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

For seed and early-stage startups with tech4good solutions
The application will be open soon
Winners 2023 Details
Present your project to the international investors
Establish business contacts
Get media attention
Win a cash prize
Check out the Startup Contest winners!
A special prize for one selected startup
AI4SKIN has won the wild card for the seventh edition of InCredibles, a mentoring program for young entrepreneurs with vision created by Sebastian Kulczyk. Read more...
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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
Every Startup Contest Semifinalist will be granted 2 Startup Passes for Infoshare 2024, 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.
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."
"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."
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..."
"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."
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.
This year we are looking for seed and early-stage projects ready to present their game-changing products. Our contestants 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 01.03.2024
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 10.04.2024
Semifinalists announcement
Check our website to see which projects are going to the Infoshare Startup Contest semifinals held on the 22nd of May 2024.
22.05.2024
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.
23.05.2024
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 helped us to choose the winners in 2023. The jury for 2024 will be announced soon.
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