AI Startup Incubator

29/06/2026

🚀 Excited to join this year's Summer Pitch CEE by Vestbee with our Principal Veronika Argust!

If you're building a high-growth startup in Central & Eastern Europe and are currently raising (or planning to raise) a Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A round - we'd love to hear from you.

Selected founders will have the opportunity to showcase their company to hundreds of investors, including Look AI Ventures.

⏰ Last call: Applications close on June 28 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vC6xmz

12/06/2026

🔔 Investment Announcement 🔔
Thrilled to share our latest investment in Checkstep, a London-based platform using AI to help online platforms manage Trust & Safety at scale.

💸 Checkstep raised £3M, led by Alea Capital Partners with participation from Slow Ventures and Look AI Ventures.

Trusted by customers including Trustpilot, JustGiving, Daily Mail, and MoneySavingExpert, Checkstep processes more than 60M pieces of content each month and automates over 98% of moderation decisions with full auditability. 🌐

"Checkstep sits at the intersection of two powerful tailwinds: the explosion of user-generated content and the increasing regulatory burden on online platforms. We believe the company has built a mission-critical product in a category that is shifting from optional tooling to mandatory infrastructure." – Angelo Burgarello, Partner at Look AI Ventures

👏 Congratulations to Guillaume Bouchard and the Checkstep team! We're excited to support them as they expand globally and build infrastructure for a safer, more compliant internet.

🔗 Full announcement in the comments.

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

🚀 From 1,600+ applications to one winner — Congratulations to AlterEcho for taking home the top spot at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 Pitch Competition in Valletta! 🥇

Big shoutout to all finalists: Agilica, Agnia Aerospace, Arclight Aerospace, Asvel, Cooled Motors, DAITABLE, eMomentum, Entrelacs, muunMuun Health, Snoika, Systellar Space, Vecify, Warden Machinery, and Xydra Labs. 👏🏽

⚡ We're proud to have supported the competition once again alongside Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale, Draper University, LUA AI, Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, D-ID, and the EU-Startups team.

20/02/2026

Event season is kicking off — and we're excited to continue our partnership with the EU-Startups Summit this year! 🚀

Meet our partner Angelo Burgarello, who will be joining the jury for the Pitch Competition alongside leading European investors to evaluate 15 finalists selected from 1,600+ applications. (Finalist announcement coming soon 👀)

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

See you in Malta — looking forward to great pitches and even better conversations. 👏

06/02/2026

🚀 €1,000,000+ prize package ➡️ Last few days to apply for the Pitch Competition at the EU-Startups Summit 2026!

If you're a pre-seed or seed-stage startup based in Europe building something ambitious and scalable, apply now — only 15 startups will be selected to pitch on stage.

🏆 You'll pitch to a jury of investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders, with added backing from competition partners including our fund, Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale Cloud Security, Draper University, LUA AI, Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, and D-ID.

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

Find out more about the event & competition 👉 https://lnkd.in/d5B7nKNu
Link to apply — applications close on Feb 10 👉 https://lnkd.in/d6x42VG7

28/11/2025

🚀 Last call for European startups raising from pre-seed to Series A — apply for the Vestbee Winter Pitch by November 26!

Vestbee Winter Pitch offers access to hundreds of investors, personalized introductions, and an opportunity to showcase your startup at the live online event on December 11, 2025.

🤝 We're thrilled to partner with the Vestbee team for this edition, alongside VCs including NEA, Earlybird, Bek Ventures, OTB, SMOK VC, Molten Ventures, Truffle Capital, Keen Venture Partners, Eleven Ventures, 500 Global, Flashpoint, Flyer One Ventures, OpenOcean, and many others — supporting founders across the European ecosystem.

👉 Apply now: https://app.vestbee.com/org/vestbee-winter-pitch/49770b6701c54886b38ec93dc375b8c5/register-startup