CEE Scaleup Challenge
Join The Biggest 100% ONLINE Competition For Growing Companies in Central & Eastern Europe!
Scaleups
- Join 100% ONLINE to get wide exposure to global investors, corporates and media
- Apply for funding in one place and focus on growing your business
- Gain access to the biggest matching platform in CEE and tools to automate and manage fundraising
Investors & Corporates
- Join 100% ONLINE and don’t miss the best scaleups from Central & Eastern Europe
- Minimize workload with pre-screened deals aligned with your strategy
- Get access to the biggest matching platform in CEE and arising investment opportunities
Sectors
CEE Scaleup Challenge is an online competition for companies from Central & Eastern Europe raising Pre-Series A, Series A and beyond in following verticals:
Business & ICT
AI & Analytics & Big Data
Fintech & Insurtech
Smart Cities & Home
Industry 4.0 & Proptech
Transport & Logistics
Planet & Sustainability
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Timeline
23 November, 2020
Application closes
30 November - 9 December, 2020
Jury work
8 December, 2020
10 Finalists announced
10 December, 2020
Winners announced
Benefits
Fast Track To Investment
Fast Track to up to 1M EUR investment for TOP 3 scaleups
Fast Track To InnoEnergy
Nomination to InnoEnergy Investment program dedicated for energy, cleantech and mobility scaleups
$25,000 For TOP 10
AWS Credits: $25,000 for TOP 10 & $10,000 for all participants!
€30.000 Credits
Stripe Credits: €30.000 for TOP 10 scaleups & €15.000 for all participants!
Up To 90% Off For TOP 3
HubSpot For Startups for TOP 3 and 30% discount for all shortlisted teams!
Free IT Consultations
120 hours for the Winner, 40 hours for TOP 10 and 10 hours for all applicants!
$2,000 Credits
2,000 infrastructure credits for TOP 10 Teams
3 Months Free
3 Months Business Account For all applicants!
Annual Premium Access
Annual Premium Access for the Winning Team and 3 free months for all applicants!
Annual Free Premium Access
Annual Business Plan for the Winner, 6 free months for TOP 10 and 3 months for all applicants!
€500 Free Credits For Finalists
Startup credits for team-building support and 1h of free HR consultations for all applicants!
Media Coverage
For The Winner & 35% discount for all applicants!
Media Coverage
For The TOP 3
Free Startup Passess
For selected Finalists and 20 % discount for all participants
Free Tickets For TOP 3
And 25 % discount for all participants
10 BUILDER Tickets
For TOP 10 Teams
Judges
Meet the Judges who will be bringing their industry knowledge to assess the Winners
Ewa Chronowska
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Jan Habermann
Partner, Credo Ventures
Markus Lang
Partner, Speedinvest
Cem Sertoglu
Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital
Marcin Kurek
Managing Partner, Market One Capital
Marcin Laczynski
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Gerald Parloiu
Partner, Global Founders Capital
Michał Bajda
Business Creation Manager, InnoEnergy Central Europe
Szymon Kwiatkowski
Business Creation Manager, InnoEnergy Central Europe
Bartosz Lipnicki
Managing Partner, Alfabeat
Zygimantas Susnys
Managing Partner, Iron Wolf Capital
Numan Numan
Managing Partner, 212
Joe Bond
Principal, PROfounders Capital
Michał Rokosz
Partner, Inovo Venture Partners
Piotr Czak
CEO, PGE Ventures
Leopold Lerach
Investment Manager, Project-A Ventures
Henry Jefferies
Senior Associate, Accel
Sławomir Borkowski
Investment Director, EVC Fidiasz
Michael Claes
Senior Technology Manager, SABIC Ventures
Jean-Michel Reynaud
Head Of Startups Relations, Engie
Leszek Orlowski
Investment Director, bValue
Rokas Tamosiunas
Partner, Open Circle Capital
Vlad Sarca
Partner, Sparking Capital
Dilek Dayinlarli
Managing Partner, ScaleX Ventures
Ivan Aleksandrov
Partner, Enviros Ventures
Dmitry Smirnov
Investment Director, Flashpoint
Wojciech Majewski
Managing Director, Simpact Fund
Laszlo Hradszki
CEO Advisor, Hiventures
Tomas Vyšný
Investment Advisor, 365.fintech
Erik Anderson
Venture Partner, Tera Ventures
Adam de sola Pool
Business Angel, MIT Angels
Abdul Khaleq Al-Qasaily
Business Angel, Venture Builder
Pedja Predin
Investment Manager, South Central Ventures
Julien Coustaury
Partner, Fil Rouge Capital
Jennifer Austin
Partner, Risky Business Ventures
Todor Breshkov
Partner, LAUNCHub Ventures
Gytenis Galkis
Partner, 70Ventures
Milan Pokecz
Investment Manager, Day One Capital
Magdalena Balcerzak
Manager, CEE Business Angels Network
Malin Stefanescu
President, TechAngels
Branko Drobnak
President, Business Angels Of Slovenia
Daniel Senkyr
CEO, Keiretsu Forum CEE
Wojciech Przybylski
President, Krakow Technology Park
Agnieszka Poznanska
Head Of Origination, Shape VC
Jasmina Popovska
ARISE Country Lead, EIT Digital
Carlos Rubal
Business Development Expert, EIT Digital
Mathias Asberg
CEO & Co-Founder, Nextgrid
Piotr Danielewicz
Investment Manager, YouNick
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