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Tier B

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Signals: 8 | Sources: github_trending

Geography: unknown: 8

Outreach Queue

Yegor Piskarev

no email | Type A

Score 5.5/10, 3 signals, scientist profile, Ideation Fellowship

DIRECT_REFERRAL

Subject: Your EPFL spin-off Dexterous Endoscopes received CHF 15 caught my attention — quick question Hi Yegor, I came across EPFL spin-off Dexterous Endoscopes received CHF 150K from Venture Kick + CHF 100K Stage 3. Variable-stiffness endoscopes. and was genuinely impressed by the quality and ambition of your work. I'm a venture scout for EWOR, one of Europe's most selective early-stage programs (0.1% acceptance rate). We specifically look for exceptional builders like you — people with deep technical chops and a track record of shipping real things. What makes EWOR different: we have an Ideation Fellowship for technical founders who want to explore building a company but haven't committed to a specific idea yet. We provide up to €300k in funding, full-time support from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, ProGlove — €12bn+ combined), and a global community of the top 0.1% of founders. For context, our recent fellows include Moises Barbera (Master's in theoretical physics, worked on CERN's dark matter detector, now using AI to transform trauma surgery — cutting failure rates from 36% to near-zero). Would you be open to a 10-minute call to see if there's a fit? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min No pressure at all — happy to just share more about what we do if you're curious. Best, Luca Fusar Bassini

Marco Ramilli

no email | Type B

Score 5.4/10, 3 signals, scientist profile, Ideation Fellowship

DIRECT_REFERRAL

Subject: 3x founder. Yoroi (2015-2021) × EWOR Hi Marco, I've been following 3x founder. Yoroi (2015-2021) and I'm impressed by what you're building — Co-founder of IdentifAI (Milan). €7.2M total raised. AI deepfake detection platform — 94% accuracy.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where 3x founder. Yoroi (2015-2021) is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Luigi Pederzani

no email | Type B

Score 5.3/10, 3 signals, tech_genius profile, Ideation Fellowship

DIRECT_REFERRAL

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Luigi, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Co-founder of mcp-use (now Manufact) — 8K+ GitHub stars, 5M+ downloads, used by 20% of Fortune 500. Open-source MCP SDK.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Daria Stepanova

no email | Type B

Score 4.0/10, 2 signals, scientist profile, Ideation Fellowship

DIRECT_REFERRAL

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Daria, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Founder of AIRMO — €5M seed for satellite-based methane detection. Rocket scientist, 12 successful satellite launches. ESA-backed.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Julie Böhning

no email | Type B

Score 3.8/10, 2 signals, jack_of_all_trades profile, Traction Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Julie, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Co-founder & CEO of PAVE Space. $40M seed round (mega seed) led by Visionaries Club + Creandum. Building orbital transfer vehicles.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Bernhard Rannegger

no email | Type B

Score 3.7/10, 2 signals, ai_specialist profile, Ideation Fellowship

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Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Bernhard, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Founder of ScyAI (Zurich). €2M pre-seed led by AENU. AI risk intelligence for real assets. Ex-Swiss Re (6 years), built AI risk models + JV with Palantir.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Vishrant Dave

no email | Type B

Score 3.7/10, 2 signals, jack_of_all_trades profile, Traction Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Vishrant, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Co-founder of Armatrix (Bengaluru). $2.1M pre-seed from pi Ventures. IIT Kanpur engineers building snake-like robotic arms for hazardous industrial spaces.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Daniel Drabo

no email | Type B

Score 3.6/10, 2 signals, ai_specialist profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Daniel, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Co-founder of Peec AI. $21M Series A. $4M+ ARR from 1,300+ brands. Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) pioneer.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Peter Steinberger

