Over the years, Poland has given countless startups to the startup ecosystem, but there are some which catch the light and shine. It is our honour to share with you the news that three of our Krakow based startups have been featured by EU-Startups in their “10 promising Poland-based startups to watch in 2020” article.…
It’s the time to girl up! New York Times in its 2018 article, which outraged millions across the globe,claimed, “there are almost as many men named John in American leadership roles as there are women”. While the lack of women in leadership positions remains to be a challenge in many domains, they are further outnumbered…
Calling applications from all women entreprenuers in Poland involved in innovative businesses that are changing the world for better. EU prize for women innovators recognizes women entrepreneurs who have developed and brought to market an outstanding innovation. It is a cash prize awarded every year to European women who founded or co-founded a successful company…
In a unique round of funding not involving VC funds, three banks in Poland have invested together in Autenti – a Polish fintech whose offer includes a platform for electronic agreement signing and digital workflow of documents. This is the very first joint transaction of such a type, carried out in the Central and Eastern…
Sustainable Fast Track Award Programme is an initiatove by the UK Government to support sustainable startups from across the EU. OMGKRK is helping the organizers of the programme by encouraging startups from Poland to apply. What is the programme? Driven by the UK Department for International Trade (DIT), the programme offers support for European businesses…
Are you organizing a tech event, business networking meeting or any other creative event focussed on technology in the region of Malopolska? You can apply for public funding! What is the programme? Malopolska has flagged off the 8th edition of ‘Małopolska – where technology becomes business’. The main goal of the program is to support…
According to recently released data, Poland is increasingly becoming a land of opportunity for those aiming to start their own business or looking for career growth. Sebastian Szczurek, a regional spokesperson of state insurer ZUS, has announced that the number of foreigners running a business in Poland grew by 4,500 people in the last four…
When it comes to funding, 2019 is all set to end on a good note for Krakow startups. A diverse variety of Krakow-based startups have been successful in raising funding this year drawing interests by the investors and VC funds that had earlier restricted themselves to Warsaw and other big cities. The latest Krakow startup…
Female-led ventures can apply now for the 3-month acceleration program and get free access to world-class mentoring, personal investor intros, hard & soft skills expertise, masterclasses and much more. This accelerator program focuses on startup development, founder development and one-on-one support. What is the goal of the programme? The purpose of Grow F accelerator program…
On 26th and 27th of November Dominika Walec, Head of Growth at #OMGKRK startup community along with Matt Delac from SheCodes had the pleasure to visit the European Parliament and present their insights towards running startup operations in Europe. They were invited by Stripe to open up more channels of conversation between startups and policy-makers.…