V4-Ukraine Talent Fusion

The V4-Ukraine Talent Fusion program may have ended, but we’re still excited about all the incredible moments! 🌟 Our mission was to empower young entrepreneurs, promote female inclusion, and foster innovation in the V4 and Ukraine regions. 🤩 We aimed to create a supportive ecosystem where diverse talents could thrive and bring their groundbreaking ideas to life. 🌱✨ We hope the impact of this program continues to grow, fueling an exciting and innovative future for all involved. 🚀 The winners are now collaborating with the companies that offered prizes. 🎉🤝 So stay tuned for more updates as our community of innovators continues to thrive! 😉 The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund #FemaleInclusion #YoungEntrepreneurs

🎬That’s a wrap 🤗 The V4-Ukraine Talent Fusion Program officially came to an end. We can’t be grateful enough for these three amazing months and the journey behind them. 🥰  ➡️ First of all, we would like to thank all of our talented participants, who were with us during this program and also for our partners, who were seeking a new generation of innovators in these months: every panel speaker, investor, mentor, and those who were working behind the scenes. 👀Take a look at what we achieved during these months: 👉 Three full house #TechTalentSuperstarsEvent in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw 👉 12 successful #GoandGrowMasterclasses held by outstanding experts 👉 A unique #Iampitching competition, where teams participated in 3 mentoring sessions, a pitch training, and a live pitch competition event, where they could show their outstanding ideas in front of several investors. 🥳We reached these milestones together.🎉 We hope that we could help to start the journey of these young innovators, who will shape the future of the startup ecosystem. We are sure that we will hear from you. 😉 🤗We wish you all the best with these lovely pictures from you all around Hungary, Chechia, and Poland. The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio , Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

Last Friday we held the final event of our program, the #Iampitching event in Budapest, at the Hungarian Innovation Hub!🎉 There was everything that we could wish for, from a very frank outlook on the VC POV 💸, a staggering convo on inclusivity 🤝, many laughs 😁. Above all, many exciting founders, their stories and projects from all over the V4 region. 🗣️ So a big shout-out to our outstanding: 👉 jury - Peter Oszkó from OXO Holdings, Imre Hild from Obuda Uni Venture Capital, Mary Alcantara from Interactive Venture Partners, Baiba Rozenberga from MBH Fintechlab 👉 speakers - Gergő Gulyás IMC and Attila Khader from Obuda Uni Venture Capital, Beatrix Bedő from Impact Hub Budapest, Farkas Barsony Dr., LL.M., MBA from Sharity Impact, Ivan Szakal from Hungarian Innovation Agency 👉 moderator and organiser - Kamilla Strausz and the InnoMaker Partners team 👉 and of course the teams - SUPPtrail, Spectrally, Zonifero, gamifit, MelonApp toborzás, BDN Automotive, Colony Robotics, few., ELBIOTECH Sp. z o.o., MyPass, WebGPT, GluMco, Collboard.com, DEPO We also want to extend a special thank you to the sponsors for the special prizes🏆 Infobip, Tokeportal.com, StartUp Online, MBH Fintechlab, CIB Bank, Budapest Stock Exchange, Global Startup Awards - Péter Kovács, StartupBlink, Bence Spiczmüller dr., ROI Joy Agency It was very inspiring to see so many innovators with outstanding ideas, you are truly the new rock stars!⚡ The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

This is a friendly reminder ➡️ tomorrow is our #Iampitching Live Event, where everything is about startups! 🌟 What can you expect? 👉 Get to know the program and our Hungarian partner OUVC more 👉 Hear 14 incredible startup pitches 👉 Two unique panel discussions with outstanding investors and ecosystem builders 👉 Networking opportunity with investors and major stakeholders 🚀𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝟰’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺! 📍Where? Hungarian Innovation Hub, 1117 Budapest, Infopark sétány 1 🗓️When? 31 May, 15:00 🔗More info and registration: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG You can still register - secure your place! The admission for the event is free, but registration is required. ⬆️ The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

