Hungarian Business Angel Network

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Magyarország
Budapest
Hungarian Business Angel Network

HunBAN is a community of Business Angels from Hungary and the CEE

21/07/2026

Két hónap.

Ennyi idő alatt jutottunk el egy reményekkel teli teremtől egy zsúfolt auditóriumig, ahol két miniszter ült le velünk egy asztalhoz.

Július 17-én, a budapesti CEU-n a Restart Hungary szakmai közössége először ült le a kormányzattal. Nem egy fotó kedvéért. Egy valódi, kétirányú beszélgetésért a jövőről.

Akik a teremben voltak velünk:
🎯 Két miniszter: Kapitány István (Gazdasági és Energetikai Minisztérium) és Tanács Zoltán (Tudományos és Technológiai Minisztérium)
🤝 Négy államtitkár
👥 A két minisztérium közel húszfős szakmai delegációja

Mindkét miniszter az üzleti életből érkezett. Őszintén beszéltek, és a mi nyelvünkön.

A főszereplő a közösség eddigi munkája volt. Nyolc munkacsoport. Hét konkrét javaslat, amelyet csupán hetek alatt csiszolt több száz szakértő, és amelyet a munkacsoportok írásban is átadtak a döntéshozóknak.

Néhány szám, amire együtt lehetünk büszkék:
500+ szakértő
346 szervezet
111 javaslat

A HunBAN büszke tagja ennek a közösségnek. Ott vagyunk azokban a munkacsoportokban, amelyek a magyar üzleti angyalok számára a legfontosabbak, és a belőlük születő javaslatok mögött is ott állunk. A következő hetekben reméljük, hogy az első konkrét eredményekről is beszámolhatunk.

Köszönet Balogh Péternek és Sárospataki Albertnek, amiért elindították ezt, és köszönet mindenkinek, aki dolgozott rajta.

Külön köszönet elnökünknek, Csillag Péternek, amiért ott képviselte a magyar üzleti angyalokat, ahol a leginkább számít: a legmagasabb szinten és a legnagyobb súllyal.

Két hónapja azt mondtuk: elég a várakozásból. A múlt hét ezt bizonyította.

Ez a mi ökoszisztémánk. Építsük együtt.

HunBAN | hunban.eu

01/06/2026

50 másodperc a májusi Startup Arenáról.
Alapítók a színpadon, befektetők a közönségben, és olyan beszélgetések, amelyek a program után is folytatódnak. Ez az, amiért minden hónapban örömmel szervezzük ez eseményt.

Köszönjük mindenkinek, aki ott volt! Júniusban folytatjuk 👇
tixa.hu/startup-arena-june-special-guest-coming-soon-20260617

21/05/2026

🎙️ We caught up for a quick afternoon interview with Anikó Ivanics ahead of her fireside chat on Start it &H next week.
👇
Adam: Let's start with the obvious. How did we end up doing a paddock-style interview?
Anikó: Drive to Survive. I am a complete casualty. My Sundays are permanently changed and I now know an unreasonable amount about F1 drivers. It felt appropriate.

Adam: Fair. Now, you've moved countries three times for community and ecosystem building. What does that do to a person?
Anikó: It makes you endlessly curious. Always being a little between worlds, never fully belonging to one, and that turned out to be a surprisingly useful superpower. You learn to read rooms fast and connect dots across contexts that other people don't even know exist. One day you're camping with the Swedish King, the next you're interviewing the CEO of Nespresso at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

Adam: That's a sentence I wasn't expecting. Okay, biggest bottleneck for founders right now. Go.
Anikó: Not strategy. Not funding. Not ex*****on. Sometimes the real bottleneck is nervous system capacity - and we don’t talk about that enough.

Adam: And what do you wish founders asked themselves more?
Anikó: Whether the company they're building is also a life they actually want. That question doesn't come up enough until it's too late.

Adam: What about investors? What are they missing?
Anikó: Questions about founder wellbeing and team dynamics. Traction is easy to measure. The stuff that actually determines whether a founding team survives the hard parts, much less so.

Adam: Hot take on the Hungarian ecosystem.
Anikó: It has matured a lot technically, and that's real progress. But the next level is becoming more collaborative, internationally confident, and visibly diverse. I'd love to see more women not just building startups, but shaping the rooms where decisions, funding, and opportunities happen. And actively helping other women get into those rooms too.

Adam: Where did your leadership style actually come from? MBA? Accelerator?
Anikó: Scouting. I still think it shaped me more than any business school ever could.

Adam: Last question: WHOOP or no WHOOP?
Anikó: If you're wearing one, there is a real chance I will ask about your biometric data and WHOOP age. Come prepared.

Adam: And should we expect your Chief Happiness Officer to be involved?
Anikó: If she is allowed, yes! Coco is almost always next to me. Born on a Greek island, grew up in Zurich, currently looking for playdates in Budapest. She is a cosmopolitan like me and she takes her role seriously.

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📅 May 27, 18:00–22:00
📍 STRT Event Space, Budapest, Lövőház utca 39.
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.tixa.hu/startup-arena-may-edition-20260527

14/05/2026

Something happened yesterday that we've been waiting for.
Hungary's startup and innovation ecosystem found its voice — publicly, collectively, and without being asked to. Restart Hungary launched, and it is exactly the kind of initiative we needed.

