SUMMERSAAS 2021

Pre-selection process

Flashpoint team identifies 5 SaaS companies per technology track within seed & late-seed stage maturity parameters*

*MRR between $10k and $100k and/or raised between $0.3m and $3m

Pre-Final VC panel

A selected group of 25 startups will present before a VC panel with 1 winner from each track progressing to final

Grand Finale VC panel

A selected group of 5 finalists will present before a Grand Finale VC Panel to select the best SaaS pitch

Winner Announcement

The winner is awarded sponsor prizes from Flashpoint portfolio companies and leading technology enterprises

09:45 – 10:00

Opening Remarks

Alex Konoplyasty, 
General Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital

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10:00 – 10:45

Pitch Session I:
VERTICAL AI

Ondrej Bartos,
Managing Partner at Credo Ventures
Eduard Mika,
Partner at Reflex Capital
Dmitry Galperin,
General Partner at Runa Capital
Vitaly Laptenok,
General Partner at Genesis
Sakari Pihlava,
General Partner at Vendep Capital

15-minute break

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11:00 – 11:45

Pitch Session II:
HORIZONTAL SAAS

Aleksi Partanen,
General Partner at Icebreaker
Todor Breshkov,
Managing Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures
Marcin Szeląg,
Partner at Innovation Nest
Markus Lang,
Partner at SpeedInvest
Enis Hulli,
Managing Partner at 500 Startups
Andris Berzins,
Managing Partner at Change Ventures

15-minute break

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11:30- 12:00

Panel Discussion:
Funding funds post COVID

Ali Ufuk Demirci,
Partner at IFC
Dillon Yeh,
Analyst at Asante Capital Group LLP
Bjorn Tremmerie,
Head of VC and Impact Investing, EIF

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12:00 – 12:15

Panel Discussion:
Insights by the founder of Chili Piper

Nicolas Vandenberghe

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12:00 – 12:45

Pitch Session III:
HEALTH TECH

Hussein Kanji,
Partner at Hoxton Ventures
Pirkka Palomäki,
Managing Partner at Maki.vc
Michał Rokosz,
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners
Zsolt Weiszbart,
Partner at DayOne Capital
Max Gurvits,
Managing Partner at Vitosha Venture Partners
Elina Halatcheva,
Managing Partner at Brightcap Ventures
Apostolos Apostolakis,
Partner at VentureFriends
Lisya Bahar Manoah,
Partner at Catalyst

15-minute break

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12:15 – 12:30

Panel Discussion:
Insights on key considerations for Fund Managers when changing their fund administrator

Nick McHardy,
Head of Funds, Belasko

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12:30 – 13:00

Panel Discussion:
Company set-up enabling secondary liquidity

Michael Szalontay,
Flashpoint VC
Mike Turner,
Latham & Watkins
Cem Sertoglu,
Earlybird
Scott Simpkin,
Seedrs
Cankut Durgun,
Marti Tech

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13:00 – 13:30

Panel Discussion:
Demystifying Venture Debt

Donatella Callegaris,
Flashpoint VC
Haim Zaltzman,
Latham & Watkins
Olga Kotsur,
Mercaux
Inka Mero,
Voima Ventures

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13:00 – 13:45

Pitch Session IV:
EDUCATION TECH

Marcin Kurek,
Managing Partner at Market One Capital
Dan Călugăreanu,
Partner at EarlyGame Ventures
Julien Coustaury,
Managing Partner at Fil Rouge
Aurél Pásztor,
Partner at Portfolion
Eva Arh,
General Partner at 3VC
Dmitry Baburin,
Partner at BVCP
Dmitry Kalaev,
Partner at IIDF

15-minute break

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13:30 – 14:00

Panel Discussion:
Latham & Watkins
Exits through SPACs

J. David Stewart,
Partner at Latham & Watkins
Christopher Horton,
Partner at Latham & Watkins
Oleg Bibgergan,
Managing Partner at Kismet Capital Group

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14:00 – 14:30

Panel Discussion:
Technologization of
Venture Capital

Daniil Kuzovkin,
Flashpoint VC
Amanda Jones Floyd,
Inreach
Gigi Levy-Weiss,
NFX
Andre Retterath,
Earlybird
Alex George,
Credo
Shmulik Shelach,
IVC

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14:00 – 14:45

Pitch Session V:
NEW ECONOMY/DEEP TECH

Lotan Levkowitz,
General Partner at Grove ventures
Filip Dames,
Partner at Cherry Ventures
Adam Niewinski,
Managing Partner at OTB Ventures
Michal Zálešák,
Managing Partner at Lighthouse Ventures
Jan Kobler,
Managing Partner at South Central Ventures
Stanislav Ivanov,
Founding Partner at Tera Ventures
Sergey Kolesov,
Partner at Impulse VC
Maya Pizov,
Partner at Amiti Ventures

15-minute break

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15:00- 15:45

SUMMERSAAS:
Grand Finale

George Robson,
Partner at Sequoia Europe
Alex Konoplyasty,
General Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Sandeep Bakshi,
Head of Investments (Europe) at Prosus Ventures
Natalie Refuah,
Partner at Viola Growth
John Curtius,
Partner at Tiger Global

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16:00 – 16:15

WINNER
ANNOUNCEMENT