Check out how the 32 startups that participated in Startup Spotlight in 2012 have evolved and how being in this program helped them develop their business.

1. FOLLOW-UP
REPORT*
How to Web Startup Spotlight 2012
* 4 months after the program

2.  4 days of workshops, pitching, accelerator presentations, investment panels,
mentoring sessions and 1 to 1 meetings with accelerators and investors
 32 early-stage startups from 8 countries in the CEE region
 12 accelerators from Europe, USA & Canada
 20.000$ cash prizes
2012 PROGRAM
OVERVIEW

3. LAST YEAR’S
FINALISTS
http://2012.startupspotlight.co/finalists
32 startups from 8 countries …

4. http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/08/incrediblue-an-
airbnb-for-boats-wins-at-howtowebs-festival-for-
cee-startups/
… that all got into the international spotlight

5. PARTICIPANT STARTUPS CAME FROM:
Romania Croatia Poland Bulgaria
Greece Estonia Hungary Serbia

7. 1. “We have closed some deals
around developing tools on our
platform for startups at HTW”
2. “We have won IXIA Business Hitech
Contest”
3. “Switched customer segment”
4. “Found several interested
accelerators”
5. “Lots of feedback”

8. 1. “We have achieved some connections and with that some
deals are pending to start”
2. “We’ve got two offers for VC investment”
3. “We have a partnership, but not papers signed”
4. “We actually received several proposals to enter
accelerators. We did not shake hands because we chose
not to apply at the moment”
5. “The service we wanted to deploy on did not find the time to
integrate with us”
6. “Yes, it didn’t end up yet. We just agreed the termsheet
concerning an angel investment”
7. “We were accepted into Seler8er but decided to get traction
first”
8. “We have started negotiating with an investor. We didn’t
close the deal yet, the process is still open”

11. WINNERS’
PROGRESS

12. Incrediblue
(Greece)
• got investment from
OpenFund
• publicly launched
product
• launched “Geeks on a
boat” project at TNW
Amsterdam conference

13. GoodMomming!
(Romania)
• got accepted to
GrowLab
• moved to Silicon Valley
• rebranded product to
Early

14. Gameleon
(Romania)
• Got accepted to Eleven
• Got accepted to Mozilla
WebFWD
• signed partnership with
Softlayer
• won several pitching
contests around Europe

15. MavenHut
(Romania)
• Got 500k VC investment
• Won The Next Web
Romanian Startup Awards
for startup of the year, best
co-founder, best web app
• launched second product
• reached Top 100 Grossing
Apps (money makers) on
Facebook in Oct. 2013

16. “It was one of the better, if not the best conferences we attended
around this company. All the mentors and investors at the event were
very relevant. Also many of the people speaking did a great job! ”
“How to Web Startup Spotlight was one of the best events which we
visited in Europe. Really great guests, well prepared meetings with
mentors and investors, lots of opportunities to meet and talk with
people. We haven't closed any deal after that but we keep in touch and
work with lots of great people we met there. ”
“We found the experience quite useful in terms of mentoring
especially. Much higher level of mentors compared to any other event
in the region. ”
Sellbox
Useful at Night
Green Horse Games

17. Apply for Startup Spotlight 2013,
until October 20th
!