Building bridges in the V4 region 

Ready to expand your startup in the V4 region?

Supercharge your B2B company’s growth with our comprehensive accelerator program. Apply now to gain invaluable contacts, personalized mentoring, and access to potential business clients. Don't miss out on this life-changing opportunity—act fast! 

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Benefits

Business meetings 

Tailored business meetings with corporates and SMEs for the four finalists. 

Workshops & Mentoring 

Learn from the best. Mentors, experts of their respective fields, will help you with your journey with workshops, speed-mentoring - and for the final four - even exclusive one-on-one mentoring sessions.  

Networking & Community 

Access a colorful community of like-minded entrepreneurs and grow together.  

Scholarship

The four winning teams each receive a scholarship up to 1000 EUR 

Timeline

The V4 Operations lasts for four weeks – the first few weeks are held online, and the fourth week is offline in Budapest. For the finalists we offer:

  • personalized business meetings with potential clients online and offline with – altogether at least 12 from the markets of the four countries
  • continuous mentoring sessions in various topics, in addition also a series of private mentoring sessions with an experienced key mentor, dedicated to help you throughout the program
  • networking with the actors of the Czech, Hungarian, Polish & Slovak startup ecosystem
  • scholarship up to 1000 EUR
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    Mentors

    Emese Agg

    Global Growth Marketer and Founder at Do it right marketing, ex-LinkedIn, ex-Nokia 

    Martyn Eeles

    Executive Coach, International sales expert  

    Bence Juhász

    Economist by trade, but a public speaking & negotiation coach by vocation. 

    Elvira Kalmár

    Founder of The Go Beyond Project, CODP 

    Pavlína Louženská

    Trendspotter / Google for Startups Lead Mentor / Startup Scout 

    János Pap

    B2B SaaS sales, Data, Automation, Performance coaching

    Zoltan Vardy

    Startup Mentor, Founder-The Launch Code

    Daniel Vitary

    Co-Founder, Chief Revenue & Sales Officer at Makery

    Valentino Megale

    CEO of Softcare Studios, XR & healthtech expert

    Daniel Racz

    People's Swiss Knife, passionate about pitching and time.

    Application Deadline

    20 September 2023 

    Apply now if, 

     
  • you have a scalable B2B solution
  • you have a validated product-market fit, traction with users, well-defined business model
  • you target the international market and are ready for the expansion in the V4 region
  • you startup is based in the V4 region and at least one founder has Czech, Hungarian, Polish, or Slovak nationality
  • you have 2 team members who will dedicate their time for the full length of the program
  • APPLY NOW

    Questions?

     
    Drop a line at v4suf@designterminal.org and we'll get back to you in no time! 

    We love our startups

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    David Suslik

    OnSinch

    Acquiring many new clients since 2021, OnSinch is currently present in 10 countries in Europe and in the Middle East.

    “Surprisingly great and enjoyable 3-week journey.”

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    Matej Liptak

    Airlogy Labs 

    Since 2022, Airlogy Labs is cooperating with Daikin Central Europe, the market leader in the field of air conditioning and the Airlogy Kit is available on the Czech and Slovak Alza webshops.

    “Great opportunity to get to know ourselves and our company even better. Also, the networking, workshops and potential business cooperation are the great bonus out of this V4 experience.”

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    Mateusz Kierepka

    BioMinds Healthcare

    BioMinds was finalist in the category Best Newcomer at ViennnaUp’22 startup festival, paving its way for further European expansion, while their system is already available on various industry-leading virtual reality softwares. 

    “Transfer of knowledge and great fun.”

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    Bence Zwecker

    Munch

    More than 250 restaurants have joined the food rescue in 11 cities and more than 80.000 people have downloaded the application, making Munch one of the most popular food & drinks app in Hungary. 

    “V4 Startup Force paved our road to our regional expansion with useful contact and a lot of new knowledge!”

    V4 Startup Force in numbers 

    We launched the program in 2018 and since then we had 100+ startups of which,

    92%

    survived

    46%

    grew their business

     

    25%

    got an investment

    FAQ

    Any startup with a B2B (business to business) solution (above seed stage) registered in any V4 country (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia) with at least one founder having citizenship in the aforementioned countries.

    The entire program is free. What’s more, the 4 teams selected for the Startup Force program will receive a scholarship.

    We expect full dedication from two members of your startup (including a founder/CEO). The bootcamp is an intensive, 3-day event so that we can ensure that we select the most dedicated teams. While the bootcamp requires full-time dedication, the Startup Force program is 3-week-long and planned in a way that you have time to work a little as well. Plus, we’ll recommend who should attend a given workshop from your team.

    The whole programme will be in English.

    We are happy to help out with any questions! Just drop us a message at v4suf@designterminal.org.

    About the organizers 

    The V4 Startup Force program is funded by the International Visegrad Fund and is a joint effort of Design Terminal and its partner organizations. Our partners in the startup acceleration are: 

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