Startup Awards: Highlighting innovation in Slovakia

The Startup Ecosystem is evolving in Slovakia. One example is the program of STARTUP AWARDS, which is a competition for Slovak early-stage tech companies with global potential. Our business development expert Laura Lennkh will participate as mentor, advising startups on how to present their pitch at the STARTUP AWARDS final event in December. In addition, it is a good opportunity for us to see first hand the hot ideas and innovations from our neighboring country.

 

Largest startup and innovation event

For the first time, STARTUP AWARDS will host more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, innovators, investors and corporates. Additionally, the event will be extended to a full day conference with panels and workshops, presenting top international investors and successful entrepreneurs. In addition to the pitches of most promising Slovak startups, attendees will also have a chance to see the icon of Israeli startup scene, Uri Levine. Uri is the founder of Waze, the largest community-based traffic and navigation app in the world. After having sold Waze to Google for over one billion dollars in 2013, Levine has been fully devoted to developing new tech companies as an angel investor. The confirmed speakers list includes Esther Dyson, named as one of the most influential women in American business by Forbes magazine, Andrej Pan?ík, a young Slovak, who sold his startup Represent for 100 million EUR, or biotech entrepreneur Danny Cabrera who produces 3D bio-printers that manufacture human tissue.

 

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