September 2, 2021
Online conference for SaaS companies from Emerging Europe, Finland & Israel
SummerSaaS 2021 – September 02 | Hopin
SUMMERSAAS in a nutshell
We strive to deliver an exceptional event for
the early-stage venture & SaaS communities
5 tracks
We cover Vertical AI, Horizontal SaaS, Health tech, Education tech, New economy/Deep tech
20+ investors
Top-tier seed investors from Israel, CEE, Baltics, Finland, CIS, and Greece
25 startups
Rising SaaS companies
in swiftly growing
technology verticals
1000+ guests
Hundreds of executives and tech professionals across Emerging Europe and Israel
About SUMMERSAAS
SUMMER.SAAS is an online event for seed stage SaaS companies
from Emerging Europe, Finland and Israel.
The competition is aimed to identify top seed companies and give them
an opportunity to pitch top-tier seed and late-seed funds.
The event is hosted by Flashpoint, an alternative asset manager investing
in late-seed and beyond from a variety of tailored products:
early-stage capital, venture debt and secondary funds.
How it works
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
Our 2021 VC Panel
Unique opportunity for founders to present
to a diverse group of venture capitalists
from Emerging Europe & Israel

General Partner
Flashpoint

General Partner
Vertex Ventures Israel

Partner
Tiger Global

Managing Partner
Launchub Ventures

Partner
Baring Vostok

Managing Partner
South Central Ventures

General Partner
OTB Ventures

Partner
VentureFriends

General Partner
Vendep Capital

Partner
3VC

Founding Partner
Tera Ventures

Partner
IIDF

Partner
Inovo Venture Partners

Partner
Maki.vc

Managing partner
StageOne VC

Partner
Sequoia Europe

Head of Investments (EU)
Prosus Ventures

Partner
Hoxton Ventures

Founding Partner
Fil Rouge Capital

General Partner
500 Startups

Managing Partner
Brightcap Ventures

Managing Partner
Market One Capital

Partner
Inovo Venture Partners

General Partner
Credo Ventures

Partner
PortfoLion Capital Partners

CEO
Genesis Technology

Founding Partner
Cherry Ventures

General Partner
Genesis Investments

Partner
Amiti Ventures

Senior Partner
Catalyst

Partner
Viola Growth

General Partner
NFX

General Partner
Grove Ventures

Partner
Day One Capital

Managing Partner
Cornerstone

Partner
Early Game Ventures

General Partner
Icebreaker.vc

Managing Partner
Lighthouse Ventures

Partner
Innovation Nest

Partner
Speedinvest

Managing Partner
Change Ventures

Partner
Runa Capital

General Partner
State of Mind Ventures

Managing Partner
Gefen Capital

General Partner
Vitosha Venture Partners
Program
2 September 2021 / Thursday
all-time is BST / London
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 SzelÄ…g,
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
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