no email | Type A

Score 3.0/10, 1 signals, tech_genius profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: Your Created OpenClaw — fastest-growing open-source pro caught my attention — quick question Hi Peter, I came across Created OpenClaw — fastest-growing open-source project in GitHub history. Personal AI assistant running locally. 250K+ stars, surpassed React. Acquired by OpenAI Feb 2026. and was genuinely impressed by the quality and ambition of your work. I'm a venture scout for EWOR, one of Europe's most selective early-stage programs (0.1% acceptance rate). We specifically look for exceptional builders like you — people with deep technical chops and a track record of shipping real things. What makes EWOR different: we have an Ideation Fellowship for technical founders who want to explore building a company but haven't committed to a specific idea yet. We provide up to €300k in funding, full-time support from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, ProGlove — €12bn+ combined), and a global community of the top 0.1% of founders. For context, our recent fellows include Lukas Köstler (PhD Computer Vision from TUM, ex-Tesla Autopilot, now building Spatial AI — raised €4M) and Rihab Lajmi (Physics grad, ex-Google & Microsoft, building a Conversational AI recruiter). Would you be open to a 10-minute call to see if there's a fit? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min No pressure at all — happy to just share more about what we do if you're curious. Best, Luca Fusar Bassini

Peter Steinberger

no email | Type B

Score 3.0/10, 1 signals, tech_genius profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Peter, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Creator of OpenClaw, fastest-growing open-source project in GitHub history — surged from 9k to 210k+ stars in days. Former founder of PSPDFKit. Joined OpenAI Feb 2026, transitioning project to open-source foundation.. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Ular Kimsanov

no email | Type A

Score 2.6/10, 1 signals, scientist profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: Your Won 2 tracks at TreeHacks 2026 (Stanford, <7% acce caught my attention — quick question Hi Ular, I came across Won 2 tracks at TreeHacks 2026 (Stanford, <7% acceptance from 15.9k applicants) with Minerva — an AI avatar tutor that generates real-time animations. Arcadia University CS student from Kyrgyzstan. NSF research assistant. and was genuinely impressed by your execution speed and the quality of what you built. I'm a venture scout for EWOR, one of Europe's most selective early-stage programs (0.1% acceptance rate). We specifically look for exceptional builders like you — people with deep technical chops and a track record of shipping real things. What makes EWOR different: we have an Ideation Fellowship for technical founders who want to explore building a company but haven't committed to a specific idea yet. We provide up to €300k in funding, full-time support from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, ProGlove — €12bn+ combined), and a global community of the top 0.1% of founders. For context, our recent fellows include Lukas Köstler (PhD Computer Vision from TUM, ex-Tesla Autopilot, now building Spatial AI — raised €4M) and Rihab Lajmi (Physics grad, ex-Google & Microsoft, building a Conversational AI recruiter). Would you be open to a 10-minute call to see if there's a fit? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min No pressure at all — happy to just share more about what we do if you're curious. Best, Luca Fusar Bassini

Fatih Kadir Akın

no email | Type A

Score 2.5/10, 1 signals, tech_genius profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: Your Repo f/prompts.chat: f.k.a. Awesome ChatGPT Prompt caught my attention — quick question Hi Fatih, I came across Repo f/prompts.chat: f.k.a. Awesome ChatGPT Prompts. Share, discover, and collect prompts from the community. Free and open source — self-host for your organization with complete privacy. and was genuinely impressed by the technical depth and real-world applicability of the project. I'm a venture scout for EWOR, one of Europe's most selective early-stage programs (0.1% acceptance rate). We specifically look for exceptional builders like you — people with deep technical chops and a track record of shipping real things. What makes EWOR different: we have an Ideation Fellowship for technical founders who want to explore building a company but haven't committed to a specific idea yet. We provide up to €300k in funding, full-time support from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, ProGlove — €12bn+ combined), and a global community of the top 0.1% of founders. For context, our recent fellows include Lukas Köstler (PhD Computer Vision from TUM, ex-Tesla Autopilot, now building Spatial AI — raised €4M) and Rihab Lajmi (Physics grad, ex-Google & Microsoft, building a Conversational AI recruiter). Would you be open to a 10-minute call to see if there's a fit? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min No pressure at all — happy to just share more about what we do if you're curious. Best, Luca Fusar Bassini

