CEE VC SUMMIT 2023

Join the biggest, invitation-only event for VC fund managers in Central & Eastern Europe

March 28-29 | Warsaw

Selected Speakers & Guests

  • Ewa Chronowska

    CEO, Vestbee & Partner, Next Road Ventures

  • Tomas Pacinda

    Partner, KAYA VC

  • Philipp von dem Knesebeck

    Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners

  • Aleksandra Laska

    Partner, Redalpine

  • Tomas Kemtys

    Partner, Contrarian Ventures

  • Esat Acar

    Vice President, 500 Emerging Europe

  • Bakhrom Ibragimov

    Partner, Molten Ventures

  • Daniela Raffel

    Vice President, Dawn Capital

  • Andras Molnar

    CEO, Portfolion

  • Martell Hardenberg

    Global Partner, Antler

  • Anna Vershebeniuk

    Principal, Headline

  • Christian Lautner

    Managing Partner, Heal Capital

  • Paulina Skrzypinska

    Chief Innovation Officer, BNP Paribas

  • Artur Banach

    Managing Partner, Movens Capital

  • Maciej Ćwikiewicz

    CEO, PFR Ventures

  • Lucas Behem

    Principal, Senovo

  • Marcin Kurek

    Managing Partner, Market One Capital

  • Marta Diana Koziarska

    Managing Partner, SMOK Ventures

  • Marcin Hejka

    General Partner, OTB Ventures

  • Marcin Laczynski

    Partner, Next Road Ventures

  • Wiktor Namysl

    General Partner, ORBIT Capital

  • Merve Zabci

    Partner, Logo Ventures

  • Szymon Kwiatkowski

    Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe

  • Numan Numan

    Partner, 212

  • Kinga Stanisławska

    Managing Partner, Experior Venture Fund

  • Paweł Leks

    Managing Partner, Pracuj VC

  • Daniel Tomov

    Partner, Eleven

  • Simone Riva

    Partner, Partech Partners

  • Zoltan Toth

    Managing Partner, Euroventures

  • Cristian Munteanu

    Managing Partner, Early Game Ventures

  • Rumen Iilev

    Partner, Launchub

  • Vital Laptenok

    Partner, Flyer One Ventures

  • Mike Brennan

    Partner, Finch Capital

  • Saagar Bhavsar

    Partner, Begin Capital

  • Charles Moury

    Co-Founder & COO, Apiday

  • Hannes Ortmeier

    Manager, VC & Startup Partnerships, Zendesk

  • Stanislav Ivanov

    Partner, Tera Ventures

  • Paweł Maj

    Head Of VC, Warsaw Equity Group

  • Kart Siilats

    Investment Partner, Mojo Capital

  • Yigit Arslan

    Managing Partner, TechOne

  • Marcus Erken

    Managing Partner, Sunfish Partners

  • Borys Musielak

    Managing Partner, SMOK Ventures

  • Csaba Kakosy

    Partner, Day One Capital

  • Adam Rudowski

    General Partner, Level2 Ventures

  • Žygimantas Susnys

    Managing Partner, Iron Wolf Capital

  • Tomasz Poniński

    Managing Partner, Montis Capital

  • Maciej Gnutek

    Partner, Credo Ventures

  • Monika Synorodzka

    Partner, SpeedUp Group

  • Adam Kočík

    Managing Partner, J&T Ventures

  • Alexandra Balkova

    Partner, Startup Wise Guys

  • Daniel Bull

    Partner, Columbia Lake Partners

  • Dominykas Stankevicius

    Global Investment Manager, Taiwania Capital

  • Gregor Rebolj

    Managing Partner, Silicon Gardens

  • Elemér Eszter

    Managing Partner, Impact Ventures

  • Gurmaan Bhatia

    VP, FTV Capital

  • Jan Hauser

    Business Creation Manager, EIT Urban Mobility

  • Jowita Sewerska

    Investment Director, ECBF

  • László Csiki

    Investment Director, OXO Ventures

  • Marton Medveczky

    Investment Director, Flashpoint VC

  • Matei Dumitrescu

    Partner, RocaX

  • Matthias Walter

    Portfolio Manager, Equation

  • Michał Lewandowski

    Senior Investment Manager, Elevator Ventures

  • Petr Šíma

    Partner, Depo Ventures

  • Roman Nováček

    Partner, Presto Ventures

  • Andrej Petrus

    Chief Investment Officer, ZAKA VC

  • Troy Weeks

    Partner, McWin Partners

  • Valeri Petrov

    Partner, Eleven

  • Rozalia Urbanek

    Investment Director, PFR Ventures

  • Monika Rozalska-Lilo

    Sr. VC and Startup Developer EMEA, AWS

  • Viktor Manev

    Partner, Impetus Capital

  • Dagmara Nickel

    Managing Partner, You Nick Mint

  • Karola Sisask

    Member of EstVCA / MITI Solutions

  • Grzegorz Kazulak

    Managing Partner, Supercharge Capital

  • İsmet Gökşen

    General Partner, Ludus VC

  • Robert Hegedues

    Partner, Fiedler Capital

  • Bartosz Lipnicki

    Managing Director, Endeavor

  • Marek Moravec

    Managing Partner, Nation 1 VC

  • Katarzyna Pac-Malesa

    Investment Director, 3TS Capital Partners

  • Szymon Syp

    Partner, SSK&W Law Firm

  • Cem Soysal

    CEO, iNVENTRAM!

