Bridge To Scale - 1991 VC
2027-01-31
Bridge to Scale is an equity-free 12-week acceleration programme preparing Ukrainian-founded pre-seed startups in the CEE region to raise funding and scale internationally. The programme includes online acceleration, mentorship, expert sessions, and two in-person events in Warsaw: a Bootcamp and a Demo Day.
Organizer: 1991 Ventures
At a glance
- Tickets
- Free
- Format
- 12 weeks of online acceleration, weekly group sessions up to 3 hours, 1:1 mentoring, investor sessions, and two in-person events in Warsaw (Bootcamp and Demo Day).
- Who can apply
- Majority Ukrainian ownership preferred but not required; at least one owner must be Ukrainian and hold temporary protection status in an EU/EBRD CEE country of operation. The startup must have established a business in one of 11 target EBRD CEE countries and be at the pre-seed stage.
- Attendance
- About 12 attendees expected · 15 investors attending
- Sectors
- Agnostic
Speakers, judges and hosts
- Giedrius Muckus — CBDO & Co-Founder, Spedlite (Mentor)
- Simon Bazan — CEO, AI Booster (Mentor)
- Tamas Muller — Founder, WSC Network Kft (Mentor)
- Ulyana Shtybel — Co-founder and CEO, Quoroom (Mentor)
Sponsors and partners
- STRT Invest
- Hard2beat
- Blue Lake VC
- SMOK Ventures
- Neulogy Ventures
- Tilia Impact Ventures
- J&T Ventures