CEE Startup Challenge
Join The Biggest 100% Online Startup Challenge In Central & Eastern Europe!
Startups & Scaleups
- Get wide exposure to leading 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
- Don’t miss the best startups and scaleups from Central & Eastern Europe
- Minimize workload with pre-screened companies aligned with your focus
- Get access to the biggest matching platform in CEE and arising investment opportunities
Sectors
We are looking for regional startups and scaleups from CEE raising seed, 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
May 31, 2021
Application closes
June 7-16, 2021
Jury work
June 15, 2021
10 Finalists announced
June 17, 2021
Winners announced
Prizes
Fast Track To 1M EUR Investment
Up to 1M EUR investment for selected startups after positive due diligence
Up To $25,000 For TOP 10
AWS Credits: up to $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!
Dedicated Support From Startup Success Team!
1-on-1 onboarding with Startup Success team for TOP 10 and 6 months FREE for all participants!
FREE Annual Premium Plans For TOP 3
FREE annual Premium plans for TOP 3 and 30% off for all participants!
Up To €500 FREE Credits
Up to €500 communication API credits & experts' support for TOP 3
6 Months For FREE
6 months for FREE for the Winner and 3 months for all applicants!
$2,000 Credits
2,000 infrastructure credits for TOP 10 Teams
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!
Live Pitching To Corporates
Live pitching to WeXelerate's Corporate Partners for TOP 10
Live Pitching To Investors
Pitching on the selected The Startup Club event for the Winner
Media Coverage
FREE Premium Media Package for the Winner and 20% discount for all participants
Media Coverage
For The Winner & 35% discount for all applicants!
Media Coverage
For The TOP 3
3 Tickets
For 3 Winning teams and 25% discount for all applicants!
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
Michał Bajda
Business Creation Manager, InnoEnergy Central Europe
Szymon Kwiatkowski
Business Creation Manager, InnoEnergy Central Europe
Gregory Leschenko
Chief Investment Director, Huawei
Gerald Parloiu
Partner, Global Founders Capital
Marcin Laczynski
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Alexander Pak
Investment Director, TMT Investments
Daniel Tomov
Founding Partner, Eleven Ventures
Tomas Martunas
Founding Partner, Iron Wolf Capital
Marcin Kurek
Managing Partner, Market One Capital
Henry Jefferies
Senior Associate, Accel
Bartosz Lipnicki
Managing Partner, Alfabeat
Numan Numan
Managing Partner, 212
Dilek Dayinlarli
Managing Partner, ScaleX Ventures
Dmitry Smirnov
Investment Director, Flashpoint
Michał Rokosz
Partner, Inovo Venture Partners
Wojciech Majewski
Managing Director, Simpact Fund
Georg Ioannidis
Managing Director, Uniqa Ventures
Krzysztof Tokarski
Managing Director, PKO VC
Jean-Michel Reynaud
Head Of Startups Relations, Engie
Michael Claes
Senior Technology Manager, SABIC Ventures
Marcel Animucki
Investment Manager, bValue
Júlia Véglesi
Investment Manager, Impact Ventures
Agnieszka Poznanska
Head Of Origination, Shape VC
Malin Stefanescu
President, TechAngels
Adam de sola Pool
Business Angel, MIT Angels
Branko Drobnak
President, Business Angels Of Slovenia
Jasmina Popovska
Business Creation Manger, EIT Manufacturing
Magdalena Balcerzak
Manager, CEE Business Angels Network
Przemysław Wyszyński
Head of CEE, Russia & CIS, Vonage
Powered By
Strategic Partners
Corporate Partners
Partners
Community Partners
Media Partners
Workshop Day
Join the Workshop Day
and get valuable insights & tips from our Partners on how to develop
your business! The event kicks off on May 25th at 10am CET.
- 10 am CET: Perfect Pitch by Magdalena Balcerzak, Vestbee
- 11 am CET: Pricing Strategies for Startups by Julian Lehr, Stripe
- 12 pm CET: How Communications APIs boost the customer experience? by Przemysław Wyszyński, Vonage
- 1 pm CET: Giving and receiving feedback. How to do it right? by Róża Szafranek, HR Hints
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Previous Edition
Meet the Winners of the previous CEE Startup Challenge edition
