🌐 Cybersecurity Bootcamp 2024 is a multisession, hybrid programme for startups exploring the UK market. The core content is delivered online from 26-28 November, after which chosen startups will join us in London 🇬🇧 from 9-12 December for in-person business development meetings, networking 🤝, and presenting to selected VC and corporate partners.

💡 UK Cybersecurity Bootcamp 2024 content is provided free of charge! The in-person programme runs alongside Black Hat Europe 2024 in London, giving you additional access to its opportunities 🌟.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, a company must:

• Be based in Europe or Israel 🌍
• Offer a product-based cybersecurity solution for B2B/Enterprise 💼
• Have existing commercial traction 📈
• Demonstrate a plan to scale/fundraise in the UK 💰
• Have a passionate management team committed to participating in both the virtual and in-market programme.

Benefits

• Understand the UK cybersecurity landscape 🔍
• Receive expert feedback on your product or business model 🛠️
• Gain exposure to UK corporates, customers, and investors 💼
• Engage in peer-to-peer learning, and connect with mentors and founders 🤝✨

Register 👉🏼 here by 31-10-2024

Back to the basics.

Tesonet is launching an AI hackathon designed to bring out the best in you, with the ambition to find promising ideas and spotlight talents.

We want to bring nothing but ideas and computers into some small place. Close off over the weekend and hack into the night. AI-only. ️

Register 👉🏼

Join us for our free legal clinic on 24 September to discuss any legal questions you might have! Each startup is eligible to book a one-hour time slot for online meeting. Our team of startup experts, as well as other legal professional, will provide a personalised legal guidance tailored to the nature of your question.

Attending the clinic is free of charge. The clinic will take place via MS Teams. Please use the provided location link that you will receive in the confirmation letter.

In case of any questions, please contact Justina Budžiūtė [email protected]

Secure your spot here

 

 

ESG in Action is a recognition awarded by Deloitte Baltics for the best sustainability reports in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. 🌍 It aims at identifying and rewarding excellence in sustainability reporting in the Baltics and promoting transparency, comparability, completeness, and clarity within non-financial information disclosures. 📊

Companies and organizations are invited to submit their sustainability reports by the 15th of September 🗓️, and the following nominations are available for participation:

The Best Sustainability Report in the Baltics 🏆

• Small companies (including micro companies) have an annual turnover of up to 10 million EUR, average balance sheets of up to 5 million EUR, and fewer than 50 employees. 👥
• Medium companies have an average net turnover of more than 10 million and up to 50 million EUR, average balance sheets up to 25 million EUR, and fewer than 250 employees. 📈
• Large companies exceed 2 out of 3 criteria - average net turnover of at least 50 million EUR, average balance sheets of at least 25 million EUR, and at least 250 employees. 💼

Rising Star (for companies reporting for the 1st time) 🌟

• The categories may be merged if a few reports are submitted for one of the categories.
  Why it is worth participating in the contest? 🤔
• Increase the company’s recognition and brand awareness in the sustainability field. 🌱
• Have a unique chance to receive unbiased feedback about the submitted report. 📝
• Receive individualized suggestions and recommendations that will positively impact your future ESG reporting. 💡

Reports submitted for the contest and the jury feedback on the reports will not be additionally published or made available to the public at large. 🔒

Register here by 15th of September, 2024

🌟 A Unique Opportunity for Baltic Startups to Shine on the Global Stage 🌍

The AI for Good Innovation Factory Baltics 2024 is a competition designed to harness the power of AI to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Startups from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are invited to join this transformative experience. 🚀 The event will feature both virtual and in-person workshops and pitching sessions, concluding on December 6th at the Innovation Factory Baltics in Riga. 🏙️ The winner will advance to compete in the AI for Good Grand Finale in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2025. ✈️

Event Highlights:

• AI for Good Innovation Factory Baltics: December 6th, 2024 📅
• Application Deadline: October 5, 2024 ⏰
• Online Educational Workshops: October 8 - November 5, 2024 💻
• Semi-final: November 14, 2024, in Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
• Participation: FREE for all registered startups 🎉

Prize Package:

• Leaders Pass: Access key events at the AI for Good Global Summit 2025. 🎟️
• Global Exposure: Showcase your startup on an international stage. 🌐
• Accelerated Growth: Fast-track entry into a top accelerator. ⚡
• Exclusive Resources: Enhance operations and security with valuable memberships and services. 🔑
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with global leaders and potential partners. 🤝

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to accelerate your startup's growth and showcase your innovative solutions on a global stage! 🌟 Determine which SDGs your AI solution targets, complete the registration form, and join us to make a significant impact.

