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Startupbootcamp Georgia

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About Startupbootcamp Georgia

A hands-on accelerator for founders building from Georgia. From idea to investment.

Our story

Startupbootcamp Georgia was created to close a real gap in the Georgian startup ecosystem: strong ideas are everywhere, but founders often lack the hands-on support, market access, corporate infrastructure and international network needed to turn those ideas into scalable companies.

Backed by the global experience of Startupbootcamp and Rainmaking, and funded by Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency, we have adapted a proven acceleration model to the realities of building in Georgia.

We work with founders across three stages: validating the right problem, building a product customers can use, entering the market, and preparing for international growth and investment.

Our role is not to build companies for founders. It is to build with them — through structured learning, direct mentorship, customer validation, product execution, market access and continuous feedback.

That is what “Dare” means for us: not reckless risk, but the discipline to test, build, learn and keep moving.

A Startupbootcamp Georgia session in progress, a speaker in a DARE t-shirt addressing seated founders

How we work

Learn, apply, test, improve.

“A masterclass isn't the output. Your validated insight is.”
  1. 1. Learn

    Get the right framework.

  2. 2. Apply

    Use it immediately in your company.

  3. 3. Test

    Put it in front of customers.

  4. 4. Improve

    Use evidence to decide what happens next.

  • Mentoring
  • Customer Validation
  • Product Execution
  • Market Access
  • Investment Readiness
  • Founder Community

Startupbootcamp is part of Rainmaking.

Rainmaking is a global entrepreneurship and innovation group operating across venture building, acceleration, corporate innovation, investment and founder education.

  • Startupbootcamp
  • Rainmaking
  • Finnovista
  • Aspire by Rainmaking
  • Founder Factor

Who is behind this

Built for Georgia. Backed by global scale.

Startupbootcamp GeorgiaGeorgia's Innovation and Technology Agency

Startupbootcamp Georgia is delivered locally, funded by Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA), and adapts global playbooks, mentors, and investor networks from the Rainmaking group to the realities of building from Georgia.

Over two decades, Rainmaking and Startupbootcamp have built one of the world's most active venture engines—connecting early-stage founders to global markets, corporate partners, and capital.

Equity Value Created
$10B+
Ventures Accelerated
1,800+
Fortune 500 Partners
85+
Programs Delivered
180+
Jobs Created
10,000+
Countries
27

Rainmaking group track record to date.

The people building with you.

Startupbootcamp Georgia team

Katie Lewis

Katie Lewis

Managing Director

Sarah Grippay

Sarah Grippay

Program Manager

Eto Mekhrishvili

Eto Mekhrishvili

Marketing and Events Lead

Ana Maisuradze

Ana Maisuradze

Community Lead

Anastasia Napetvaridze

Anastasia Napetvaridze

Marketing Specialist

Nikoloz Gogochuri

Nikoloz Gogochuri

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Global leadership & support

Carsten Kølbek

Carsten Kølbek

CEO and Co-Founder of Rainmaking and Startupbootcamp

Francisco Gutierrez

Francisco Gutierrez

Global Investment & Operations Director