$ 1,000,000 GRAND PRIZE IN INVESTMENT

APPLY FOR THE LARGEST STARTUP COMPETITION AROUND THE WORLD

Startup World Cup Budapest

This regional semifinal for the Startup World Cup is brought to you by Pozi.io and The Connect East Incubator.

Pozi.io aims to foster local innovation by bringing together a distinguished startup ecosystem. The winner of the pitching competition will represent Hungary and CEE Region at the Grand Finale and will compete with other startups from 50+ regional events for a chance to win a US $1,000,000 prize in investment.

Through this global event, The Connect East Incubator & Pozi.io will be giving Hungarian startups exposure to Silicon Valley and access to some of the top VCs and tech entrepreneurs in the world, creating more funding and partnership opportunities.

Milestones:

• Application Start 2023.04.27.

• Application Deadline 2023.11.10.

• Publication of the Shortlisted Competitors 2023.11.16.

• The Demo Day ( 3 min pitch & 5 min QA) 2023.11.16.

Who can apply?

The competition is industry-agnostic, we are looking for startups from all sectors. Please note that only startups with at least Seed maturity may apply. We are looking for mainly Hungarian-based teams, or at least have a Hungarian co-founder and be based in the CEE region.

Rules: https://www.startupworldcup.io/faq

Location:

Create26 in Budapest, Kiraly utca 26., 1061, Hungary

Schedule:

[15:30 - 16:00 ] Registration
[16:00 - 16:03 ] Opening (Roland Kovács - Pozi.io CEO
[16:03 - 16:10 ] Szabolcs Szolnoki Deputy State Secretary of Ministry of Economic Development
[16:10 - 16:15 ] Michail Lapidus - Startup World Cup / Pegasus Venture
[16:15 - 16:25 ] 1. pitch - Beautycle (3 min + 5 Q&A)
[16:25 - 16:35 ] 2. pitch - HoloSapiens
[16:35 - 16:45 ] 3. pitch - DokiApp
[16:45 - 16:55 ] 4. pitch - DigiFit
[17:05 - 17:15 ] 5. pitch - GoOrderz
[17:15 - 17:45 ] Roundtable talk (Hungarian Startup Ecosystems futures) 
Dr Andrea Kozma, co-founder of STRT Holding, Laszlo Kesmarki, founder of Goroid, Csaba Vörös - Create.26, Tamás Müller - founder of Pozi.io & Women Startup Competition
MC - Gabor Halaska - Insider Blog
[17:45 - 17:55 ] 6. pitch - YouJustPost
[17:55 - 18:05 ] 7. pitch - ORGANICAFX
[18:05 - 18:15 ] 8. pitch - Photon
[18:15 - 18:25 ] 9. pitch - Plancredible
[18:25 - 18:35 ] 10. pitch - S-Babee Ltd
[18:35 -  19:00 ] Jury decision & Cafe Break
[19:00 -  19:30 ] Ceremony
[19:30 -  21:30 ] Food, Drink & Networking, Press conference

Support, partnership, and sponsoring slots are OPEN!

For more info, write us at hello@pozi.io!

Please note that we can only accept Hungarian applicants for the competition!