💭 Still thinking about coming to our #Iampitching Live Event? During the event, you can hear about the importance of inclusion from one of the most prominent experts on the topic: Beatrix Bedő the co-founder and CEO of Impact Hub Budapest. 🤩 🤗 Inclusion is at the heart of our program, so this speech is vital for us. 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲! 🤝 Come and meet Bea to have an amazing chat about everything related to impact, she is the real deal - also she is an angel investor with an amazing knowledge of finances and business plans...😉 📍Where? Hungarian Innovation Hub, 1117 Budapest, Infopark sétány 1 🗓️When? 31 May, 15:00 ➡️Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

🎉 It’s time to announce the second-panel speakers you can meet at our #Iampitching Event in Budapest! During our second panel discussion, you can hear more about the topic of inclusivity and impact from Baiba Rozenberga the Head of Startups at MBH Fintechlab. Baiba has 20 years of experience in advisory and venture building, both in the private and public sectors. In the last 5 years, she has mainly worked on Web3, FinTech, and Green Mobility projects. She has served as a Jury member of the KINGS (Latvia) Startup competition for 2 cycles, with a special focus on AI, Blockchain, and SaaS projects.💻 Baiba is a Lecturer at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, where she teaches Principles of Accounting and has developed a course titled "Digital Tools for Business Management." 👩🏫 Since 2023, she has been the IP Commercialization expert for hydraulic hydrogen compression technology at Ventspils University Development Fund. 🏛️ In October 2023, Baiba joined the MBH FintechLab Team as Head of Startups!🚀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀! 😉 📍Where? Hungarian Innovation Hub, 1117 Budapest, Infopark sétány 1 🗓️When? 31 May, 15:00 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

🎉It’s time to announce the second-panel speakers you can meet at our #Iampitching Live Event on Friday, May 31 in Budapest! During our second panel discussion, you can hear more about the topic of inclusivity and impact from Farkas Barsony Dr., LL.M., MBA the CEO of Sharity Impact. Together with his partner, he embarked on the mission to innovate Hungarian donation culture using technology. 💻 He believes that the donation system is difficult to navigate, lacks feedback, and overall has low trust. He felt that he had a role to play in this area. 🤝  Farkas's journey is quite exciting, ranging from professional football to the presidency of the American Chamber of Commerce and a senior executive position at a Big Four firm, ultimately leading to a career as a startup founder. 🚀 Come and meet Farkas, ask for some advice as a fellow founder, or just chat about the importance of helping each other in society. ✌️ 📍Where? Hungarian Innovation Hub, 1117 Budapest, Infopark sétány 1 🗓️When? 31 May, 15:00 👉Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

💡 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀! How can you vote? 👉 Open our official website 👉 Select from the videos and click on your favourite to open it on YouTube 👉 Hit the thumbs-up button under the video 🤩 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽! Join us at the #Iampitching Event to hear the teams live: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio , Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

🥳 The participants of the #IamPitching competition started their three mentoring sessions and pitch training with their mentors. 🎤 Now they are preparing for the live #Iampitching Event, a CEEcosystem Summit satellite event in Budapest to give their best in front of several investors and leading figures of the regional startup ecosystem. This event gives them a unique opportunity to get visibility and valuable partnerships. 🤝 🍀 We wish you luck! 🤗 Join us at the #Iampitching Event to hear the teams live: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio , Accelpoint , Insane Business Ideas , Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund

🥳 Let’s meet our #Iampitching Live Event third panel speaker and jury member! This event focuses on startup founders and investors, playing a significant role in the V4 ecosystem. 𝗦𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽-𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗖𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁. 💰 Come and meet Imre Hild the CEO of OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio! In the past 15 years, Imre has worked with CEE accelerators, startups, public bodies, and corporations on ecosystem building. He does it domain - agnostically and not only in Hungary but in Romania, Turkey, Slovakia, and Serbia. 🤝 Currently, he builds Obuda Uni Venture Capital and Venture Studio the only university-affiliated venture capital company in the Carpathian basin. 💸 They are investing HUF 10Bn (EUR 28M) in the HUF 20-300 million range primarily in tech - robotics, AI, deep tech - not only in Hungary but also abroad. 🚀 So if you are looking for an investment or just want to have a chat with someone who has seen a LOT of startups it definitely worth it to swing by!😉 📍 Where? Hungarian Innovation Hub, 1117 Budapest, Infopark sétány 1 🗓️ When? 31 May, 15:00 ➡️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyYEr5fG The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund