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🚨 We’ve secured €60 million to help the world’s most exceptional founders to build game-changing companies. From now on, EWOR Fellows will receive €500,000 in immediate funding. In short, we’re taking EWOR to the next level, whilst maintaining what has set us apart from the very beginning. We, as always, continue to be: 𝟬𝟬𝟭 - 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: Just 0.1% of 35,000+ applications per year make the cut. 𝟬𝟬𝟮 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: Our Fellows get 1:1 mentorship (including up to 5 hours/week with a unicorn founder), as well as direct access to 2,000+ mentors from top-tier VCs and domain experts. 𝟬𝟬𝟯 - 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿: A founder’s journey is not linear, so a founder fellowship shouldn’t be either. Our platform and approach is fully modular. Take what you need, skip what you don’t. No programme. No standardisation. No ego. We serve founders. 𝟬𝟬𝟰 - 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹-𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹: Founders can participate from anywhere in the world - no relocation, no borders. Our model is designed for the modern founder: Building in Nairobi, hiring in Europe, and raising in Silicon Valley We’ve already welcomed incredible founders into our 2025 cohort (with more announcements to come, stay tuned) and we can’t wait to work with them. -- A huge thanks to our world-class network of investors and supporters: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Michael Baum (Splunk), Daniel Krauss (Flix), André Schwämmlein (Flix), Jochen Engert (Flix), Felix Haas, Kevin Hartz, David Rowan - Accel, Atomico, Balderton Capital, EQT Ventures, 2150, Insight Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Sequoia Capital, and many more for making this possible! -- 🚀 Founders, apply here: https://lnkd.in/dcbJPv6n -- Our €60 million in fresh capital is split between €30 million going toward a Series A financing round for our operating business, EWOR GmbH, and another €30 million allocated to a Luxembourg-based investment fund. As part of our new standard deal, each startup receives a €500,000 investment. This includes €110,000 from EWOR GmbH and an additional €390,000 from the fund via an uncapped convertible note.