On April 4, 2013, the largest conference on mobile trends and technologies, Smartmobil will provide the opportunity for innovative companies looking for early-stage financing to showcase themselves in front of Europe’s top investors and business accelerators.
The largest annual conference on mobile trends and technologies in Hungary, Smartmobil will be organised for the fourth time. Since its start in 2009, it has grown to be the leading platform of exchange of professional insights. Organisers have set the bar even higher this year, by aiming to organise the first startup challenge focusing on mobile technologies in the CEE region, where the most promising projects from neighbouring countries will have the opportunity to showcase themselves in front of Europe’s best known investors and business accelerators. Organisers hope, that with the event will help Hungary integrate into the internationally growing tech scene.Read more »
Along the Danube River lies one of the most beautiful cities in Europe: Budapest. Besides a good number of World Heritage Sites, Budapest is one of the most attractive metropolitan cities in Europe, and it also has a young, blossoming startup scene.
In the past years, a few successful Hungarian companies, such as Ustream, Prezi, and LogMeIn managed to build exceptional products and enter the global markets. These startups are a big inspiration to a lot of people, and they’ve had a significant impact on the startup culture emerging in Hungary. The startup scene is just awakening and the ecosystem in Budapest has only started its growth. As it grows, it fosters new ideas and ways of doing business, and it makes it easier for aspiring young talent to get enthusiastic about starting a business.Read more »
For the first time ever, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is focusing on CEE-based entrepreneurs. From May 6-8 the NYCEDC, in partnership with iCatapult and STARTeurope, is hosting delegates for the 3-day Word to NYC (W2NYC) program.
The Big Apple’s tech scene is undisputedly thriving. Just yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced the “We Are Made in NY” campaign to celebrate and support the growing tech sector in NYC. There are more than 900 tech startups based in NYC. Venture Capital deals for tech companies in NYC rose 32% between 2007 and 2011. 2012 was also remarkable year for the City, a PivCo. report details that there were 100 deals for privately held tech companies with a total value of $8.3 billion.Read more »
Budapest based iCatapult introduced its accelerator programme for startups, now accepting applications. iCatapult is a non-traditional technology accelerator with explicit focus on international business development and global market access from day one.
iCatapult held its global launch announcement yesterday in Budapest. They used the term “excelerator” to describe their activity: an accelerator that focuses on taking European technologies to global markets, primarily to the USA. Their activities reach well beyond the traditional few-month long mentorship driven programmes. iCatapult provides access to world class local and international mentors who oversee the development and international launch preparation of each technology and team. In addition, iCatapult is on track to become a member of the Global Accelerator Network, other key partners include We Work Labs, Venture Out New York, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Read more »
At DLD in Munich last week, Prezi CEO and Co-founder Peter Arvai revealed, that after announcing 15 million users last October, they are now on 18 million users. He said they are also course to book 2 million more users per month over the next year.
Prezi has come a long way since the days it was a struggling startup in Budapest building a new way for people to create presentations to blow the mind of an audience. Today they have over 100 employees and a San Francisco HQ. It’s become a popular alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote, and the company is even now advised by Jack Dorsey.
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