South East Europe Tech Tour 2019 - Bucharest | Tech Tour | 28 May 2019 | Epoque Hotel, Intrarea Aurora 17C, București 010213, Romania

As in 2018, this year we embark on a Discovery Tour to a region that has great potential for high-tech entrepreneurship. We are very excited to showcase a region on the radar for many. The region of Eastern Europe is realizing one of the highest economic growth and also is a hotspot for thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems that have generated $5 billion in liquidity back to investors in the past few years.

The objectives of the Tech Tour are to:
• Identify the next wave of top privately held companies from the South East Europe Countries.
• Promote investment and partnering by introducing a delegation of international investors and top European entrepreneurs to the key players in the region.
• Sector and stage scope of companies - 24 selected 'expansion' tech ventures active in Deep tech, Mobility, Energy, Agri-tech, Blockchain.

The South East Europe Tech Tour 2019 promotes innovation and investment into the best technology companies from across Europe and is your chance to connect with VCs, entrepreneurs, industry experts and thought leaders to foster new connections, business and investment.

A dedicated Selection Committee will unite leading international investors, senior business leaders, and representatives from development institutes to identify up the selected 30 high-quality companies to present their businesses at the South East Europe Tech Tour. Over 150 companies will go through a rigorous review process and be assessed based on the uniqueness of their technology, the strength of their business model, vision, a capability to execute on the business plan, and the quality and track record of their management.

Some key numbers concerning the South East Europe Tech Tour 2019:
• 15 presenting companies in Bucharest on the 28 May
• 15 presenting companies in Sofia on the 29 May
• 30+ attending VCs, corporate investors and business angels
• 30+ local investors, corporates and key players in each location

2019 Speakers

Alexander Galitsky
President of South East Europe Tech Tour 2019, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Almaz Capital

Marius Ghenea
Vice-President of the Selection Committee, Investment Director of 3TS Capital Partners

William Stevens, Tech Tour
Pavel Bogdanov, Almaz Capital

Marius Ghenea, 3TS Capital Partners Ltd

Erhan Kilicozlu
ACT Venture Partners

Oleksandr Kirimov
Integrum Ventures

Oksana Mackie-Kaletnyk
Almaz Capital

Marek Rusiecki
Xevin Investments

Dawid Rylski
Speedinvest

Aleksandar Terziyski
NEVEQ Capital Partners Ltd

Pascale Xelot
IBM

Stoyan Angelov
Evedo

Adrian Cernat
SmartDreamers

Marin Curkovic
AdScanner

Daniel Nicolescu
SymphoPay

Ivan Stefanov
NOTOLYTIX LTD

Erhan Kilicozlu
ACT Venture Partners

Gyorgy Simo
Day One Capital

Hans Rijckenberg
Sapience ’00 BV

Lorenzo Franchini
ScaleIT

Pavel Korolev
Pulsar Venture Capital

Peeter Saks
Baltcap

Jorg Sievert
GP Bullhound

Voytek Siewierski
Silicon Valley Venture Partners

Gyorgy Simo
Day One Capital

Vadim Tarasov
Bright Capital

Dima Bukhanevych
Delfast Bikes

Mihai Cepoi
Jobful

Igor Jovic
City Expert

Tim Potocnik
Eurosender (ES SA/Eurosender Sarl)

Alexander Varvarenko
SHIPNEXT

Todor Breshkov
LAUNCHub Ventures

Vedran Blagus
South Central Ventures

Marcin Fejfer
SpeedUp Venture Capital Group

Alexander Galitsky
Almaz Capital

Michael Gold
Crimson Capital Corp.

Claus Hackmann
BASF Venture Capital GmbH

Dorian Macovei
EMSA Capital

Ales Pevc
Technology Park Ljubljana

Joost Waeterloos
The Dow Chemical Company

Christopher Zemina
Speedinvest

Milan Dobrota
Agremo

Peter Illesy
Talk-A-Bot

Andrei Nagy
AlphaBlock

Sebastian Starzynski
TakeTask

Dmytro Surdu
Kray Technologies

Sergiu Biris
LiveRail

Dan Lupu
Earlybird Venture Capital

Joost Waeterloos
The Dow Chemical Company

Vedran Blagus
South Central Ventures

Jordan Bocskov
Fiedler Capital

Todor Breshkov
LAUNCHub Ventures

Lorenzo Franchini
ScaleIT

Michael Gold
Crimson Capital Corp.

Claus Hackmann
BASF Venture Capital GmbH

Veselin Iliev
PostScriptum Ventures

Georgi Pavlov
Proptech.bg

Svetoslav Stefanov
3TS Capital Partners Ltd

Daniel Tomov
Eleven Ventures

Xavier Marcenac
Nasekomo

Stamatis Poulimenos
ASN / Istmos Tech Inc

Goran Stojanovski
Elevate Global LLC

Blaz Triglav
Mediately

Nataliia Vladymyrova
PatentBot

Momchil Vassilev
Endeavour Bulgaria

Vedran Blagus
South Central Ventures

Michael Gold
Crimson Capital Corp.

Cem Sertoglu
Earlybird Venture Capital

Pascale Xelot
IBM

Pavel Bogdanov
Almaz Capital

Marcin Fejfer
SpeedUp Venture Capital Group

Marius Ghenea
3TS Capital Partners Ltd

Max Gurvits
Cross Border Angels

Stanislav Ivanov
Tera Ventures

Dawid Rylski
Speedinvest

Victor Schiller
R Cubed Group

Cem Sertoglu
Earlybird Venture Capital

Aleksandar Terziyski
NEVEQ Capital Partners Ltd

Teddy Alexieva
Colibra

Viktor Petrov
CryptoAPIs

Rali Ralev
WeiDex

Sladjan Sehovic
ABC Software Development Ltd.

Denitsa Stefanova
LogSentinel

Voytek Siewierski
Silicon Valley Venture Partners

Alexander Galitsky
Almaz Capital

Pavel Korolev
Pulsar Venture Capital

Oksana Mackie-Kaletnyk
Almaz Capital

Dorian Macovei
EMSA Capital

Ales Pevc
Technology Park Ljubljana

Hans Rijckenberg
Sapience ’00 BV

Peeter Saks
Baltcap

Gyorgy Simo
Day One Capital

Alex Maniatopoulos
Yodiwo

Svilen Rangelov
DRONAMICS

Ana Ranitovic
Campster

Raycho Raychev
EnduroSat

2019 Sponsors and Partners

GOLD PARTNER:
• Almaz Capital

SILVER PARTNER:
• FUNDS OF FUNDS

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• BDO

SUPPORT PARTNERS:
• LAUNCHHUB VENTURES
• DIGITALK

INDUSTRY SUPPORT PARTNERS:
• BESCO
• ABLE
• EDIT
• SVOD
• UVCA
• ABLE
• MOVE.BG
• Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
• Risky Business
• ANIS

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• East West Digital News
• See News
• softlead
• THE DIPLOMAT BUCHAREST
• CURIERUL NATIONAL
• bonii.net
• PIATA PRESEI