Agenda
Date: March 17, 2023
Location: Tekwill
09:00 - 10:00
Registration open
10:00 - 10:10
Opening Remarks
Speakers:
Tal Catran
Moderator
Natalia Bejan
Executive director Startup Moldova
10:10 - 10:30
How to scale startups from Europe?
Speakers:
Mike Butcher
Editor-in-chief at TechCrunch
10:30 - 11:10
Ecosystem Builders: Connecting Moldovan Tech Startups with Resources
Panel discussion
Speakers:
Aliona Rotaru
Executive Director at Dreamups Innovation
Traian Chivriga
CEO and founder at XY Partners
Cerbușca Viorica
Founder at Yep Moldova
Mary Nemciuc
CEO and Founder at Technovator
Oxana Paladiciuc
Manager at FinTech Hub
11:10 - 11:20
Techstars: how to drive ecosystems growth?
Speakers:
Ahmad Sufian Bayram
EMEA Regional Manager at Techstars
11:20 - 12:05
STARTUPS PITCHING - Batch 1
3 min pitch + 3 min feedback
12:05 - 12:45
Institutional Perspective: Setting the Scene for Startup Ecosystem
Panel discussion
Speakers:
Scott D Hocklander
Mission Director at USAID
Karin Borovic
Head of Development Cooperation, Deputy HoM, Embassy of Sweden
Angela Sax
Head of EBRD Moldova
Moderator:
Natalia Bejan
Executive Director at Startup Moldova
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:15
Global Startup Index: How to learn from global and act local?
Speaker:
Naomi Costa
Head of Marketing at StartupBlink
14:15 - 14:25
So, are there any tech startups in Moldova?
Speaker:
Natalia Bejan
Executive Director at Startup Moldova
14:25 - 14:30
EU projects supporting the digital startup ecosystem in Moldova
Speaker:
Boris Filipov
Programme Officer, Economic Development and Digitalization, EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova
14:30 - 15:05
Who and when will be the first Moldovan unicorn?
Panel discussion with successful Moldovan founders
Speakers:
Călin Calancea
CEO at Enabld
Dumitru Ciorici
Chief Business Development Officer at Fagura
Xenia Muntean
CEO at Planable
Stan Andrei
VP Product Strategy & Finance at INDEX
Emil Chichioi
CEO & Founder at Bloomcoding
Moderator:
Nikolai Manolov
Founder at XOR.ai
15:05 - 15:20
What can we learn from Romanian tech startups?
Speaker:
Mircea Vadan
Managing Partner at Activize
15:20 - 16:05
How do VC hunt startups?
Panel discussion
Speakers:
Sasha Vidiborskiy
Partner at Atomico
Denis Filatov
Investment Director at Horizon Capital
Karolina Mrozkova
General Partner at Credo Ventures
Răzvan Suta
Business Development at Startup Wise Guys
Karol Lasota
Principal at Inovo VC
Moderator:
Mike Butcher
Editor-in-Chief at TechCrunch
30 min
Coffee break & Networking
16:30 - 16:45
How to market startups for international growth
Speaker:
Ornela Ramasauskaite
Founder and CEO at artXchange Global
16:45 - 17:00
Moldova Innovation Technology Park: supporting local growth of the tech industry
Speaker:
Natalia Dontu
MITP
17:00 - 17:30
Unlocking Funding Opportunities: local resources for local startups
Panel discussion
Speakers:
Anya Abchiche
Executive Manager at Business Angels Moldova
Dmitri Namașco
CEO Mozaic
Marin Ghenciu
Deputy director at ODA
Maria Terentiev
Analyst, EBRD SME Finance & Development Group
Moderator:
Olga Melniciuc
Managing Director & Co-founder at investitii.md
17:30 - 17:45
Why corporations should support startups?
Speaker:
Roman Știrbu
CEO at Simpals
17:45 - 18:30
STARTUPS PITCHING - Batch 2
3 min pitch + 3 min feedback
18:30 - 18:40
Closing speech from Dumitru Alaiba, deputy prime-minister
Speakers:
Dumitru Alaiba
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Development and Digitalization
With the support of:
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