Community startup ecosystem
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Adriapol Institute
Albanian institute founded in 2014 and based in Korce, promoting innovation, competitiveness and regional cooperation across Albania and South East Europe. It works through three divisions covering digital transformation, cultural industries and economic advancement, and delivers startup incubation, maker spaces and business support, including through the Triple City hub in Tirana.
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Anna Walkowska
Co-founder of coworking space TechHub Warsaw and active community figure, Anna has invested in and mentored startups especially led by women. She is known for early involvement in the Warsaw startup ecosystem and provides seed funding to startups emerging from co-working communities. Associated startups: Examples include involvement with Campus Warsaw alumni startups and various civic-tech projects.
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Barcelona Tech City (22@)
Barcelona Tech City is the leading private nonprofit association representing Barcelona's technology and digital innovation ecosystem, based in the 22@ innovation district (also known as 22@Barcelona). The 22@ district itself is a 200-hectare urban renewal area in the Poblenou neighborhood that the city government designated in 2000 as an innovation district, transforming former industrial land into a dense cluster of tech companies, research centers, universities, and startup spaces. Barcelona Tech City, as an association, brings together over 1,200 member companies ranging from startups to scale-ups and major tech firms, and organizes programs including mentorship, corporate-startup collaborations, talent development, and international trade missions. The organization also operates Pier01, a flagship startup hub located in the historic Palau de Mar building at Barcelona's port, and Pier03 in the 22@ district. Together, Barcelona Tech City and the 22@ infrastructure form the core of Spain's second-largest tech ecosystem.
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Budapest Startup Safari 2026
A distributed startup festival where Budapest's tech companies, coworking spaces, and VCs open their doors for two days of talks, workshops, and networking. Free to attend, with 3,000+ participants visiting 100+ venues across the city. Ideal for discovering Hungary's startup scene.
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Code Europe 2026
One of Central Europe's largest polyglot developer festivals, Code Europe 2026 runs as an online live-stream day (14 September) plus an on-site day in Warsaw at Stadion Legii (15 September), with talks across frontend, backend, DevOps, data, and AI. Its festival format and broad developer audience give startups strong employer-branding visibility across the CEE region.
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Creative Garage
Tirana creative ecosystem offering physical and virtual workspace, laboratories and facilities to students, freelancers, artists and companies working in the creative industries. It combines flexible desks with a Creative Maker Space equipped for 3D printing, and adds training, mentorship and networking aimed at creative entrepreneurs. It is listed on the Startup Albania national platform.
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DEV.BG Annual Conference 2026
Bulgaria's largest developer community conference organized by DEV.BG, with 1,500+ developers attending talks on cloud-native, AI/ML engineering, frontend frameworks, and career growth. Sofia edition features 40+ speakers, a job fair, and workshops. Tickets from EUR 30.
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Digital Nomads Conference Dubrovnik 2026
Europe's leading conference for digital nomads and remote-first founders, set against Dubrovnik's stunning Adriatic coastline. Covers remote team building, cross-border taxation, and building location-independent businesses. Attracts 800+ attendees from 40+ countries. Tickets from EUR 150-350.
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DOU Day Kyiv 2026
Organized by DOU.ua, Ukraine's largest IT community platform, this annual gathering brings 2,000+ developers, product managers, and tech leaders together for talks on engineering culture, career growth, and the state of Ukrainian tech. Features panels on rebuilding and scaling Ukraine's IT sector. Free to attend.
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Factory Berlin
Factory Berlin is one of Europe's most prominent startup and innovation campuses, operating from two locations in Berlin: the original Factory Mitte (in a renovated brewery near the former Berlin Wall) and Factory Goerlitzer Park in Kreuzberg. Founded in 2014, Factory Berlin provides coworking and office space to startups, scale-ups, and corporate innovation teams, but its primary value lies in its curated community of over 3,500 members and its extensive event and programming calendar. Tenants and alumni include SoundCloud, Uber's Berlin office, and numerous venture-backed startups. Factory's community team runs mentorship circles, industry salons, investor matchmaking, and cross-border programs connecting Berlin founders with ecosystems in Silicon Valley and Asia. The campus has become a symbol of Berlin's tech scene and a standard stop for visiting delegations exploring the European startup landscape.
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French Tech Barcelona Afterworks (MWC week)
Community networking evening hosted during MWC week in Barcelona, typically held at Pier 01 and connecting French founders and partners. Features informal pitches, drinks, and structured introductions with the Franco-Spanish startup community. Valuable for French startups expanding into Southern Europe or seeking MWC-week side networking.
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French Tech Krakow
CEE gateway hub running cross-landing programs with French Tech Lyon–Saint Etienne. Helps French startups build Polish R&D teams and supports Polish founders entering France.
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French Tech London
La French Tech London is a chapter of the global French Tech network, bringing together French founders, investors, engineers, and tech professionals active in the London startup ecosystem. As part of a network of over 100 French Tech communities worldwide, it works alongside French embassies and Business France to facilitate knowledge exchange and market entry between the French and British ecosystems. The community hosts regular sector events across fintech, AI, quantum computing, and deeptech, and helps French entrepreneurs soft-land in London.
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French Tech London Monthly Drinks (February 2026)
Monthly community meetup for French founders, investors, and operators in London. Typically held on the first Thursday of the month at venues like The Arboretum or Huckletree.
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French Tech Night (Web Summit week)
Networking night hosted during Web Summit week by the French Embassy and the French Tech community in Lisbon. Brings together French founders, international investors, and ecosystem partners for informal drinks and introductions. Valuable for French startups attending Web Summit and seeking warm connections with the Franco-Portuguese tech network.
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Ghent Startup Ecosystem Day 2026
Annual full-day event organized by the City of Ghent and Start it @KBC showcasing the Flemish startup ecosystem: founder panels, investor office hours, corporate-innovation matchmaking, and a pitch competition with EUR 25K+ in prizes. 800+ attendees. Free admission. Ghent is home to TechWolf, Showpad, and a growing AI cluster around the IMEC/UGent research nexus.
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ICT Cortex
Montenegrin ICT cluster based in Podgorica, bringing together technology companies and communities to raise the competitiveness of the national ICT sector. It works through research and development, cooperation between stakeholders and public-private partnership, and publishes its membership openly -- some three dozen companies including Coinis, Fleka, Data Design, Alicorn and the operator of the .me registry.
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Impact Hub Vienna
Impact Hub Vienna, founded in 2009, is a coworking space and community hub for social entrepreneurs and impact-driven organizations in Vienna, part of the global Impact Hub network. It runs 6–8 incubation and acceleration programs per year spanning integration, education, health, and sustainability, and has supported more than 500 startups across over 40 programs. The community numbers more than 550 members and includes founders, NGOs, corporates, and investors aligned around creating measurable social or environmental impact.
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Innovation Centre Banja Luka
Centre for entrepreneurship support and development at Dr. Mladena Stojanovica 4 in Banja Luka, hosting resident companies on site. Its tenants span software development, digital marketing, media production and natural products, and the centre publishes the roster publicly, making it one of the few Bosnian hubs to name the companies it houses.
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Kyiv AI & Data Meetup (Summer 2026)
Monthly AI and data-science meetup in Kyiv with 200+ ML engineers, data scientists, and AI founders. July edition focuses on LLM applications and RAG architectures in Ukrainian startups. Free. One of the best ways to connect with Kyiv's deep ML talent pool outside of conference season.
