Budapest Startup Ecosystem

BEFORE THE LEAP

A burgeoning community of earnest individuals, eager to innovate and learn from each other and global best practices. Most funding options stemming from government money, few startup success stories to look to.

WHAT WE CONTRIBUTED

Mary and Lannie have been key supporters of Hungarian entrepreneurship since they entered the scene in 2012 at a fateful meeting in the offices of Digital Natives. In addition to working with Hungarian tech companies and development shop clients, they have also dedicated time and resources to building up the ecosystem of this special startup community, using their expertise and international networks.

Consulted and mentored many of Budapest's leading incubator and accelerator programs, including iCatapult, Traction Tribe, Digital Factory, Design Terminal's Techlab, and MKB Fintechlab
Supported Hungarian National Trading House to establish multi-year presence of Hungarian teams at SXSW
Worked with Consulate General of Hungary, New York to showcase Hungarian innovation at various events in New York and Boston
Founding members of the Hungarian Business Angel Network

WHERE THEY ARE NOW

The Budapest New Technology Meetup , where the latest local innovations can still be discovered first, celebrated their 10-year anniversary this year with a subscribership of over 4,000

According to Teleport.org, Budapest’s startup scene includes 221 startups, 181 startup events in the past year and a plethora of new coworking spaces and offices

There have been a handful of Hungarian companies that have reached global recognition (Prezi, Ustream now IBM Cloud Video, LogMeIn) - and we aim our sights at the next one

New corporate accelerators are popping up for big industry players to take advantage of startup innovations - Mary is proud to be working with the team at MKB Fintechlab as their Head of Startups