As we near our first anniversary, we're also incredibly proud to announce the graduation of the inaugural cohort of our Pre-Accelerator program. Launched in Autumn 2024, this program has been a launchpad for a group of talented and ambitious teams. We've provided them with the essential tools, resources, and mentorship to navigate the challenging early stages of building a business. It's been an inspiring journey to witness their dedication and progress, and we're excited to showcase the incredible solutions they've developed.

A Focus on Solving Real-World Challenges
This first cohort is tackling a diverse range of pressing challenges with innovative solutions. From streamlining business operations and revolutionizing customer interactions to addressing critical needs in healthcare and defense, these startups are developing impactful technologies with big potential. Their solutions focus on:
Improving Efficiency and Productivity: Several startups are focused on optimizing business processes, from sales and procurement to internal knowledge management, using AI and automation to save time and resources.
Enhancing Human Experiences: Others are developing solutions that directly improve people's lives, including personalized support for neurodivergent individuals, gamified speech therapy for children, and safer connections in the dating world.
Addressing Critical Sector Needs: Some are tackling complex challenges in vital sectors like healthcare, by reducing nurse burnout and improving medical training, and defense, by enhancing the capabilities of small-scale drone swarms.

Meet the Pioneering Class of Autumn 2024
Here's a glimpse into the graduating startups and their impactful solutions:
Morr.ai: Stop searching, start knowing - be more. It’s your company's information hub. Morpheus.ai empowers businesses to unlock hidden potential by centralizing all company data into a single, intelligent platform, boosting collaboration and innovation.
Chatbot Platform: This platform empowers clients to build fully customized AI assistants tailored to their unique business needs, offering personalized and automated interactions, improving customer experience and efficiency.
ClarityWiz: ClarityWiz provides a tool for creating interactive lead magnets to attract and capture qualified leads online for SaaS companies, streamlining the lead generation process.
Conny: Conny is an AI-driven personal assistant adapted for neurodivergent users, offering personalized planning tools, everyday support, and caregiver integration to promote independence and well-being.
FloHab: FloHab streamlines product configuration, quoting, billing, and provisioning processes for teams selling complex products and solutions, specifically targeting the B2B telecom sector to improve sales efficiency and reduce operational costs.
Hospilly: Hospilly is an AI-powered healthcare SaaS platform that reduces nurse burnout by automating non-medical tasks and including patients in the workflow, addressing the growing nurse shortage crisis.
UserBunch: UserBunch is a gamified platform to prioritize and fund features through crowdfunding, empowering users to directly influence product development and providing valuable data insights to product teams.
Krush: Krush is a dating and verification app that verifies users' sexual health status and connects them with others who have matching status, promoting safer connections and reducing the spread of STIs.
Meleys: Meleys prepares teams to weather future crises with scenario-based simulations that improve crisis response coordination and communication, enhancing organizational resilience.
OWN: OWN is a white-label platform that lets real estate developers tap direct Bitcoin funding quickly and securely—no custom coding required, unlocking new capital and accelerating project financing.
PerfectPatient: Perfect Patient is developing AI-driven software to help medical schools ensure sufficient student-patient interactions through interactive virtual patient simulations, improving clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills.
Pinted.io: Pinted is a B2B platform that centralizes print and packaging procurement, using automation, real-time tracking, and data-driven insights to reduce costs and enhance sustainability for businesses of all sizes.
Aironet: Aironet enhances autonomy for small-scale military drone swarms by retrofitting COTS FPV drones with laser-seeking capabilities for use in signal-jamming environments, increasing their effectiveness in modern warfare scenarios.

During the Pre-Accelerator Demo day in December, three startups were chosen by the joury as the top 3 - Hospilly (Laura Lokmane), Aironet (Vadims Juris), and Morr.ai (Nauris Horsts). These impressive teams earned a limited-time membership at Startup House, giving them access to the resources and network they need to take their ventures to the next level. For more in-depth information visit our one-pager.
What’s next for the Startup House Pre-Accelerator?
We're immensely proud of the dedication and hard work shown by these teams, and we're confident they will continue to achieve great things. With a strong foundation laid, we look forward to welcoming future teams and startup enthusiasts to the Startup House Pre-Accelerator program and fostering the growth of the Latvian startup ecosystem. A special thanks to the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia for their support in making this program possible.
If you're an early-stage startup looking for support and guidance, we encourage you to follow the information on our socials. We will announce when the applications for the next Startup House Pre-Accelerator program will begin.
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