All you need to know: 300 words about IDCEE 2013

The abbreviation IDCEE stands for Investor's Day Central and Eastern Europe, which means that the conference is a place where startups can get to know investors. In the current format, the conference was first held in 2010, and since then has become one of the main events for people interested in innovation, technology and investment business.

What to expect?

This year, the IDCEE conference consists of three scenes :

• On the main stage, all key reports are held. Among the speakers are Daphne Koller of Coursera, co-founder of Mangrove Capital Mark Tlush, Google’s advertising leader Jason Bigler and many others.
• Startup scene - a surprise! - devoted primarily to startups. Here you can take part in master classes and listen to team pitches.
• This year, for the first time, a technical scene was organized at the conference, the unofficial slogan of which is “Geeks for Geeks”. Technical experts of all levels will gather here, from young engineers to CTO international corporations.

What can a startup get from IDCEE 2013?

If you are the founder of a startup and want to get media attention, fame and new users, feel free to submit an application for IDCEE. The expert committee will select the 150 best projects that will be placed on the largest Startup Alley in Eastern Europe and will be able to win important and useful prizes.

The winners of the traditional startup competition at IDCEE 2013 will receive € 15K for first place, € 10K for second and € 5K for third.

In addition, there are several additional nominations:

• Best Ukrainian Startup together with Bionic Hill innovative park (winner receives € 3,000);
• Best Interactive together with Bigmir.net (the winner receives an advertising package from Bigmir for 100 thousand hryvnias);
• Best Consumer Startup together with Yandex, prize - € 3K for promotion and advertising.

Crispy businessmen

For startups who want to make their pitch better and get expert judgment, the Startup Toaster platform is open. This is the scene on which your pitch will listen - but no longer than two minutes - to a jury of the most influential and well-known global startup accelerators. After that, startups will have to “fry”, answering questions.

The winner of the Startup toaster will have the opportunity to speak with his pitch in the StartupBootcamp accelerator without going through the standard pre-selection procedure.