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Programme:

Wolves Summit Warsaw

 

08:00-09:00
RECEPTION

Coffees and Conversation

(plus 1-on-1 meetings all-day, set up via Brella event app)

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07:30-08:15
HEALTH IS WEALTH!

Morning Run: Join Roger from JetVentures, with an easy 3km morning run, through Warsaw's Old Town, Nowy Swiat, and al. Ujazdowskie.

 

09:00 - 9:20
MAIN STAGE

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

09:20 - 10:00
MAIN STAGE

Opening Keynote Panel: 

Introducing 3 successful startups, lessons-learned and strategies for raising capital.

  • Alisa Lynn, a serial tech entrepreneur and investor . Alisa founded and grew Game Insight to 800 employees and $140 million. For GOSU Data Lab, she's raised $8.5 million in 3 investment rounds.

  • 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.

     

 

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10:00 - 10:30
MAIN STAGE

Scaling Green Impact: Ventures, Partnerships & Lessons from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

How UNDP's BOOST Programme accelerates impactful ventures. BOOST - in partnership with Polish MFA - is an Impact-acceleration programme for startups in Poland, Ukraine and Moldova working on innovative green solutions (clean energy, resilience, and circular economy)

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Ben Thompson Coon

Accelerator Lead

UNDP BOOST Accelerator Program

09:30 - 10:30
CINEMA STAGE II: Startups - Great Pitch Competition

GREAT PITCH CONTEST (I) - SEMIFINALS

Moderator: tba

7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:

 

10:30 - 11:00

Conversations over Coffees

11:00- 12:00
MAIN STAGE

How to reach wealthy, Super-Angel Investors – and why they can move faster than institutional investors.

Panelists: EBAN, 1 Angel Network, 1 Angel, and 1 Founder who have built their business with Angel investment.

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11:00- 12:30
CINEMA STAGE I - SHOWCASES & WORKSHOPS

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.

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Francois Mazoudier
Founder, Fundraising Bootcamp

 

 

12:00 - 12:30
MAIN STAGE

Venture Debt Financing options for early-stage companies

How to use debt-financing to reduce dilution, bridge valuation disagreements, and build to the next stage.

 

 

 

10:30 - 11:30
CINEMA STAGE II: Startups - Great Pitch Competition

GREAT PITCH CONTEST (II) - SEMIFINALS

Moderator: tba

7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:

11:30 - 12:30
CINEMA STAGE II: Startups, Great Pitch Competition

GREAT PITCH CONTEST (III) - SEMIFINALS

Moderator: tba

7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:

 

12:30 - 13:45

LUNCH BREAK

12:30 - 13:45

LUNCH BREAK

13:45 - 14:45
MAIN STAGE

Supporting Female Entrepreneurs

Why female-founders are getting funded faster now. Hear from BPIFrance, and advice from 2 top Female founders:

Moderator:

Panelists:

  • Iwona Cymerman, Managing Partner, Fundingbox Deep Tech Fund
  • Miroslav Beblavy, CEO, CB ESPRI
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Miroslav Beblavy

14:00 - 14:45
Cinema Stage I: Showcases & Workshops

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

Panelists: tba

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14:45 - 15:45
MAIN STAGE

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

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Michiel Scheffer

President, European Innovation Council (EIC) Board

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Tomasz Ciamulski

Founder, Fibritech

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Kinga Stanislawska
Co-Founder, Experior VC

15:50 - 18:00
MAIN STAGE

Taiwan Tech & Toast

Presenting 15 Taiwanese tech-startups (5-min).

(hosted by Taiwan's Startup Terrace program)

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18:00 - 21:00

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)

18:00-22:30

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13:45 – 14:45
CINEMA STAGE II - Startups: Great Pitch Competition

Great Pitch Contest (IV) - SEMIFINALS

Moderator: tba

7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:


 

14:45 - 15:45
CINEMA STAGE II - Startups: Great Pitch Competition

Great Pitch Contest (V) - SEMIFINALS

Moderator: tba

7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each:

08:00 - 09:00

Coffees and Conversation

(plus 1-on-1 meetings all-day, set up via Brella event app)

BrellaLOGO

 

07:30-08:15
HEALTH IS WEALTH!
Morning Run: Join Roger from JetVentures, with an easy 3km morning run, through Warsaw's Old Town, Nowy Swiat, and al. Ujazdowskie.
09:00 - 09:15
MAIN STAGE

Welcome to Day 2.  Overview of today's Agenda.

1-min Teaser about each Industry-Insights, BreakOut Sessions, and Workshops.

 

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Thom Barnhardt
CEO, Wolves Summit

09:15 - 10:00
MAIN STAGE

Opening Panel: Innovation Programs at large Corporates. How Startups and Corporates collaborate best.

Panelists:

  • Ricardo Marvao, co-founder, Beta-I.
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10:00 - 10:30
MAIN STAGE

DeepTech and Commercialization cooperation between Medical Universities, Hospitals, and Investors.

How an alliance between 15 hospitals is driving AI Innovation inside Poland's medical system.

Lead Panelist:

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Nikoletta Buczek
Innovation Manager

Institute of Mother & Child (Poland)

10:30 - 11:00
MAIN STAGE

Conversations over Coffees

11:00 - 12:00
MAIN STAGE

Series-A primer: How to get ready to Scale up for growth.

Lessons-learned from Founders who have grown from pre-seed to ScaleUp. How to overcome obstacles as you expand globally.

Panelists:

3 ScaleUp Finalists

 

 
 
12:00 - 12:30
MAIN STAGE

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.

2 Panelists:

  • Deutsche Borse
  • Bulgarian Borse
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Michael Riess

IPO & Growth Financing, Deutsche Borse

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Manyu Moravenov
CEO, Bulgarian Stock Exchange

12:45- 14:00

Lunch Break

Sponsored by Fundraising Bootcamp

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14:00 - 14:30
MAIN STAGE

Advice to early-stage companies from European CVCs:

Insights from 3 top CVC execs

 

 
14:30 - 16:00
MAIN STAGE

Finalists last-pitch for Awards:

 

16:00 - 16:45
MAIN STAGE

Top European Startup Awards and Great Pitch Contest Winners. Top European CVC Awards.

Categories:

  • DeepTech
  • Energy, Renewables, and ClimateTech
  • HealthTech/MedTech
  • IndustrialTech
  • AI and Gen-AI
  • Software/SaaS/B2B
  • Fintech or Crypto
  • Fundraising Bootcamp
  • London Tech Week
  • The Incredibles!
  • StartUp World Cup
  • StartUp Terrace (Asia expansion)
  • Top ScaleUp
  • Top European CVC

 

 

18:00-20:00
Reception - Norblin

VIP Investors Reception

(closed to Investors and VIP Ticket holders)

 

 

 

9:30 - 10:30
Cinema Stage II: SCALE-UP Pitches
 7 SCALEUP Pitches X 8 min each:
 
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10:00 - 10:30
Cinema Stage II:
Expanding to the US markets. Lessons and Learnings from Successes and Failures.

 

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Armen Kherlopian
Founder, Covenant Venture Capital (New York), and BAJ Accelerator

11:00-11:45
Cinema Stage II: Showcase Presentations

Reverse Pitches: VCs and CVCs

Insights into strategies of 3 new VCs and CVCs (10 min each)

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11:45 - 12:30
Cinema Stage II: Showcase Presentations

Showcase Presentations

Two Presentations (15 min each):

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18:30 - 22:30
Blue Cactus (ground floor, Norblin)

Reception for all Guests