Celebrating the startup spirit across Central Europe
The Central European Startup Awards is a series of events in the CEE countries, to recognize and celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and startup ecosystems of this colourful and diverse region.
Central European Startup Awards is the biggest no-pitch, no-conference startup festival in CEE region celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit.
The Central European Startup Awards is a unique series of events in the Central and Eastern European countries - Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary -to recognise, celebrate and connect the Central European startup ecosystem. In addition to being regional it is also cross-sectorial, bringing together all actors within the startup ecosystem from startups, to investors, to journalists and many more.
The 10 countries are competing in 12 categories and each country will provide a national winner for each category to the Grand Finale.
Categories:
- STARTUP OF THE YEAR
- INVESTOR OF THE YEAR
- BEST FINTECH STARTUP
- BEST IoT STARTUP
- MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
- BEST COWORKING SPACE
- BEST EARLY STAGE STARTUP
- BEST ACCELERATION/ INCUBATION PROGRAME
- BEST SOCIAL IMPACT STARTUP
- BEST INDIE GAME DEVELOPERS
- BEST AI/ CHATBOT SOLUTION
- BEST USER EXPERIENCE
How it works:
The Awards are carried out in two rounds.
First, national nominations are opened. The shortlist from these nominations is selected by Ambassadors andthe country partner. After, the voting opens for the selection of the National winners.
Polish National Finals CESA 2016 will take place on 21st October 2016, in Gdańsk Business Incubator STARTER.