Benedikt Kisner

no email | Type B

Score 2.5/10, 1 signals, jack_of_all_trades profile, Traction Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: your project × EWOR Hi Benedikt, I've been following your project and I'm impressed by what you're building — Founder of conmeet (ConTech AI). €1.3M pre-seed. Serial entrepreneur — founded netgo at 22, sold at 35 (1,300 employees, triple-digit million revenue).. I scout for EWOR — a fellowship (not a VC, not an accelerator) where unicorn founders work full-time alongside early-stage companies. We've backed founders like Alfons Huber (world's first road power plant) and Lukas Köstler (ex-Tesla Autopilot, Spatial AI). Given where your project is right now, EWOR could specifically help with funding, full-time support from unicorn founders, and access to a network of exceptional technical builders across Europe. We offer up to €500k for Traction Fellows with hands-on co-founder-level support. Would a 10-minute intro call make sense? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min Luca Fusar Bassini

Luong NGUYEN

no email | Type A

Score 2.4/10, 1 signals, viral_builder profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: Your Repo luongnv89/claude-howto: A visual, example-dri caught my attention — quick question Hi Luong, I came across Repo luongnv89/claude-howto: A visual, example-driven guide to Claude Code — from basic concepts to advanced agents, with copy-paste templates that bring immediate value. and was genuinely impressed by the technical depth and real-world applicability of the project. I'm a venture scout for EWOR, one of Europe's most selective early-stage programs (0.1% acceptance rate). We specifically look for exceptional builders like you — people with deep technical chops and a track record of shipping real things. What makes EWOR different: we have an Ideation Fellowship for technical founders who want to explore building a company but haven't committed to a specific idea yet. We provide up to €300k in funding, full-time support from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, ProGlove — €12bn+ combined), and a global community of the top 0.1% of founders. Would you be open to a 10-minute call to see if there's a fit? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min No pressure at all — happy to just share more about what we do if you're curious. Best, Luca Fusar Bassini

Laurence Midgley

no email | Type A

Score 2.4/10, 1 signals, scientist profile, Ideation Fellowship

SKIP

Subject: Your Cambridge PhD, developed FAB (training AIs from ph caught my attention — quick question Hi Laurence, I came across Cambridge PhD, developed FAB (training AIs from physical equations without data). Co-founded Angstrom AI (YC-backed) — GenAI molecular simulations replacing wet lab experiments, 100x faster. Team of 2 PhDs + 2 Professors. Ex-InstaDeep (acquired by BioNTech). and was genuinely impressed by the innovative approach — clearly solving a real problem. I'm a venture scout for EWOR, one of Europe's most selective early-stage programs (0.1% acceptance rate). We specifically look for exceptional builders like you — people with deep technical chops and a track record of shipping real things. What makes EWOR different: we have an Ideation Fellowship for technical founders who want to explore building a company but haven't committed to a specific idea yet. We provide up to €300k in funding, full-time support from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, ProGlove — €12bn+ combined), and a global community of the top 0.1% of founders. For context, our recent fellows include Lukas Köstler (PhD Computer Vision from TUM, ex-Tesla Autopilot, now building Spatial AI — raised €4M) and Rihab Lajmi (Physics grad, ex-Google & Microsoft, building a Conversational AI recruiter). Would you be open to a 10-minute call to see if there's a fit? https://calendly.com/luca-fusarbassini-sns/15min No pressure at all — happy to just share more about what we do if you're curious. Best, Luca Fusar Bassini

Source Coverage

Where leads come from — every source should contribute at least 1 lead.

