Supporting Early-Stage JA alumni Startups

Youth deserves the chance, regardless of their starting point. That’s why we support Junior Achievement Alumni with capital and network, to help their Startups grow.

Opportunities:

Mentorships

Looking for guidance? We’ll connect you with experienced mentors to help you navigate your entrepreneurial journey

Grants

(coming soon)
Get the boost you need with our equity-free grants to help your ideas kick-off

Pre-accelerator

Kickstart your Startup with our pre-accelerator program, offering resources and support to shape your business

Hackathon

Join our annual hackathon to solve challenges, collaborate with peers, and push your ideas forward

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Receive financial support to travel and expand your network for up to 6 months in one of 45 countries

Investments:

Junicorns often co-invest with other VC funds and business angels. If you convince us, we will introduce and help you to convince the rest!

Ticket 10-40k. €

Secure early-stage funding with investment tickets ranging from 10k to 40k for your Startup

Investment round 40-500k. €

Ready for the next step? Raise between 40k and 500k in your investment round with our support
Maybe we can help you?

Opportunities:

Mentorships

Looking for guidance? We’ll connect you with experienced mentors to help you navigate your entrepreneurial journey

Grants

(coming soon)
Get the boost you need with our equity-free grants to help your ideas kick-off

Pre-accelerator

Kickstart your Startup with our pre-accelerator program, offering resources and support to shape your business

Hackathon

Join our annual hackathon to solve challenges, collaborate with peers, and push your ideas forward

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Receive financial support to travel and expand your network for up to 6 months in one of 45 countries

Investments:

Junicorns often co-invest with other VC funds and business angels. If you convince us, we will introduce and help you to convince the rest!

Ticket 10-40k. €

Secure early-stage funding with investment tickets ranging from 10k to 40k for your Startup

Investment round 40-500k. €

Ready for the next step? Raise between 40k and 500k in your investment round with our support
Maybe we can help you?

Philanthropy first, venture capital second

Our mission is to establish a sustainable funding, mentorship and growth model to support super-early-stage JA Alumni teams.

Until 2035, our aim is to encourage the development of a minimum of 15,000 entrepreneurs who generate high value.

A portion of our profits supports JA Lithuania, while the rest is reinvested to fuel future innovators.

Self-sustaining fund

We bring early-stage venture capital and angel investors together with Lithuania’s Junior Achievement students or alumni teams, to create a self-sufficient system. How, you might ask: in the period of 5 years, successful Junicorns startups provide financial support for other upcoming startups. Thus the fund gradually becomes uniquely self-sustaining.

Meet the visionaries

Meet the visionaries

Meet the visionaries

In order to achieve some ambitious goals, we have assembled a team of believers.

co-CEO
Martynas Kandzeras
Co-CEO
Domantas Meliukštis
The board
Martynas Kandzeras

Entrepreneur, Investor

Vladas Lašas

Skubios siuntos (UPS Lithuania) Founder, Innovator, Investor.

Andželika Rusteikienė

CEO of Lithuania Junior Achievement

Greta Monstavičė

Katalista Ventures CEO & Co-Founder

Tomas Moška

Turing College Co-Founder

Milda Mitkutė

Vinted Co-Founder, investor

Marijus Andrijauskas

FIRSTPICK partner, entrepreneur

First portfolio investment

Our sponsors and partners

Every accomplishment is backed by those who initially believed in the idea. We express our gratitude to the contributors.

Become the wind of change

Even a single investment yields long-term monetary return for venture capital and angel investors, while also creating a significant impact for Lithuania's Junior Achievement organization. Once an investor – always an investor, as the contribution circulates in the fund, generating progressively larger funds.

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