CEE VC SUMMIT 2023
Join the biggest, invitation-only event for VC fund managers in Central & Eastern Europe
March 28-29 | Warsaw
JOIN THE LEADING FUND MANAGERS
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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- 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
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- 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
