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Reflect Festival 2026
The largest tech and startup festival in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, attracting 3,000+ attendees to Limassol. Features a startup pitch competition, exhibitions, and deep-dive tracks on AI, sustainability, and Web3. Strong participation from MENA and European ecosystems, reflecting Cyprus's position as a bridge between continents. Tickets from EUR 100-300.
Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)
Cyprus's national research and innovation funding body, at 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou in Nicosia. It runs the country's research and innovation programmes and open calls, supports European and international participation including Horizon Europe, provides innovation services, and operates the IRIS portal through which applicants manage proposals.
Riga Startup Nights (Autumn 2026)
Monthly community evening organized by Startup Latvia and the Riga TechHub at the MadCity coworking space. Each edition features 3 founder talks, a pitch session with local VCs (Change Ventures, Overkill Ventures), and drinks. Autumn 2026 edition focuses on seed fundraising in a difficult climate. Free with registration.
RISE Powered by Silicon Mountains 2026
Two-day high-tech expo and forum at the Karen Demirchyan Complex where Armenian R&D companies, engineering teams, and research centers showcase products across cybersecurity, defense, and engineering. Organized by the Union of ICT Employers with the Ministry of High-Tech Industry, with three thematic forum tracks and 50+ exhibitor booths.
Road to START Hack & Summit 2026
Weekend hackathon and pitch competition in Barcelona for student founders, organized by START Barcelona. Features mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs, technical workshops, and jury pitches. Valuable for pre-seed founders and university teams looking to validate ideas and connect with the Barcelona startup ecosystem.
SaaStanak 2026
Central and Eastern Europe's largest SaaS conference, run as an immersive format where 300-600 founders, operators, and investors stay together at a single Adriatic resort for three days of talks, dealmaking, and side events. Strong fit for early-to-growth-stage B2B SaaS teams.
SaaStanak 2027
SaaStanak 2027 runs 24-26 May at Amadria Park Hotel Ivan in Sibenik, Croatia. The SaaS-focused conference draws founders, operators and venture capital investors from the CEE startup ecosystem, with tickets in past years selling out during the early bird phase.
San Marino Innovation
The Republic of San Marino Innovation Institute, with its registered office at Strada di Paderna 2 in Domagnano. It promotes the creation of high-technology enterprises in San Marino, certifies companies as innovative, enables the opening of incubators and the accreditation of certified partners, and runs the country's digital agenda alongside a blockchain and distributed-ledger programme. Gian Angelo Geminiani became its president in 2025.
Science and Technology Park of Montenegro
National science and technology park in Podgorica, known locally as Naucno-tehnoloski park Crne Gore, supporting innovation across every stage of company growth. It provides infrastructure, support services and programmes to startups, spin-offs and established innovative firms, and works on commercialising research and moving technology between academia and industry. It reports 46 tenants, of which 33 are startups or spin-offs.
Science Technology Park Belgrade (STP Belgrade)
Science and technology park in Belgrade, formed in 2015, supporting startups and growing companies in developing and commercialising innovative products and services, entering new markets and attracting investment. It reports that its member companies employ more than 2,800 highly educated staff and export to over 60 countries worldwide.
Seaside Startup Summit
Seaside Startup Summit is an outdoor, campsite-based micro-acceleration platform held on the shores of Lake Sevan in Armenia, combining an investment and deal-making platform, a startup festival, and a non-formal international business forum. Now in its 14th edition in 2026, it has run 13 editions over ten years, drawing participants from 60+ countries, roughly 65,000 attendees, 2,000 startup teams, and 500+ partner companies. It runs in-house programs such as Micro-Acceleration, Micro-Incubation, Pre-Incubation, and the FireCode Marathon, the last organized jointly with Armenian Code Academy.
Seedstars Summit 2026
Global emerging-market startup summit hosted in Lausanne, connecting founders from 80+ countries with investors, mentors, and corporate partners. Culminates in a pitch competition for the Seedstars Global Winner award.
Seedstars Tbilisi 2026
The Tbilisi stop of the Seedstars World Tour, a global pitch competition for pre-Series A startups from emerging markets. The local winner advances to the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland. Includes mentoring sessions and investor matchmaking. Free for selected startups, open attendance with registration.
Sevan Startup Summit 2026
A week-long startup bootcamp and networking retreat on the shores of Lake Sevan, combining outdoor activities with intensive mentoring, pitch sessions, and investor meetings. Attracts 500+ founders and mentors from the Armenian diaspora and international ecosystem. Known for its unique lakeside format and strong community bonds. Tickets from EUR 100-300.
SHIFT Business Festival 2026
The 11th edition of Turku's flagship business festival for C-level decision-makers, business developers, and growth-company tech leaders, with app-based matchmaking and an evening programme.
Sifted Summit 2026
The annual gathering for Europe's scaleup leaders, run by the FT-backed Sifted. Programming covers fundraising, AI adoption, and sustainability, with a strong investor presence and the Sifted 250 leaderboard — valuable for a growth-stage founder raising or scaling.
SIOS - StartupItalia Open Summit 2026
Italy's biggest annual startup conference organized by StartupItalia, featuring keynotes from Italian unicorn founders, pitch marathons, and the Italian Startup Awards. 5,000+ attendees in Milan. Free to EUR 50.
Slovak Business Agency (SBA)
Slovakia's national agency for small and medium-sized enterprises, based at Omnipolis on Trnavská cesta in Bratislava and operating since 1993. It supports SMEs at every stage of their business journey, and states its mission as fostering business growth, innovation and long-term development, having provided services to thousands of companies.
Slush
One of the world's leading startup and tech events, connecting founders and investors. Slush is an event organiser based in Helsinki, Finland. Organising events in the Events, Startup Ecosystem space.
Slush 2026
One of the world's largest and most iconic startup and investor events, held at Messukeskus Helsinki. Attracts 13,000+ attendees, 4,000+ startups, and 2,500+ investors for curated matchmaking, founder stages, and side events. A must-attend for any European founder seeking Series A-B funding. Tickets from EUR 500.
