- Vestbee teams up with HubSpot and Early Game Ventures for Summer Pitch CEE 2025
- Select startups from CEE can pitch to top investors for Pre-Seed to Series A funding
- Participants can count on exclusive discounts from Hotjar, HubSpot, Slack, and Stripe
- Applications are accepted until by June 29th, finalists will be announced on July 9th, the final pitch event in scheduled on July 16th
Vestbee, CEE’s leading platform connecting startups with investors, has partnered with HubSpot for Startups and Early Game Ventures to launch the second edition of its Summer Pitch CEE. This initiative is designed to empower 100 carefully selected startups by offering them a unique opportunity to showcase their ideas, gain visibility, and network with hundreds of venture capitalists and business angels. Startups and scaleups from all industries across the CEE region are invited to compete for exciting prizes and the chance to pitch to some of the most sought-after investors in the area during the final CEE Summer Pitch event.
Eligibility and Roadmap
The program is open to early-stage startups seeking Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A funding and is open to companies from all sectors. Participants will also receive exclusive discounts from prominent companies like Hotjar, HubSpot, Slack, and Stripe, providing valuable tools for growth.
Startups interested in participating must submit their applications here by June 29th. The jury will review all applications and announce the finalists on July 9th. Finalists will then pitch before a panel of partner VCs on July 16th.
Jury
This year’s pool of judges at Vestbee’s CEE Summer Pitch will include:
- Artur Banach, Managing Partner at Movens Capital
- Ewa Chronowska and Marcin Łączyński, Partners at Next Road Ventures
- Davide Coppola, Program Manager at Startup Wise Guys
- Dr Marcus Erken, Founding Partner at Sunfish Partners
- András Fehér, Principal at Day One Capital
- Valentin Filip, Managing Partner at Fortech Investments
- Aman Ghei, Partner at Finch Capital
- Daria Gherghelas, Investor at Speedinvest
- Dr Ryan Gong, Chief Investment Director EMEA at Huawei
- Elina Halatcheva, Managing Partner at BrightCap Ventures
- Martell Hardenberg, Partner at Antler
- Adam Hashchyshyn, Principal at Roosh Ventures
- Marcin Hejka, General Partner at OTB Ventures
- Bakhrom Ibragimov, Partner at Molten Ventures
- Adam Kočík, Managing Partner at J&T Ventures
- Diana Koziarska, Partner at SMOK Ventures
- Vital Laptenok, General Partner at Flyer One Ventures
- Dan Lupu, Partner at Earlybird Ventures
- Paweł Maj, Partner at Warsaw Equity Group
- Eoin McGuinness, Head of Startups CEE, Middle East & Africa at HubSpot
- Marton Medveczky, Associate Partner at Flashpoint VC
- Cristian Munteanu, Managing Partner at Early Game Ventures
- Roman Nováček, Partner at Terminus VC
- Masayuki Ohta, Partner at ffVC
- Oguzhan Ozer, Partner at Bek Ventures
- Valeri Petrov, Partner at Eleven Ventures
- Alexandra Reinert, Investor at MMC Ventures
- Maximilian Schausberger, Managing Director at Elevator Ventures
- Kristóf Székely, Partner at Lead Ventures
- Magdalena Trąba, Senior Investment Manager at Pracuj Ventures
- Pedro Vieira, Partner at 500 Global
- Maciej Zawadziński, Partner at Hard2Beat
- And more recognized names from the VC ecosystem of the CEE region and beyond. The full list of the jury and partners can be found here.
More Details
For further details, visit the Initiative’s page and follow Vestbee on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X/Twitter. Before you apply, make sure to explore Vestbee’s free Perfect Pitch Guide to boost your chances of success.
Kostiantyn is a freelance writer from Crimea but based in Lviv. He loves writing about IT and high tech because those topics are always upbeat and he’s an inherent optimist!