  • Bartłomiej Kurylak

    CFO & IC Member, JR Holding

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Sponsors

  • Next Road Ventures logo
  • KAYA VC logo
  • EIT InnoEnergy logo
  • PRF Ventures logo
  • BNP Paribas logo
  • SKK&W Law Firm logo
  • Amazon Web Services logo
  • Apiday logo
  • Zendesk logo
  • Republic of Estonia E-residiency logo
  • Deel logo

Selected Investors

  • Credo Ventures logo
  • Market One Capital logo
  • Blue Future Partners logo
  • OTB logo
  • EBRD Venture Capital logo
  • Tera Ventures logo
  • Contrarian Ventures logo
  • Antler logo
  • Warsaw Equity Group logo
  • White Star Capital logo
  • Dawn Capital logo
  • Crane Venture Partners logo
  • SMOK Ventures logo
  • Movens Capital logo
  • Day One Capital logo
  • Sunfish Partners logo
  • Level2 Ventures logo
  • Finch Capital logo
  • Elevator Ventures logo
  • Experior Venture fund logo
  • PKO TFI logo
  • Launchub Ventures logo
  • South Central Ventures logo
  • Flyer One Ventures logo
  • Orbit Capital logo
  • 500 Emerging Europe logo
  • Headline logo
  • Enea logo
  • PSIK logo
  • Logo Ventures logo
  • TechOne Ventue Capital logo
  • Twozero vc logo
  • Shape Venture Capital logo
  • Venture Friends logo
  • Rocax Fund logo
  • Lunar Ventures logo
  • Euroventures logo
  • Czysta3VC logo
  • Lead Ventures logo
  • Impact Ventures logo
  • Fiedler Capital logo
  • Mojo Capital logo
  • Orbit Capital logo
  • Calm/Storm Ventures logo
  • Soulmates Ventures logo
  • Supercharge Capital logo
  • Brightcap Ventures logo
  • Butterfly VC logo
  • European Circular Bioeconomy Fund logo
  • Silicon Gardens Fund logo
  • McWin Partners logo
  • Assay Group logo
  • Galata Business Angels logo
  • Equation logo
  • RSJ logo
  • TechAngels logo
  • Latvian Business Angels Network logo
  • Aternus Investment Group logo
  • Begin Capital logo
  • Eleven logo
  • Eurazeo logo
  • Earlygame Venture Capital logo
  • FTV Capital logo
  • Hellen's Rock logo
  • Iron Wolf Capital logo
  • Lighthouse Ventures logo
  • Montis Capital logo
  • Hubraum Tech Incubator logo
  • Partech logo
  • Pracuj Ventures logo
  • Purple Ventures logo
  • Senovo logo
  • Speedup Venture Capital Group logo
  • Tilia Impact Ventures logo
  • Flashpoint logo
  • Atlantic Labs logo
  • iNVENTRAM! logo
  • J&T Ventures logo
  • Taiwania Capital logo
  • Blue Media logo
  • Depo Ventures logo
  • Columbia Lake Partners logo
  • Portfolion logo
  • EIT Urban Mobility logo
  • Presto Ventures logo
  • Redalpine logo
  • Impetus Capital logo
  • Almaz Capital logo
  • Startup Wise Guys logo
  • 3TS logo
  • Ludus VC logo
  • You Nick Mint Venture Capital logo
  • Zaka Ventures logo
  • Endeavor logo
  • Nation 1 VC logo
  • JR Holding logo

