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CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE •
How Belarusian tech talent is reshaping Eastern Europe's digital future
Discover how Belarusian tech companies' migration to Poland and Lithuania is creating new innovation hubs and transforming Eastern Europe's digital landscape with global ambitions.
How Moldova is building its tech hub
Moldova emerges as a pragmatic tech hub, with local startups solving real-world problems through practical innovation. Learn how its strategic location and incentives are attracting tech talent.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECH
These Startups Are Going to Make You Think Twice About Moldova
With most of the world’s capital focused in few places, markets such as Moldova get overlooked. This small eastern European country still has potential.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • FINANCIAL SERVICES
Watch the best startups from CEE pitching!
Finalists from Uzbekistan, Russia, Georgia, and Armenia are battling for the chance to represent their region in the Grand Finale of the Competition
Check out these CEE startups disrupting different industries in the region
MARCH 19, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • HR
Get The Best Job For Wherever You Are With Location-Based Job Matching Platform Staf Online | Olga Sirbu
MARCH 11, 2021
Startups from Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Latvia, Uzbekistan, and Serbia
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Get ready to watch the startups from Azerbaijan, Russia, Czech Republic, and Ukraine pitching their company!
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • HEALTHCARE
Find out the stunning startups from Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, and Romania that will represent their country on the Regional Stage!
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • OTHER
The most promising startups from Mongolia, Poland, Moldova, and Georgia have just virtually arrived!
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • INVESTMENT
How to support impact investment in CEE and what chess to do with it | Olena Boytsun
Olena leads Luminate's funding activities in Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Georgia, and the Baltics.
17 Tech Startups from CEE Advance to Regionals of Seedstars World Competition 2020
Out of the 570 applications we received, we had selected 17 of the most promising startups in the batch to move on to the next stage.
Five startups from Moldova vie for a spot at the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21
Five up-and-coming tech startups from Moldova are set to pitch on November 26th at 16:00 at the Online Seedstars Chisinau Competition 2020/21
Five Startups from Ukraine to Participate in the Online Pitching Competition Organized by Seedstars and Luminate
Five up-and-coming tech startups from Ukraine are set to pitch on November 10th at 10:00 at the Online Seedstars Kyiv Competition 2020/21.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • AGRICULTURE
GIZ - SAIS Announces Startup Finalists Joining Investment Readiness Program 2020
To increase both productivity and revenues of smallholder farmers, while fighting against food insecurity on the continent, the Investment Readiness Program (IRP) supports promising African startups offering FoodTech and AgriTech solutions.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • URBAN DEVELOPMENT
How Switzerland Won Its Title of the Country of Innovation
What makes Switzerland unique? How did the country manage to become the global leader in innovation?
LATIN AMERICA • TECHNOLOGY
Three Continents, One Data-Driven eCommerce Startup and a Baby | Ann Pichestapong
In this episode, we meet Ann, founder and CEO of DataCue, who not only launched her own company but did it with her husband as her co-founder whilst travelling across Central and South America for their honeymoon!
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • EDUCATION & CONSULTING
From $300 to $60K Monthly Revenue and Serving 400,000 Students Worldwide | Daria Kroshkina
With a passion for learning, growth and continuous development, Dasha turned the knowledge she used herself to secure scholarships.
Winning Marathons and Advising Billionaire Impact Investors | Tenke Zoltani
From a Hungarian refugee family who emigrated to the United States, Tenke Zoltani is running fast as part of the Hungarian national running team.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • FOOD & BEVERAGES
What Gets Measured Gets Done: 200 000 Meals Saved and Counting | Anastasia Hofmann
Anastasia went to the hospitality school in Lausanne, where she met her business partner, Noemi, and in 2017, they decided to launch Kitro, a startup that focuses on food waste management.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECHNOLOGY
Spotlight on Dimash: Teaching Next Generations to Code
Dinmukhamed Junussov (Dimash) from Nur-Sultan
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
What’s Your Why: Vincent Tresno
Meet Vincent Tresno, founder and a growth hacking advisor at Tresno Digital (Switzerland) who shares his vision of entrepreneurship and gives us examples of his favourite tools to strategize over the business growth.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TRAVEL & TOURISM
What’s Your Why: Zolko Batmunkh
Why did Zolko choose the path of an entrepreneur? What makes him move forward? Get the answer in our next ‘What’s Your Why’ episode with the founder of IHotel (Mongolia) Zolko Batmunkh.
What’s You Why: Daria Kroshkina
Why Daria, founder and CEO of StudyFree, can’t settle? What drives her and what motivates her every day? Hear Daria’s answers in our next ‘What’s Your Why’ episode!
