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| Vilnius is one cold, but good looking and safe city. |
2013 just began (I actually wrote 2012 initially lol) - long, wet, cold and annoying winter still shackles Lithuania. But boy, is our local startup scene getting hot:
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| Launch48 |
First ever Vilnius Launch48 Weekend just ended (~5 hours ago) in HUB Vilnius co-working center in Vilnius, Lithuania. During 48 hours event ~40 participants pitched around two dozen ideas during opening, from which 5 ideas were selected to the next phase. All 5 ideas gathered great teams around them, made lots of progress during weekend, worked according to Launch48 program and presented pitched on Sunday evening:
- 1st to pitch @ Vilnius #Launch48 were MyEvent startup - free web app for easily presenting your small or medium size events (I bet this would be useful for big events too) - check out MyEvent blog and Facebook page.
- 2nd pitch was from DiGi Done 3D startup. @digido_3d is a 3D prototyping solution for architects and designers. BTW - hey you designers, architects and other 3D modeling professionals and help themselves and DiGi by filling out this survey.
- 3rd on the scene were UNHOOK Facebook startup with iPhone app (and funny url unface.it) - well guess what, it helps you fight your Facebook addiction, duh. Oh, here is their Facebook page :) Team members are veterans of #LTstartups community and this was not their first event, thus no wonder they also won the 1st prize (from British Council Lithuania, if I am not mistaken, which could easily be, cause I was tweeting and not paying attention:).
- 4th presentation @ Vilnius #Launch48: ManoKaimynai.lt @ManoKaimynai - a social network to meet and get to know you'r neighbors. This team got lots of help from legionier from Estonia Martin @martinsookael and new partnership was formed between our countries :)
- 5th pitch Vilnius #Launch48: TOPchoicer @topchoicer interesting idea for web app / plugin for e-commerce sites with social recommendations for their shoppers and advice from experts about the products. These guys also landed a prize.
Previously this week 2 accelerators - rockstart.accelerator (FB) from Amsterdam and Oxygen Accelerator (FB) from London presented their programs in Vilnius, Lithuania. Both on the same day and almost on the same time, but in different venues lol. Great to see new faces and accelerators in Lithuania - I am sure this will be very beneficial to our startup ecosystem, more choices is always good. Whats cool is that they both tried new formats (not boring receptions etc) - rockstart.accelerator did their own Rockstart Answers "the smart peer-2-peer Q&A game where 5 startups and 25 experts come together to share knowledge" and Oxygen co-organized 2nd Hub Social, with local guest speakers plus BarCamp style open stage and networking.
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| Apply to StartupHighway now! |
Talking about accelerators - StartupHighway, @StartupHighway - our kick-ass accelerator based right here in Vilnius, just recently announced 3rd call for applications to the third class.
"You can start sending your startup ideas today (3rd January) till the 31st of March. The program kicks off on the 1st of May 2013. Apply early so we have more time to get to know you. Once you submit, your answers are no longer editable but for now you can provide details about the change by sending an e-mail to info@startuphighway.com".
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| Me presenting Start Karma project in Hub Camp #11 |
It just so happened that during Hub Camp #11 I for the first time ever I presented my new project - Start Karma. It was just a sneak-peak into the pre-accelerator startup founder's educational program that we are building. More info coming soon, be sure to follow us in Facebook, especially if you're a individual who wants to start a startup for the 1st time ;)
Also last week - Global Game Jam was rocking gaming communities worldwide. Two Jam's were happening in Lithuania - LT Game Jam Vilnius 2013 in HUB Vilnius co-working (check out pictures from day 1 and day 2) and Game Jam Kaunas.
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| Practica Capital |
Practica Capital is a venture capital firm in Lithuania established in 2011 by a team of entrepreneurs who exited their businesses and financial professionals. The firm manages EUR 6 mln. Practica Seed Capital Fund (Seed Fund) and EUR 15.7 mln. Practica Venture Capital Fund (VC Fund) established under JEREMIE initiative administered by European Investment Fund (EIF). The funds provide early- and later-stage financing to Lithuanian SMEs
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| YPlan |
Am I getting tired of listing all of this... And I haven't even mentioned all the startup and programmer meetups, seminars, conferences, Mobile Mondays... Well you get the idea. Help me out, check out upcoming Lithuanian startup events by yourself:
And follow tweets under #LTstartups hashtag. And/or join LT Startup's Community FB group.
Good night and good luck,
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