Deep Tech CEE Summit & Challenge

09/04/2026

Most space and defence founders leave conferences with a stack of business cards and zero follow-ups.

This time will be different.

🚀 Join the Space4Talents delegation for Infoshare 2026 in Gdańsk!

Here's what the two days look like:

📅 May 20 — Innovation & Networking
→ DeepTech & Innovation track at Infoshare
→ 1:1 matchmaking sessions with investors and strategic partners
→ Evening meetup with a welcome cocktail

📅 May 21 — Technology & Security
→ Deep dive into space technology, cybersecurity, and defence
→ Continued matchmaking, closing the loop on conversations started the day before

What's covered:
✔️ Fully funded STARTUP pass for Infoshare 2026
✔️ Option to apply for a travel & accommodation grant of 100€ per person

Deadline to apply: April 20th Send a DM or drop an email to [email protected] and we'll send you the application details.

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30/03/2026

The rumors were true! 🤫
Deep Tech Summit returns to Warsaw on October 26-27, 2026.

Mark your calendars 🗓️.

Get ready for two days of next-level networking you won't find anywhere else.
Last year we gathered:

➡️100+ investors
➡️150+ business professionals
➡️175+ startups
➡️100+ scientists, students & tech transfer representatives,
➡️125+ ecosystem stakeholders!

This year we’re going bigger!
Stay tuned!

26/02/2026

Still wondering if the MIT Universal AI Summit is the event for you? 🤔

This conference will bring together entrepreneurs, technology leaders, AI practitioners, and MIT specialists and lecturers who work with the most ambitious startups and companies in the world on a daily basis.

This will not be a conference about AI in theory or a collection of buzzwords, but a conversation about how AI influences business decisions, products, and the pace of organizational development.

One of the highlights of the program is a workshop by Kevin D. Johnson, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan, entrepreneur, and author of the bestseller The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs. In the session “Building Smarter Companies: Lessons from MIT Startups Using AI”,

Kevin will show how MIT founders use artificial intelligence to create better products, streamline processes, and gain a competitive advantage.

Join the MIT Universal AI Summit and take part in valuable workshops and discussions.

📅 When? March 23-24, 2026
📍Where? At the Museum of Polish History

Grab your ticket 15% off with our code POLINNOVATIVE15 and join us in shaping the future 👉https://uaisummit.mit.edu/

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10/02/2026

The MIT Universal AI Summit is coming to Poland!

📅 When: March 23–24, 2026
📍Where: Warsaw, Polish History Museum

MIT Open Learning, together with StartSmart CEE will bring together entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and leaders from around the world to explore the future of artificial intelligence - and its real impact on business, education, and society.

The focus will not be on theories or passing trends, but on specific implementations, the latest research results, and documented examples of ROI. It is a space for discussions on how to design, implement, and scale AI in a responsible, effective, and long-term manner.

Participants can look forward to two intensive days of inspiring keynotes and panel discussions, practical workshops, and valuable networking with an international community of experts and leaders.

Want to join the event? Save 15% with our code POLINNOVATIVE15.

Register today and join us for two extraordinary days full of innovation and inspiration.

👉 https://uaisummit.mit.edu/

30/01/2026

🚀 Kosmos przestał być domeną wyłącznie instytutów naukowych. Stał się rynkiem, na którym ważą się losy globalnego bezpieczeństwa.

W dniach 3–4 marca Stalowa Wola za sprawą SpaceShield Summit zamieni się w centrum rozmów o technologiach dual-use. Porozmawiamy m.in o.

➡️ cyberbezpieczeństwie systemów orbitalnych
➡️ wydobyciu surowców pozaziemskich
➡️ ochronie kluczowej infrastruktury.

💎 Dla startupów to okazja, by stanąć twarzą w twarz z decydentami z przemysłu zbrojeniowego oraz funduszami VC. Program został ułożony tak, aby ułatwić bezpośredni dostęp do kapitału na etapie pre-seed, seed oraz serii A. Korzystając z preferencyjnych warunków rejestracji, zapewnicie sobie miejsce przy stoliku, gdzie zapadają kluczowe decyzje.

