WEBIT.FESTIVAL Europe
25-27 June 2018, Arena Armeec, Sofia
Investor Access
WEBIT.FESTIVAL 2018
Being an Investor Ticket holder for Webit.Festival Europe will give you the incredible opportunity to get a broader view on the entrepreneurial and investments ecosystem in CEE and the globe.
This ticket will give you access to all Enterprise, Policy and Startup events in our agenda.
* Investor tickets doesn't give you access to Invitation only events
Why attend as Investor?
Attending our Investors Summit you will be able to get insights on opportunities and market trends in the region from top global investors and enterprise leaders from Europe and other parts of the world.
The event is part of Webit Foundation’s commitment to developing the startup ecosystem in Bulgaria and the region and make the connection between established corporations and emerging industry disruptors.
Being listed as an investor in our database, you will get the chance to connect and network with 100 of the most innovative startups in the world, selected among thousands of candidates.
Over 2000 startups apply for every edition of our Founders Games and receive the opportunity to attend, pitch and connect and network with all the global leaders that we host completely free. Annually we provide over €1 million in grants for more than 200 digital startups.
The selected semi-finalists are divided in 3 groups:
- Pre-Seed (no investment yet but great ideas and teams)
- Post-Seed (up to €1 million investment)
- ScaleUps (above €1 million to €10 million investment)
The best about Webit.Festival is the networking part and getting to know lots of different stakeholders that play a relevant role in the Eastern European entrepreneurship, startup, venture and even corporate economy - so everybody active in open innovation. So you really need to be here if you want to gasp at what is going on in Eastern Europe.
Christoph Auer-Welsbach
Partner, IBM Ventures
The thing I liked the most about Webit is the mixture of different topics, which gives you the opportunity to get a broad overview of the ecosystem. The speakers are excellent and there are clearly a lot of interesting talks on various different stages. It is great for networking as well.
Christian Von Hammel-Bonten
Executive VP Global Product Strategy, Wirecard
It’s really amazing to be here. I’m really surprised because it’s one of the first times that I see that we try to connect enterprise, policy and startups. I think it is a triangle of innovation that we should look much more after.
Bart Becks
Founder & CEO, angel.me, Chairman at Euractiv, Partner at Venturewise investment fund
I think the best about the conference is the individuals here. I’ve been really impressed with the quality and how many interesting people are here and from so many different places.
Joe Landon
Chairman, Space Angels Network
Webit is certainly one of the biggest festivals in Central and Eastern European market. For us it’s an important and growing market. So it is great to see all of these guys at one place, coming from different industries.
Praveen Paranjothi
VC investor, European Investment Fund
It is great being here. I feel a lot of energy, a lot of ideas, people from different walks of life mixed together, exchanging ideas on infrastructure, healthcare, future of cities, everything. It is a very empowering feeling.
Pavel Bogdanov
General Partner at Almaz Capital
I am very glad to be at Webit. I’ve seen many of my colleagues from venture capital funds here on the investment panel. There is a big crowd of very energetic entrepreneurs so I’m very proud to be here.
Andrey Kolodyuk
Co-founder & Managing Partner, AVentures Capital
Founders Games Jury
More than 200 investors and enterprise leaders
were part of the Founders Games 2017 Jury.
See the winner & the Europe Top 100 from 2017.
Apply to join our Investors Jury for Founders Games 2018
The application does not grant you approval from our team.