Register now here. 📝

This contest is designed to boost innovators and disruptive thinkers! 🚀

We believe that what entrepreneurs need the most is practice, mentoring, and opportunities. 💡
If you have a disruptive idea, top-flight pitching skills and a convincing value proposition, you’re already ahead of the pack. 👏
B2B Rocks and partners will make sure you get lots of visibility with investors in addition to other valuable prizes & winning opportunities! 🏆

The jury for this year's World Pitch Contest: SaaS/AI Edition will include:

• Solene Brebant, Balderton
• Itxaso Del Palacio, Notion Capital
• Ferdinand Dansard, Earlybird
• Anais Monlong, IRIS
• Johanna Diaz, ActuIA
• Daphné Leprince-Ringuet, Sifted 🌟

👉🏼 Apply by September 3, 2024 http://bit.ly/B2BR24-Apply

If you're an innovative, early-stage startup making the agricultural and food industries greener and more sustainable, the EBRD AgVenture competition could be for you!

We want to hear from young agrifood tech businesses operating in EBRD investment regions and focusing on greening the agrifood sector. 🌍

🏆 What Will You Win?

• Tailored Advisory Service: Through the EBRD Star Venture programme worth €80,000 for winners and €50,000 for runners-up.
  • Systematic business diagnostic assessment
  • Customised advisory support from consultants
  • Online/in-person mentoring sessions
  • Access to finance opportunities
• €10,000 Reimbursable Grant: For business growth needs
• Visibility: At global agrifood tech forums
• Networks: Links to the EBRD and other networks

✅ Are You Eligible?

Apply if:

• Your startup aims to improve environmental sustainability in the agrifood tech sector 🌾
• Most operations are in EBRD investment regions 🌐
• Annual turnover is up to €1 million 💶
• In business for less than 10 years 🚀
• Product/service has a Technology Readiness Level of 7-9 (per Horizon 2020) 🔧

📅 How to Apply

Interested startups can apply here.

Timeline (2024 Intake)

• Deadline: 19th August 2024 at 23:59 BST 🕛
• Preliminary Selection: Notification and invitation to a pitching session
• 8-Minute Pitch: Initial pitch to a panel of experts
• Finalists Notification: 6 finalists invited to pitch on 30th September 2024 at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London 🇬🇧
• Pitch Training: Online session for finalists
• Final Pitch: Presentation of three winners and three runners-up on 30th September 2024 at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

Winners will receive 18 months of support from the EBRD to disseminate the EBRD AgVenture awards package.

Takeaways: 📌

🚀 Meta, Hugging Face, and Scaleway announce a new AI accelerator program for European startups looking to integrate open foundation models into their products.

🌍 A select number of European startups will gain access to cutting-edge open models and resources in the field of AI, accelerating the EU AI ecosystem and shaping the next wave of innovation.

🗓️ Startups can apply until 16 August 2024 via.

🤝 Meta has been working with Hugging Face, an open-source community-driven platform that hosts machine learning models and tools, and Scaleway, a European cloud leader for AI infrastructure, on an “AI Startup Program” to accelerate the adoption of open-source AI solutions in Europe. Applications for the program are now open to startups from across the EU member states, with the aim of bringing the economic and technological benefits of open models to the broader ecosystem.

🏢 The AI Startup Program is based at STATION F in Paris, allowing European startups to benefit from the resources available at the world's largest startup campus. With the support of the HEC incubator, the program will accelerate five startups in the MVP or product stage, from September 2024 to February 2025. Startups from across the European Union are encouraged to apply, with a panel of experts from Meta, Hugging Face, and Scaleway selecting projects based on open foundation models and/or demonstrating their plans to integrate these models into their products and services.

🔧 The startups selected will benefit from technical mentoring by research teams at Meta Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR), the company’s artificial intelligence research laboratory, access to Hugging Face’s platform and tools, and Scaleway’s computing power in order to develop their services based on open-source AI technology bricks. This program follows the first edition of the accelerator announced in November 2023, which supported Pollen Robotics, who are using Meta Llama and Segment Anything models to develop an open-source robotics platform, Fringuant, who are developing a body scan technology for fashion retailers, and Qevlar AI focused on strengthening cybersecurity.

📅 Applications are open until 16 August 2024, and startups can apply via 👉🏼 here.

Mastercard Lighthouse is a unique partnerships program designed to empower fintech and sustainability & social impact tech startups, with the vision of 1 billion people living more prosperous and secure lives by 2025. 🌍💳 Through strategic partnerships, we aim to help these startups scale their solutions globally. 🌐✨ We are currently looking for fintech and impact tech companies for the fall 2024 cohort starting in September! 🍁🚀

In this free-of-charge and no-equity 3-month program, we pair scale-ready fintech and sustainability/social impact startups with advisors, banking partners, experts, and Mastercard associates specialized in bringing collaboration to life and pursuing strategic partnerships. 🤝💡

We are currently looking for startups from the Nordics and Baltics to join one of our two tracks:
🌟 Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV for fintech startups: https://mclighthouse.com/FINITIV/
🌟 Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV for impact tech startups: https://mclighthouse.com/MASSIV/

📅🔗 Apply on our website by August 11

Join our info webinar on August 5