7th November 2022, Vienna | On 20-21st October 2022, another successful Wolves Summit was held, organized with the Cooperation Partner, Vienna Business Agency and City of Vienna. For the first time, the event brought the CEE ecosystem players to Austria, ending up with 1136 attendees & 3932 scheduled 1:1 meetings in the span of 2 days.

Wolves Summit Vienna in numbers

1136 - attendees 

3932 - scheduled 1:1 meetings

799 - selected startup representatives

2172 - startup applications

307 - Investors and Business representatives

PwC’s Net Zero Future50 report is live

The CEE edition of PwC’s Net Zero Future50 report produced in partnership with Wolves Summit was launched during the event and is live now.  Discover the state of climate tech investment in CEE and meet 50 innovative start-ups which can contribute to net zero transition in the region. 

“In Central and Eastern Europe, sustainability goals have also become security goals. We have even more motivation to work toward the goals set out by the European Green Deal: reducing CO2 emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Net zero obligations and the need for energy independence and security will not be met by business as usual. One of the most exciting ways of making progress is to scale up the impact of climate tech solutions – and to match investor funding with climate tech entrepreneurs.” said Agnieszka Gajewska, ESG Leader at PwC CEE.

On top of the top 5, Svelte won the Vienna Business Agency prize

Vienna Business Agency awarded the selected company taking part in the Wolves Summit Startup Showcase a spot in the Vienna Startup Package, which is an intensive, 4-week program to help understand the Austrian market and build strong connections in the region. The program covers travel & accommodation expenses and includes individual coaching by industry experts.

5 startups were awarded by Demium:

• MiraiFoods AG
• SpaceCrop
• Make A Tronic Srl
• healthUapp
• Econutri GmbH

Five selected pre-seed participants from Startup Showcase are given the opportunity to obtain a fast-track to join Demium’s late-incubation program with a chance to get €150k euros initial investment, and a follow-up of up to €500k euros.

Special AI prize went to Synaptiq  

Synaptiq selected by the AI Startup Incubator team will be granted an investment board committee meeting with a chance to get up to €250k EUR funding.

"Wolves Summit should be a must for all startups due to its high emphasis on networking and the valuable people that attend and that you can meet and get inspired by. There’s also an amazing Pitching Contest and really cool workshops that you should check out."

Mihai Cata, Co-Founder, COO at Synaptiq.

The event wouldn’t have been possible without our partners! Let’s give a special shoutout to our Cooperation Partner Vienna Business Agency & City of Vienna as well other big supporters: Meeting Destination Vienna, Global Incubator Network Austria, PwC CEE, InnovX, EIT Manufacturing, Fulfin, Wielka Reklama, JWW, Hiventures, invest austria, AI Startup Incubator, weXelerate, Edworking and others. Thank you for supporting Wolves Summit this year!