Agenda
08:30 - 09:00
REGISTRATION OPEN
Event moderator
Sebastien Toupy
Community builder, storyteller & strategist, 🇪🇪
Opening remarks
09:00 - 09:40
Welcome speeches
Maia Sandu
The President of the Republic of Moldova, 🇲🇩
Dumitru Alaiba
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Development and Digitalization, 🇲🇩
Kent D. Logsdon
Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Moldova , 🇺🇸
Jānis Mažeiks
Ambassador, Head of the European Union's Delegation in Moldova, 🇱🇻
Katarina Fried
Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Moldova, 🇸🇪
Fern Horine
Ambassador of United Kingdom to the Republic of Moldova, 🇬🇧
Catarina Bjorlin Hansen
Director, Head of Moldova, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development , 🇬🇪
09:40 - 09:50
Discovering the untapped potential of the Moldova's Startup Ecosystem
Olga Melniciuc
CEO at Startup Moldova Foundation, 🇲🇩
From Zero to Hero
10:00 - 10:15
Keynote Speech: I’m “Building Your Startup Community”
Dave Parker
5X founder and an expert in scaling startups for growth and exit, 🇺🇸
10:15 - 10:50
Interview: Navigating the startup journey together with Bloomcoding, SelfTalk and Sumboard
Dave Parker
5X founder and an expert in scaling startups for growth and exit, 🇺🇸
Mihaela Kawinska
Co-founder at Bloomcoding, 🇲🇩
Viorica Vanica
Co-founder at SelfTalk , 🇲🇩
Nicolae Guzun
Co-founder at Sumboard, 🇲🇩
10:50 - 11:00
Presentation: 3 Winning Business Models from Moldova
Nick Himowicz
Business Coach, 🇬🇧
11:00 - 11:15
COFFEE BREAK
From Zero to Hero
11:15 - 11:20
Presentation: The power of community on startup growth, Moldovan case
Cristian Cerneanu
Senior Entrepreneurship and Startups Manager at Future Technologies Activity, 🇲🇩
11:20 - 11:40
Fireside chat with accelerator's alumni, Dreamups, YEP, XY, Technovator
Cristian Cerneanu
Senior Entrepreneurship and Startups Manager at FTA, 🇲🇩
Mihai Moglan
Founder at SengEnergy, 🇲🇩
Mihai Dascăl
Founder at Baby Medy, 🇲🇩
Mihai Coșleț
Co-Founder at Robolex, 🇲🇩
Cristina Tocari
Co-Founder at Recycline, 🇲🇩
Scaling and Growing Global
11:40 - 12:00
Keynote Speech: Unsexy Truth about Startups Success in CEE
Stoyan Yankov
Productivity & Performance Coach, 🇩🇰
12:05 - 12:25
Panel: The path to scale: Challenges and considerations for successful startups
Andrei Juc
Co-founder at Kids App, 🇲🇩
Edmundas Balcikonis
CEO and Co-founder at Such Much AI, 🇱🇹
Daniel Ray
Director of Strategy at Muse Group, 🇬🇧
PITCHING SESSION
12:30 - 13:05
Startup Founders Showcase
Tal Catran
Tech Innovation Expert, 🇮🇱
13:10 - 13:15
GenAI for Accelerated Growth: Google Cloud Empowering Startups
Kristina Poustovan
Corporate Sales Manager at Google, 🇷🇴
13:15 - 14:15
LUNCH BREAK
Scaling and Growing Global
14:15 - 14:30
Fireside Chat: Talents Aqusition: Strategies for business growth and expansion
Anisah Osman
Startup Life Reporter at Sifted, 🇬🇧
Mihai Marcuţa
Co-founder at Nodeshift, 🇲🇩
14:30 - 14:45
Keynote Speech: Rooted in Resilience: Beetroot’s journey from Sweden to Ukraine, Moldova and beyond
Andreas Flodstrom
Founder and CEO at Beetroot, 🇺🇦
The power of money
14:50 - 15:05
Keynote Speech: How to start your startup: lessons from building Graphy
Andrey Vinitsky
CEO and Co-founder at Graphy, 🇬🇧
VCs Pitching
15:05 - 15:40
Florin Visa
Early Game Ventures, 🇷🇴
Karol Lasota
Inovo VC, 🇵🇱
Marius Istrate
TechAngels, 🇷🇴
Raya Yunakova
LaunchHub Ventures, 🇧🇬
Robert Herscovici
GapMinder VC, 🇷🇴
Alexandru Bogdan
CEO at ROCA X, 🇷🇴
Anton Waschuk
Scout at u.ventures and Director at WNISEF, 🇺🇦
Răzvan Suta
FinTech Program Managing Director & CEE Business Development Lead @Startup Wise Guys, 🇪🇪
15:40 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK
The power of money
16:00 - 16:15
Fireside Chat: The principles of investible startups
Olga Melniciuc
CEO at Startup Moldova Foundation, 🇲🇩
Marius Istrate
Chairman of the Board at TechAngels, 🇷🇴
16:15 - 16:25
Keynote Speech: The role of exit strategy for companies
Denis Filatov
Investment Director at Horizon Capital, 🇺🇦
Development opportunities for startups
16:30 - 17:00
Opportunities for the development of startups in Moldova
Catalina Plinschi
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister at MEDD, 🇲🇩
Natalia Dontu
Administrator at Moldova Innovation Technology Park, 🇲🇩
Vadim Jeleascov
Head of Fintech Department at National Bank of Moldova, 🇲🇩
Thibault Charlet
Programme Manager for Digital and Economic Development at European Commission, 🇧🇪
Maria Terentiev
Principal Manager, Advice for SMEs Finance & Development Group at EBRD, 🇲🇩
17:00 - 17:05
CLOSING REMARKS. Group picture
19:00
