The Jury is composed of: venture capital and other institutional investors in early-stage and growth-stage Tech companies; corporations with strategic focus on supporting X-Tech companies from CEE; Accelerators; Associations or key ecosytem stakeholders; exchanges that connect capital with companies; lawyers and financial advisors to CEE tech companies.
Hailing from CEE, western Europe, Scandinavia, UK, US, and Japan, our Jury members are highly-qualified to judge the merits of these CEE Scale Up & X-Tech companies.
Jury Voting
The Jury will meet at the VIP Jury Dinner (20 October, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm) one night before the Awards Gala, to review all final nominations, then vote confidentially for one winner in each of the 19 categories. Additional voting takes place on 21 October via the Popular Vote.
At the 21 October Awards Gala in the evening, the envelopes will be opened and winners will be announced on-stage.
Our VIP Jury for 2021 (to be finalized by 30 August), includes the following:
Hailing from CEE, western Europe, Scandinavia, UK, US, and Japan, our Jury members are highly-qualified to judge the merits of these CEE Scale Up & X-Tech companies.
Jury Voting
The Jury will meet at the VIP Jury Dinner (20 October, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm) one night before the Awards Gala, to review all final nominations, then vote confidentially for one winner in each of the 19 categories. Additional voting takes place on 21 October via the Popular Vote.
At the 21 October Awards Gala in the evening, the envelopes will be opened and winners will be announced on-stage.
Our VIP Jury for 2021 (to be finalized by 30 August), includes the following:
Patrick Young Chairman Blockchain Malta Association Malta 
Maciej Małysz Partner Inovo VC Warsaw 
Martin Ring Director Wolves Summit Wroclaw 
Noemi Malska Board Member 300Brains Warsaw 
Andrus Oks Founding Partner Tera Ventures Tallinn 
Peter Chudy Partner Central European Trust Warsaw |
Oliver Mahr Global Sales Deutsche Borse (Pre-IPO & Capital Markets) Frankfurt 
Stefan Angelini Founder Angel Advisory Melbourne, Australia 
Kimmo Irpola Partner Trind VC Helsinki & Tallinn 
Jarek Dudko Advisor/Mentor HugeThing Warsaw 
Tim O'Regan Managing Partner Penton Partners New York 
Andrew Samu Founder Digital Startup London |
Garth Holsinger Co-Founder StartUp Rocket New York 
Daniel Daboczy CEO FundedbyMe.com Stockholm 
Krzysztof Witkowski EYnovation™ Leader EY Warsaw 
Joanna Zielinska CEO Black Swan Fund Warsaw |
Kinga Stanislawska Founder Experior Venture Fund Warsaw 
Pascal Bouvier Managing Partner Middle Game Ventures Luxembourg 
Marek Dietl CEO Warsaw Stock Exchange Warsaw 
Filip Gorczyca board member Luma Holding Warsaw 
Diana Koziarska Partner SMOK Ventures Warsaw |
Jan Kastory Founding Partner Astorya VC Paris 
Mike Chaffe Director Wolves Summit Wroclaw 
Beata Young Founder #WomenOnIT Malta 
Peter Niklewicz Advisor Warsaw Stock Exchange London 
Marcin Sojda CFO New Work Offices Budapest |
