Join the main stage to hear local and international speakers who will present the most relevant startup topics.
Startup Fair. Adapt 2023 is organized by the Startup Lithuania – a division of Innovation Agency Lithuania. More information is here.
Main stage agenda
10:00–10:20 | Opening
• Aušrinė Armonaitė (Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania)
• Roberta Rudokienė (Head of Startup Lithuania)
10:20–10:50 | Founders' Talks: the Road to Unicorn
• Moderator: Roberta Rudokienė (Head of Startup Lithuania)
• Davis Siksnans (Printful co-founder, Managing Director at Draugiem Capital)
• Daumantas Dvilinskas (Co-Founder and CEO of TransferGo)
• Vytautas Kaziukonis (Founder and CEO at Surfshark)
10:50–11:05 | Economic Whiplash: Tech Cycle Booms and Busts of Silicon Valley
• Rick Rasmussen (Industry Fellow)
11:05–11:35 | Navigating Through Economic Downturns
• Moderator: Inga Langaitė (CEO of the Unicorns Lithuania)
• Pijus Makarevičius (CEO & Founder at Furniture1)
• Justas Malinauskas (CEO & Co-Founder at Whatagraph)
• Darius Žakaitis (Founder and CEO at Tech Zity)
11:35–12:20 | DeepTech - Our Strength and Resilience
• Moderator: Dominykas Milašius (Venture Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures, Co-founder at Delta Biosciences)
• Sandra Golbreich (General Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures)
• Alex Hamilton (Ecosystems Innovation Analyst at Dealroom.co)
• Žygimantas Susnys (Managing partner at Iron Wolf Capital)
12:20–12:50 | Undiscovered potencial in HeathTech, EdTech and CleanTech sectors
• Moderator: Kamilė Mazrimė (Head of Partnerships and Communication at Rockit)
• Justina Klyvienė (Founder at Health Tech Accelerator)
• Martynas Kandzeras (Founding & Board Member of the Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN))
• Laima Balčiūnė (CEO at Sunrise Tech Park)
12:50–13:10 | Unraveling the Largest Round in CEE This Year - $100M PVcase Series B
• Moderator: Arvydas Bložė (Partner at Practica Capital)
• David Trainavičius (CEO at PVcase)
13:10–13:25 | Aidapt
• Maurice Beckand Verwee (Managing Partner at Curiosity)
13:25–13:55| Breaking Barriers: AI-Driven Startups Revolutionizing Traditional Sectors
• Moderator: Kotryna Kurt (Founder and CEO at Linkedist)
• Dovydas Čeilutka (President of Artificial intelligence association of Lithuania and Staff Data Scientist at Vinted)
• Vita Sture (Founder and CEO at Semantic Intelligence)
• Mindaugas Eglinskas (CEO at Pixevia)
13:55–14:30 | What Sets Baltic Startups Apart and Catches the Eye of International VCs ?
• Moderator: Jonė Vaitulevičiūtė (Managing Partner at FIRSTPICK)
• Peter Sandberg (Founding Partner and CEO at Nordic Secondary Fund)
• Oguzhan Ozer (Principal at Earlybird Digital East Fund)
• Julian von Eckartsberg (Managing Director Europe at Burda Principal Investments)
14:30–15:00 | Early Stage Startups and Accelerating Programs
• Moderator: Dalius Misiūnas, President of ISM university
• Greta Monstaviče (Co-founder and CEO at Katalista Ventures)
• Alexandra Balkova (Partner & Head of Portfolio at Startup Wise Guys)
15:00–15:30 | Building a Baltic Unicorn with an International or Eastern European First Expansion Playbook
• Moderator: Kevin Lösch (Investor at Inventure)
• Povilas Rutkauskas (Co-founder of Brigital)
• Tony Honkanen (International Head of Expansion at Wolt)
15:30–16:00 | Decoding Go-to-Market Strategy in Turbulent Times
• Moderator: Domas Urniežius (Co-founder & CEO at GrowTech)
• Dalia Lašaitė (Co-founder and CEO at CGTrader)
• Tomas Montvilas (Chief Commercial Officer at Oxylabs)
• Andrius Juozapaitis (CEO & Co-Founder at Algori)
16:00–16:30 | GenAI - Empowering Startups with Limitless Opportunities
• Moderator: Edmundas Balčikonis (Co-Founder and CEO at Such Much AI)
• Laimonas Noreika (CEO & Co-founder at AskToSell)
• Kamilė Jokubaitė (CEO at Attention Insight)
• Dovydas Van Gucht (Co-founder at Laern)
16:30–17:30 | Pitch Battle Finals
17:30–17:40 | Startup Fair Evolution
• Roberta Rudokienė (Head of Startup Lithuania)
17:40–18:00 | Pitch Battle Awards