Organization · Accelerator
Starter.ba
Starter.ba is an organization focused on entrepreneurship and startups, offering programs like KATALIZATOR to support early-stage businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Overview
What Starter.ba does
What Starter.ba is
Starter.ba is an organization focused on entrepreneurship and startups, offering programs like KATALIZATOR to support early-stage businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports program host and community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Accelerator
- Structured capabilities
- Program host · Community
- Last reviewed
- April 2, 2026
What Accelerator means
An accelerator is a structured, short-term program designed to speed up a startup's progress toward product-market fit, traction, fundraising, or scale.
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Capability profile
Starter.ba as a program host
Program thesis
Starter.ba is focused on fostering entrepreneurship and startup development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, aiming to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Focus narrative
Starter.ba provides support to startups through various programs, including mentorship, training, and networking opportunities. They focus on early-stage startups and aim to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the broader Western Balkans region.
Value and support
Starter.ba offers mentorship, training, and networking opportunities to startups, helping them develop and test their business ideas.
Terms and economics
- Indicative investment
- $300,000
Format and cadence
- Typical duration
- 11 weeks
- Format
- Remote
Availability
- Application state
- Accepting
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Accelerator · Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- EuropeWestern Europe
Alumni and track record
Alumni context
Notable initiatives include JSGuru, a Banja Luka-based IT company recognized as one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Central Europe, and BizUp Goes Green & Digital, a program supporting women-led businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Capability profile
Starter.ba as a community
Community overview
Starter.ba is an organization based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, focused on fostering entrepreneurship and startup development. The organization aims to gather important information from the world of entrepreneurship, educate individuals with ideas, and contribute to the development of the community and the entrepreneurial spirit.
Community focus
Starter.ba provides support to startups through various programs, including mentorship, training, and networking opportunities. They focus on early-stage startups and aim to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the broader Western Balkans region.
Member value
Members benefit from mentorship, training, networking opportunities, and potential funding through various programs designed to support early-stage startups.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- moderate
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- October 16, 2025
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- accelerator and community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- EuropeWestern Europe
Community activity
- Annual events
- 2
Events and activity
Recurring events include the Business Angel Summit 2025, scheduled for October 16, 2025, in Sarajevo, which will gather startups, investors, and ecosystem organizations for networking and pitch sessions, and the annual Starter Conference focused on the startup ecosystem.
Notable members
Notable team members include Vladimir Ćorda, founder and entrepreneur; Božana Ćorda, entrepreneur with diverse business experience; and Zoran Grba, a young entrepreneur engaged in startup activities.
Common questions
What to know about Starter.ba
Upseed classifies Starter.ba under the Accelerator organization type. Its current public profile includes program host and community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 2, 2026
Known limits
Capability profiles appear only when a structured public profile also contains decision-useful role evidence. Terms and availability can change.
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