New East Tech Awards — an event intended for both startups and investors — aims to highlight the strongest players in the VC market and provide them exceptional collaboration opportunities, networking and resources.
Startups from the ‘New East’ (Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Balkans) as well as VC funds, business angels and accelerators investing in the region are invited to apply no later than Dec. 17 (click here).
The winners will be announced during the Online New East Tech Awards Ceremony on Dec. 22.
Startup awards
Startups can apply in one of the following categories: FinTech, HR-tech, MarTech, HealthTech & Wellbeing, Cybersecurity, DeepTech, SmartCity, ImpactTech, MetaTech, The Most Global Startup.
The winners will receive close attention from global venture capital and strategic investors, opportunities for investment, contracts in their own and other regions, as well as resources for development from international partners. Among them are two-year $5,000 grants from Amazon Web Services, one year of AWS Business Support, $1,000 access to Miro, tickets to EMERGE 2022, investments and bonuses from the Untitled Ventures, and other benefits. Winners will be awarded an NFT statuette.
Investor awards
Funds, accelerators and business angels can apply in one of the following categories: Promising New Investor, VC with a focus on Diversity, VC with a focus on Impact, The Most Active Accelerator, Exit of the Year.
Investors will be judged for their contribution to the venture business, the analytical and visionary capacities that enable them to execute successful deals and their networks.
Jury
The jury consists of experienced VCs and entrepreneurs, including unicorn founders, as well as mentors, experts and journalists. Among these jury members are such industry figures as Kirill Golub (Angels Band from Belarus and Lithuanian Business Angel Network), Konstantin Sinyushin (The Untitled Ventures), Denis Efremov (Fort Ross Ventures), Alexey Pospekhov (Missionech. co), Ilya Lesun (Vochi), Daria Reutovich (Rockstart), Oksana Pogodaeva (HR&ED-tech VC), Alexandra Govorukha (Sigma Software and UTEW Tech Tribe), Alexander Chekan (Palta), Elena Majuga (Flyer One Ventures), Anna Sholina and Alina Nilsson (Solyanka) and others.
New East Tech Awards was created by the team of the Emerge conference, the Solyanka agency, global community Rutech, UK accelerators MassChallenge and Central Research Lab.