💼 Jako inwestor znajdziesz tu starannie wyselekcjonowany dealflow projektów z obszaru deep-tech, gotowych na rynkowy debiut. Spotkaj innych inwestorów i partnerów wdrożeniowych gotowych na kosmiczne projekty, a obecność Polskiej Agencji Kosmicznej i PGZ zagwarantuje wysoki poziom prezentowanych rozwiązań. Ulokuj kapitał w sektorze, który definiuje nową architekturę bezpieczeństwa.

📍 Stalowa Wola | 📅 3–4 marca 2026

👉 Dołącz do wydarzenia: http://space4talents.pl/summit/pl

19/01/2026

🚀 Our community partner Emerging Founders is going on tour - first stop: Budapest!

The CEE startup ecosystem is no longer “emerging” — it’s arriving.

But global scale doesn’t happen in isolation. It requires cross-border collaboration, honest conversations, and ex*****on partners who understand international growth.

That’s why Emerging Founders Budapest: CEE as the Launchpad brings together founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders from Poland and Hungary to explore how startups can scale globally from CEE.

📅 Friday, 6 February 2026
📍Puzl Coworking, Budapest
🗣️ English
🤝 Organising Partner: MBH Fintechlab

🎤 Panel Discussion on scaling globally from CEE
⚔️ High-energy Pitch Battle with regional & international VCs
🍕 Networking with founders, investors, and corporate partners

Partners: MBH Fintechlab, JWW Accounting Office, LAWMORE, User.com by Positive

🎟️ Participation is FREE
👉 Register here: https://app.evenea.pl/event/emergingfoundersbudapest/
👉 Pitch your startup: https://lnkd.in/dafySveF

This is just the beginning of the Emerging Founders tour:
🇷🇴 Bucharest — 17.03
🇸🇰 Bratislava | 🇨🇿 Prague | 🇱🇹 Vilnius — next up! Dates TBC

See you in Budapest 🇭🇺🚀

28/11/2025

“The only place in Central and Eastern Europe where scientists, business leaders, corporates, and experts meet to talk about deep tech.”

“Exactly what you need in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The one that will connect angels, venture capitalists, and other investors together with startups.”

“Those kind of events help ecosystem startup itself but also help us as investors to understand what's really possible.”

On 27–29 October 2025, Warsaw hosted the Deep Tech CEE Summit — the largest deep-tech event in Poland and one of the most significant startup gatherings in Central and Eastern Europe.
Bringing together business leaders, breakthrough startups, investors, and leading scientists, we make another step further to our vision: making the CEE region the next world’s deep tech hub.

Did we succeed?
👉 Find out, watching the Deep Tech Summit 2025 aftermovie and hear perspectives from over 650 participants from around the world, including:

✔️ 100+ investors
✔️ 150+ business leaders and industry professionals
✔️ 175+ startups
✔️ 100+ scientists, students & tech transfer representatives
✔️ 125+ ecosystem stakeholders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwutk8MLxk

A special thank you to all our partners, including:

CO-ORGANIZERS: Pracodawcy RP, Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki, Minister of Science and Higher Education Republic of Poland

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS: Hello Tomorrow, DeepTech Alliance

CONTENT PARTNERS: EIC - European Innovation Council, Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz, EIT European Institute of Innovation and Technology

PARTNER REGION: Mazovia Region

BUSINESS PARTNER: Polska Rada Biznesu

INVESTMENT PARTNERS: COBIN Angels, Aegis Capital, n50, Balnord, PFR Ventures

SUPPORTIVE PARTNERS: Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, Orange, beIN offices Poland, Gridaly, LAWMORE, VCLeaders, Zaz Ventures, Innteo, Porozumienie Spółek Celowych, SPACE HIVE, Stalowowolska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego sp. z o.o., HugeTECH, Urząd m.st. Warszawy, INTECH PK sp. z o.o., AKCES NCBR, Labena Ventures, StartUp Hub Poland, Euro-Funding, FundingBox, Infineon Technologies, TechPL, EIS | Enterprise Estonia, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski UZ VENTURES STUDIO, EIT Health, IDEA Global Accelerator, Forticon

MAIN MEDIA PARTNERS: Agencja informacyjna NEWSERIA, My Company Polska, Newsline

The partner of the event is the Mazovian Voivodeship Government

Co-financed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education within the Task: “Organization by the Cracow University of Technology of three editions of a path dedicated to strengthen the potential and recognition of Polish science in the area of commercialization and internationalization, through support for the founding, development, and expansion into international markets of deep tech companies based on solutions originating from Polish universities and operating in areas strategic for Europe.

