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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