Meet your future partners and be part of a beyond border change! Learn the local business tricks, strengthen your ties in the region and scale up your startup internationally. If you're from the V4 countries: seize the opportunity!
Meet potential business partners from V4 region (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia) and gain access to the global market. Dare to change and bring solutions that have a real impact on society. One startup from each of the V4 countries will be selected by Design Terminal and its local partner organizations. Two people of the selected startups join a 7-day long training and mentoring program by Design Terminal in Budapest & a 10-day long mobility and networking tour in the V4 countries.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR
- The startup is based in the V4 region and one of the founders has Czech, Hungarian, Polish or Slovakian nationality
- The product or service can have an added value for corporate partners
- Two members (at least one founder) are willing to spend 7 days in Budapest and 10 more days in the V4 countries
- Startup has a real impact on society
- The team has the business and tech knowledge
- The startup has already an MVP and ready to work with clients
- The product or service is future-proof
- Their business is scalable
WHY CHOOSE US?
Network & community
You will have access to Design Terminal’s Alumni and you can also get connections to professional partners and other similar startups.
Accommodation & travel costs
Design Terminal covers all travel costs and provides accommodation during the training program and the mobility and networking tour.
Scholarship
Design Terminal provides scholarship for participating in the training program and the mobility and networking tour, without taking equity!
Workshops
Design Terminal offers a 7-day long training in Budapest with diverse, international mentors and workshops. Also, in each semester one local partner provides a tailored workshop and mentoring session with local experts and business leaders who will guide your startup and help in the further progress.
Business meetings
During the mobility and networking tour your startup will have at least 3 business meetings (12 altogether) per V4 country, organised locally by Design Terminal and the local partners.
2019/ spring
H4 – Hungary
Offers software tools to continuously improve quality and performance, mainly in the automotive supplier industry by optimizing the operational processes and eviting errors with audit management and quality or knowledge assurance systems. http://www.h4-software.hu/index-en.html
Whalebone – Czech Republic
Delivers a cybersecurity solution which protects network from harmful malware and access to infected websites. https://www.whalebone.io/
Virtual Everything – Slovakia
Creates VR/AR framework and software solutions to help companies improve and expand their sales, marketing, product development and employee training activities. https://www.virtual-everything.com/
Renderro – Poland
Secures a Cloud Workplace with big storage and notable performance that helps filmmakers, animators, graphic designers, engineers and architects to store their works. https://renderro.com/
2018/autumn
Aeriu – Hungary
The company provides a software, optimized for commercial drones, which facilitates inventory management in large warehouses with drones. The software works with almost any commercial drone instead of building hardware from sketch. http://aeriu.co/
Freya – Slovakia
Freya guides women and men on their journey towards family planning with actionable steps they can take now to have a family in the future. It is a personalized planning tool that starts with an assessment of health, lifestyle and priorities. Their plan is to offer guidance on financial planning, sharing success stories of women who combined their career and family and tips on talking to partner and family. https://freya.in/
Runvido – Poland
They provide the newest AR technology to help business customers communicate with their audience. The platform solves the problem of limited information transfer which happens in case of pictures, images available in public space. Thanks to Runvido we can expand the content – show, tell, present more on the same graphic item. http://runvido.com/
Aibrace – Czech Republic
The lifesaving bracelet prevents, or helps in, emergency situations related to cardiac, neural or respiratory diseases. It is able to monitor your heartbeat, breath, temperature and your location in real time, it automatically detects when something goes wrong and calls for help. In addition, it provides remote access to that data, so doctors are able to see how you feel. https://aibrace.com/