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Growth Support

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Maciej Sadowski

Co-founder, CEO President of Board

Anna Magiera

COO, Member of Board

Piotr Berta

Head Grant Analyst

Paula Castro

Analyst

Vikas Malhotra

Chief Strategy Officer

Agata Krot

Project Manager

Daria Khrystenko

Lead Startup Scout

Jvlia Święch

Marketing & Comm.

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Acceleration Prog. Conference Seed Incubation Prog. Seed Incubation Prog. Acceleration Prog. City of Warsaw NCBiR: Gov. Of Poland Agency that promotes Sci., Tech & Innovation Major Acc. Progs. & Events Major Startup Event

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Partner 3 Partner 2 Partner 1

Polish Gov. (PARP) 3 Partners that execute program Foreign Startups Accelerated

Program Stages

Scouting

 Foreign startups

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 Define territory & industry of focus  Marketing & events  Call for applications

Soft Landing

 Support founders in establishing base in Poland  Dedicated “Concierge” desk  Visa fast-track

Acceleration

 Workshops, coaching, mentoring  Grant Money  Ends in Demo Day

Post-Acceleration

 Continued support for growth  Measure & report results  Startup failed? – Absorb human capital

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Startups

• Early Stage
• High-tech and R&D focused

Example Domains

• AI, Machine Lng., NLP
• IoT • Lifesciences
• Cyber Sec. • Cloud Comp.
• Energy & Cleantech

Acceleration Program

• 24 startups
• 3 cohorts: 8+8+8
• Duration: 6 months each
• 2 month overlap b/w cohorts

Focus: CEE+ Region

• All CEE startups + Greece,

Russia, Balkans, Caucasus

• Exceptional startups

from other regions too

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University How you help

 Getting our message across to the startups you promote  Marketing & branding efforts  Help in organizing local events in your country

What you get

 Publicity and brand building throughout CEE+  Growth for startups you promote  Insights into Polish startups  Info and invites to events,

• conf. & competitions

 Getting students and entrepreneurial alumni to apply for startup programs  Future employees for startups we promote  Current students get chance at internship with us  Students receive invites to

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 Professors can be involved in high-tech/ business assesement  Spread a word across your portfolio companies  You get invited to Demo Days of our Acceler’n programs  Deal flow from the startups we accelerate  Evaluation of startups in Poland for investment  Con-invest with Gov. Funds

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