Krakow Startup Community Overview was presenting during IV Irish Polish Tech Innovation Forum in Krakowski Park Technologiczny on March 13th, 2019.
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3. Top Outsourcing Destination
European Union
Euro
Capital City
Post - Capitalist
Native English Speaking
Comarch IoT Lab 2018
Dublin - Krakow
Top Ousourcing Destination
European Union
Zloty
Non - Capital City
Post - Communist
Non - Native English Speaking
4. History of #OMGKRK
#OMGKRK debuts
at Startup Stage
#OMGKRK Discussion
Group created
First #OMGKRK
Summer Jam
networking party
Hashtag transformed
into Foundation
Supporting #OMGKRK
New team
1st Event Grants
website launched
1st Krakow Startup
Report
2013 2014 2016 2017
5. - Research & Development At Ecosystem Level
- The Pitch Weekly Ecosystem News
- Preparing Pre-Accelerator & Demo Day
- Innovative Krakow 2019 Report
- Formalizing International Partnerships
- Scaling Membership
Foundation Supporting
#OMGKRK Today
9. Current State Of
Krakow Ecosystem
Krakow Innovation Ecosystem Database
- www.omgkrk.com/database
- Open - Source Research Tool
- 350 records and growing
- Over 100 verified startups
#OMGKRK Reach
- +5,700 FB Discussion Group Members
- 2k Unique Website Vistors Monthly
- Over 20 Tech Organizations As Members
17. Recent Investments + News
-Zendesk acquires
Base CRM, the biggest
‚exit’ in Krakow
- CallPage raises
Series A with
Innovation Nest
- Archdesk raises
1 million USD from
Kluczyk Investments
- PerfOps raises
500,000 USD from
Finch Capital
18. Wawel Dragons
Cave Pitch
Event highlighitng 6 most promising
early stage startups in Malopolska.
This year with pre-accelerator.
19. Where To Look For Growth?
- Ukranian & Foriegn Founders (Top Entreprenurial Talent)
- AGH University (Top Technical Talent) and other Universities
- Krakow Enterprise Mondays / Startup Weekend /
Wawel Dragons Cave Pitch / KPT ScaleUp (Community Pipeline)
- Gaming Academy / Digital Dragons (Game Dev)
- Cyber Securty (CyberSec Conference)
- Small Software Houses That Go With Own Product
- Mid-Level Corporate Manger That Decides They Can Do Better
20. Startups x Multinationals
- KPT ScaleUp partners with Tauron, ASTOR & EMS
- ABSL Startup Challenge attempts matchmaking between startup
and corporations
- No formal #OMGKRK x ASPIRE partnership....yet
- Room For Improvemnet
21. Growth Challenges For
#OMGKRK
- Stuck between Tourism & BPO Sector
- On Periphery of Global Capital Flows
- Lack Of Leadership From City Of Krakow
- Small Funding Rounds
- Lack of Entrepreneurial Education
22.
23. #OMGKRK Mission
Build A World-Class Innovation Ecosystem In Krakow
- Popularize Digital Economy
- Create Content, Tools + Events
- Inspire + Educate Entrepreneurs
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