Apply for CEE Startup Challenge (Central & Eastern Europe)

Focus Areas

They are looking for regional startups and scaleups from Central & Eastern Europe raising seed, pre-series A, series A and beyond in following verticals:

• SaaS & Marketplaces
• AI/ML
• Fintech & Insurtech
• Cybersecurity
• Defence and Govtech
• Mobility, Industry 4.0 & Manufacturing
• Environmental and Sustainable Solutions
• Food and Agriculture
• Healthcare & Wellbeing
• Consumer Technology
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Other

Prizes

• vestbee: Fundraising support for the Winner with connections to hundreds of leading VCs
• CEE VC Summit: Invitation to CEE VC Summit 2024 gathering 250+ GPs from CEE and Europe for selected startups!
• Media and social media coverage for selected teams
• OVHcloud: Up to €100.000 infrastructure credits for all applicants + fast track to the OVHcloud Startup Program, marketing & technical support for TOP 10
• HubSpot: Up to 90% off on HubSpot for Startups for Top 100 eligible teams
• AWS: Up to $10,000 in AWS Credits for all participants
• Stripe: Stripe Credits: €15.000 for all participants!
• Mixpanel: $50.000 on the Mixpanel Growth Plan for all applicants!
• zendesk Startups: 1-on-1 onboarding with Startup Success team for TOP 10 and 6 months FREE for all participants!
• Notion: 6 months of free Notion towards a Plus Plan, including unlimited AI for all applicants!
• Customer.io: 12 FREE months for basic plan or 90% off for premium plan for selected eligible startups
• TrustMate: Annual Business Plan for the Winner, 6 FREE months for TOP 10 and 3 months for all applicants!
• BRAND24: Annual Premium Access for the Winning Team, 6 months free for 2nd and 3rd place & 30 days free + 10% off for all applicants!
• Bouncer: 500,000 FREE email verifications for TOP 3; 100,000 for TOP 10 and 25,000 + 20% off for all participants
• MAMSTARTUP: Media Coverage for The Winner & 35% discount for all applicants!
• ITKEY MEDIA: Media Coverage for The TOP 3

For more information, visit Vestbee.