CEE VC SUMMIT 2023 AGENDA

- DAY 1 AGENDA -

10:00-10:05 am CET | CEE VC Summit Kick-off

10:10-10:50 am CET | Panel Discussion

Vintage 2023, a year of challenges and opportunities for the CEE ecosystem

  • Marek Moravec

    Managing Partner, Nation 1 VC

  • Tomas Pacinda

    Partner, KAYA VC

  • Daniel Tomov

    Partner, Eleven

  • Marcin Kurek

    Managing Partner, Market One Capital

  • Marcin Hejka

    General Partner, OTB Ventures

10:50-11:30 am CET | Panel Discussion

Entrepreneurs don't give up - the state of the Ukranian startup ecosystem

  • Matei Dumitrescu

    Partner, RocaX

  • Andriy Dovzhenko

    Managing Partner, SMRK VC

  • Elena Mazhuha

    Investment Director, Flyer One Ventures

  • Alexandra Balkova

    Partner, Startup Wise Guys

11:30-12:00 pm CET | 🍪 Coffee break & networking

12:00-12:30 pm CET | Panel Discussion

Rising from the East - building a global business out of the CEE

  • Marton Medveczky

    Investment Director, Flashpoint VC

  • Michał Rokosz

    Managing Partner, Inovo Venture Partners

  • Rumen Iliev

    Partner, LAUNCHub Ventures

  • Wiktor Namysl

    General Partner, ORBIT Capital

12:30-1:00 pm CET | Fireside Chat

From Rags to Riches - regional success stories

  • Bartosz Lipnicki

    Managing Director, Endeavor

  • Sergiu Negut

    CEO, Fintech OS

1:00-2:15 pm CET | 🍱 Lunch

2:15-2:45 pm CET | Fireside Chat

How can VCs differentiate in an increasingly competitive CEE market?

  • Marcin Łączyński

    Partner, Next Road Ventures

  • Philipp von dem Knesebeck

    Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners

2:45-3:15 pm CET | Panel Discussion

Fundraising: How to approach and build meaningful relations with LPs?

  • Marcin Łączyński

    Partner, Next Road Ventures

  • Bartek Pucek

    Angel Investor

  • Borys Musielak

    Managing Partner, SMOK Ventures

  • Rozalia Urbanek

    Investment Director, PFR Ventures

  • Lukas Grodl

    Legal, Purple Ventures

3:15-3:45 pm CET | 🍪 Coffee break & networking

3:45-4:15 pm CET | Keynote Presentation

Does size matter? Early stage fund structure stategies in numbers. What strategies yield the best returns.

  • Paweł Maj

    Head Of VC, Warsaw Equity Group

4:15-4:45 pm CET | Panel Discussion

Impact investing - prospective growth engine of VC returns?

  • Jowita Sewerska

    Investment Director, ECBF

  • Szymon Kwiatkowski

    Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe

  • Elemer Eszter

    Managing Partner, Impact Ventures

  • Christian Lautner

    Managing Partner, Heal Capital

5:00 pm CET | 🥂 Drinks

6:00 pm CET | 🍱 VIP Dinner

- DAY 2 AGENDA -

9:15-10:00 am CET | Good morning - coffee and light refreshments

10:00-10:30 am CET | Panel Discussion

How to manage and value portfolio when the macro crumbles?

  • Marcus Erken

    Managing Partner, Sunfish Partners

  • Bakhrom Ibragimov

    Partner, Molten Ventures

  • Alex Seran

    Partner, Hellen's Rock

10:30-11:00 am CET | Panel Discussion

Mastering the art of portfolio governance and board dynamics

  • Andras Molnar

    CEO, Portfolion

  • Wojciech Walniczek

    Partner, OTB

  • Pavel Mucha

    General Partner, Kaya VC

  • Merve Zabci

    Partner, Logo Ventures

11:00-11:30 am CET | Panel Discussion

Navigating to exit in uncertain times

  • Alex Wilson

    Principal, White Star Capital

  • Mike Brennan

    Partner, Finch Capital

  • Daniela Raffel

    Vice President, Dawn Capital

  • Numan Numan

    Partner, 212

11:30-12:00 pm CET | 🍪 Coffee break & networking

12:00-12:30 pm CET | Panel Discussion

How efforts of different ecosystem stakeholders can support startups to score big

  • Dušan Zábrodský

    Partner, Rockaway Capital

  • Paulina Skrzypińska

    Chief Innovation Officer, BNP Paribas

  • Karolina Mrozkova

    Partner, Credo Ventures

  • Martell Hardenberg

    Global Partner, Antler

12:30-1:00 pm CET | Keynote Presentation

Discovering Estonia: The likely go to location for emerging GPs

  • Karola Sisask

    Member of EstVCA / MITI Solutions

1:00-2:00 pm CET | 🍱 Lunch

2:00-2:30 pm CET | Keynote Presentation

The elephant in the room - ESG for VCs and startups in the new era of responsible investing

  • Charles Moury

    Co-Founder & COO, Apiday

2:30-3:15 pm CET | Partner's Track: Money is Just the Beginning - How VCs Create Value for Startups

  • Monika Rozalska-Lilo

    Sr. VC and Startup Developer EMEA, AWS

  • Esat Acar

    Vice President, 500 Emerging Europe

  • Nikhil Dinesh

    Head of Startup and VC Business Development - EMEA North, AWS

  • Ewa Chronowska

    General Partner at Next Road Ventures and Founder & CEO at Vestbee

  • Karol Lasota

    Investor inovo.vc, former Founder

3:15 pm CET | Closing remarks

3:30 pm CET | Networking

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