The room is taking shape for The ScaleupFest 2026
Participants from seven countries are already confirmed, the programme is built around four themes, and the whole thing takes place across Budapest rather than in one conference hall.
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Industry leaders, successful founders, and expert investors sharing their insights at Scaleup Fest Budapest 2025
Richard Malovič
Founder & CEO at Whalebone
Gökmen Kavlak
Managing Director at Storyly
Gergely Bihary
Growth engineer at ElevenLabs
Benedek Tasi
Founder & CEO at Allonic
Rasto Hlavac
Founder at Minit Process Mining
Marius Istrate
Partner at 3VC
Kevin Morgan
Chief Investment Officer at Vesta Software
Balázs Szekeres
CEO at Perciv AI
Gabriella Mátyás-Kollár
Head of AI at Shiwaforce
Dániel Uszta
Head of Growth at SafetyWing
Peter Kolesar
General Partner at Traun Ventures
Gary Smith
Managing Director at Venture Corporate Finance
Martin Fabry
Fractional Chief Sales Officer (CSO) & B2B Sales Advisor at Fabry Ventures
Zenon Sliwka
Founder and Chief Sales Officer at Born Digital
Michal Novoveský
Chief Growth Officer; Former GM & Head of product at GA Drilling; Exponea / Bloomreach
Konstantin Bezuhanov
Founder at Evrotrust
Tamás Szkiba
Partner at Baker McKenzie
Alexander Sirakov
Head of Corporate Development & M&A at Paynetics
Tamás Kukla
Head of Product at Prezi
Zsófia Tóth
Co-Founder & CEO at Volteum
Marianna Szarkova
Senior Partnerships & Expansion Partner at Luigi's Box
Clemens Böhmer
Co-CEO at weXelerate
Russell Armstrong
Investment Director, Mergers and Acquisitions at Vesta Software Group
Martin Olczyk
Early-stage investor at Stealth
Urska Jez
Founder-CEO & GM at Transformation Lighthouse and RUJ VC
Zsófia Tomaj
CEO at Vantage Point
Robert Decman
CEO North America at Definic
Andrei Cosmin Munteanu
Co-Founder at Vest Ventures
Leonard Eldic
Founder; Co-Founder at SaaStanak and B2Coast; Konfi
David Robert
FMR Director of HRI at Boston Dynamics
Cristian Anastasiu
Managing Partner at Excendio Advisors
Andrei Muresan
Head of People at Datapao
Lourenco Maciel
President at BÆRSkin Tactical Supply Co.
Yilmaz Karakas
Private Equity Investor at CEECAT Capital
Peter Balogh
CEO at STRT Holding
Márk Pálfalvi
Partner at Portfolion
Bálint Lévai
Owner at BioTechUSA, Netlock
Kamil Gajdzinski
Investment Director at MCI Capital
Barnabás Simon
Counsel at Bird & Bird
Brigitta Bánhidi
Executive Coach at Lead at Ease
Zsolt Somogyi
Founder and CEO at Parkl
Bori Főzy
Portfolio Director at Impact Ventures
Csaba Kákosy
Managing Partner at Day One Capital
David Polach
Principal at J&T Ventures
Péter Csillag
CEO at Gloster Digital
Zoltán Györkő
CEO at BalaBit IT Security
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News & Articles
Fresh stories, programme updates and insights from the ScaleupFest ecosystem.
Participants from seven countries are already confirmed, the programme is built around four themes, and the whole thing takes place across Budapest rather than in one conference hall.
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Five organisations with different backgrounds, networks and strengths are joining forces to make The ScaleupFest 2026 happen.
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ScaleupFest is intentionally more focused this year: 250 people, with most seats invite-only. Here are the four ways to be in the room.
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