Significant Incentive for Technological Entrepreneurs

Technological entrepreneurs gathered in the Tenderly and Shtreber teams, which are developing products in the spheres of blockchain i.e. education, have received a financial incentive in the overall amount of 20,000 euros for further development of their digital products in the third round of the mrts startup acceleration program. According to the opinion of a five-member jury, these teams have shown greatest readiness to successfully create and market their business solution in the forthcoming period.

mts implements its program of support for startups in cooperation with the Startup Academy, the most prestigious educational program in the sphere of technological entrepreneurship in the region. Apart from the financial incentive that Telekom Srbija has granted to the best participants of the Startup Academy for a third year in a row, the company provides teams with additional mentor counselling, free services and support to enter the regional markets where it is present.

The Tenderly team is developing a platform which serves to monitor smart contracts on blockchain, while the Shtreber team has made a learning platform for elementary school pupils which accelerates the learning process via an interactive game.  

“Tehcnological entrepreneurship has been shaping the dynamics and the course of social and economic progress on the global level for some time now. The experience acquired by cooperation with the main players of startup ecosystems has shown us that entrepreneurs with an innovative buisness idea needed to receive support from a wider community at the very beginning in order to increase their chances to succeed. In this way, Telekom Srbija tries to improve their chances to quickly develop their product which will be competitive primarily on the regional but also on the global market. All added value created in this way has a positive influence on increasing the value of the community itself”, said Mila Milenković, the manager of the Section for Digital Innovations and Applications at Telekom Srbija.

The mts Startup Acceleration program is intended for technological entrepreneurs at an early stage of devlopment of their business idea. The program is part of a wider initiative called “We Support the Initiators”, by which the company tries to enmpower individuals and organizations to initiate postivie changes in their envirognment and encourage others to do so. 

In 2018, the US company Google recognized the contribution made to the development of the technological entrepreneur community in Serbia by the Startit organization and the Startup Academy and established partner cooperation with these organizations through its Google Developers Launchpad program.