Join us on October 26th-28th, 2026!

28/11/2025

🔍 What if the real unfair advantage of a founder is not just sharper strategy, but a stronger, healthier, longer life?

Meet the Emerging Founders: Superfounders lineup!

📅 December 3rd

📍 Google Hub Warsaw

The Emerging Founders community is spending a full day with the people who can actually help make that unfair advantage real.

👇 Here is the full speaker and workshop leader roster for “Superfounders – Performance. Wellbeing. Longevity.”

1. Day workshops – founders’ energy, focus, and resilience 🧠

• Michał Szymański – “Longevity by Design: How to Create Your Personalized Healthspan Roadmap”

• Greg Albrecht – “Upgrade your software: achieve goals at a lower cost”

• Michał Guzowski – “Build your AI Second Brain”

• Paulina Danielak – “Master stress like elite astronauts”

• Kate Leszczyńska-Bohdan – “Fear as a Compass: Navigating Uncertainty in a Startup”

2. Evening – investing in wellbeing and longevity 🌙

🎤 Panel: “The Business of Wellbeing & Longevity”

Moderator: Jerzy Brodzikowski

Speakers: Katarzyna Wierzbowska (CEO Sophia’s Health), Maciej Gnatowski (ALAB), Dr. Marek Postuła, Cezary Smorszczewski

🚀 Startup pitches – wellbeing & longevity startups (5 teams, 4+2 format)

🔥 Fireside chat: “Surviving as a founder in a VC-backed company”
with Karolina Kukiełka (Vastpoint VC) and Remi Kościelny (Shein.AI)

🎟️ Join, pitch, speak, or partner

Tickets: https://app.evenea.pl/event/emergingfounderss03e02-super-founders/

Pitch application for startups in this space: https://forms.gle/JZeq8AWn7T5tcngr6

💬 If this is the kind of founder table you want to sit at – where performance, wellbeing, and longevity are treated as serious levers, not side-notes – grab your ticket or share this with someone who should be in the room.

🤝 Partners: Google Cloud, OChK, JWW Accounting Office, BNP Paribas Bank Polska, LAWMORE, Shroom, User.com by Positive

🌐 Community Partners: Silesian Startup Foundation, Startup Wroclaw, Huge Thing, BeefUp, Ū Hub | Startup Community in Poland, StartSmart CEE, Rebelpolis, Fundacja Polska Innowacyjna, Pitch Me Baby ⚡, EO Network, Aula Polska, Commly, Carpathian Startup Fest, Econverse, InQube, Fundacja Innovations Hub, StartupStage, Evolve Life, CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)

04/11/2025

At Deep Tech CEE Summit 2025, we welcomed over 100 investors from more than 15 countries.
Thank you to our Investment Partners for their commitment and collaboration:

💼 Cobin Angels
💼 N50 Sp. z o.o.
💼 Aegis Capital
💼 Balnord
💼 PFR Ventures

Together we can effectively support the growth of local technologies — from research and prototyping to scaling and global implementation.
Deep tech cannot thrive without funding — its capital intensity is not a barrier but a condition for real impact.

📅 October 27–29, 2025
🌍 deeptechsummit.eu

04/11/2025

Without the support and involvement of our Content Partners, the Deep Tech CEE Summit 2025 wouldn’t reach this level of depth and quality.

Many thanks to the experts and representatives of:
🇪🇺 European Innovation Council (EIC)
🇪🇺 EIT Community
🇵🇱 Łukasiewicz Research Network

for co-creating the agenda and sharing their knowledge with the community.

📅 October 27–29, 2025
🌍 deeptechsummit.eu

31/10/2025

That's a wrap for Deep Tech CEE Summit 2025!

What a journey it was. Check out he feedback from our attendees!

And what about you? What was your biggest takeaway from this year?

Share your most memorable moment or key learning in the comments below!

Polska Innowacyjna / Innovative Poland