Deep Tech CEE Summit & Challenge

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!

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/

🚀 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 🇭🇺🚀

🔍 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)

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