combined in multiple ways to create flexible layout arrangements and be stacked up to 4 floors. 👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲? At Grace, personal growth and well-being are just as important as the success of your venture, which is why Arus decided to join Grace. It is the perfect accelerator for female founders, particularly mothers, since you get a lot of support and resources to combine parenthood with entrepreneurship. Grace’s team, including the coaches and mentors, are smart and inspiring people who guide us through this challenging yet exciting journey of starting a startup. 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗔𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: 💃 Creative self-expression in the form of dance, painting, and sculpting with clay. 🌳 Meditating with nature. ✈️ Exploring the west coast of Portugal. Do you have a question for Arus? leave it in the comments. — The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #femalefounders #startupsofberlin #womeninbusiness #gracefounder #graceaccelerator

A few days later, and we are still energized by the Grace Demo Day 🙌 The live stream of the full event is now available to watch on our YouTube channel. Relive the excitement of the Grace Demo Day 2024, where the Berlin startup ecosystem came alive with innovative pitches and inspiring moments. Highlights include: ◦ Innovative pitches across #AI, to #sustainability to #blockchain, and more ◦ An interactive live music show with the talented artist Kidbekid ◦ Announcements of our three winners of the Grace demo day and audience award winner Congratulations again to all our amazing founders: Sophie Apel Bahila Hijazi Madlen Baetzgen Christina Schwörbel-Binn Victoria Etherington Sasha Silberberg Christine Ripken Wangechi Ngige Amanda Gicharu-Kemoli Anna Richter Sara B. Catalina Domínguez Stella Hinderer Clara Gillet 👉 Catch the full event and feel the Grace Demo Day spirit: https://lnkd.in/gcFVky9b ___ The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #GraceDemoDay2024 #BerlinStartups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #femalefounders #womeninbusiness #gründerinenn #businesswomenhas

🧡 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 🧡 🌟Cosima Richardson Founder Kynd Hair Cosima is passionate about bringing more sustainability, diversity and fairness to entrepreneurship Kynd Hair is a startup that produces plant-based, biodegradable hair extensions, specifically for the needs of the Black community. 1 in 2 Black women use synthetic hair, yet, regular synthetic hair is made from plastic – it pollutes our planet and causes scalp irritations. 👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲? Cosima joined Grace to: Become part of the amazing Grace Community and connect with inspiring female founders, while working on the various challenges that being an early stage founder brings within mentorings and coachings. 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: Spending time with her husband, good food, step aerobic, listening to podcasts, reading and traveling. Her last trip was to Costa Rica where she saw lots of monkeys, various birds and a huge tarantula during a night walk. Do you have a question for Cosima? leave it in the comments. — The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #femalefounders #startupsofberlin #womeninbusiness #gracefounder #graceaccelerator

𝟭𝟭 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 , 𝟭𝟭 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮s, 𝟭 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁! Grace Demo Day once again ignited Berlin’s startup scene with groundbreaking ideas, fearless founders, and an incredible community of supporters! 🚀 And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for—meet the winners of Grace Demo Day 2025! 🎉 🏆 1st prize: Madlen Baetzgen & Christina Schwörbel-Binn – Co-founders of wild & water 🥈 2nd prize: Sophie Apel – Co-founder of AVALY 🥉 3rd prize: Wangechi Ngige - Founder of Shambakeep 💡 Audience Award: Sara B. & Catalina Domínguez - Co-founders of Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) A huge congratulations to all our Grace founders who stepped up, pitched their hearts out, and made us proud Amanda Gicharu-Kemoli Bahila Hijazi Victoria Etherington Sasha Silberberg Christine Ripken Brooke Trezise Pati Keilwerth Stella Hinderer Clara Gillet The journey is just beginning, and we can’t wait to see where you take your ventures next!✨✨ A special shoutout to Scaling Spaces for their incredible support, offering the 1st prize winner an extra 6 months of free office space! for CIC Berlin for hosting us and making our demo day extra special. A massive thank you to our esteemed jury for taking on the challenge of selecting the winners: Anne Kjær Bathel (She) Sabrina Spielberger Isabelle Canu Jutta Jakobi Ewa Geresz Ralph Riecke The Grace Demo Day spirit doesn’t stop here, stay tuned for more highlights and behind-the-scenes moments in the coming days! ___ This project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with support from the European Union and the State of Berlin. Photos: Dominik Tryba #GraceDemoDay #FemaleFounders #StartupSuccess #BerlinStartups #Entrepreneurship #FutureIsFemale #SupportWomenInBusiness #ImpactDriven #FounderCommunity

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁! Tomorrow, February 19th, our Grace Berlin Accelerator founders and teams will take the stage at Grace Demo Day 2025. After weeks of pitch training and rehearsals, the founders are ready and excited! Every pitch will inspire you. Every founder has a story and impact to share. We are proud to say that the Grace founders are reshaping industries, from #AI to #sustainability to #blockchain and beyond. ✨ Join us via livestream! 🎥 📍 Sign up now to be part of the digital experience: https://lnkd.in/e3c8M5Xb — The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #GraceDemoDay #FemaleFounders #StartupShowcase #PitchEvent #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #FoundersSpotlight #ImpactDriven #StartupCommunity #BerlinStartups

