If you are a B2B tech startup, you can benefit from the Microsoft for Startups program: from technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel. To find out more, apply now for a 1-to-1 office session with Sergiu Pop Startup – Program Manager at Microsoft taking place on Wednesday, August 19, between 10:00 – 12:30.
About the guest
As Startup Program Manager at Microsoft, Sergiu is working with key startups ecosystem players in Romania and helps startups as they build and scale their companies. Sergiu has more than 11 years of experience in managing teams, projects and processes in challenging environments and more than 15 years of experience in marketing. Before joining Microsoft, Sergiu was Marketing and Communication Manager at Xerox Romania, working closely with the Romanian channel partners to digitally transform their business. He has been developing and implementing marketing strategies and tailor made campaigns across the entire distribution cycle (vendor, distributor, reseller, end-user), delivered over 100 trainings and
workshops, 50 events designed.
About the Office Hours
Sergiu will be able to help access one or more of the program benefits:
Customized Go-To-Market plan → tailored to your business
Commercial Marketplace Portal → helps you reach customers and monetize your products and services
Co-Sell program → A worldwide enterprise sales force paid to connect your solutions to their accounts
After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the program and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation 1 day before the event with the logistical details of how to join the call.
About Microsoft for Startups
Microsoft for Startups is a comprehensive global program designed to support startups as they build and scale their companies. Whether you’re looking to build your first application, land your first customer or scale to a million users, Microsoft is here to help. From technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, we’re invested in your success: https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/benefits/
We prioritize enterprise technology, or B2B, startups who can best serve our customer base and will benefit most from the program. New member applicants are evaluated using the following criteria:
Offering an innovative technical solution that supports customers in their digital transformation
Less than seven years in existence
Less than $25M in total annual revenue
Seed, Series A, B, or C stage (or validated equivalent)
Need some help to understand more about the marketing experimentation mindset and how to set up a proper marketing funnel depending on the type of the product you are developing? Then apply now for a 1-to-1 mentoring session with Gabriela Bejan, Founder & CEO of Digital Tailors Agency.
About the guest
Gabriela Bejan, CMO with 6+ years of experience in the tech industry, worked with tech accelerators and developed marcom strategies for tech products from various industries. Currently, she’s running Digital Tailors, a product marketing agency helping tech startups and companies grow.
Her work with startups includes things such as:
Product marketing for startups
How to scale your business through growth marketing services
Talk about the first A/B tests you should run to find out what marketing channels work for you
Understand more about the marketing experimentation mindset and how to set up a proper marketing funnel depending on the type of the product you are developing
The Schedule
Our guest will be around on Wednesday, November 20, between 11:00 and 15:00.
There are 5 slots available (40 minutes each) that you can apply to. After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the mentor, and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation by email.
We recommend these 3 steps to make the most out of this meeting:
Are you looking for early-stage funding for your startup? Apply now for a 1-to-1 session with Cristian Munteanu and Dan Calugareanu, Partners at Early Game Ventures.
About the guest
Cristian Munteanu is the Founder and Managing Partner of Early Game Ventures, a tech entrepreneur with a marketing and creative background, a Certified Professional Scrum Master I, a PhocusWright scholar, a skydiver, wingsuit flyer, BASE jumper, Porsche fan, anime lover, Starcraft player.
Dan Calugareanu is a Managing Partner at Early Game Ventures. Humble, curious, open-minded, enthusiastic. Ask for hard work and respect. Always happy to work in a team, as a team. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, E-commerce, Business Development, and Entrepreneurship.
The Schedule
Our guests will be around on Tuesday, October 29, between 10 AM and 2 PM.
There are 5 slots available (40 minutes each) that you can apply to. After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the investor and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation by email.
We recommend these 3 steps to make the most out of this meeting:
Need help for your startup to figure out how to get the most significant return in terms of branding, exposure, and community building for the time, energy, and know-how invested in organic growth through content marketing? Then apply now for a 1-to-1 mentoring session with Andra Zaharia, Freelance Content Marketer.
About the guest
Andra Zaharia has been working in digital marketing for over a decade. Her current focus is on helping startups and established companies achieve organic growth through competitive content strategies. She’s a firm believer in ethical marketing tactics that enable companies, their customers, communities, and partners to thrive.
Her work with startups includes things such as:
helping them find the right positioning for the audience they’re targeting (and understanding who their customers are)
identifying which of their assets (product-related or brand-related) they can leverage to differentiate themselves in the market
prioritizing their content efforts based on their resources so they can establish a strong presence on the channels their customers prefer (e.g., building a website that really shows the value of their product/service, figuring out which social media channel to focus on, etc.).
The Schedule
Our guest will be around on Thursday, October 10, between 14:00 and 18:00.
There are 5 slots available (40 minutes each) that you can apply to. After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the mentor, and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation by email.
