69 Companies have been Short-Listed in 13 categories for the annual “CEE X-Tech Awards”, set for 21 October, on the closing day of Wolves Summit. CEE’s top Tech and VC-backed companies will be presented with awards of acknowledgement, voted on by our independent Jury of 25 top execs.
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The following companies move forward to the Jury Vote (and Popular Vote via Hopin platform), with Winners to be announced on-stage at the Awards ceremony (Wroclaw):
Top Female Exec in Tech:
Kamila Wincenciak, PayU
Aga Maciejowska, PlanB Eco
Patrycja Strzelecka, Cash Director
Milda Mitkutė, Vinted (Lithuania)
Dorota Rymaszewska, HiPets
Viktorija Čijunskytė, PROFITUS (Lithuania)
FinTech or InsurTech Company:
CHERRISK (Hungary) Barnabás B. Horváth
TransactionLink Adam Łata
InsurWiz Technology Ltd. (Hungary) Ádám Ferenczi
Spoko EVGENY CHAMTONAU
Ramp Szymon Sypniewicz
kevin. (Lithuania) Pavel Sokolovas
Affirm Ric Szopa (he/him)
Gaming Finance Deal:
Huuuge Games
Creepy Jar
Games Operators S.A.
Gaming Factory S.A.
Gaming Company:
CD PROJEKT SA
TSGames
PlayWay
LIGames
11 bit studios S.A.
Game Labs (Ukraine)
VR Tigers (Ukraine)
Top M&A Deal:
Zip buys Twisto ! (May 2021)
KaraOkulta – An Amber Studio (Mexico) acquired by Amber Studios (Romania)(2020)
Netrisk.hu Group purchased Edrauda, UADBB.lt. (Sept 2021)
Polish shop platform IdoSell buy majority stake in Shoprenter, the largest e-commerce company in Hungary. (July 2021)
X-Tech Financing Deal – CEE:
Latvian translation start-up Lokalise Nick Ustinov closes 5 million euros Series A round
Vinted raised €250,000,000.
X-Tech Financing Deal – Poland:
SMEO Monika Woźniak raises 4 million euro
Cosmose AI raised $15 million.
HomeDoctor raises €3.7 million.
Infermedica raises $10 million (Series A).
VCC Live raised $2,400,000 (Series A from PortfoLion)
Sinterit raised PLN10,000,000 (Series B from EEC Ventures)
Blockchain Solution:
Ramp hits $300 million valuation in Series A raise
Orange and Smartkey launch smart city blockchain solution
DappRadar (Lithuania).
Warmian and Masurian region implemented blockchain.
Top AI Company:
Synerise
Cardiomatics
RealEyes (Estonia)
Infermedica
Minit (Slovakia)
Druid (Romania)
iERP.ai (Slovakia)
HealthTech/ MedTech Company:
Prodromus
Cardiomatics
Telemedico
Transportation/Mobility Tech Company:
Aimotive
ZitiCity
Nevomo
Quotiss
NextBike
Euroloop
Triggo
Top VC fund in CEE:
Kaya VC
OTB Ventures
Inovo VC
Earlybird (Digital East Fund)
Credo
Nordic Ninja
Market One Capital
Best Global Expansion of CEE Tech Company:
Kevin (Lithuania)
Tylko
Rezuro
Vinted (Lithuania)
Sundose