Judges
Meet the Judges who will be bringing their industry knowledge to assess the Winners
Ewa Chronowska
CEO at Vestbee & Partner at Next Road Ventures
Bakhrom Ibragimov
Partner, Molten Ventures
Esat Acar
Vice President, 500 Emerging Europe
Tomas Pacinda
Partner, KAYA VC
Marcin Kurek
Managing Partner, Market One Capital
Łukasz Skarka
Investment Director, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Szymon Kwiatkowski
Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Julian von Eckartsberg
Managing Director Europe, Burda Principal Investments
Donatella Callegaris
Managing Partner, Flashpoint
Marcus Erken
Founding Partner, Sunfish Partners
Onur Can
Partner, HEARTFELT_
Eugene Valuev
Founding Partner, ULTRA.VC
Andrus Oks
Founding Partner, Tera Ventures
Marcin Hejka
General Partner, OTB Ventures
Wiktor Namysl
General Partner, ORBIT Capital
Lukas Macko
Principal, ORBIT Capital
Adam Kočík
Managing Partner, J&T Ventures
Maximilian Schausberger
Managing Director, Elevator Ventures
Daniel Niemi
Partner, Atlantic Labs
Marcin Laczynski
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Basar Yenidunya
Head of Investments, 212
Alexey Alexanov
Co-founder & General Partner, Cabra VC
Luis Shemtov
Founding General Partner, Lunar Ventures
Mateusz Bodio
Founder & Managing Director, RKKVC
Andrew Gray
Partner, Tilia Impact Ventures
Merve Zabci
Managing Partner, Metis Ventures
Roman Nováček
Partner, Presto Ventures
Troy Weeks
Partner, McWin Partners
Paweł Szczepaniak
Head of Digital, McWin Partners
Paweł Maj
Partner, Warsaw Equity Group
Özge Öz
Partner, QNBEYOND Ventures
Vitaly Laptenok
General Partner, Flyer One Ventures
Georg Ioannidis
Managing Director, Uniqa Ventures
Karol Lasota
Principal, Inovo.vc
Ryan Gong
Chief Investment Director EMEA, Huawei
Krzysztof Tokarski
Managing Director, PKO VC
Iwona Cymerman
Managing Partner, FundingBox Deep Tech Fund
Tatjana Zabasu Mikuz
Managing Partner, South Central Ventures
Artur Banach
Managing Partner, Movens Capital
Bartek Knichnicki
Managing Partner, SATUS Starter VC
Adam Rudowski
General Partner, Level2 Ventures
Richard Illes
Investment Director, OXO Holdings
Kristóf Székely
Partner, Lead Ventures
Peter Marculans
Venture Partner, Accelerace
Deniz Aslandogan
VP of Investments, Revo Capital
Wojciech Drewczyński
Principal, Black Pearls VC
Mark Palfalvi
Principal, PortfoLion Capital Partners
Michal Bas
Principal, VentureFriends
Norbert Kruszewski
Principal, Cogito Capital Partners
Adam Hashchyshyn
Principal, Roosh Ventures
Peter Parragh
Principal, Oktogon Ventures
Peeter Kompus
Principal, Trind Ventures
Stepan Kivshyk
Investment Manager, HTGF
Romain Grimal
Investment Manager, Blackfin Capital Partners
Magdalena Trąba
Senior Investment Manager, Pracuj Ventures
Andrej Petrus
Chief Investment Officer, ZAKA Ventures
Jan Hauser
Business Creation Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Norbert Bial
Investment Director, Euroventures
Michał Gawęda
Investment Director, Montis Capital
Robert Reich
Investment Manager, Lighthouse Ventures
Luiza Nowacka
Investment Manager, Vinci S.A.
Gülce Horataci
Investment Manager, Starters Hub
Bruno Lusic
VC Investor, EBRD
Tobias Winczer
VC Investor, Target Global
Luca Brilliet
VC Investor, Karista
Mia Lewis
VC Investor, MiddleGame Ventures
Jan Follendorf
VC Investor, SpeedUp VC Group
Petra Mo
VC Investor, 3VC
András Fehér
Investor, DayOne Capital
Ewa Karólewska
Project Manager on Startup Support, EIT Food
And many more!
Focus
We are looking for regional startups and scaleups from Central & Eastern Europe raising seed, pre-series A, series A and beyond in following verticals:
SaaS & Marketplaces
AI / ML
Fintech & Insurtech
Cybersecurity
Defence and Govtech
Mobility, Industry 4.0 & Manufacturing
Environmental and Sustainable Solutions
Food and Agriculture
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Consumer Technology
Diversity and Inclusion
Other
Timeline
Nov 17, 2023
Application closes
Nov 22-29, 2023
Jury work
Nov 30, 2023
Finalists announcement
Dec 7, 2023
Finals: Online Pitching & VC Talks
Prizes
Fundraising support
Fundraising support for the Winner with connections to hundreds of leading VCs
CEE VC Summit
Invitation to CEE VC Summit 2024 gathering 250+ GPs from CEE and Europe for the winner!
Media coverage
Media and social media coverage for selected teams
Up To €100.000
Up to €100.000 infrastructure credits for all applicants + fast track to the OVHcloud Startup Program, marketing & technical support for TOP 10
Up To 90% Off
Up to 90% off on HubSpot for Startups for Top 100 eligible teams
Up To $10,000 AWS Credits
Up to $10,000 in AWS Credits for all participants*
*AWS Activate Program rules must apply
€15.000 Credits
Stripe Credits: €15.000 for all participants!
$50.000 Credits
$50.000 on the Mixpanel Growth or Enterprise plan for all applicants!
Dedicated Support From Startup Success Team!
1-on-1 onboarding with Startup Success team for TOP 10 and 6 months FREE for all participants!
6 months for free
6 months of free Notion towards a Plus Plan, including unlimited AI for all applicants!
12 Months For FREE
12 FREE months for basic plan or 90% off for premium plan for selected eligible startups
Security Compliance Automation
30-50% off for finalists & 25% off for all applicants*
*discounts valid for first-time customers only
Annual FREE Premium Access
Annual Business Plan for the Winner, 6 FREE months for TOP 10 and 3 months for all applicants!
Annual FREE Premium Access
Annual Premium Access for the Winning Team, 6 months free for 2nd and 3rd place & 30 days free + 10% off for all applicants!
Up To 500,000 FREE Credits
500,000 FREE email verifications for TOP 3; 100,000 for TOP 10 and 25,000 + 20% off for all participants
Media Coverage
For The Winner & 35% discount for all applicants!
Media Coverage
For The TOP 3
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