The incubation platform is specially designed to
fast-forward
early stage EU tech startups to innovate and grow.
The incubation platform is specially designed to
fast-forward
early stage EU tech startups to innovate and grow.

About
In a hybrid format, the European early stage founders of the tech startups will meet for 8 weeks of high quality learning, practical examples, case studies, access to opportunities for growing their venture and scaleup beyond national borders, with the input of experienced mentors from all over Central and Eastern Europe.
Reaktor 2nd edition adds up new benefits through our consolidated partnership with EIT Digital. We offer our participants the EIT Digital Venture Program benefits in terms of framework and funding – a total of up to 130k euro in grants and equity investment.
The programme is designed by Romanian Tech Startups Association in partnership with EIT Digital, Techcelerator and Rōnin.
The pillars
Access to funding
Available funding up to 130k euro, up to 25k euro per participant. Opportunities to learn more about funding and get access to relevant investors
5 Market Verticals
Digital Industry, Digital Cities, Digital Wellbeing, Digital Tech, Digital Finance
Workshops
Join weekly hybrid sessions that cover 8 topics that are particularly beneficial to an early-stage startup founder
Community
Interact with all involved
stakeholders community in the
Slack platform
Feedback
Get real feedback starting with the register process and until the end of the incubator to see the evolution
1-on-1 online meetings
Get a one-on-one meeting with fundraisers, corporates, lawyers, and accountants
Timeline
EIT DIGITAL Venture Program & Growth Cash Grant
EIT DIGITAL Venture Program
Entrepreneurial education program and modular mentoring
Read carefully the Rules & Regulations
Why join Startup Reaktor?
Access
…to an environment that's conducive to idea developing and building your Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Unique
…startup recruitment
validated process
Funding
…opportunities from CEE network: crowdfunding platforms, angels investors syndicates or VC
Perks
…to help you out in fast-forward your startup
Experienced
…mentors that have been in the industry + 10 years
Practical
…approach in terms of content, study cases and examples
Curricula
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Duration: 2 sessions x 2h
Meet the experts

Alin M. Laurentiu
Managing Partner at Laurentiu, Laurentiu & Associates - Attorneys at law

Gabriel Barcaru
Founder and Managing Partner - BRIDCON Business and Management Consulting

Adrian-Marian Popoviciu
Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer - Geotech B.V. / Epic Games S.A.

Samuel Haret
Executive Associate @Commons Accel, Fractional VP of Sales @Haret Consultancy Services

Razvan Suta
Senior Business Developer & Fintech program Accelerator Managing Director - Startup Wise Guys


Frequently asked questions
General aspects
- Startup Reaktor is addressing all early stage startups / idea stage up to going to market with an incorporated team or not, no matter if they have or not a MVP.
- Each team can submit one and no more than one application.
- The Startup Reaktor Program reserves the right to disqualify any submission that violates any of the points above. Disqualified submissions will not be reviewed and will receive no feedback.
Let us give you a hint:
AdTech, AgriTech, Beauty, Car service / marketplace, Cleantech, Cloudtech and DevOps, Commercial space mission, Crypto / Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Data, Ecommerce, Edtech, Energy, Environment Tech, Field Service, Fintech, Foodtech, Gaming, Hardware Prototype, HealthTech, HR Tech, Industry 4.0, Insurtech, Investing platform, IoT, Legal Tech, Marketing Tech, MedTech, Mobile Apps for all verticals, Online on-demand home services, Product management, PropTech, R&D automotive, Retail Techs, Robotics, Saas, Smart City, Social Marketplace, Software robots, Space, Tourism Technology, Transport, VR / AR, Wearable
Applying teams must not have already established a legal entity for the project in question.
Selection process
- The jury will shortlist applications based on individual assessments, followed by a consensus meeting.
- Interviews via video-conference with shortlisted teams.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Following individual assessments, the jury will convene a consensus meeting and select applicants for individual interviews with the aim of gathering additional information and clarifying any pending issues.
- Poor – criteria are inadequately addressed or serious weaknesses exist
- Fair – application addresses the criterion broadly, but there are significant weaknesses
- Good – application addresses the criterion well, but a number of shortcomings are present
- Very good – application addresses the criterion very well, but a small number of shortcomings are present
- Excellent – application successfully addresses all relevant aspects of the criterion. Any shortcomings are minor
*The maximum score attainable is 30.
- By validating at least a first mock-up prototype, they are proving the fit of the MVP to solve a market challenge within one of the verticals.
- Business model, implementation, and scalability of the venture.
- The team’s capabilities and quality of execution of the strategy, including clearly defined technical and business skills, are of paramount importance.
- Communication skills demonstrated and general quality of the presentation.
Team composition
Identify the core knowledge and expertise of each team member, as well as any areas of competence in need of improvement. Be as open and honest as possible. Also describe your team’s access to expertise and knowledge in any specialist field outside your own but necessary to implement the solution envisaged, such as your product and/or service, and to launch your venture.
Business model
Using 2 to 3 sentence statements, describe who is your customer and the challenge that your product and/ or service will actually solve or help to solve. Characterize clearly and quantitatively the current problems faced by customers with existing solutions (from competitors, direct and indirect).
Uniqueness of the solution
Describe your technology, the stage of technical development and what the next critical steps in development are to establish your MVP and have your solutions ready to launch in the market. What makes it different (better) from existing solutions? In other words, do not describe how your technology works but rather explain what technology it is, what it does and how it meets customers’ needs.
Innovativeness of the solution
In a clear, 2 to 3 sentence statement, describe your solution, the benefits for the customer and how it overcomes the problems identified.
Impact of the solution
Describe the main characteristics of the market in which you will introduce your solution (product or service) and in which way your value proposition (to the customer) makes it an attractive opportunity for an investor. Include the financial needs for implementation and the projected returns for a hypothetical investor. Also, highlight how the market has been growing and how it is expected to grow in the foreseeable future.
Vlad Icleanu
Chief Executive Officer at Veritas Wealth Management SRL