MiGreat joins GRACE: Accelerating a Bold Vision for Migration

MiGreat joins GRACE: Accelerating a Bold Vision for Migration

MiGreat has been selected for the GRACE Accelerator, a program funded by the Berlin Senate and the European Union to power female-founded ventures shaping the future of work, society, and innovation.

For us, this is more than an accolade. It is a powerful vote of confidence in our mission: making skilled migration to Germany fairer, clearer, and more human for people worldwide.

Why GRACE Matters So Much

GRACE – Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship (https://www.grace-accelerator.de) is not your average startup program.

It brings together a cohort of women founders who are building ambitious companies, and surrounds them with the kind of support that is often missing: deep community, honest conversations, strategic input, and a space where both power and vulnerability are welcome at the same table.

For MiGreat, being chosen means:

• Joining a highly curated group of 15 committed founders
• Access to expertise, mentoring, and networks in Berlin and across Europe
• Eight months of structured support to sharpen our strategy, product, and impact

We are extremely proud—and incredibly excited—to grow MiGreat in such strong company.

“Women who found don’t need more skills. They need better company.”

The first week of the GRACE kickoff was intense in the best way: inspiring, energizing, and, yes, the good kind of tired—like after a workout.

Being in a room with women who show up fully, who are serious about building and honest about how hard it is, changes the game. It is the opposite of the shallow “pitch and smile” culture that so many founders know too well.

In this room:

• People drop the performance and dare to be real
• Vulnerability sits right next to ambition and strategy
• The question is not “How do I win?” but “How can we win together?”

When you create a space like that, something powerful happens: 15 strangers can become a community in just 1.5 days. The loneliness that so many founders feel starts to loosen its grip.

A Lonely Journey, Finally Less Lonely

The founder journey behind MiGreat has been exciting and exhausting—and often lonely. Walking into a room with 15 other fearless women entrepreneurs at the GRACE Kickoff felt like a long-overdue hug.

We talked business: building, funding, growing.
We also talked feelings: fear, doubt, pressure, ambition, and the cost of staying in the game.

We had the chance to learn from:

• Dr. Sophie Chung, founder and CEO of Qunosuite powered by Qunomedical (https://www.qunomedical.com)
• Jennifer Baum-Minkus, first winner of the inaugural GRACE cohort and founder and CEO of gitti Conscious Beauty (https://www.gitti.de)

Their stories were empowering and inspiring—and also sobering. The road ahead is not for the faint-hearted. But hearing from women who have walked it, built strong companies, and stayed true to themselves is exactly the kind of fuel founders need.

What This Means for MiGreat

So what does GRACE change for MiGreat?

• Sharper strategy: We will stress-test our product, roadmap, and go-to-market with experienced mentors.
• Stronger community: We’re embedded in a peer group that understands the emotional and strategic reality of building from scratch.
• Bigger impact: With the support of the Berlin Senate and the European Union behind this program, we are better positioned to scale MiGreat as key infrastructure for Germany’s skilled migration future.

At its core, MiGreat exists to help people move their lives across borders—with clarity instead of confusion, and with support instead of isolation. Being part of GRACE means we get to build that vision from a place that mirrors what we want for our users: real connection, practical support, and a community that has your back.

Full of Gratitude, Ready to Build

We are deeply grateful to the GRACE team for building such a special space and for believing in MiGreat’s mission.

To the GRACE team and facilitators—thank you for creating a room where powerful, smart, driven women can be fully themselves and build big, bold companies together.

We cannot wait to see what the next eight months will hold—for MiGreat, for our cohort, and for the future of female entrepreneurship in Berlin and beyond.

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