Hungarian Business Angel Network

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Hungarian Business Angel Network

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

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

16/03/2026

🚀 Startup Arena – March Edition is just around the corner!
Join us on March 25, 18:00–22:00 in Budapest (Balzac street 12.) for the next edition of Startup Arena, bringing together founders, investors, and the startup community for an evening of insights and pitches.

🔥 Fireside chat: The mesh. Playbook: Turning Builders into Founders
Guest: matteo horvath – CEO & Core-Builder @ mesh.
Host: Ádám Brándisz – Community & Operations Manager @ HunBAN

🎤 Pitching teams:
Sandor Vitez from DinkMate – building a vision-based pickleball rating and player assessment system designed for the open-play club model, targeting a global market of 300M+ players.
Duygu Çağman Aladinler from Kodnyx – developing physics-based software to unlock up to 35% energy savings in electricity-intensive facilities by optimizing electrical architecture.
Andras Nemes from Future Stars – an AI-powered mental performance platform for youth sports tackling the problem that 70% of talented young athletes quit by age 13 due to mental pressure.

📍 Date & Location:
March 25, 2026 | 18:00–22:00
Budapest, Balzac street 12.

🎟 Tickets: https://www.tixa.hu/startup-arena-march-edition-20260325
HunBAN Member's complimentary tickets are available via the member's hub platform or via contacting our community manager directly.

See you there!

23/02/2026

🔥 If you’re building a startup and your ambition stops at Hungary: tonight is not for you.
This evening, Startup Arena – February Edition brings together founders, operators and investors who believe that big ambition, real technology and global impact belong in the same sentence.

What to expect tonight?
👉 A raw, no-BS fireside chat on building deep tech companies with global relevance
👉 Honest stories about spinning out of universities, why too much control can kill speed, and how to do it right
👉 Why multidisciplinary founding teams matter more than ever
👉 How deep tech fundraising is fundamentally different
👉 Early business development lessons you don’t learn from pitch decks
👉 And the big question: why now for deep tech?
🎤 Fireside Chat Host: Csongor Biás, Managing Director at Startup Hungary
Guest: Szabolcs Nagy, CEO & Co-Founder at Turbine

🚀 Pitching on stage
Ni**od Ludescher, CEO & Co-Founder – BDN Group
Balázs Margitai & Patrik Huzina, Co-Founders – Skillion
Mehmet Dilek, CEO & Co-Founder – ReviewELF

This edition of Startup Arena is part of our monthly mission:
👉 Inspire the next generation of founders and angels to think bigger, move faster, and turn ambition into ex*****on.

🤝 Proud to realise this project with Hungarian Innovation Agency as our strategic partner.

If you’re joining us tonight – get ready.
If you’re not – this is the energy you don’t want to miss next time.

Tickets for tonight: https://startuparena202602.ticketninja.io/

17/02/2026

This is the kind of founder–market fit angel investors are looking for❗️
The team behind Skillion are university students building exactly the tool they wish they had themselves. Skillion is an all-in-one AI study platform that transforms any course material into quizzes, notes, flashcards, and audio content — helping students prepare for exams faster, in their native language.

What makes this opportunity compelling isn’t only the product, but the team. Technical, ex*****on-driven founders with direct exposure to the problem are moving quickly from insight to implementation, without layers of abstraction or overdesigned solutions.

🎤 Meet the Skillion team and hear their pitch live at Startup Arena – February Edition.
📍 STRT Office, Budapest
🗓 February 23, 2026 | ⏰ 18:00–22:00
🎟 Tickets: https://startuparena202602.ticketninja.io/

16/02/2026

🚀 New startup joining the Arena: Led by Ni**od Ludescher, BDN Group is decarbonising heavy-duty engines by retrofitting existing diesel engines with hydrogen–diesel dual fuel technology — cutting emissions by up to 85% while keeping full diesel fallback. With backgrounds spanning Koenigsegg and Bugatti, the team is translating elite engineering into a commercially validated hydrogen retrofit, supported by LOIs, a live prototype launching this year, and a clear path to global deployment.

No new fleets. No stranded assets.
Just pragmatic, resilient decarbonisation.

🎤 Get your ticket and see their pitch next Monday!

📍 Event: Startup Arena – February Edition
🗓 Date: February 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 18:00–22:00
🏢 Location: STRT Office, Budapest, Lövőház u. 39.
🎟 Tickets: https://startuparena202602.ticketninja.io/

13/02/2026

🎙️ From Lab to Market: Real Innovation Stories & Investor Expectations
At the February Edition of HunBAN's Startup Arena, we’re bringing you a high-impact fireside chat that goes beyond theory and into real startup-building experience.

👉 Host: Csongor Biás, Managing Director at Startup Hungary
👉 Guest: Szabolcs Nagy, CEO & Co-Founder at Turbine

Together, they will explore:
🚀 How a domestic R&D idea becomes a market-ready product – the real innovation journey from the first prototype to international markets
📊 What investors truly expect from R&D-driven startups – key metrics, proof points, traction, and growth narratives sought by angels and early-stage investors

This conversation is for angels, founders, researchers, and innovators who want to understand what it really takes to turn deep tech and scientific excellence into a scalable, investable business.

📍 Event: Startup Arena – February Edition
🗓 Date: February 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 18:00–22:00
🏢 Location: STRT Office, Budapest, Lövőház u. 39.
🎟 Tickets: https://startuparena202602.ticketninja.io/

09/01/2026

🔥 It’s official: HunBAN Startup Arena – January Edition is now live! 🔥
Tickets are available, details are coming next week – but the most important part starts now:

🚀 Startups, this is for you.
If you’re an early-stage startup, currently raising a funding round, and looking for €50k–€200k angel investment, we want to hear from you.

Apply to pitch in front of HunBAN’s angel investor network and get real, actionable feedback from experienced investors.

👉 Apply to pitch: https://airtable.com/app7cSffqM1cGyECB/pagQAocsq08xscHKl/form
🎟 Get your ticket: https://startuparena.ticketninja.io/

Let’s kick off 2026 with great founders, bold ideas, and smart capital.

Cím

Budapest

Weboldal

http://www.hunban.eu/

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