Here are a few key pieces of information and links about Gdańsk and the regional Startup Ecosystem.
Why Gdańsk?
It’s one of the best places to live in the Baltic and CEE regions. With an inspiring culture, including the birth of Solidarność, and some of the best festivals providing both great experiences and business opportunities.
Gdańsk is known for logistics (6th biggest seaport in EU ahead of Amsterdam and Valencia), Energy (the biggest offshore wind energy farm in EU and a location for Nuclear Powerplant), and IT (The biggest Intel software R&D Center outside of USA).
Whom to know?
- Magda Wojtowicz - CEO @ Inkubator Starter knows who knows and makes us work together
- Grzegorz Borowski - CEO @ InfoShare organizes the biggest startup event in CEE
- Igor Subocz - CEO @ ValueBuilders runs pre-incubation of startup ideas and the biggest NoCode community
- Błażej Dziuk - CEO @ Startup Harbour grows a community of founders
- Dariusz Słodkowski - CFO @ Inkubator Starter is a financial guy who speaks English
- Jan Wyrwiński - investor (www.alfabeat.com) and founder (www.pilotgo.ai) - actively supports other founders with advice and connections - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyrwinski/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/akwoska/ Arek Kwoska - CEO @ Rebels Valley accelerates startups that raise funding
- https://mattkurleto.com/ - CEO @ Neoteric builds development teams with AI talent, mentors startups, connects people
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Startup Ecosystem
The Startup Ecosystem is organised by several actors from different backgrounds. They are all actively taking part in growing startups.
Gov and Community
- https://infoshare.pl/
- https://www.startupharbour.pl/