CEE Startup Challenge
Join Us To Get 1M EUR, 250k EUR In Business Tools & Startup Credits, Access To VC Funds And More!
Winners
Meet CEE Startup Challenge Winners
Timeline
April 15, 2022
Application closes
April 25-29, 2022
Jury work
May 5, 2022
10 Finalists announcement
May 9, 2022
Workshop Day
May 10, 2022
Pitching & VC Talks, Winners announcement
Sectors
We are looking for regional startups and scaleups from CEE raising seed, pre-series A, series A and beyond in following verticals:
SaaS & Marketplace
AI & Analytics & Big Data
Fintech & Insurtech
Smart Cities & Home
Industry 4.0 & Proptech
Transport & Logistics
Planet & Sustainability
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Prizes
Fast Track To 1M EUR Investment
Up to 1M EUR investment for selected startups after positive due diligence
Up To $100,000 AWS Credits
$25k for TOP 10 and $10k for all participants, personal AWS follow-up support and $100k 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
€30.000 Credits
Stripe Credits: €30.000 for TOP 10 scaleups & €15.000 for all participants!
$50.000 Credits
$50.000 on the Mixpanel Growth 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!
Up To $150.000 Credits
Up to $150k in Azure Credits, participation in Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub & 1h consultations with Microsoft experts for selected teams
$1000 Credits
$1000 in FREE credits for all-in-one Notion workspace for all participants!
$3000 Credits
For annual Business Plan for up to 25 users with access to unlimited video recordings & more features!
FREE Consultations
FREE consultations & workshops for TOP 3 and 5% off on grant writing services for the Winner
12 Months For FREE
12 FREE months for basic plan or 90% off for premium plan for selected eligible startups
6 Months For FREE
6 months for FREE for the Winner and 3 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!
Annual FREE Premium Access
Annual Premium Access for the Winning Team, 6 months FREE for 2nd and 3rd place & 1 free month 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
FREE IT Consultations
120 hours for the Winner, 40 hours for TOP 10 and 10 hours for all applicants!
Media Coverage
For The Winner & 35% discount for all applicants!
Media Coverage
For The TOP 3
Pitching On Stage
Live pitching for selected startups from TOP 10 during the bigest conference for startup ecosystem in CEE
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
Michał Bajda
Business Creation Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Szymon Kwiatkowski
Business Creation Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Gregory Leschenko
Chief Investment Director, Huawei
Marcin Hejka
General Partner, OTB Ventures
Berkin Toktaş
Managing Director, Revo Capital
Maximilian Schausberger
Managing Director, Elevator Ventures
Marcin Laczynski
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Daniel Tomov
Founding Partner, Eleven Ventures
Numan Numan
Managing Partner, 212
Paweł Maj
Investment Director, Warsaw Equity Group
Kasparas Jurgelionis
Managing Partner, Iron Wolf Capital
Marcin Kurek
Managing Partner, Market One Capital
Merve Zabci
General Partner, Logo Ventures
Özge Öz
Partner, QNBEYOND Ventures
Jasmina Popovska
Senior Business Creation Manager, EIT Manufacturing
Bartosz Lipnicki
Managing Partner, Alfabeat
Michał Rokosz
Partner, Inovo Venture Partners
Wojciech Majewski
Managing Director, Simpact Fund
Georg Ioannidis
Managing Director, Uniqa Ventures
Krzysztof Tokarski
Managing Director, PKO VC
Marton Medveczky
Investment Director, Flashpoint Venture Capital
Marcin Kostrzewa
Investment Manager, Flash Ventures
Robin Butler
Partner, Sturgeon Capital
Cezary Iwan
Investment Manager, Hubraum
Marcin Szczecinski
Investment Manager, Adamed
Michael Claes
Senior Technology Manager, SABIC Ventures
Assaf Shamia
Investment Partner, Giesecke+Devrient Ventures
Martin Mossler
Managing Director, Science Park Graz
Claudia Czigony
Investment Manager, Impact Ventures
Agnieszka Poznanska
Head Of Origination, Shape VC
Adam Rudowski
General Partner, Level2 Ventures
Richard Illes
Investment Director, OXO Holdings
Andrej Petrus
Investment Manager, ZAKA Ventures
Jan Hauser
Business Creation Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Helmuts Lejnieks
Chairman of the Board, Latvian Business Angels Network
Adam de sola Pool
Business Angel, MIT Angels
Branko Drobnak
President, Business Angels Of Slovenia
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