We recommend these 3 steps to make the most out of this meeting:
SG EBS is looking for innovative startups to join the external accelerator program! Apply now for a 1-to-1 discussion to find out if your company is a good fit on August 29th at TechHub Bucharest.
About the session
You will be meeting with the innovation team who acts as an enabler & driver of innovation within the organization, to discuss more about your fit in the Catalyst program. What are we looking for:
You have proven knowledge in the area of expertise in
Candidate smart experience – Customized platform to increase the quality of exchange between EBS and the professional community in order to attract more candidates for the company. As the main features, it should include learning opportunities, career recommendations, referral of candidates, all trough gamification.
Knowledge hub – Lessons learned information system with complex query options such as semantical, predictive, natural language and network graph view.
Smart document processing – Intelligent solution to reduce the time for scanning, recognition, classification of documents and storage of employees digital files
Early resignation prediction – A solution for identifying and predicting employee disengagement that could lead to resignations by leveraging sentimental analysis and artificial intelligence
You have at least one small product developed within your start-up
Your start-up can sustain a full product development (including infrastructure and support model) to be purchased by SG EBS in case of successful MVP within Catalyst Program
Your startup is registered as a company in Romania
About Catalyst
CATALYST start-up accelerator program embodies collaboration and innovation. This platform connects SG EBS (Societe Generale European Business Services) to Romanian start-ups, to harmonize the expertise.
How does your start-up benefit from the program?
CATALYST is a comprehensive 10-week program wherein the selected start-ups get to work on our theme-based Business challenges with guidance, coaching and mentoring from SG EBS’s experienced subject matter experts on Business areas.
With the enriched interaction, remuneration, it’s a good opportunity to test, iterate and scale your product or solution with a real scenario.
Based on the demo day outcome at the end of the 10 weeks, potential engagement with Societe Generale for the full solution implementation and long term collaboration could emerge. The MVP belongs to the start-up and if successful, is considered for full application development to be purchased by SG EBS from the start-up.
Societe Generale European Business Services was founded in 2011 to be the shared service center for Societe Generale Group and delivers high added value services in various fields of activity for worldwide entities of the Group (finance/ accounting, procurement, human resources and IT). The mission of the innovation team is to act as an enabler & driver of innovation within organization. Innovation complements Continuous Improvement and focuses on implementing new technologies and new ways of working in order to enable transformation strategy and solve complex, non-standard business challenges to ensure customer satisfaction.
The Schedule
Our guests will be around on Thursday, August 29th, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. There are 4 slots available (30 minutes each) that you can book online here. After the registration, a selection will be made based on best compatibility with the accelerator and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.
To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:
Check out all the details about Catalyst
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in the shortest possible time frame
Write down a list of questions you’d like to get answered
SG EBS is looking for innovative startups to join the external accelerator program! Apply now for a 1-to-1 discussion to find out if your company is a good fit on August 29th at TechHub Bucharest.
About the session
You will be meeting with the innovation team who acts as an enabler & driver of innovation within the organization, to discuss more about your fit in the Catalyst program. What are we looking for:
You have proven knowledge in the area of expertise in
Candidate smart experience – Customized platform to increase the quality of exchange between EBS and the professional community in order to attract more candidates for the company. As the main features, it should include learning opportunities, career recommendations, referral of candidates, all trough gamification.
Knowledge hub – Lessons learned information system with complex query options such as semantical, predictive, natural language and network graph view.
Smart document processing – Intelligent solution to reduce the time for scanning, recognition, classification of documents and storage of employees digital files
Early resignation prediction – A solution for identifying and predicting employee disengagement that could lead to resignations by leveraging sentimental analysis and artificial intelligence
You have at least one small product developed within your start-up
Your start-up can sustain a full product development (including infrastructure and support model) to be purchased by SG EBS in case of successful MVP within Catalyst Program
Your startup is registered as a company in Romania
About Catalyst
CATALYST start-up accelerator program embodies collaboration and innovation. This platform connects SG EBS (Societe Generale European Business Services) to Romanian start-ups, to harmonize the expertise.
How does your start-up benefit from the program?
CATALYST is a comprehensive 10-week program wherein the selected start-ups get to work on our theme-based Business challenges with guidance, coaching and mentoring from SG EBS’s experienced subject matter experts on Business areas.
With the enriched interaction, remuneration, it’s a good opportunity to test, iterate and scale your product or solution with a real scenario.
Based on the demo day outcome at the end of the 10 weeks, potential engagement with Societe Generale for the full solution implementation and long term collaboration could emerge. The MVP belongs to the start-up and if successful, is considered for full application development to be purchased by SG EBS from the start-up.
