Start:up Balkan: Skopje
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, from 17.00 to 20.00
@ Seavus Education and Development Center, Skopje
“Start:up Balkan is program in the framework of the project ‘Establishing an Integrated Start-up Ecosystem in the Western Balkans’ supported by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.”

Program
17.00 – 17.30 | Introduction
H. E. Prof. Dr. Milan Jazbec, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia
Vesna Ivanoska, General manager, Seavus
Igor Madzov, South Central Ventures
Gorazd Justinek, CEO, Centre for European Perspective
Matej Rus, CEO, PODIM Conference
17.30 – 18.30 | Keynotes
Igor Madzov, Associate, South Central Ventures: “What it means to be investable”
Elena Draganovska, Head of Customer and Sales Support, Inplayer: “How to build and grow the company to a successful business?”
Maris Prii, COO, Startup Wise Guys: “How to evaluate accelerator programs and compare their value offers?”
18.30 – 19.30 | Investors Panel: Funding landscape and businesss opportunities in 2018 in CEE:
Csaba Kakosy, Managing Partner, CEO, Day One Capital
Elena Draganovska, Head of Customer and Sales Support, Inplayer
Ivana Stanković, Investment Manager, South Central Ventures
Aslan Ibrahimi, Founder & CEO, Allbatron
Panel moderator: Simon Sovič, PODIM team
19.30 – 20.00 | Pitching Sessions
Startups will have the unique opportunity to pitch their startup in front of investors and receive invaluable feedback and meet the PODIM Conference team.
20.00 – | Networking
Time for guests to connect in an informal atmosphere.