Coffees and Conversation
(plus 1-on-1 meetings all-day, set up via Brella event app)
Coffees and Conversation
(plus 1-on-1 meetings all-day, set up via Brella event app)
Welcome to Wolves Summit and Warsaw.
Thom Barnhardt, CEO, Wolves Summit
Overview of Agenda for these 2 Days
Wolves Summit 2025 plans and Event plans
1-min Teaser about each of our 6 Pitch-Prizes
1-min Teaser about Industry-Insights, BreakOut Sessions, and Workshops
Opening Keynote Panel:
Introducing 2 successful startups, lessons-learned and strategies for raising capital.
Krzysztof Brodowski, Co-Founder and CEO of Solea.it. Recently raised oversubscribed $2.3 million seed round from investors including 1984 VC, Allison Pickens, HOF Capital, Antigravity Capital and Plug and Play Ventures.
Przemek Paczek, founder and CEO of Nevomo - a deep-tech company developing next-gen high-speed railways. Experienced raising capital globally and via equity crowd-funding.
GREAT PITCH CONTEST (I) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: Sector-Agnostic/Other - I
Moderator: tba
7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
Conversations over Coffees
2 Pitches:
Expanding to UK and US markets.
A "Go To Market" panel, highlighting Lessons and Learnings from Successes and Failures.
(followed by a "Go to Market" Masterclass on 7 May, led by Steve Standring, Chief Revenue Officer, Newfound.Global)
Armen Kherlopian
Founder, Covenant Venture Capital (New York), and BAJ Accelerator
Peter Gillingwater
CEO, Newfound.Global
GREAT PITCH CONTEST (II) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: HealthTech/MedTech/Well-being - I
Moderator: tba
7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
GREAT PITCH CONTEST (III) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: FinTech/Finance/Law
Moderator: tba
7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
GREAT PITCH CONTEST (IV) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: HealthTech/MedTech/Well-being - II
Moderator: tba
7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
Bridging Eastern & Western Europe in Financing Women-led Deep-tech Startups
Speakers will showcase success stories from CEE, and best practices and opportunities to improve funding of women-led businesses in CEE and across Europe.
Moderator:
Panelists:
Iwona Cymerman
Miroslav Beblavy
Noemi Zabari
European Innovation Council and Deep-Tech Investment in Europe
How the EIC is backing DeepTech startups, and encouraging their European and global expansions:
Panel led by EIC
Michiel Scheffer
President, European Innovation Council (EIC) Board
Tomasz Ciamulski
Founder, Fibritech
Kinga Stanislawska
Co-Founder, Experior VC
Hristo Hristov
Founder, Dronamics
Taiwan Tech & Toast
VIP Reception for Investors and VIP ticket-holders (limited to 150 people)
18:00 - 20:00
and
Open Reception: "Welcome to Wolves Summit" opening party (for all InPerson guests).
Hosted by: Blue Cactus (Norblin), with special Mariachi Mexican music band!
18:00-22:30
Great Pitch Contest (V) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: Industrial Tech/Manufacturing/IoT
Moderator: tba
8 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
Great Pitch Contest (VI) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: AI/Saas/Automation/Services
Moderator: tba
7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
Great Pitch Contest (VII) - SEMIFINALS
Sector: Sector-Agnostic/Other - II
Moderator: tba
7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:
Coffees and Conversation
(plus 1-on-1 meetings all-day, set up via Brella event app)
Morning Run: Join Roger Dorsch from JetVentures, with an easy 3km morning run, through Warsaw's Old Town, Nowy Swiat, and al. Ujazdowskie.
Meet at entrance of Hotel Hilton (ul. Grzybowska 63) at 7am! Start the morning strong!
Welcome to Day 2. Overview of today's Agenda.
1-min Teaser about each Industry-Insights, BreakOut Sessions, and Workshops.
Thom Barnhardt
CEO, Wolves Summit
Hospitals at the Heart of Poland’s MedTech Revolution
Discover how a groundbreaking alliance of 16 hospitals is transforming the future of healthcare by accelerating AI and medical innovation across Poland’s health system.
Lead Panelist:
Nikoletta Buczek
Innovation Manager
Institute of Mother & Child (Poland)
Wiktor Strzelczyk
CEO
UES Ultra Echo Sound
Wojciech Kukwa
Head of Otolaryngology Department, Medical University of Warsaw
Conversations over Coffees
FinTech meets Crypto
The deeply-entrenched financial services sectors are increasingly embracing not only disruptive Fintech ideas, and Crypto is gaining credibility. Opportunities in the disruption.
Moderated by: Fintechfuture.Studio
Panelist: Roman Seniv, Founding Partner, Fintech Future Studio
Roman Seniv
Using AI Workers, Code Audit, and Performance Marketing to boost your Startup's success.
Oleksii Sytar, Chief Innovation Office, WWG Italy.
Introducing Eurobridge - an alliance between Deutsche Borse and Bulgarian Borse.
How Startups across CEE can benefit from this alliance between Europe's deepest capital market and young exchanges across the region.
3 Panelists:
Lunch Break
Sponsored by Fundraising Bootcamp
How the Startup World Cup can open fund-raising doors in Silicon Valley.
Insights from Pegasus Ventures and SUWC Ambassador Alex Lubnevskiy.
"Go to Market" Masterclass.
Steven Standring
Chief Revenue Officer, Newfound Global
Steven Standring has spent the last 25 years as a CRO in companies from early stage through to mature. Five of those successfully exited for over $100m and one achieved Unicorn status. As CRO, he has defined and driven the whole go to market strategy including building elite (without being elitist) sales teams, sales support and proactive focussed marketing.
14:30 - 14:40
Showcase Presentation:
10 Finalists on-stage Pitch for Great Pitch Competition:
FiduciaEdge Technologies
MedFluid
Kolibri Labs
Easy Sales
EFM
IS-Wireless
Eslitec
Sonr
Viezo
FibriTech
Awards Ceremony! Top European Startup Awards and Great Pitch Contest Winners.
Categories:
VIP Investors Reception
(closed to Investors and VIP Ticket holders)
Fundraising Bootcamp: “Flipping the script: regain control of your funding process in this new 'investor-friendly' market.”
An intensive Workshop: Master fundraising, Pitch effectively, and Secure investment from the right investors.
Francois Mazoudier
Fundraising Bootcamp
Reception for all Guests