Boost your startup
Present your project to the international investors
Establish business contacts
Get media attention
Win a cash prize

Present your project to the international investors
Establish business contacts
Get media attention
Win a cash prize
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Startup Contest is a great opportunity for young entrepreneurs to present their ideas and get support for their implementation. We are proud that as a city, we have been supporting this initiative for 10 years by funding groundbreaking ideas that change our reality for the better. Gdansk has always been a city open to innovation and we want it to remain so.
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of the City of Gdansk
A special prize for one selected Polish startup
Wild card for the seventh edition of InCredibles, a mentoring program for young entrepreneurs with vision created by Sebastian Kulczyk. Read more...
Every Startup Contest Semifinalist will be granted 2 Startup Passes for Infoshare 2023, where they will compete live in front of large tech- and business-oriented audience and investors! The pass grants access to:
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.
Startup Database
Let your startup be found! Present your business to investors and potential partners in our database.
Startup Expo
Present your game-changing product live! Every semifinalist, if they wish so, will be granted their own spot at Expo.
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."
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."
Startup Contest 2nd place Winner, Animal Alternative Technologies
"It was an amazing event. We've met some investors, some potential partners. The startups were amazing, there was a very tough competition (...) really a great place to be!"
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."
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..."
Startup Contest takes place every year during Infoshare Conference. It allows innovative startups pitch their businesses to investors and one of the most innovative audiences in CEE.
We are looking for seed and early-stage projects ready to present their game-changing products. Our contestants should provide solutions in one of the following 17 sustainable development areas:
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.
How to win the cash prize?
no later than 31.03.2023
Startup Contest application process
Register for Startup Contest or buy Startup Pass and send us your application form with a detailed pitch deck attached. We will choose up to 20 projects to compete in the semifinals.
no later than 14.04.2023
Semifinalists announcement
Check our website to see which projects are going to the Infoshare Startup Contest semifinals held on the 24th of May 2023.
24.05.2023
Semifinals
Get ready to pitch in front of international investors and experts. Make the most of your 5 minutes. From up to 20 startups that have entered semifinals become one of the 5 projects going to the Final.
25.05.2023
Final
Do your best! You have only a 3-minute pitch and a 2-minute Q&A session with the jury board to win the grand prize of 20k euro in cash. Being one of the 5 best projects is something, but there can only be one winner.
Check who will help us choose the winner.
al. Grunwaldzka 472b
Olivia Four, 2nd floor
80-309 Gdańsk
Our office is located in Olivia Business Centre!