About the event
Rzeszow Regional Development Agency, Podkarpackie Science and Technology Park “Aeropolis” and Partners invite to participate in the 2nd edition of the Carpathian Startup Fest (CSF22). The agenda of the event will include a Demo Day during which incubating startups, owners of MVPs (Minimum Viable Product), startups with already marketable products/services, as well as selling startups/scaleups, will be able to pitch to potential individual investors and venture capitals. If you have a business idea or run a startup, join us and exploit funding opportunities!
Why register?
Pitching
Present you project to venture capitals and individual investors.
Prize pool
Overall prize pool for the best ideas and startups: 100 000 PLN.
Promotion
Promote your project in social media and event materials
Registration
Free of charge and as simple as possible.
Ideas
Consult your idea with experts regularly working with startups..
Connections
Meet interesting people and make business contacts
Four categories of participants
Category I - The Best Business Idea
Projects submitted by natural persons not running a business in the subject of the application
Category II - The Best Startup
Projects submitted by enterprises that are at the stage of incubation, MVP creation, or first sale of a product/service, whose revenues in the last fiscal year did not exceed PLN 200,000.00
Category III - The Best Scaleup
Projects submitted by enterprises selling products/services whose revenues in the last fiscal year exceeded PLN 200,000.00
Category IV - Smart specialisations
Projects submitted by startups and scaleups within the smart specialisations of the Podkarpackie Province (i.e. aviation and aerospace, quality of life, information and telecommunications, automotive).
Rewards
Participation in Carpathian Startup Fest 2022 brings many amazing benefits! One of them is cash prizes for the best ideas and startups with a total pool of as much as PLN 100,000, which will be allocated as follows:
Category I
THE BEST BUSINESS IDEA
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7 000 PLN
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5 000 PLN
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3 000 PLN
Category II
THE BEST START-UP
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20 000 PLN
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15 000 PLN
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10 000 PLN
Category III
THE BEST SCALE-UP
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7 000 PLN
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5 000 PLN
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3 000 PLN
Special category
INTELLIGENT SPECIALISATIONS
- SPECIAL AWARD: 5 000 PLN
*One financial prize will be awarded within each of the four smart specialisations. The organiser reserves the right not to award a prize within the intelligent specialisations of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship if there is no competition in a given specialisation.
Extra prize
INVITATION to Sebastian Kulczyk's InCredibles monitoring programme. InCredibles is a comprehensive mentoring and education programme for Poland's most innovative startups, initiated by Sebastian Kulczyk in 2017.
InCredibles is several months of free support for startups by Polish and foreign mentors - recognised investors, advisors and specialists in the fields of management, sales and marketing, communication, strategy financing and HR, among others.
Why register as an investor?
- Get information on registered ideas, startups and scaleups before the event.
- Participate in the Carpathian Startup Fest.
- Find most interesting ideas, startups and scaleups at the same place and time, get a report with a summary of all projects.
- Talk to authors of promising projects individually.
- Meet new companies and help them grow. Join our startup society.
- You will become a member of our startup community
Timeline
Call ends
Selection and annoucement of the finalists
The Competition Chapter - investment funds and individual investors - will analyse the One Pager submissions and select the finalists.
CAMP
The selected finalists will be invited to CAMP. Piotr Bucki will prepare for the presentation in front of funds and investors. Make the most of your 5 minutes.
DemoDay finale and announcement of winners
Each of the finalists will present their project to the Chapter. Based on the presentation, the Chapter will select the winners and award prizes. A 5 minute presentation and a 5 minute question session. Be one of the best projects in your category.
CARPATHIAN STARTUP FEST 2022
- Demo Day - final of CSF'22 competition. Listen to surprising stories about ideas and high-tech projects.
