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es, Seavus Incubator with its pre-acceler- would be lecturer and will prepare the
ator program attempts to fulfill this par- startups for better presentation – pitch-
ticular gap in the non-formal education ing their ideas before investors. This
in startups in Macedonia. The program man is known for getting a multimillion
that they offer includes preparation of investment in such a pitch. The other
a strategy, business models, marketing, experts will teach the startups how to
and sales, as well as skills for presenta- better sell their product to a segmented
tion before investors. A so called investor group of buyers. The Chinese, the Indian,
part is placed at the end of the program, as well as the Western European market
when all startups from the program are part of their sales portfolios.
would be able to present their ideas be-
fore Macedonian and international inves- The IME project is a partner of the
tors. pre-accelerator program, implemented
by the Foundation for Sustainable Eco-
The program mentors include man- nomic Development PREDA Plus, which
agers and experts from Seavus, however together with SEAVUS provided funds to
also international experts and proven cover all costs and for this particular rea-
professionals in their field. Chief execu- son the program, although it costs 650
tive officers and founders of successful Euros, would be free for the selected stu-
startups come from several countries, dents and startups.
who will teach on topics related to man-
agement of so called unicorn companies, For this reason, financing of the best
which is a startup with a valuation of ideas is guaranteed, whereby the start-
more than billion dollars, with the pres- ups would be able to get funds for addi-
ence of artificial intelligence, with op- tional development of their business in
eration and analysis of vast data. One of or outside the Seavus incubator.
the most successful young American in-
vestors with an origin from the Balkan, All interested parties can also apply on
the web-page of Seavus Incubator: www.
seavusincubator.com

Seavus Incubator is the first business incubator in Macedonia 59
opened by Seavus, a private international company for
development of software and consulting services with a proven
experience in successful business software solutions.
The incubator is a multifunctional space which is dedicated to the
support of entrepreneurs and startups which work in the field of
information technologies, creative industries, and media. Ideas
are mentored in the Incubator, infrastructure and resources
are provided for successful growth and development of the
companies.
Currently 10 startups work in the Incubator, and they are
dedicated to interactive games, online shops, generators of
mobile solutions, embedded systems, internet of things, financial
solutions, etc.

September 2016