Come, See, Succeed – The UK offer for startups

Hungry for success? Being the disruptive startup that you must be, you innovate the heck out of your field, and you are aiming to the UK market? Let’s meet then!

Take a regular Wednesday, season it with sweet topics such as funding opportunities, investors, tech hubs, accelerators, taxation and dress it with the possibility of entering the UK market. Do you fancy conquering the UK markets? Need a few hints on what the leading accelerator of the UK and US, TechStars seeks in Hungarian startups? Curious of some success stories and best practices?

This startup day - hosted by Hiventures, the British Embassy in Budapest and BCCH / British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary - provides you rare opportunity to discover the advantages of the UK as an investment destination for Hungarian innovative businesses. Come and hear great presentations about taxation or the hot topics and products of the UK market, learn from the best practices told by UK based Hungarian startuppers, and take notes during the pitching session where promising startups introduce themselves in front of multinational corporations.

Don’t miss – register now!

Agenda:

• 8:30 – 9:00 Registration
  
  
• 9:00 – 9:15 Opening remarks by HM Ambassador Iain Lindsay and Vazul Toth, Chairman of BCCH
  
  
• 9:15 – 9:30 Why to set up in the UK? Priority startup sectors, innovation ecosystems, advantages, investment schemes and funding, national support programs
  Presenter: Krisztina Gorog, DIT CEN FDI and Tim Luft, Global Entrepreneur Programme
  
  
• 9:30 – 10:40 Wired for success in the UK
  - Taxation, funding opportunities and schemes, investors, Brexit – PwC
  - Market entry requirements from UK technology hubs / First step to break into UK market - Startup Campus Soft Landing program- Gergő Gulyás, Managing Director, Startup Campus London
  - UK exit- advantages and disadvantages of one the most biggest fintech merge in Hungary- The IND story
  
  
• 10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
  
  
• 11:00 – 11:30 Round- table discussion: First-hand best practices from Hungarian innovative startups already present in the UK – Whitereport, Kinesis, Jaystack, Supercharge, Artconsious (TBC)
  
  
• 11:30 – 12:00 Pitching session in front of big UK companies in Hungary
  
  
• 12:00 – 12:05 Closing remarks
  
  
• 12:00 – 13:00 Networking lunch