Source	Leads	Example Leads
github_trending	5	Peter Steinberger, Fatih Kadir Akın, Luong NGUYEN
TreeHacks 2026	3	Arjun Oberoi, Lexi Mattick, Jason Zhao
StartupItalia	2	Marco Ramilli, Luigi Pederzani
GitHub Trending	2	Luigi Pederzani, Peter Steinberger
deutsche-startups / EU-Startups	2	Bernhard Rannegger, Benedikt Kisner
Venture Kick	1	Yegor Piskarev
EPFL Spin-off	1	Yegor Piskarev
EPFL/Swiss Grants	1	Yegor Piskarev
EU AI Act	1	Marco Ramilli
Crunchbase / Prior Exit	1	Marco Ramilli
YC W26	1	Luigi Pederzani
EU-Startups/TechCrunch	1	Daria Stepanova
Antler / ESA	1	Daria Stepanova
Sifted/Startupticker	1	Julie Böhning
Swiss Ecosystem	1	Julie Böhning
Angel Investors	1	Bernhard Rannegger
Inc42/Indian Startup News	1	Vishrant Dave
WTFund / Emergent Ventures	1	Vishrant Dave
Sifted	1	Daniel Drabo
Antler	1	Daniel Drabo
hackathon_winner	1	Ular Kimsanov
patent_academic	1	Laurence Midgley
dead_startup_layoff	1	Kevin Rose
startup_aggregator_germany	1	Fabian Jakobi
Munich Startup / Startbase	1	Anna Schneider
academic_spinoff	1	Luc Bondaz
startup_aggregator_italy	1	Nicolò Verardi
startup_aggregator_switzerland	1	Adaptyv Biosystems Team
StartupItalia / MilanoFinanza	1	Gianluca Fioranelli
hacker_news	1	Maor Shlomo
niche_forum_hardware	1	Slava Solonitsyn
niche_forum_construction	1	Ziv Levi
multilingual_german	1	Elise Chen
TechCrunch/TechCabal	1	Nathan Nwachuku
deutsche-startups	1	Dr. Mia Feldmann
startup_aggregator_latam	1	Peter Fernandez
niche_forum_manufacturing	1	Autumn Labs Team
multilingual_italian	1	Xference Team
linkedin_apify	1	Giuliano Faini
Product Hunt / East Ventures	1	Tay Yao Ming
Italian ecosystem	1	Virginia Gambardella
startup_aggregator_india	1	Subramanyam Kasibhat
startup_aggregator_africa	1	Wyclife Omondi
producthunt	1	Pavel Manovich
DealStreetAsia	1	Ravi Nahappan
government_grant	1	Diana Orembe
niche_forum_biotech	1	Endlyz Therapeutics Team
deutsche-startups/Crunchbase	1	Andrey Vasnetsov
startup_aggregator_japan	1	David Ha
regulatory_opportunity	1	Tobias Schweiger
Construction Dive / Sifted	1	Shelley Copsey
Inc42	1	Sanjay Nekkanti
niche_forum_agtech	1	Oscar Hovde

Total: 53 unique sources

Sources without leads need attention — Claude WebSearch covers them during the Saturday run.

Lead History

Total leads ever found: 51

Tier A: 32 | Tier B: 14 | Tier C: 5

Geographic distribution:

Munich, Germany: 5Lausanne, Switzerland: 4Milan, Italy: 3Italy: 3Berlin, Germany: 2Vienna, Austria: 2San Francisco, United States: 2Stanford, USA: 2Singapore: 2San Francisco, CA (Italian origin): 1Zurich, Switzerland: 1Bengaluru, India: 1Philadelphia, United States: 1Istanbul, Turkey: 1Borken, Germany: 1

Sector distribution:

AI/ML: 24deep tech: 13developer tools: 10robotics: 8healthtech: 7climate tech: 7construction tech: 7industrial automation: 4biotech: 4cybersecurity: 3space tech: 3fintech: 3real estate: 2open source: 2SaaS: 2

Configuration & Source Health

Focus Areas

Primary: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, US

Sectors: AI/ML, climate tech, fintech, healthtech, devtools, deep tech, industrial, supply chain, construction, agtech

Arbitrage Mode: Enabled

Source Health

No source health data yet.

