Featured
Speakers
Meet the ones building better products and faster growth. Less inspiration, more perspiration.
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Mada
Seghete
Co-Founder & CSO @ Branch.io
Experienced marketer and evangelist, founder of Branch.io unicorn.
Ondrej Bartos
General Partner @ Credo Ventures
Early stage investor, with investments in UiPath, PriceFX, Productboard and many more.
Raul
Popa
CEO & Co-Founder @ TypingDNA
Techstars Alumnus (NYC '18), AI / ML expert building a revolutionary technology called “typing biometrics”. It is currently used in Cyber Security for 2-factor and multi-factor authentication, fraud prevention, and risk-based authentication.
Carlos Espinal
Managing Partner @ Seedcamp
Investor in 4 European unicorns and thought leader at Seedcamp Podcast.
Vladimir
Oane
Founder & CEO @ Deepstash
Serial entrepreneur of technology driven businesses with previous exit experience of uberVU to Hootsuite.
Monica Obogeanu
Startup Programs Manager @ Orange
Manager of the Orange Fab Romania program, facilitating collaborations between innovative startups and Orange.
Raluca Pantiru
Product Manager @ Fitbit
Product expertise in building consumer software and hardware products for Fitbit and Vector Watch.
Ana-Maria Andronic
Head of Intellectual Property and Technology @ DLA Piper Romania
An accomplished attorney and former Romanian judge with dual legal qualifications in the United States and Romania
Dan Mihaescu
Founding Partner
@ GapMinder Venture Partners
Investor and adviser in early-stage technology companies. Recently invested in some of the newest high-growth tech startup from the CEE - MEDIjobs, Machinations, Deepstash, FintechOS and more.
Jon
Bradford
Founding Partner
@ Dynamo VC
Investor in supply chain and mobility companies. Serial entrepreneur that pioneered the startup acceleration space in Europe and set grounds for Techstars London.
Enis
Hulli
General Partner @ 500 Startups Istanbul
Investor and adviser in early-stage technology companies and the host of a podcast on growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets.
Alan Clayton
Global Roaming Mentor @ SOSV
Acceleration specialist, mentor at HAX, Food-X, Chinaccelerator RebelBio and IndieBio accelerators. Previously 5x founder.
Paolo
Ertreo
Product Designer @ Dropbox
As a growth product designer, he focuses on creating experiences that are user-centered, performance-driven, and business-oriented. Previously he was leading design on the Growth team at Strava.
CHRIS
MASSEY
Product Lead @ Mind the Product
Product management and team alignment expert with a background in content, marketing, & communities.
Marcin
Grodzicki
Chief Product Officer @ Sotrender
Product management specialist, previously startup founder.
Jag
Singh
Managing Director @ Techstars Berlin
Investor and supporter of the next wave of disruptive European startups.
Dan
Toma
Co-Founder
@ OUTCOME
Innovation and lean startup expert with entrepreneurial background. Worked with companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Bosch, Jaguar Land Rover, Bayer, John Deere or Allianz.
Irina
Scarlat
Global Head of Growth @ Revolut
Full-stack product marketer and experienced project manager, previously leading the marketing efforts of Uber in Romania. Entrepreneur at heart.
Cristian
Munteanu
Founder & Managing Partner @ Early Game Ventures
Investor and board member in early-stage tech companies. Previous entrepreneurial experience with a marketing and creative background.
Ivan Brezak Brkan
Founder & CEO @ Netokracija
Founder of the leading digital business & startup magazine in Central and Eastern Europe
Valentin
Radu
Founder & CEO @ Omniconvert
Serial entrepreneur and visionary with over 16 years of experience in technology and online marketing. Data-driven marketer and growth hacker.
Dave
Collins
Founder @ Software Promotions
SEO & Google Ads expert, helping businesses tap into all that Google offer, safely and efficiently.
Michael
Perry
Director of Kit
@ Shopify
Director of product, marketing Shopify Product expert and founder of Kit
Bogdan Lucaciu
CTO
@ Adore me
Experienced team builder through organization design, team performance, and engagement

