Selected startups and scaleups will present their businesses to the leading VC funds and corporates such as Northzone, Molten Ventures, Credo Ventures, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe, 3VC, Huawei, OTB Ventures, Eleven Ventures, Inovo Ventures, Market One Capital, 212, Revo, QNBeyond and more.

The winning teams will also land a fast track to the largest, invitation-only gathering for VC fund managers - CEE VC Summit.

Shortlisted companies will also benefit from free credits and discounts on business services provided by the program's partners, which include naming a few, up to $100K in AWS Activate Credits, €100K in infrastructure credits from OVHcloud, 90% off on HubSpot for Startups, €30K in Stripe Credits, $50K on the Mixpanel Growth Plan.

Applicants will also get a unique opportunity to use free business tools from Zendesk, Notion, Loom, Customer.io, TrustMate, Brand24, Bouncer and more as well as receive media coverage.

Romanian cofounded Databricks, 10 billion $ investment at $62B valuation

Which startups can apply?

CEE Startup Challenge seeks companies raising seed, pre-series A, and series A in the following verticals SaaS & Marketplace, AI & Analytics & Big Data, Fintech & Insurtech, Smart Cities & Home, Industry 4.0 & Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, Planet & Sustainability, Healthcare & Wellbeing and more.

Companies should apply here before November 25th.