First Name	Yegor
Last Name	Piskarev
Gender	(verify)
Email
Phone
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/yegor-piskarev/
Country	Switzerland
Mode	Ideation Mode
Startup Name
Website	https://www.dexterousendoscopes.com
Pitch Deck
How do you know them?	Detected via: EPFL Spin-off, EPFL/Swiss Grants, Venture Kick.
What makes you excited?	EPFL spin-off from Prof. Dario Floreano's Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, built on 8+ years of variable-stiffness research. Piskarev holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from EPFL (2024), with high-impact publications in Advanced Science and Advanced Functional Materials on phase-change polymer catheters and fiber-jamming stiffness control. The core tech uses a mechanically segmented architecture: interconnected segments move freely during navigation then rapidly compress and lock together, switching from soft to rigid in a fraction of a second. First product is the Variable Stiffness ENTscope for sinus/larynx surgery — makes procedures up to 3x faster in areas current tools cannot reach. Preclinical trials completed at CHUV Lausanne, Munich, and London hospitals. Presented at ERS 2025 Budapest, securing new European pilot studies. ~CHF 735K in non-dilutive grants (Venture Kick all 3 stages, Canton de Vaud CHF 250K, BRIDGE PoC, EPFL Ignition). HSG START Accelerator sole investment pick from 130+ startups. CTO is Yi Sun (EPFL). Raising a round in 2026 for FDA/Swiss certification and commercialization. OR time costs ~100 CHF/minute — a 3x speed improvement is a massive cost saver.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Marco
Last Name	Ramilli
Gender	(verify)
Email
Phone
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcoramilli/
Country	Italy
Mode	Ideation Mode
Startup Name	IdentifAI (Milan)
Website	https://marcoramilli.com
Pitch Deck
How do you know them?	Detected via: StartupItalia, EU AI Act, Crunchbase / Prior Exit.
What makes you excited?	PhD from University of Bologna + UC Davis, white-hat hacker who started by accidentally hacking a university exam system and being invited to fix it. NIST researcher (US electronic voting security), ex-Palantir. 3x founder: SimpleNetworks (2010, Web 2.0), Yoroi (2015, cybersecurity MSSP — grew to 40+ employees, Yomi malware tool integrated into Google VirusTotal, acquired by Tinexta Group 2021), now IdentifAI (April 2024). Spark: saw the viral fake Pope-in-a-puffy-jacket AI image and realized 'the damage had been done' before debunking. Built 36 proprietary 'de-generative' models that analyze probabilistic pixel patterns to detect AI-manipulated media — model-agnostic, 94% accuracy. Named in 2025 Gartner Emerging Tech for disinformation security. EUR 2.2M seed + EUR 5M Series A, both from United Ventures. EUR 7.2M total. Signed 4 enterprise clients within 3 months of seed. AmTrust Assicurazioni deployed it for insurance fraud detection via WhatsApp verification. His insight: 'Content used to be deterministic. Now it's probabilistic. You can no longer trust your eyes or ears.' TEDx speaker, Paul Harris Fellow, Cybersecurity360.it columnist. Milan-based, Italy's foremost cybersecurity entrepreneur.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Luigi
Last Name	Pederzani
Gender	(verify)
Email
Phone
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipederzani/
Country	Italy
Mode	Ideation Mode
Startup Name	mcp-use (now Manufact)
Website	https://mcp-use.io
Pitch Deck
How do you know them?	Detected via: StartupItalia, YC W26, GitHub Trending.
What makes you excited?	Luigi Pederzani holds an MSc in CS from Politecnico di Milano (QS #1 in Italy). Before Manufact, he was a founding engineer at Morgen — an ETH Zurich spin-off used by Spotify, GitHub, Linear, Canva — where he led 12 engineers to land an enterprise deal at Accenture Switzerland. He's also a former YouTube creator with 150K subscribers and 15M+ views. He met co-founder Pietro Zullo at a co-working space in Zurich. They built mcp-use on a whim, applied to YC on deadline day, and it exploded: 8K+ GitHub stars, 5M+ downloads, adopted by NASA, SAP, NVIDIA, and 20% of Fortune 500. They raised $6.3M seed from Peak XV. The MCP protocol is becoming the 'USB-C for AI' — and Manufact is its standard library. Italian founders, POLIMI-educated, building critical AI infrastructure from SF.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Daria
Last Name	Stepanova
Gender	(verify)
Email
Phone
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/daria-stepanova-82068372/
Country	Germany
Mode	Ideation Mode
Startup Name	AIRMO
Website	https://www.airmo.io
Pitch Deck
How do you know them?	Detected via: Antler / ESA, EU-Startups/TechCrunch.
What makes you excited?	Born in Ryazan — the same Russian province as space pioneer Tsiolkovsky — to a family where every parent and grandparent was an engineer. Studied engineering at Bauman (BMSTU), aerospace at Skoltech, mathematical modeling at MIPT, and completed a PhD in theoretical mechanics while working full-time. Turned down semi-pro beach volleyball (2nd place, Central Russian Championships) to pursue satellites. Spent six years at German Orbital Systems in Berlin, rising from development engineer to CTO across 12 successful small satellite missions. Serial entrepreneur before 30: escape rooms, a portable ECG for astronauts, smart self-defense jewelry. Founded AIRMO in 2022 after a bar conversation revealed how poor existing emissions data was. Co-founder Dr. Errico Armandillo brings 28 years as ESA's Head of Optoelectronics — the world's leading expert in space LiDAR. Together they built the first active spaceborne GHG instrument: micro-LiDAR + SWIR imager on a nanosatellite, detecting methane plumes from 500km with 2x the accuracy of anything flying. Already commercially operational via drones/aircraft (Uniper, TotalEnergies as customers). EUR 5.2M pre-seed (incl. EUR 3.7M ESA contract), EUR 5M seed led by Ananda Impact Ventures. First satellite launch 2027, 12-sat constellation by 2028. Board chaired by Christoph Grobbel, co-founder of South Pole (climate unicorn).
Urgent?	No

First Name	Julie
Last Name	Böhning
Gender	(verify)
Email
Phone
LinkedIn
Country	Switzerland
Mode	Traction Mode
Startup Name	PAVE Space
Website	https://pavespace.com
Pitch Deck
How do you know them?	Detected via: Swiss Ecosystem, Sifted/Startupticker.
What makes you excited?	Julie Böhning and childhood friend Jérémy Marciacq first co-founded the Gruyère Space Program — a Swiss reusable rocket initiative — before launching PAVE Space in 2024. PAVE builds orbital transfer vehicles: 20-metric-ton spacecraft that can move 5 metric tons of payload between orbits in under 24 hours. Just closed a $40M mega seed led by Visionaries Club and Creandum — one of the largest seed rounds in European space tech. Lausanne-based. Building sovereign European space infrastructure at a time when space sovereignty is a geopolitical priority. Already too well-funded for EWOR but signals that Swiss deep-tech space founders are emerging.
Urgent?	No

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Yegor Piskarev

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Marco Ramilli

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Luigi Pederzani

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Daria Stepanova

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Julie Böhning

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Bernhard Rannegger

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Vishrant Dave

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Daniel Drabo

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Peter Steinberger

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Peter Steinberger

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Ular Kimsanov

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Fatih Kadir Akın

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Benedikt Kisner

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Luong NGUYEN

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Laurence Midgley

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First Name	Bernhard
Last Name	Rannegger
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LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhard-rannegger/
Country	Switzerland
Mode	Ideation Mode
Startup Name	ScyAI (Zurich)
Website	https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/02/scyai-raises-e2-million-to-bring-ai-driven-risk-intelligence-to-enterprise-real-estate-and-insurance-teams
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How do you know them?	Detected via: deutsche-startups / EU-Startups, Angel Investors.
What makes you excited?	Bernhard Rannegger grew up in Graz in a football family — his father Harald was president of GAK, one of Austria's historic clubs, and Bernhard himself played 126 matches before trading boots for spreadsheets. He studied Business Administration at St. Gallen (HSG), added Yale Executive Education in Corporate Sustainability, and spent six years at Swiss Re in technology and product leadership. There he built the Sustainability Compass — a climate risk analytics platform — and helped architect the Swiss Re x Palantir joint venture (Risk Data Services), scaling it to 50+ enterprise customers including Siemens, Petronas, and Maersk, with $2M ARR in just 18 months. In 2025, he left to found ScyAI with Alex Sidorenko (20 years risk/insurance at Deloitte, PwC, EuroChem). Their product is an agentic risk operating system: an AI agent called 'Scy' that ingests operational data and external hazard models to build a Digital Risk Twin, then autonomously analyzes risks, prepares insurance renewals, and produces submissions. Early adopters report 30-50% premium reductions — seven-figure savings. EUR 2M pre-seed led by AENU, co-led by PT1, with Unity founder David Helgason and Taulia/Centrifuge founders among the angels. The insight: enterprise risk teams still run on PDFs, broker calls, and gut feel. Rannegger saw from inside Swiss Re exactly how the sausage gets made, and now he's automating it from the buyer's side.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Vishrant
Last Name	Dave
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LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishrant-dave/
Country	India
Mode	Traction Mode
Startup Name	Armatrix (Bengaluru)
Website	https://armatrix.in
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How do you know them?	Detected via: Inc42/Indian Startup News, WTFund / Emergent Ventures.
What makes you excited?	Vishrant Dave was still an undergrad at IIT Kanpur — double-majoring in Material Science and Aerospace Engineering — when he won Best Presentation at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2023) for work on control systems for hyper-redundant robotic arms. Three months later he incorporated Armatrix with two IIT Kanpur classmates: Ayush Ranjan (CTO, ex-Mitacs/P&G, ERA IITK robotics lab) and Prateesh Awasthi. They are building snake-like robotic manipulators — 3-5m long, 50-150mm diameter, 22+ degrees of freedom — that thread into confined industrial spaces (fuel tanks, reactors, ship hulls) where humans currently risk their lives. The key innovation is extrinsic actuation: motors sit outside the arm, making it safe in flammable, high-temp, and liquid environments. Only 3 other companies globally build this form factor. $2.1M pre-seed (Feb 2026) from pi Ventures, Inuka Capital, Boost VC, Turbostart. Earlier backing includes Emergent Ventures (Tyler Cowen) and Nikhil Kamath's WTFund (cohort 2, founders under 25). Selected for Shell E4 India (top 8). Target: robotics maintenance, $42B today, $150B by 2032. All three founders under 27.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Daniel
Last Name	Drabo
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Country	Germany
Mode	Ideation Mode
Startup Name	Peec AI
Website	https://peec.ai
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How do you know them?	Detected via: Sifted, Antler.
What makes you excited?	Daniel Drabo studied law at Humboldt University Berlin, then founded a legaltech startup before pivoting to AI. He met Marius Meiners and Tobias Siwonia at Antler Berlin W24 — united by a shared obsession with how AI search will replace Google. They realized brands optimized for SEO are invisible to ChatGPT and Perplexity. So they coined 'Generative Engine Optimization' (GEO) and built Peec AI — a platform that shows exactly how your brand appears in AI answers and what drives visibility. From launch in Feb 2025 to $4M+ ARR and 1,300+ brands in under a year. $30M valuation in 6 months. $21M Series A from Singular + Antler. Creating an entirely new marketing category in Berlin — the kind of category-defining insight that makes a founder exceptional.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Peter
Last Name	Steinberger
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LinkedIn	https://linkedin.com/in/steipete
Country	Austria
Mode	Ideation Mode
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Website	https://steipete.com
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How do you know them?	Detected via: GitHub Trending.
What makes you excited?	Peter Steinberger is the founder of PSPDFKit (major PDF SDK used by companies worldwide) and creator of OpenClaw, which became the fastest-growing open-source project in GitHub history — going from 9K to 250K+ stars in weeks, surpassing React. OpenClaw is a local-first personal AI assistant. OpenAI acquired him in Feb 2026. While he may now be at OpenAI, his trajectory shows the "Tech Genius" profile — decades of iOS/developer tool expertise culminating in a viral open-source project. Austrian-based, deep technical builder.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Ular
Last Name	Kimsanov
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LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/ukimsanov/
Country	United States
Mode	Ideation Mode
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Website	https://www.arcadia.edu/news/kimsanov-27-claims-two-victories-at-stanford-university-hackathon/
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How do you know them?	Detected via: hackathon_winner.
What makes you excited?	Ular Kimsanov is a Computer Science student at Arcadia University (Class of 2027), originally from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. At TreeHacks 2026 — the largest US collegiate hackathon (Stanford, <7% acceptance rate from 15,900 applicants) — his team won TWO tracks with Minerva, an AI-powered avatar tutor that looks and talks like a real person, draws graphs, and generates interactive animations in real time. He also works as a research assistant at the NSF. International background, top hackathon performance, and a product addressing the massive edtech market make him an outstanding Ideation Fellowship profile — classic Tech Genius meets Wild Card.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Fatih