🧡 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 🧡 🌟Cait Kennedy 🏳️🌈🥄 Founder of Spoons 🥄 Cait is passionate about revenue (a true geek 🤓), AI, and demystifying buyer psychology. Spoons identifies customer and prospect problems in seconds, eliminating the top reason deals fail: failure to identify customer problems. Users can double their revenue potential while cutting sales headcount by 15%, saving $1M/year for 100-rep teams. 👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲? Cait joined Grace to learn from other founders, but honestly the sense of community is why I stayed! It’s such a vibrant network of inspiring entrepreneurs. 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: 🧘♀️ Yoga  🏋️♀️ Fitness 🏄 Surfing and kitesurfing 🎸 Indie music 🎨 Contemporary art Do you have a question for Cait? leave it in the comments. — The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #femalefounders #startupsofberlin #womeninbusiness #gracefounder #graceaccelerator

The Grace Demo Day is one week away, and it is time to present our jury members who have shown continuous support for Grace. The jury members bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion for #femaleentrepreneurship and they are ready to join us for the challenge and select the 3 demo day winners. If you haven’t yet, sign up for the digital experience of the Grace Demo Day and join us in the livestream here:  https://lnkd.in/e3c8M5Xb 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗽: 🌟 Sabrina Spielberger Sabrina started her tech company without any VC funding, because she wanted to solve her own problem as a fashion blogger - and all that without any tech background. Fast forward, she managed to scale the business profitably, won several awards for fastest growing company in Germany and Europe, drove over 2.5 billion Euros in ecommerce sales and sold the whole business to a private equity firm within buy & build move. 🌟 Anne Kjær Bathel (She) Anne co-founded ReDI School of Digital Integration in 2015 in response to the refugee crisis and has since served as its CEO. Under her leadership, ReDI has expanded across Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and online. Recognized for her impact on diversity and social justice, she has received multiple awards, including the German Start-up Award for Best Female Social Entrepreneur (2020) and Handelsblatt’s Top 50 Female Founders (2022). 🌟Isabelle Canu Isabelle is a partner of the GET Fund (Green European Tech Fund) with a target of 150-250 M EUR to invest in European cleantech start-ups with a potential for high financial returns and a high positive impact on the environment. She is an experienced investment and fund manager and, with 19 years of practical experience in sustainable finance, including at the Federal Chancellery and KfW. 🌟Jutta Jakobi Jutta has been involved in IT, marketing, innovation and events for over 25 years. For exactly 10 years in the startup Oekosystem. Via PwC, IBM, Messe Hannover, PWC again, her path leads her to GITEX in summer 2024. As Managing Director, she will bring this tech platform for Europe to Berlin in May. 🌟Ewa Geresz Ewa is an ecosystem builder and global connector, driving initiatives that foster innovation, entrepreneurship and cross-border collaboration. She has worked extensively on international projects across Europe, India and Japan supporting startups, investors and organizations in scaling their impact globally. 🌟Ralph Riecke Ralph joined Porsche Ventures in 2021. He is located in Berlin and is focused on Industrial opportunities. Before joining the team, Ralph was a Senior Investment Manager at IeAD Sports, initiated by the Adi Dassler Family Office and hub:raum, the incubator of Deutsche Telekom. He has worked in a startup, spent time in management consulting, digital business development, and sales.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗻! 🔥 On February 19th, 11 visionary founders and teams will take the stage at the Grace Demo Day. Every pitch will inspire you. Every idea will spark your imagination. Every founder has a story that will leave you wanting more. The Grace founders are reshaping industries, from #AI, #sustainability to #blockchain, and more.  𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗽: 🌟 Sophie Apel co-founder of AVALY  🌟 Wangechi Ngige founder of Shambakeep  🌟 Victoria Etherington and Sasha Silberberg co-founder of Renewal 🌟 Christine Ripken founder of Laclara 🌟 Christina Schwörbel-Binn and Madlen Baetzgen co-founders of Wild&wWater 🌟 Amanda Gicharu-Kemoli founder of BARAKOA media 🌟 Pati Keilwerth and Brooke Trezise co-founders of Yum Yum Yum 🌟 Stella Hinderer founder of Sun Matters 🌟 Clara Gillet co-founder of Figo Social 🌟 Bahila Hijazi founder of Stakeroo 🌟 Sara B. and Catalina Domínguez co-founders of Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺! 🎥 Sign up here to be part of the digital experience of the Grace Demo Day 2025:  https://lnkd.in/e9TgGi_e  __ The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin. #GraceDemoDay #FemaleFounders #StartupShowcase #PitchEvent #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #FoundersSpotlight #ImpactDriven #StartupCommunity #BerlinStartups