Societe Generale European Business Services was founded in 2011 to be the shared service center for Societe Generale Group and delivers high added value services in various fields of activity for worldwide entities of the Group (finance/ accounting, procurement, human resources and IT). The mission of the innovation team is to act as an enabler & driver of innovation within organization. Innovation complements Continuous Improvement and focuses on implementing new technologies and new ways of working in order to enable transformation strategy and solve complex, non-standard business challenges to ensure customer satisfaction.
The Schedule
Our guests will be around on Thursday, August 29th, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. There are 4 slots available (30 minutes each) that you can book online here. After the registration, a selection will be made based on best compatibility with the accelerator and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.
To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:
Check out all the details about Catalyst
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in the shortest possible time frame
Write down a list of questions you’d like to get answered
Are you looking for early-stage funding or taking part in a seed program? Apply now for a 1-to-1 session with Enis Hulli, Partner at 500 Startups.
About the session
Enis is a Partner at 500 Startups actively looking for companies to invest in Eastern Europe and Turkey. If you are an early stage startup that has a working prototype/MVP and early-stage users, then these sessions are a great occasion to discuss investment opportunities or how you can take part in a seed program.
500 Istanbul is an early-stage VC fund within the San Francisco based 500 Startups network, with over 1,500+ investments in 60 countries and venture partners in 25+ countries. 500 Istanbul aims to help the talented entrepreneurs of the broader region and the diaspora in building explosive businesses.
The Schedule
Our guest will be around on Wednesday, March 13, between 9:00 and 17:00, and Thursday, March 14, between 9:00 and 14:00. There are 20 slots available that you can book online here. After the registration, a selection will be made based on best compatibility with the firm and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.
To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in the shortest possible timeframe
Come up with a few scenarios of how you might partner with 500 Startups to further develop your product
Write down a list of questions you’d like to get answered
Apply now by filling out the form available here for your meeting with Enis Hulli, Partner at 500 Startups!
TechSociety
This event is hosted through TechSociety, an initiative that aims to grow the local tech community stronger by providing free event space, as well as logistical and communication support, to all people that organize free tech-related events.
Thinking about organizing a meetup or an event for the tech community out there? Join TechSociety, and we’ll help you out! All you have to do is submit the registration form available on our website, and we’ll get back to you to set all the details straight!
Orange Fab Romania is continuously looking for innovative startups to collaborate with Orange. Learn more about the program and find out if your company is a good fit on Wednesday, January 23rd, at Orange Fab Open Hours.
Raluca State -Product Manager, New Business, Orange Romania
Ovidiu Grosu – Strategic Partnership Manager, B2B at OrangeRomania
Monica Obogeanu – Innovation Programs Manager, How to Web.
After the registration, a selection will be made based on best compatibility with the accelerator and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.
To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:
Orange Fab Romania is continuously looking for innovative startups to join the corporate accelerator. Learn more about the program and find out if your company is a good fit on Wednesday, October 24th, at Orange Fab Open Hours.
Apply now for a 1-on-1 session with Cristi Patachia, Development & Innovation Manager, Orange Romania, Raluca State, Product Manager, New Business, Orange Romania and Monica Obogeanu, Innovation Programs Manager, How to Web
About Orange Fab
Orange Fab is an equity-free corporate accelerator organised by Orange Romania, with the support of How to Web. The program aims to facilitate the creation of commercial partnerships between innovative startups and Orange.
The selected companies will implement a pilot commercial partnership with Orange Romania, with full support from inside and outside Orange. After the successful implementation of the pilot project, Orange will take into consideration extending the partnership at an international scale. Accelerated startups may also be further recommended to Orange Digital Ventures, Orange’s investment arm.
The Schedule
Our guests will be around on Wednesday, October 24th, between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM. There are 6 slots available (20 minutes each) that you can book online here. After the registration, a selection will be made based on best compatibility with the accelerator and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.
To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:
Want to get expert advice on the PSD2 directive for your startup? Apply now for a 1-to-1 session with Raiffeisen Bank professionals.
About the session
As part of the Fintech Month initiative organised by Raiffeisen Bank and TechHub Bucharest, entrepreneurs that are developing fintech startup using the benefits brought by the PSD2 directive can apply for expert advice on how to proper implement an open banking solution.
Madalina Stegarescu is a banking professional with more than 10 years of experience in Raiffeisen Bank. Starting 2018, she’s a Product Owner inside the Raiffeisen Bank Open Banking project, covering both regulatory implementation of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and new innovative services for customers. She’s also experienced in saving & transactions products development, risk analysis and customer support, now working on creating a new digital experience for customers.
Catalin Chirieac is the Head of Digital Banking Services for Private Individuals. He is specialized in online banking services, identifying and promoting digital initiatives, within and outside of the organization, in order to enhance customers’ digital experience and the commercial value proposition. He’s one those guys keeping up with technology trends and regulatory changes.
The Schedule
Our guests will be around on Wednesday, September 26, between 10:00 and 12:30. There are 5 slots available (30 minutes each) that you can book online here. After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the firm and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.
To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:
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