If you are building an AI-first company in Europe and preparing for your next raise, TechVillage puts you in the right room - with active investors ready for serious conversations.
Present your company through a 20-min format that gives you more than a quick pitch and a polite applause.
Connect directly with founders facing similar questions around growth, GTM, fundraising, and leaders who can move the needle.
Get questions that help you see how investors understand your business, your market, and your round.
Leave with clearer next steps, stronger relationships, and investor conversations.
Before TechVillage, founders take part in preparation sessions designed to sharpen the pitch and arrive with the right context. Investor profiles are shared in advance, including their focus areas, recent investments, and interests - so founders can prepare for more relevant conversations from the start.
During the event, each selected company takes part in a structured 20-minute session. You start with a concise founder pitch, then move into deeper Q&A around the business model, go-to-market, fundraising plans, cap table, and round structure. The goal is to give investors enough depth to understand the opportunity properly.
TechVillage is built for the moments inside the agenda - and for everything that happens between them. Shared meals, coffee breaks, walks, open-air dinners, and late conversations around the table all create space for people to connect more naturally.
The support does not end when the sessions close. TechVillage helps founders and investors continue the right conversations after the event, facilitating follow-up where there is mutual interest and providing support as next steps begin to take shape.
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Primarily EU, Eastern Partnership countries (EaP) and Western Balkans startups.
To ensure a high-quality cohort, attendance is by application only.
Submit a brief application telling us about your startup, current traction, and why you believe TechVillage is right for you.
The TechVillage team reviews applications for basic fit: AI-first relevance, company stage, traction and fundraising readiness.
Shortlisted founders are invited for a short meeting before final selection - making sure the room has the right mix of sectors, stages, geographies, and investment relevance.
Selected founders receive confirmation, participation details, and payment instructions to secure their place at TechVillage.
Before the event, founders join preparation sessions, refine their pitch, and receive investor profiles to better understand who will be in the room.
Participants arrive in Moldova ready for a curated three-day experience of meaningful founder-investor conversations.
Applications are open until July 31
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