In-Person Event

Corporates & Startups: Unlocking the Synergies w/ Bosch & Founder Institute

Learn about corporate innovation and intrapreneurship

Date
Feb 23, 2023
Time
11:00 am - 02:00 pm
Address
Carrusel Club, ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“ 108 , Sofia, Bulgaria
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Corporates and startups can unlock powerful synergies by working together through partnerships, collaborations, incubation, investment and acquisitions. Startups are valuable in bringing innovation and agility to corporations, while corporations can provide resources and support to help startups validate, go to market and scale. Startups can also provide critical access to new technologies and markets and help corporates unlock new revenue streams. Bosch Digital & Founder Institute are co-hosting this event to give the 360 view on the potential of Corporate-Startup partnerships and share some industry best practices. Through its Bosch Startup Accelerator, the company showcases that the synergy between startups and companies is possible.

Are you working in Corporate or in Startups? Are you curious to learn more about Corporate Innovation, Corporate Ventures and Spinoffs? Bosch Digital and Founder Institute brought together the innovation leaders from both worlds to speak about the synergies between Corporates and Startups and share what's next in 2023.

 

Don't miss out on an insightful evening of dicussions and startup pitchings, hear from the tought-leaders of today and meet inspiring like-minded people. Register here to save a spot! The location will be announced soon.

Agenda

 

  • 18:00 Doors Open & Welcome Drink
  • 18:30 Opening
  • 18:35 Keynote by Dr Andreas Nauerz: From Disruptors to Collaborators: The Art of Innovation and How Startups Can Ignite the Fire of Progress
  • 18:50 Bosch Startup Harbour Demo Day
  • 19:10 Panel: The 360 View on Corporate-Startup Synergies in 2023
  • 19:40 Founder Institute All-Stars Pitching
  • 20:00 Closing
  • 20:05 Networking, Drinks & Finger Food w/ the community

 

Keynote Speaker & Panelists

 Startups

 

Moderators

Who should Attend?

  • Anyone who wants to learn more about Corporate Innovation
  • Anyone who has a startup idea or an early-stage startup and wants to learn how to partners with big orgranizations
  • Anyone who works in corporate and would like to learn how to engage with startups
  • Anyone who wants to network with the startup and innovation ecosystem in Sofia

 

Your Hosts

Founder Institute Eastern Europe: Founder Institute is a global pre-seed startup accelerator with chapters in 200+ cities in 90+ countries, a global network of 25000+ Mentors and a portfolio of 6500+ portfolio companies. The accelerator is the #1 place in the world to turn startup ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Application are open until March 26th, 2023: https://fi.co/program/sofia

Bosch Digital: Bosch Digital's mission is to shape the digital future of Bosch together with all business divisions. Their goal is to invent, code and create digital products, services and solutions that spark enthusiasm and improve quality of life. Bosch Digital is home to more than 10,000 unique and diverse talents around the world. Their agile mindset and working culture are a key driver of digital transformation at Bosch and gives both our associates and their ideas room to grow.  The company's inititive Bosch Startup Harbour enables early-stage technology startups to work together with Bosch Group experts and gain access to innovations, technology and business know-how, as well as contribute to the development of real business projects. The program, created in Berlin, Germany, has been successfully growing over the last four years and is now expanding to open the doors for startups from other regions, like Bulgaria in 2022.


 

For more information about the investors, accelerators, incubators, and tech events available in Sofia, see our list of Startup Resources.

Speakers

Iskren

Iskren Krusteff

VC LAW FIRM

Aleksandar

Aleksandar Hinkov

Community Evangelist @ BESCO - The Bulgarian Startup Association

Sinisha

Sinisha Djukic

General Manager @ Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Max

Max Gurvits

Managing Partner @ Vitosha Venture Partners

Ivan

Ivan Guberkov

VP & GM, Hybrid Work Division @ OfficeRnD | Flex & Hybrid Work Software

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