INFOSHARE
STARTUP CONTEST
Boost your startup at the biggest tech conference in CEE!
A competition for seed and early-stage startups with tech4good solutions.
Meet the top startups that competed for €20,000.
BOOST YOUR STARTUP
Win a cash prize
Compete for prizes worth €30,000 in total funded by the Mayor of Gdańsk. The main prize is €20,000 in cash!
Show your project to investors
Present your product during the pitch contest to the jury of investors and corporate experts looking for innovations.
Participate in the biggest tech conference in CEE
Get 2 Startup Passes for your team to access all Infoshare stages, matchmaking, and networking opportunities.
Establish business contacts
Join two days of intensive networking at the venue or side events plus 5-day matchmaking with 3 online days.
Get media attention
Attract media attention of our numerous partners, including top Polish media interested in projects being tech4good concepts.
Get Wild Ticket to InCredibles
Among valuable prizes, there is also access to InCredibles mentoring program for young entrepreneurs running startups in Poland. Reach for it!
Startup Contest Winners
EXTRA PRIZES
Prize winner:
A special prize for one selected Polish startup
Wild card for the IX edition of InCredibles, a mentoring program for young entrepreneurs with vision created by Sebastian Kulczyk.
Read more: InCredibles
Prize winner:
Beyond.pl GPUaaS $5.000 Voucher
Take your startup to the next level with a GPU as a Service from Beyond.pl - a perfect boost for your AI or data-intensive projects. Tap into high-performance NVIDIA GPUs and accelerate your growth!
Read more: GPU as a Service - Beyond.pl
Startup Contest Finalists
Startup Contest Semifinalists
WHAT IS STARTUP CONTEST ALL ABOUT?
Infoshare as an organization aims to share what is worthy in the world of technology.
Startup Contest takes place every year during the Infoshare Conference. It allows innovative startups to introduce their businesses to investors and one of the most tech-savvy audiences in CEE and win exceptional prizes.
It is a chance to achieve two goals: to support young entrepreneurs and their ideas and to speed up the delivery of products and services that change lives.
TECH4GOOD
We’d like to promote solutions that can make the world a better place. This year, we are again looking for seed and early-stage projects ready to present their game-changing tech4good products.
Our contestants must provide solutions in one of the following 17 sustainable development areas:
SCHEDULE
no later than 14.03.2025
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Apply to Startup Contest
Register and send us your application with a detailed pitch deck. We will choose up to 20 projects to compete in the semifinals.
no later than 15.04.2025
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Check the semifinalists
Check our website to see if your startup has been selected to participate in the semifinals. Only 20 projects will get this chance.
27.05.2025
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Pitch in the semifinal round
Get ready to pitch in front of international investors. You have up to 5 minutes to make jury speechless. Only 5 startups qualify to the Final.
28.05.2025
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Pitch in the final round
Do your best! You have only a 3-minute pitch and a 2-minute Q&A session with the jury board. Make it count! You can win the grand prize of 20k euro in cash.
Evaluation criteria
Business potential
0-10 points
Show your product and name need(s) it addresses, estimate TAM and declare your SOM, present your target client(s).
Team
0-10 points
Introduce your company's founders and key team members. Tell us who's missing.
Product level of innovation
0-10 points
Prove you are working on a real disruption, identify your competitors and mark all your strong points and their weaknesses.
Performance (semifinals, final)
0-10 points
Make sure your presentation is the best ever and the jury have no questions as everything is perfectly clear.
Startup Contest Jury
Meet the 2025 jury! Check out the experts selecting this year's winners.
Sana Afouaiz
Womenpreneur-Initiative
Magdalena Surowiec
Unfold VC
Sara Resvik
Endeit Capital
Piotr Grabowski
AC/VC Fund
Zofia Banaszewska
EVIG Alfa VC Fund
Anna Mleko
OTB Ventures
Gosia Karas
Attribute
Sam Baker
Planet A
Magdalena Olczak - Nowicka
DOV
Adam Radzki
Impact Angel Investor
Tomek Czapliński
SpeedUp Venture Capital Group
Borys Musielak
Smok Ventures
Magdalena Wójtowicz
Inkubator Starter
Wojciech Stramski
Beyond.pl
Agnieszka Meller
Infoshare
Grzegorz Borowski
Infoshare
Tomasz Pawul
InfoshareInfoshare 2025
The Startup Contest is your gateway to Infoshare 2025 - the largest tech and startup event in Central and Eastern Europe.
As a Semifinalist, you’ll receive 2 Startup Passes to Infoshare 2025.
Don’t miss out - discover the opportunities waiting for you!
Expert speeches
Learn from experts how to grow your business and how to impress investors.
Networking events
Expand your business network and have fun during our side events.
Matchmaking
Find investors, other startups, and a great number of potential business partners using the matchmaking tool.
WHY ATTEND INFOSHARE?
Ali Jamal
First Check Ventures
"I came to Infoshare to meet very great early startups. I definitely found several (startups) which I will be following up on and learning more about."
Dr Jules Hammond
Startup Contest Winner, CEO & Co-founder of BeFC
"I am really impressed with this exhibition. I've been to many exhibitions in my life, and this is really diverse mix of people, different technologies, innovations, and backgrounds. This event (Infoshare) really is a hub for technology and innovation."
Gabriele Poteliunaite
"It's fantastic! A lot of people, a lot of international investors. Super well organized, there are great startups and great investors. I feel like a lot of people (here) have a lot drive, inspiration, and passion to build something big."
Stefan Batory
Booksy
"What I love about Infoshare is that I always come here to listen to others, get inspired by their stories and I always leave with a new dose of energy. [...] I definitely recommend it! This is my favorite conference in Poland."
Aisling & Mark Kirwan
Startup Contest 3rd place Winners, Positive Carbon
"It was a great opportunity, we've met a lot of people who we're gonna get in touch with, that will help us grow our business even more, and... it's fantastic! (...) there's a lot of cool speeches about e. g. AI, tech ethics..."
Ana Wolsztajn
"I was pretty impressed with the organization, everything is on time, the side events are absolutely fantastic, and the matchmaking allows us to meet a lot of startups effectively. It works perfectly."
INVESTORS & PARTNERS
STARTUP CONTEST PARTNER
INVESTORS
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS
CONTACT
Infoshare
al. Grunwaldzka 472b
Olivia Four, 2nd floor
80-309 Gdańsk
Our office is located in Olivia Business Centre!