SsenStone specializes in Fintech, Authentication and Cyber Security.

HQ COUNTRY: South Korea
FOUNDED DATE: November 2015
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Series A
TOTAL FUNDING: $2M

OUR CONTRIBUTION: SSenstone got selected as part of the 4- week Startup School early stage program for international startups made in partnership with KISED (Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development), which brought other 7 startups from Korea, and Enel, which brought 2 startups from Brazil. SSenStone was already more advanced compared to other companies. We helped them to land to the Silicon Valley ecosystem with introductions to mentors, potential advisors, and local serial entrepreneurs in similar business areas in preparation of their future potential expansion in the US market.

Horus Aeronaves develops aerial solutions, with national manufacturing of VANTs for aerial mapping and image processing platform.

HQ COUNTRY: Brazil

FOUNDED DATE: October 2012
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Series A / Equity Crowdfunding
TOTAL FUNDING: $3M

OUR CONTRIBUTION: Horus Aeronaves was selected as part of a challenge organized by Enel (one of the largest energy utility companies in the world) in Brazil. Horus is one of the most advanced startups we met during the history of our program but also well recognized in their home country. We helped them to demystify Silicon Valley and prioritize the saturation of their local market but also prepare for a global expansion when ready. We reframed the value proposition and review their unfair advantage.

An O2O service delivering the latest Korean fashion trends online.

HQ COUNTRY: South Korea

FOUNDED DATE: October 2014
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Series B
TOTAL FUNDING: $5M

OUR CONTRIBUTION: Brich joined together with a group of South Korean organizations selected by our partner KISED. They were selected out of an initial selection of 60 startups. Definitely one of the most advanced companies we worked with and very well recognized in their home country (top 5 fashion e-commerce in South Korea). We helped them revamp their pitch, effectively for US investors, as they were preparing to fundraise their Series B. They closed their investment a year later in South Korea of $2.5M with investors like Hyundai Technology Investment and POSCO Technology. We remain available and happy to support them for their US expansion when ready.

Opinary is a startup that established a new way for users to share their opinion in online content.

HQ COUNTRY: Germany

FOUNDED DATE: Feb 2016
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Series B
TOTAL FUNDING: $7M

OUR CONTRIBUTION: Opinary joined us as part of a program organized and supported by the EU Commission called Welcome. The objective of the program was to select several partners (including Mind the Bridge) and select the most promising startups (earlier stage) in Europe and support them for a period of 1 year in their development and expansion across the continent. Their class was one of the most advanced we had in our all history. We helped them identifying their unique value proposition and with local connections both in Europe and USA.

SwiftComply helps water authorities protect human health and the environment.

HQ COUNTRY: Ireland
FOUNDED DATE: June 2016
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Seed Round
TOTAL FUNDING: $4.5M
ACTIVE ACQUIRER: 1

OUR CONTRIBUTION: SwiftComply joined us as part of a program organized and supported by the EU Commission called Welcome. The objective of the program was to select several partners (including Mind the Bridge) and select the most promising startups (earlier stage) in Europe and support them for a period of 1 year in their development and expansion across the continent. Their class was one of the most advanced we had in our all history. We helped them identifying their unique value proposition and with local connections both in Europe and USA. They opened their office in San Francisco and now scaling in US and Europe.

HQ COUNTRY: Germany
FOUNDED DATE: February 2016
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Seed
TOTAL FUNDING: $4.2M

OUR CONTRIBUTION: Replex joined us as part of a program organized and supported by the EU Commission called Welcome. The objective of the program was to select several partners (including Mind the Bridge) and select the most promising startups (earlier stage) in Europe and support them for a period of 1 year in their development and expansion across the continent. Their class was one of the most advanced we had in our all history. We helped them identifying their unique value proposition and with local connections both in Europe and USA. They opened their office in San Francisco and now scaling in US and Europe.

LUXROBO develops educational robots, IoT platform, and modular robotics kit.

HQ COUNTRY: South Korea
FOUNDED DATE: August 2013
LAST FUNDING STAGE: Series B
TOTAL FUNDING: $12M

OUR CONTRIBUTION: Luxrobo and its founder joined our program together with two groups from South Korea and Italy. They were part of a program organized with our partners KIC (Korean Innovation Center) and ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation). The founder of Luxrobo was the star of the class. He was very well recognized in his home country and by his peers. The project at the time was still at his beginnings. We helped provinding Luxrobo with a reality check of the Silicon Valley mindset to bring back to Korea together with recommendations on redefining their value proposition and identify the best business development channels. Luxrobo is an established robotics company now back in South Korea and we remained available for scaling in US as we believe it has great potential.