Last Name	Kadir Akın
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Country	Turkey
Mode	Ideation Mode
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Website	http://fka.dev
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How do you know them?	Detected via: github_trending.
What makes you excited?	Fatih Kadir Akın (Istanbul, Turkey) — AI/ML, construction tech. Building prompts.chat — JavaScript Developer. Ruby Lover. Author. — @GitHub Star. Detected via: Repo f/prompts.chat: f.k.a. Awesome ChatGPT Prompts. Share, discover, and collec. Timing: currently trending on GitHub. Convergence score: 2.5/10 from 1 independent signals across 1 sources. EWOR angle: EWOR's Ideation Fellowship is designed for builders exactly like this — deep technical skills, proven execution, ready for the entrepreneurial leap. The fellowship provides €300k and co-founder-level support.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Benedikt
Last Name	Kisner
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LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedikt-kisner-1ba18999/
Country	Germany
Mode	Traction Mode
Startup Name	conmeet (ConTech AI)
Website	https://conmeet.io/en/
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How do you know them?	Detected via: deutsche-startups / EU-Startups.
What makes you excited?	Benedikt Kisner founded netgo at 22, built it into one of Germany's largest independent IT services groups (1,300+ employees, EUR 280M+ revenue, 35 locations), and sold a majority stake to Waterland Private Equity in 2019. After stepping down as CEO in 2021, he spent time consulting for construction and trades companies — and realized the sector was drowning in fragmented software. In 2023 he co-founded conmeet with Leandro Ananias (CTO) and Lennart Eckerlein (COO, who built and sold his own roofing business). They spent two years in stealth, self-financed, building a cloud-native all-in-one platform that replaces the 5-8 tools a typical construction SME juggles: CRM, ERP, project management, controlling, banking, procurement, subcontractor coordination. AI-driven workflow automation promises 20-40% reduction in admin overhead. EUR 1.3M pre-seed from May Ventures — who originally approached Kisner as a potential LP; after hearing the conmeet pitch, they invested instead. 'Es hat zu sehr gejuckt' ('It itched too much'), he said about why he couldn't stay retired. Second-time founder energy with first-time founder hunger.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Luong
Last Name	NGUYEN
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Country	France
Mode	Ideation Mode
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Website	https://luongnv.com
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How do you know them?	Detected via: github_trending.
What makes you excited?	Luong NGUYEN (Paris, France) — developer tools. Hi, I am Luong Detected via: Repo luongnv89/claude-howto: A visual, example-driven guide to Claude Code — fro. Timing: currently trending on GitHub. Convergence score: 2.4/10 from 1 independent signals across 1 sources. EWOR angle: EWOR's Ideation Fellowship could be a strong fit — providing funding (up to €500k), mentorship from unicorn founders, and a global community of exceptional builders.
Urgent?	No

First Name	Laurence
Last Name	Midgley
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LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencemidgley/
Country	United Kingdom
Mode	Ideation Mode
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Website	https://angstromai.com
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How do you know them?	Detected via: patent_academic.
What makes you excited?	Laurence Midgley is a Cambridge PhD who co-founded Angstrom AI, a YC-backed startup building GenAI-based molecular simulations to replace wet lab experiments in drug development (100x faster, matching accuracy). He developed FAB — a method for training AIs directly from physics equations without training data — during his PhD. Previously worked at InstaDeep before its acquisition by BioNTech in 2023. The founding team includes 2 PhDs and 2 Cambridge Professors (including Gabor Csanyi who developed MACE, a SOTA quantum-accurate force field). Deep tech with massive pharma market. Classic Scientist profile with commercial backing from YC.
Urgent?	No