Wes
Bush
Product/growth expert @ Product-Led
International product & growth expert, author of the "Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself" book
Sean
Ellis
Founder
@ Growth Hackers
Founder of the worldwide Growth Hacking movement, founder of GrowthHackers.com
April
Dunford
Positioning Expert & CEO @ Ambient strategy
Product positioning expert with 16 products launched, author of “Obviously Awesome”
Bob
Moesta
Founder, President & CEO @ Re-Wired Group
Pioneer of Jobs To Be Done Theory, expert on developing & launching new products
Sean
Sheppard
Founder @ GrowthX and GrowthX Academy
Product/market fit expert in a wide variety of markets
Luciana Lixandru
Partner @ Accel
Venture capital investor in UiPath, Deliveroo and other future unicorns
Sergiu
Manea
CEO @ BCR
Sergiu Manea is the Chief Executive Officer of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), Romania’s most trusted financial institution.
Haris Hanif
CEO @ Orange Money
With an experience of over 27 years in the banking industry worldwide, Haris Hanif looks to rewrite the landscape of financial services in Romania through Orange Money.
Dave
Hogue
UX Design Lead @ Google
Applied psychologist and interaction/UX designer, Android design and research
Isabella
Frey
Group Product Owner @ George App
As Product Chapter Lead she has been creating and shaping the George app ever since to make daily banking smooth and simple for its +5 Mil. users.
Kit
Burden
Global Co-Head of Technology Sector and Partner @ DLA Piper
Leading IT and technology transactions lawyer, as recognized by all of major legal directories

Matthieu Demolin
Head of Strategy and Finance @ Dealroom
Supporting the development of Dealroom, Europe leading database about startups, investors, and tech-related investment.
Vlad Andriescu
Editor-in-Chief @ Start-up.ro
Senior journalist with experience in analyzing startups and technology trends
Razvan Todor
Product Management Director @ Bitdefender
Product and UX expertise in B2B and B2C security products
Laurentiu
Ghenciu
VP of Sales
@ 2Checkout
Senior sales leader, with 10+ years expertise in building sales teams, processes and customer success
Ovidiu Negrean
CEO
@ SocialBee.io
Serial founder, with expertise in building bootstrapped businesses
Georgios
Gatos
VP of Growth
@ Workable
Established sales development at Workable, the leading SaaS hiring platform. Startup Spotlight alumni
Guido
Jansen
Customer Experience Optimisation Specialist @ Vaimo
Optimising customer and product experince through data and cognitive psychology
Ensar
Bavrk
Software Developer @ Codecentric
Product digitalization expert specialized in exploratory software development driven by a passion for UX.

BENT
DALAGER
Leading NewTech practice @ KPMG
eading KPMG's NewTech practice, dealing with cutting edge technologies and focus on "consulting by doing"

Marketa
Chrzova
Investor @ Credo Ventures
Venture capitalists looking for great founders from CEE

Kyran
Schmidt
Analyst @ Seedcamp
Analyst at Seedcamp, Europe's seed fund, investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets.
Ognjen
Lazic
Software Developer @ codecentric
Passionate evangelist assisting companies compete with startups
Stefan Adrian Marogel
CTO @ Brunomag Concept
Helping businesses reach the next level in their journey through workflow automation and e-commerce and e-learning solutions
Hannah
Keartland
Innovation Consultant @ Cancer Research UK
Experienced innovation consultant, helping business leaders make better decisions about innovation investment
Teodor Blidarus
Founder & CEO
@ FintechOS
Growing FintechOS at hyperspeed to serve Fortune500 companies around the world
Kit
Gillet
Correspondent Journalist @ Sifted
Sifted is the new media site for Europe’s innovators and entrepreneurs, backed by Financial Times