Deep Tech CEE Summit & Challenge

Sourcing one pilot-ready technology takes most corporates 6–12 months.

Scanning markets across a dozen CEE countries. Filtering hundreds of companies. Validating which ones are real. All of that before a single conversation that moves anything forward.

We compress that into 2 days.

Deep Tech Summit is not a conference you attend to "stay on top of trends." Think of it as a sourcing engine.

Through the CEE Challenge, we screen 500+ applications down to 75–100 pre-validated startups - across energy, semiconductors, quantum, defense, advanced manufacturing, and medtech. The advanced technologies your R&D roadmap actually needs, not a hall full of booths.

Warsaw, October 26–27:

→ 1000+ attendees from 30+ countries
→ 150+ executives, managers & entrepreneurs
→ 150+ VC, CVC & business angels
→ 250+ startups & scaleups
→ Thousands of pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings

You arrive with a calendar already booked, and leave with a shortlist of 2–3 technologies ready for pilot.

That's the difference between a line item and a pipeline.

See the program → https://deeptechsummit.eu/

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Marian Popinigis joined CEE Challenge's Jury and he's he's looking to invest!

Co-founder of Blirt S.A. - led through acquisition by QIAGEN, a global life sciences player. Co-founder of Mercor S.A. and Ambient-System.
Awarded Debut Angel Investor of 2026 by Cobin Angels.

Angel investor behind MANAWA Family Foundation and N50, joins this year's CEE Challenge jury.

Investment focus:
🔬 Deep tech
🧬 Biotech & medtech
💳 Fintech
🛰 Spacetech

Pre-seed and seed stage.

The key criterion isn't just the technology, but the team behind it.

If you're building something that fits? Apply to CEE Challenge 2026.

👉 https://deeptechsummit.eu/cee-challenge-2026/apply/