Testimonial

"The Central European Startup Awards gives a great overview of what the regional startup ecosystem activity looks like. More importantly, it enables the creation of meaningful relationships across founders, investors, and partners on a global level which is an invaluable benefit. At 500 Startups we're always looking to connect with global ecosystems and bridge the gap to Silicon Valley- CESA is a great catalyst in this effort."
- Tanya Soman, Venture Partner at 500 Startups, Jury and Speaker at CESA 2017.

"It is great to be noticed, and even better to be recognized – giving the team some satisfaction for the hard work put in. This recognition helped us in a great way with validating our solution to both partners and customers, we have heard from people they have noticed the award and were curious about us. We were in the middle of closing our seed round when we received this award so it was a nice boost when going through the investment process."
- Ingi Rafn Sigurdsson, CEO at Karolina Fund (Regional winner of "Best Social Tech Startup" category in 2016 at Nordic Startup Awards) - from Iceland

“We are very humbled and deeply honored by it. I think this award is quite important to us. It is a great testament of the technology that we have developed over the last four and a half years, so it is hugely appreciated.”
- Brian Munkholm, VP of Engineering at Realm (Regional winner of "Startup of the Year" category in 2016 at Nordic Startup Awards) - from Denmark

"Nordic Startup Awards is a great organization because they recognize startups and make them visible. If they want to have success, they need this visibility; they need customers, investors and everyone to have a reference to them. Nordic Startup Awards is really helping them with that."
- Anette Nørgaard, NextGen AMM at Microsoft, sponsor of Nordic Startup Awards

"Winning a category award at the Central European Startup Awards really increased our international recognition. We got several requests to collaboration by potential investors, start-up accelerators and other enterprise developing organisations."
- Krisztian Imre, CEO of EVA Vision, winner of “Best Newcomer” category in 2017 at CESAwards - from Hungary

"Winning the Central European Startups Awards provided a boost in my efforts to successfully open Credo's Silicon Valley office: it helped me to stand out from the crowd in the eyes of U.S. investors and pay more attention to our startups"
- Andrej Kiska, Partner at Credo Ventures (Regional winner of the "Investor of the Year" category in 2016 at Central European Startup Awards) - from Slovakia

“We got recognition from the press which was really valuable. Also, almost one year after winning, we still get networking opportunities with investors. For example we recently got the chance to sit down with some representatives from AUDI’s management, to show them how we work and what are we working on. It was pretty great :) And without CESAwards we would not have had that opportunity.”
- Péter Lukács, CEO & Co-Founder at Nostromo (Regional winner of "Best User Experience" category in 2016 at Central European Startup Awards) - from Hungary

“Puzl CowOrKing has the ambition is to grow across Central and Eastern Europe. Winning the CESAwards has been a great boost for us. It has given us credibility in the region and has opened us many doors.”
- Thibaut Taittinger, Co-Founder of Puzl CowOrKing (Regional winner of the “Best Coworking Space” category in 2017 at Central European Startup Awards.) - from Bulgaria

"In 2016 Huge Thing won the "Best Acceleration / Incubation Program" category at the Central European Startup Awards. Thanks to the received award, we have become more recognized outside the country. Many great startups came to us thanks to this nomination. It was also appreciated by experts who became mentors in our program. CESAwards is a competition connecting best ideas, big technologies, and a great community!"
- Paulina Ignatowska-Zaremba, Program Executive at Huge Thing Accelerator (Regional winner of "Best Acceleration / Incubation Program" category in 2016 at Central European Startup Awards) - from Poland

"Central European Startup Awards is a great opportunity for SAP to see who the movers and shakers of the local start-up scene are. It gives us a good understanding of who is doing what in specific technology domains. A big bonus is that we get to meet and engage with the teams."
- Nicholas Magyar-Zimmerman, COO of SAP Labs Hungary, sponsor of Central European Startup Awards

"Within our project EO CLIMLAB, realized for European Space Agency, we had one of the tasks to built strong startup community based on events, hackhatons in Central and Eastern Europe. Without the strong support and good expertise of Central European Startup Awards it would have never ever happened - they helped us how to work with startups in each stage of their incubation and acceleration, joined our startups with potential investors and mentored us how to built quite good network of new companies around Earth observation. We together showed that it is possible. It was also possible because Central European Startup Awards supported us with a great marketing job and social media presence."
- Jacek Kujawa, CEO of Omnilogy, sponsor of Central European Startup Awards