A special thank you to Petya Balogh and Albert Sárospataki for initiating this. No lobbying. No commissions. No mandates. Just people who care about this ecosystem deciding that the time for waiting is over — and having the conviction to say it publicly.

Our president Péter Csillag was in the room yesterday and HunBAN is a proud supporter. We're not just signing our name to something — we genuinely believe this is a turning point.
Hungary has the founders. It has the talent. What it has lacked is organised, public, loud advocacy for the conditions that allow them to thrive. That's what Restart Hungary is about.

We represent Hungary's angel investors. If you have ideas, frustrations, or proposals for how to build a stronger angel investing culture in Hungary — come talk to us. We're here, we're listening, and we'll make sure your voice gets into the right conversations.

This is our ecosystem. Let's build it together.

👉 restarthungary.com

23/04/2026

🍳 Our secret recipe for a great startup event:
✔ 3 brilliant minds for a fireside chat
✔ 1 medtech founder dialling in live from Boston
✔ 2 ambitious teams pitching on stage
✔ Good venue, good drinks, good people

That's exactly what went down at our April Startup Arena — and we loved every minute of it.

A huge thank you to everyone who made it happen:
🎙 Fireside chat — Peter Langmar (host) with Andras Somkuti & Bálint Lévai
🌎 US guest — Ben Merewitz, live from Boston
🚀 Pitching teams — György Huszics & József Bodnár (Carbon.Crane) | Szabolcs Vödrös & Bendeguz Wachtl (Rentize)
🏠 Venue — STRT Holding

Tomorrow we'll share more on the teams who pitched — stay tuned if you're an investor looking for your next deal.

📅 Next Startup Arena: May 27 from 18:00 — save the date!

20/04/2026

Join our business angels in the stands of the Arena! Tomorrow our doors open again, and we are welcoming three startups into the ring so they can debut in the Hungarian early-stage ecosystem. To elevate the excitement of the evening, we are pleased to host the fireside chat with Andras Somkuti and Bálint Lévai, CEO and CMO of NETLOCK, moderated by our member of the board, Peter Langmar.

If you are interested, see you tomorrow at 18:00 at the office of STRT on Lövőház Street 39.

Tickets available: https://www.tixa.hu/startup-arena-april-edition-20260421

09/04/2026

🚀 Calling all early-stage founders! Together with Adaptér, we are co-organising the Újbuda Youth Startup Competition — and applications are now open.

If you're building something ambitious and have some ties to Újbuda, this is a strong opportunity to accelerate:
• In total 5M HUF in non-dilutive funding
• Dedicated mentoring and expert support
• Exposure to investors and the startup ecosystem

Open to pre-seed teams with an MVP and seed-stage teams with early market feedback, the competition targets innovative, scalable ideas — from sustainability and future cities to education and beyond.

🗓 Application deadline: April 15
👉 Apply here: https://adapterujbuda.hu/startupverseny/

If you’re a founder — or know one — this is worth a look.

30/03/2026

NETLOCK has recently made headlines — but what’s the story behind the transformation? We are excited to announce a fireside chat with the new leadership team at the next Startup Arena.

🎤 Hosted by Peter Langmar, the discussion will explore how a long-established digital trust provider is reinventing itself to compete on a global stage in an era shaped by AI, deepfakes, and the rapid evolution of digital identity. The conversation with Bálint Lévai and Andras Somkuti will also dive into the opportunities and challenges of a “brownfield startup project”: rebuilding and repositioning a decades-old company with a new technological vision, entrepreneurial mindset, and international ambition.

🎟️ Tickets and details are available here 👇
https://www.tixa.hu/startup-arena-april-edition-20260421

23/03/2026

From optimising factories to supporting young athletes and scaling sports tech, these founders are building across entirely different worlds.
🎤 Meet the founders taking the stage this Wednesday:

👉 Sandor Vitez (DinkMate) – building a vision-based pickleball rating and player assessment system for the fast-growing global open-play scene
👉 Duygu Çağman Aladinler (Kodnyx) – developing physics-based software to unlock up to 35% energy savings in electricity-intensive facilities
👉 Andras Nemes (Future Stars) – creating an AI-powered mental performance platform to address why 70% of young athletes drop out by age 13

Three very different problems. Three ambitious solutions. One stage.

If you want to see how early-stage ideas are shaped, challenged, and positioned in front of investors — this is where it happens.

📍 March 25 | 18:00–22:00
📌 Budapest, Balzac utca 12.
🎟 Tickets: https://www.tixa.hu/startup-arena-march-edition-20260325

22/03/2026

What does it really take to turn talented builders into successful founders?
At this month’s Startup Arena, we’re diving into exactly that with a focused fireside chat: “The mesh. Playbook: Turning Builders into Founders”

Joining us on stage:
🎤 Matteo Horváth – CEO & Core-Builder @ mesh.
In conversation with Ádám Brándisz – Community & Operations Manager @ HunBAN

We’ll explore:
👉 How builder-driven ecosystems are shaping the next generation of startups
👉 What young builders actually need to become founders
👉 The key bottlenecks holding back early-stage innovation
👉 How mesh. is building its own playbook to bridge the gap
If you’re thinking about building, investing, or supporting early-stage talent, this session will give a practical, behind-the-scenes perspective on what works –and what doesn’t.

📍 March 25 | 18:00–22:00
📌 Budapest, Balzac utca 12.
🎟 Tickets: https://www.tixa.hu/startup-arena-march-edition-20260325

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