- DeepTech conference - during which topics related to the use of artificial intelligence will be discussed
- Inspire Stage - featuring leading figures of the Polish startup scene
- Matchmaking Zone - where you will meet investors, potential partners and even clients
- HR/IT Fair - job fair for the technology industry
- StartupExpo - an exhibition zone for startups
Speakers
Michał Sadowski
Piotr Bucki
Hubert Mrozek
Łukasz Bis
Eryk Wdowiak
Agenda
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT1
INAUGRATION
Welcoming participants to the Carpathian Startup Fest 22 conference
HIGH PROFILE PANEL DISCUSSION
Speech from the StartUp Success Story CSF'21 series
STARTUP. Pitching session
Presentations of final projects (5 min.), Q&A session.
COFFEE BREAK
StartUp Success Story
Michał Sadowski founder and CEO of Brand24 S.A.
SCALEUP. Pitching session
Presentations of final projects (5 min.), Q&A session.
LUNCH
StartUp Success Story
Stefan Batory - CEO and co-founder of the Booksy platform
IDEA CHALLENGE. Pitching session
Presentations of final projects (5 min.), Q&A session.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CSF'2022 LAUREATES
Presentation of awards
CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
AFTER PARTY
1 For verification purposes, before entering the room, the Participant will be required to provide his/her name and/or sign the attendance list. In addition, the Participant will receive: ID badge/carnet, event agenda, gift pack (conference materials issued at the registration desk after CSF22).
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT1
Data - the power, potential and risks hidden in it
Paweł Lubiński – Data Scientist, Sagitum S.A
The use of cloud computing in business and artificial intelligence
Paweł Cisło – MLOps Engineer
COFFEE BREAK
Artificial intelligence-enabled mobile solutions
Grzegorz Dworak – Senior IT Developer
Does a human have to work? How about robotisation and process automation?
Paweł Lubiński – Data Scientist, Sagitum S.A
The power of the image! Neural networks - how they see and process satellite data
Rafał Bodziony – Machine Learning Engineer
LUNCH
How does machine learning save lives during a pandemic?
Marcin Jędrzejczak, M.Sc. - CEO Biovelt sp. z o.o.
Cooperation between business and academia in shaping future technology solutions
dr inż. Arkadiusz Lewicki – WSiZ Rzeszów
Project Manager 2.0
Gracjan Walczak – IT Project Manager – CCC Group
END OF THE CONFERENCE
AFTER PARTY
1 For verification purposes, before entering the room, the Participant will be required to provide his/her name and/or sign the attendance list. In addition, the Participant will receive: ID badge/carnet, event agenda, gift pack (conference materials issued at the registration desk after CSF22).
Mobile solutions using artificial intelligence
Grzegorz Dworak – Senior IT Developer
COFFEE BREAK
Satellite data - image processing
Rafał Bodziony – Machine Learning Engineer
COFFEE BREAK
Project management - frameworks and best practice.
Gracjan Walczak – IT Project Manager – CCC Group
COFFEE BREAK
Data analysis - the power of exploratory data analysis
Paweł Lubiński - Data Scientist, Sagitum S.A
LUNCH
Robotics & automation - build your own bot
Michał Blajer, Digital Robots sp. z o.o
END OF WORKSHOP
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Contact us
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Feel free to contact the organisers of the Carpathian Startup Fest 2022. Want to join us as a partner, expert or offer a prize? Interested in pitching your business idea, startup or scaleup to a jury? Contact us! We will answer all your questions! Please note that everyone interested in participation is obliged to complete an on-line registration form.
Partnership cooperation
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Dawid Adamski
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Katarzyna Jarosz
COOPERATION WITH VENTURE CAPITALS AND INVESTORS
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Jacek Smulski
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Piotr Zawada
ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS
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Bartosz Jadam
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Iwona Wilk
Recruitment for Idea Challenge. Startup. Scaleup.
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Jolanta Kasprzyk-Kremer
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Dominik Michalczak
MEDIA PARTNERS,
MEDIA COOPERATION
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Paulina Adamska
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Dawid Adamski
Exhibitors' zone
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Katarzyna Jarosz
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Jolanta Kasprzyk-Kremer
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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Agnieszka Nędza
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Dominik Piłat
RECRUITMENT OF INSPIRE STAGE SPEAKERS
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Piotr Zawada
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Dawid Adamski
REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT
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Paulina Adamska
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Justyna Kunysz
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