SER | Startup events for 2024 #1

?40+ Key Startup Events in First Part of 2024

?? Are you looking to attend startup events this year but unsure where to find them? Don’t worry, we got you covered!? ?

We made you a list with 40+ startup conferences and events happening in the first half of this year all around Europe. ??Check it out here.

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?? Venture capital, M&A and fundraising-related news

1. GapMinder VC launches GapMinder Fund II, an investment vehicle with a capital of €80M, representing the largest venture capital fund with a focus on the technology startup market in Romania (link).

2. Curiera, a Romanian courier startup that uses electric cars, has launched a funding round with a total value of €400K on SeedBlink (link).

3. SalesOMMO, a startup which provides sales and business development people with a digital companion, based on AI and automation, has been listed on SeedBlink and aims for a funding of €300K, to accelerate product development and the go to market phase (link).

4. NY-based startup with Romanian roots, Ezra has received $21M in an investment round led by Healthier Capital. The investment will be used for the improvement of its AI-powered full-body scans solution (link).?

5. Romanian startup Vestinda, which has launched a platform for automating trading and investing, has received funding from a few individual investors from the Bravva Angels community (link).

???News related to programs and events

6. La French Tech Bucharest organized in February its first event this year, Cyber Security Talks, addressing the cyber threat ecosystem (link).

7. The Bulgarian Eleven Ventures investment fund has launched the second edition of the Alpha program, through which Romanian technology startups can receive funding of €300K (link).

8. In February, six graduate startups of the XY Accelerator VII program, organized by XY Partners, have presented their businesses to the public, including local and international investors (link).

9. The StepFWD team, the acceleration program that aims to help early-stage technology startups made up of diverse teams to grow their businesses, organizes within the program a series of workshops dedicated to those who want to learn more about the mechanisms behind angel investment (link).

10. 10 startups pitched at the Timisoara Startups Demo Day, event organized by Timisoara Startups (link).

11. The How to Web team has released the Venture in Eastern Europe Report, the statistics on investments in startups in Central and Eastern Europe in 2023 (link).

12. SeedBlink has launched the ESOP Design program, an all-in-one solution created for the first time in Romania for startups that want to integrate rewarding employees through social shares or shares in their growth strategy (link).?

13. The global manufacturer of IT security solutions Bitdefender announced the launch of Bitdefender Academy, a free intensive development program for future professionals in the management and marketing of tech products (link).

14. Entrepreneurs from 7 cities in Romania can participate in the Climathon 2024, a hackathon dedicated to climate solutions. Applications are open until April 7th (link).

15. Launch Romania is preparing a new annual report that presents the state of startups in Romania. If you have a startup, also answer the survey to contribute to the report (link).

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???Various?news related to startups

16. Bright Spaces launches a new solution for renting logistics spaces in the 3D environment and signs a partnership with ELI Parks for the entire portfolio of industrial parks (link).

17. Adservio , a startup offering education digitization solutions, obtains Education Alliance Finland certification (link).

18. Linnify expands its service portfolio to support corporations in the efficient development of new business lines or scalable and successful satellite products (link).

19. Autonom Assistance, the roadside assistance services company within the Autonom group, announces the completion of the transaction for the acquisition of the roadside assistance service brand 9695 (link).

20. Undelucram.ro , the largest online community of employees in Romania, has entered into a partnership with LinkedIn. This collaboration will allow companies to access and purchase skills development courses from LinkedIn Learning's extensive library through Undelucram.ro (link).

21. RENERGIA , a Romanian startup established in 2022, which launched a sustainability application, received the "Best Newcomer 2023" award at the Central European Startup Awards (link).

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