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Faris Zacina

Helping startups/scaleup founders assemble stellar teams and build great software - Co-Founder/CEO @ Ministry of Programming

📍 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina🔄 Updated November 2026💼 2 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2017𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor and Board Member
Mar 2017
Established in 2017, War On Cancer is a patient-founded, social impact company for anyone living with and beyond cancer, as well as their loved ones. Our app provides a safe space to connect and belong when cancer causes social isolation, knowledge where there is a lack of resources, and opportunities to participate in cancer research. Today, over 40,000 people belong to the global War On Cancer community.
Investor and Board Member
Mar 2017
Established in 2017, War On Cancer is a patient-founded, social impact company for anyone living with and beyond cancer, as well as their loved ones. Our app provides a safe space to connect and belong when cancer causes social isolation, knowledge where there is a lack of resources, and opportunities to participate in cancer research. Today, over 40,000 people belong to the global War On Cancer community.
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2025
Mentor
Sep 2025
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
2017
Investor and Board Member
Mar 2017
Established in 2017, War On Cancer is a patient-founded, social impact company for anyone living with and beyond cancer, as well as their loved ones. Our app provides a safe space to connect and belong when cancer causes social isolation, knowledge where there is a lack of resources, and opportunities to participate in cancer research. Today, over 40,000 people belong to the global War On Cancer community.
Investor and Board Member
Mar 2017
Established in 2017, War On Cancer is a patient-founded, social impact company for anyone living with and beyond cancer, as well as their loved ones. Our app provides a safe space to connect and belong when cancer causes social isolation, knowledge where there is a lack of resources, and opportunities to participate in cancer research. Today, over 40,000 people belong to the global War On Cancer community.
2015
Co-Founder/CEO
May 2015
Ministry of Programming (MOP) is a startup studio on a mission to shape a future empowered by startups and software innovation. We work with startups across every stage providing end-to-end strategic, product, and development support through their growth journey. Aside from the great partnerships we are nurturing, we pride ourselves in building a team of seasoned professionals passionate about technology and business, resulting in outcomes favorable for everyone involved. Since 2015, our leading principle is simple: to build, launch, and scale startups with the potential to create substantial change and make us proud. This principle helped us receive some cool recognitions along the way: Growth awards: - FT1000 - Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies [2020, 187th out of 1000] - Sarajevo Business Forum - Business of the Year [2022] - Deloitte Tech Fast 500 EMEA [2020, 175th out of 500] - Deloitte Tech Fast 50 CE [2019 - 21st out of 50] People and community awards: - SDG Business Pioneer Award - People category [2019 and 2020] - Deloitte Impact Star Award [2019 and 2022] Diving into domains spanning from FinTech, HealthTech, and e-commerce, to Social, BioTech, and MusicTech, we provide continuous support to startups that redefine industries. With core expertise such as setting strategic direction, design, custom development services, and fundraising, we position ourselves as an extension of your team, ready to roll up our sleeves and deliver top notch results.
2008
Senior Software Engineer / Architect
2008
Authority Partners is a global technology strategy consulting and custom software development company. For over 25 years, Authority Partners has delivered solutions that have digitally transformed our clients’ businesses. As a result, clients have been able to increase engagement, grow sales, improve productivity and create quantifiable value.
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