Podim 2023 | PODIM Conference | 14 May 2023 | Online

It is a fact that Podim attracts curious minds. It is thought-provoking and puts your mind in the flow state. When you join us, you will learn from world-class serial entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation managers and mingle with key regional startups & scaleups and other ecosystem stakeholders. Podim has been selected as one of top 30 tech & startup events in Europe.

2023 Speakers

Steve MacDonald
Founder, MacDonald Ventures

Catalina Girald
Advisor, Halogen Ventures

Moaffak Ahmed
Founder, Cooler Future

Silvia Hecher
Co-Founder & CPO, Levy

Manoj Agarwal
Co-founder and President, DevRev

Karolina Mrozkova
General Partner, Credo Ventures

Stephan Reckie
Executive Director, GEN SPACE

Miryana Joksovic
Founder, BlitzzIO now Arcion

Mario Aichlseder
Founder and CEO, HELLO INSIDE

Eva Sommer
CEO and Founder, Fermify

Jürgen Furian
Founder, HELLO INSIDE

Markus Linder
Founder & CEO, inoqo

Tunya Irkad
VC, 500 Emerging Europe

Jair Halevi
Business Development Lead - VC Startups, Miro

Jazna Stannard
Director, Well4Tech

Sam Eisenberg
Co-Founder, Design for Decks

John Hill
Evangelist, Techstars

Svetlana Kordumova
Founder and CEO, Pixyle.ai

Maris Naglis
Global VP of Customer Success, Httpool

Remco Veenenberg
Partner, The Connector

Nele Sicher
Founder, LinkMe Marketing

Thomas Tanghe
Partner, SpaceTec Partners

Robert Gfrerer
General Manager, Silicon Alps Cluster

Marius Istrate
Investor, Carsup

Matija Nakič
Co-Founder and CEO, Farseer

YC Sun
Design Director, IDEO

Nikola Pavesic
Director of Startups, Infobip

Rose Hartwig
Founder and Managing Partner | Fractional CMO | Strategic Advisor, Marketing Fluency

Fernando Sandoval
Manager Enel Innovation Hub Europe, ENEL Group

István Sárhegyi
Chairman, Herius Capital & Remred

Mike Reiner
General Partner, Acrobator Ventures

Tatjana Zabasu Mikuž
Managing Partner, South Central Ventures

John Clippinger
Co-Founder, BioForm Labs

Sasha Komarevych
Acceleration Program Manager, Bocconi For Innovation

Nina Nikolich
Startup Storyteller, Superconnector, Womenpreneur

Gregor Potočar
Global Chief Revenue Officer, Infobip

Neda Trifunovic
Manager at Startup Ecosystem, Digital Serbia Initiative

Nikita Kharchenko
Account Manager, Amazon Web Services

Sonja Radovic-Paul
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Codio Impact

Rob Spurrett
CEO/Co-Founder, Lacuna Space

Tijana Koprivica
Chief Business Sustainability Officer, Delta Holding

Tamas Szeker
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, iScale Group

Arjan Ymeri
Executive Director, Oficina Innovation Hub

Marko Vukelić
Manager | Financial Advisory Services, BDO

Mirna Marovic
CEO, VentureXchange

Dr. Magnus Kobel
Founder/CEO, Yas.Life

Nina Dremelj
President, Business Angels of Slovenia

Tilen Travnik
Co-Founder & CEO, Juicy Marbles

Maurizio Rossi
Founder & co-CEO, World Economic Forum & ex H-Farm

Gregor Rebolj
Managing Partner & Investment Board Member, Silicon Gardens Fund

Jiri Necas
Founder, Productboard / Hiring On Ramp

Zoltan A. Vardy
Startup Mentor and Founder, The Launch Code

Petra Wagner
Co-Owner, WagnerFit

Francois Mazoudier
Founder and CEO, Fundraising Bootcamp

Julien Coustaury
Founding Partner, Fil Rouge Capital

Ada Guštin Habuš
Market Intelligence Analyst, Silicon Gardens Fund

Florent Coudyser
Co-Founder, WeGrow International

Or Haviv
Partner, Arieli Capital

Nejc Novak
Founder, Nlaw

Rok Huber
Head Of The Department For Special Development Incentives, Slovene Enterprise Fund

Daniel Cronin
Co-Founder and Member of the Board, AustrianStartups

Lisa Gutu
VP of Sales, Yapily

Adam Springer
Startup B2B Sales Strategy - Startup B2B Sales Process - B2B Sales Pricing - Startup Growth Hacking, StartupSales

Andreas Muehlberger
Strategic Partner Manager, Infineon Technologies

Eugenia Forte
Manager, Takeoff Accelerator & Plug and Play Tech Center

Mark Kalin
Advisory Board Member, Rywave

Blaž Strle
Managing Director, BE-terna Adriatic

Eran Davidson
Founder and Managing Partner, Davidson & W Technology Growth Credit

Krešo Gotovac
Chief Operating Officer, Silicon Gardens Fund

Diana Koziarska
Managing Partner, SMOK Ventures

Max Gurvits
Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Natalija Stošicki
Director of Investments and EU Programmes, SID Bank

Ronald Filipčić
Sustainable Development Researcher, CMS

Grega Potokar
Co-founder & CEO, ABC Accelerator

Andreas Gams
Business Creation Manager, EIT Manufacturing

Urban Lapajne
Organizer, CASSINI EU

2023 Partners

GOLDEN UNICORN PARTNERS:
• DeweSoft
• Sava Zavarovalnica
• Infineon
• IPCEI
• FRC
• South Central Ventures
• Silicon Gardens
• ABC Accelerator
• DevRev
• Infobip
• Silicon Alps

UNICORN PARTNERS:
• Feelsgood
• Credo
• CVF
• Httpool
• CMS
• Innorbit
• Tiko Pro
• AVE
• Heaven and Hell

OUTLIER PARTNERS:
• Press Clipping
• Vienna Up'23
• City of Vienna
• AWS
• Nova KBM
• Pekarna Grousuplje - Don Don - Your Minutes

STARTUPER PARTNERS:
• NLAW
• DSV
• Triglav
• Povio
• Rekrutech
• Databox
• Science Park The High Tech Incubator Graz
• Build
• NCHAIN
• AplusB

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Municipality of Maribor University City of Maribor
• Slovenian Business Club
• What a Venture
• Startup Sesame
• DIGI-SI
• DIH

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Female Foundry
• Publicize
• Brutkasten
• Soundbiro
• Startups Magazine
• BK TV

PROGRAM PARTNER:
• Fundraising Bootcamp

EVENT APP PARTNER:
• Nunify