CURRENT PROJECTS AVAILABLE FOR INVESTMENTS:
NAME: Friendbase
STAGE: Bridge round (Subsequent round Q1 2021)
CEO: Deborah Lygonis
HANDSHAKE: Make new friends from all over the world in a fun and safe online environment.
PITCH: Friendbase is a avatar based social network for young teenagers based on three elements; chat, create and play. The community is populated by users (13+) who meet to make new friends, take fun quizzes, learn and play games together. The team has a combined 60 years experience in the games industry.
VISION: To become a global platform for young teenagers all over the world.
MISSION: To make the online world a friendlier place.
AMOUNT: $0.3M (Subsequent round $2M)
CLOSING DATE: September 30th 2020 (Q1 2021)
WEB SITE: www.friendbase.com
NAME: The Bronson Project
STAGE: Pre-seed
CEO: Staffan Bergsten
HANDSHAKE: A 360 Fitness brand for people who want train harder and eat better.
PITCH: The Bronson Project is a new fitness brand aimed at active people who already know how to train but want to push themselves to the next level. Live classes, online training and nutrition programs, apparel and supplements, all with a no-shortcuts no-excuses mindset. Join today and become a better you.
VISION: A global lifestyle brand in fitness and health.
MISSION: Inspire people to live healthy active lives whilst taking care of the planet.
INVESTMENT: $200k
CLOSING DATE: October 30th 2020
WEB SITE: www.thebronsonproject.com
NAME: &All (AndAll)
STAGE: Pre-Seed
CEO: Emma Townsley
HANDSHAKE: Upcycling industrial food waste into new, healthy products
PITCH: AndAll is a circular economy food tech startup. We partner with food and beverage producers, and through product innovation we utilize their unused resources and bring the best upcycled products to convenience-seeking yet conscious consumers, and inspire others to follow our lead on a global scale.
VISION: A sustainable food chain where all produce is used, not wasted.
MISSION: Provide upcycled food products that are good for people and planet.
INVESTMENT: $100k
CLOSING DATE: October 30th 2020
WEBSITE: www.andall.se
NAME: Validicity
STAGE: Seed
CEO: Karin Grute Movin
HANDSHAKE: Secure chain of custody in anti-doping using blockchain technology
PITCH: Validicity offers a solution for a complete secure chain of custody by combining digital and mechanical solutions (NFC/Blockchain/Packaging), creating a transparent and tamper-proof system. The first market segment is doping control in human sports followed by products for doping control for the equestrian sports and workplaces.
VISION: To be the global market leader of secure chain of custody
MISSION: Help keep sport free from doping and cheaters.
INVESTMENT: $300k
CLOSING DATE: September 30th 2020
WEBSITE: www.validicity.com
NAME: Entrepreneurs Without Borders (EWB)
STAGE: Charity donations
CEO: Donnie SC Lygonis
HANDSHAKE: Helping founders start and grow sustainable businesses
PITCH: EWB is a non-profit foundation that embraces the idea of sustainable entrepreneurship, based on a proprietary model called Entrepreneur2030™ which is both what you do but also how you do it. We believe that ALL entrepreneurship should be socially responsible, equal and sustainable.
VISION: 1000 small businesses with 100 employees by 2030.
MISSION: Help entrepreneurs in developing countries start and grow sustainable businesses.
INVESTMENT: From $10k and up
CLOSING DATE: No closing date
WEBSITE: www.ewb.world
NEWS / BLOGS / PODCASTS
Top Tier tech team to join Friendbase
Friendbase to expand with team from Riot Games and Google! Following the great news that Friendbase has entered the acceleration program NewChip there is more exciting news to share: As of the beginning of August [...]
EWB accepted into Call To Action Accelerator
The Entrepreneurs Without Borders Foundation (EWB) has been accepted into the Call To Action acceleration program arranged by Open Lab in Stockholm. The program starts on August 8th and runs until the end of 2020 and [...]
Friendbase accepted into Newchip Accelerator
Friendbase has been granted a scholarship of $20 000 to attend the US accelerator Newchip, an opportunity valued at $400k+, it starts on July 9th and runs until December 2020. With over 500 applicants for [...]
Deborah featured in new business book
Constant Innovation partner Deborah B Lygonis is featured in the book "Investor Ready: The guide for start-ups on getting investors to say YES." published by Amazon.com Get your copy today! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089FMY4MK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_PmjeFb79HPZV7
Fundametally Games to help Friendbase succeed.
London based Fundamentally Games, founded by games profiles Oscar Clark and Ella Romanos will be helping Friendbase with live ops. The purpose with live ops is to enhance the user experience leading to increased engagement [...]
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ABOUT CONSTANT INNOVATION
Constant Innovation is an early stage idea accelerator founded and run by siblings Deborah and Donnie Lygonis together with Stephen Bracegirdle. We have been active on the Nordic startup scene since 1995 when we founded our first startup; children’s game publisher Romelix Interactive. Since then we have founded, supported and invested in more than 50 startups. As Senior Project Managers and Business Developers we have been part of major industrial projects all over Europe.
Today we focus our efforts on projects connected to social good and sustainability.
If you are interested in investing in any of our projects, or booking us for speaking engagements, please get in touch below.
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More about Deborah:
Serial entrepreneur and seasoned board professional.
With over 20 years’ experience in founding and managing digital tech start-ups, Deborah has an extensive knowledge in the art of starting and growing a business, building communities and business development.
Current positions: CEO Friendbase, Chairwoman Refind Technologies, Craft Animations, Gardenize, Validicity
Get in touch with Deborah for board work and inspirational talks on entrepreneurship and management.
More about Donnie:
Donnie spends his days at KTH Innovation in Stockholm, helping researchers and students realize their ideas. In addition to helping others, Donnie has also started a number of companies together with Deborah, some of them on display here on this site.
In 2016, Donnie founded the Entrepreneurs Without Borders Foundation to help founders around the world start and run sustainable companies. He has been active as a professional speaker since 2006, and has spoken on stages all over the world, including speaking at 5 separate TEDx events.
Book Donnie for talks on Innovation, New Technology and Entrepreneurship.
More about Stephen:
Stephen is an experienced Senior Project Manager & Certified Project Management Professional with PMI. He has worked in sectors such as Aeronautics, MedTech, Turbine Power Generation and Automotiv, with roles in Product Development, Quality Assurance, Purchasing, and Aftermarket. Assignments include Project Manager Feature Verification & Validation and Project Manager Aftermarket Quality for Volvo Group Truck Technologies, and Supplier Quality Assurance for the GT24 & GT26 Turbine engine (Volvo).
Get in touch with Stephen for advanced project management assignments, quality assurance and talks and workshops on process development.