- Vestbee partners with HubSpot to launch the Europe-wide Winter Pitch 2025
- Top startups from Pre-Seed to Series A will pitch before leading global investors
- Exclusive partner perks from Hotjar, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Stripe, and Zandesk boost participant growth
- Key dates: Apply by November 26th, finalists revealed December 4th, final pitch on December 11th
Vestbee, Europe’s leading platform connecting startups, investors, and corporates, is launching Winter Pitch and opening applications for startups. Powered by HubSpot, this pan-European initiative aims to connect early-stage startups with hundreds of prominent venture capital funds and business angels.
Vestbee’s Winter Pitch offers founders from across Europe a valuable opportunity to secure funding, receive tailored investor introductions, and present their ventures to a global audience. Designed to foster growth and visibility, the program highlights innovative startups ready to scale and attract international investment, further strengthening Europe’s dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Eligibility and Roadmap
The Vestbee Winter Pitch program targets high-potential startups from Pre-Seed to Series A, aiming to accelerate their fundraising journey. A total of 100 companies will be selected to benefit from personalized investor matchmaking and exposure to Vestbee’s extensive VC network.
Open to early-stage startups from all industries, the program offers not only access to investors but also exclusive discounts from leading partners such as Hotjar, HubSpot, Notion, OCHK, OVHCloud, Slack, Stripe, and Zendesk, equipping participants with essential tools to support their growth and international expansion.
The program is open to early-stage startups seeking Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A funding and is open to companies from all sectors. Startups interested in participating must submit their applications here by November 26th. The jury will review all applications and announce the finalists on December 4th. The most promising startups, chosen by a jury of top investors, will have the opportunity to pitch live at the Winter Pitch online event on December 11, 2025
Jury
This year’s pool of judges at Vestbee’s CWinter Pitch will include:
- Artur Banach, Managing Partner at Movens Capital
- Pawel Bochniarz, Partner at Radix Ventures
- Amine Chabane, Principal at EBRD Venture Capital
- Ewa Chronowska and Marcin Łączyński, Partners at Next Road Ventures
- Jan Davídek, Partner at Purple Ventures
- András Fehér, Principal at Day One Capital
- Valentin Filip, Managing Partner at Fortech Investments
- Aman Ghei, Partner at Finch Capital
- Dr Ryan Gong, Chief Investment Director EMEA at Huawei
- Elina Halatcheva, Managing Partner at BrightCap Ventures
- Adam Hashchyshyn, Principal at Roosh Ventures
- Marcin Hejka, General Partner at OTB Ventures
- Bakhrom Ibragimov, Partner at Molten Ventures
- Gergő Iváncsics, Investment Director at Impact Ventures
- Adam Kočík, Managing Partner at J&T Ventures
- Diana Koziarska, Partner at SMOK Ventures
- Norbert Kruszewski, Partner at Cogito Capital Partners
- Vital Laptenok, General Partner at Flyer One Ventures
- Dan Lupu, Partner at Earlybird Ventures
- Eoin McGuinness, Head of Startups CEE, Middle East & Africa at HubSpot
- Marton Medveczky, Associate Partner at Flashpoint VC
- Tony Nysten, Partner at OpenOcean
- Masayuki Ohta, Partner at ffVC
- Oguzhan Ozer, Partner at Bek Ventures
- Valeri Petrov, Partner at Eleven 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 European VC ecosystem 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!