"Central European Startup Awards connected us to the management of a major automotive company in their program where they visited innovative companies in the CEE region. We had a nice chat, they liked our product, and now we are in the middle of a really exciting project with the HR department. The kind of connection makers like Central European Startup Awards are the missing links from the Central-Eastern European startup ecosystem."
- Tamás Terray, co-founder of Quantified.Company, nominee of "Best Social Impact Startup" at Central European Startup Awards 2016 - from Hungary

"I had been expecting to meet a lot of inspiring people, innovators and visionaries, and get to know their stunning ideas... and I did! It’s one of those events that are a must in our industry, and for all the good reasons.”
- Magdalena Kwoska, Project Lead at PwC Startup Collider, sponsor of Central European Startup Awards - from Poland

"Winning the Central European Startups Awards was not only a recognition for our work in South East Europe but also strengthened our brand among startups and investors."
- Rumen Iliev, Partner at LAUNCHub, winner of "Investor of the Year" category at Central European Startup Awards in 2017 - from Bulgaria

"It was a great honor to be awarded by CESA and be recognized as a successful startup founder. That gives me extra motivation to keep up the good job. I even had a bank reaching out to me saying: you've got a great PR. We don't care about your product. We just want to work with you." - Sara Koslinska, Co-Founder and CEO of Limitless, winner of "Founder of the Year" catergory at Central European Startup Awards in 2017 - from Poland"It is great to be noticed, and even better to be recognized – giving the team some satisfaction for the hard work put in. This recognition helped us in a great way with validating our solution to both partners and customers, we have heard from people they have noticed the award and were curious about us. We were in the middle of closing our seed round when we received this award so it was a nice boost when going through the investment process."
- Ingi Rafn Sigurdsson, CEO at Karolina Fund (Regional winner of "Best Social Tech Startup" category in 2016 at Nordic Startup Awards) - from Iceland

"Central European Startup Awards connected us to the management of a major automotive company in their program where they visited innovative companies in the CEE region. We had a nice chat, they liked our product, and now we are in the middle of a really exciting project with the HR department. The kind of connection makers like Central European Startup Awards are the missing links from the Central-Eastern European startup ecosystem."
Tamás Terray, co-founder of Quantified.Company, nominee of "Best Social Impact Startup" at Central European Startup Awards 2016 - from Hungary

"Being a two-time winner of the Central European Startup Awards 'Best Coworking Space' category in Hungary was a great opportunity for Loffice. Being there at the Global Startup Awards and Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was an awesome occasion to make new friends, clients and partners and get to know some international best practices from the coworking scene and the global startup ecosystem. CESA is more than just a competition - it brings the whole startup ecosystem together in the CEE region and represents the key values that we have in common.”
- Kata Klementz, co-founder of Loffice, winner of the “Best Coworking Space” category in 2015 & 2016 - from Hungary

"Winning the category "Best Fintech Startup" at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards means being able to showcase what our company is about and our capabilities to the whole ecosystem."
- Ray Refundo, Founder of Qwikwire (Regional winner of "Best FinTech Startup" category in 2016 at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards) - from the Philippines

"The recognition as a winner in both the national and the regional round opens doors for business oppurtunities"
- Albert Alexander, CEO at Glueck Technologies (Regional winner of "Best Deep Tech/AI/Big Data Startup" category in 2016 at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards) - from Malaysia

"Winning in the regional round is a humbling and powerful experience at the same time."
- Tan Yong Meng. CEO at buildeasy (Regional winner of "Best Newcomer" category in 2016 at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards) - from Malaysia

"ARBSAwards is a truly amazing experience for me and my team. Winning gives us a new spirit and motivation to be bigger and more impactful than before. I think ARBSA gives us the strength to have more impact on the Indonesian society, and possibly also on other countries in the Asean region as well."
- Adi Saifullah Putra, CEO at Mallsampah (Regional winner of "Best Social Impact Startup" category in 2016 at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards) - from Indonesia

"Recognition is the key. Not only for the award, but it helps expanding our service to mass audience"
- Jeevan Kumar, CEO at Zoom Malaysia (Regional winner of "People's Choice" category in 2016 at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards) - from Malaysia

"We were happy that we were recognized for the positive impact we are bringing to people's life, study and work."
- Steve Munroe, CEO at Hubud (Regional winner of "Best Coworking Space" category in 2016 at Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards) - from Indonesia