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 10 Pitch-Prizes

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

Opening Keynote Panel: 

Introducing 3 crazy-successful startups, and lessons-learned from growing fast.

• 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.

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500 Global - backing 100+ startups
500 Global's Accelerator, based out of Georgia, plans to accelerate 100+ pre-seed to seed-stage companies from countries in the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Baltics, with pre-seed investments starting at US$100,000.

Conversations over Coffees

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.

Energy, Renewables, and Climate Tech
(Deep-dive insights into priority sectors for Investors, led by a VC or CVC exec, or Accelerator)

Defense, Space and Aviation
(Deep-dive insights into priority sectors for Investors, led by a VC or CVC exec, or Accelerator)

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.

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

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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.

Supporting Female Entrepreneurs

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

Panelists:

• BPI France

• BPI France

• Female founder

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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

HealthTech/MedTech
(Deep-dive insights into priority sectors for Investors, led by a VC or CVC exec, or Accelerator)

IndustrialTech

(Manufacturing/Chemicals/Materials)

Reverse Pitches: VCs and CVCs

Insights into strategies of 2 new VCs and CVCs (10 min each)

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Generative-AI

(Deep-dive insights into priority sectors for Investors, led by a VC or CVC exec, or Accelerator)

Taiwan Tech & Toast

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

(hosted by Taiwan's Startup Terrace program)

Opening Reception for Investors and VIP ticket-holders

and

"Welcome to Wolves Summit" opening  party (for all InPerson guests).

18:00-22:30

Coffees and Conversation

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

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

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

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

Panelists:

• Ricardo Marvao, co-founder, Beta-I.
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Scaling up for growth.

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

Moderated by: ScaleUp NRW startup program

Conversations over Coffees

What is Innovation? What Innovation Directors of large corporates are looking for in Startup partners.

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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

Lunch Break

Sponsored by Itelence

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Advice to early-stage companies from European CVCs:

Insights from 3 top CVC execs

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

10 Categories:

4 Showcases (15 minutes):

Showcase I:  Pre-Reserved 

Showcase II:  Pre-Reserved 

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Focus on: HealthTech/MedTech

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7 Startup Pitches X 8 min each.

Fintech and Financials (Banking, Insurance)

Great Pitch Contest:

15 Taiwanese Companies in Great Pitch Contest

Closing Reception