Startup Wroclaw: Evolutions a celebration of Wrocław’s startup ecosystem

01.06.2022

Startup Wroclaw: Evolutions is a large business event, which is a place to talk about good practices in creating innovative products and developing a company, as well as to exchange knowledge and experiences related to acquiring new customers and building relationships with existing ones.
Innovators, investors and professionals from the technology and creative industries met for the seventh time, this time to talk about impact.

Impact as the main theme of the conference

The Startup Wroclaw: Evolutions conference was held under the motto “impactable” and addressed the issues of business synergy and making an impact. Participants discussed how to join forces in the sphere of impact to do more together. They also discussed how to adapt existing companies to market expectations in terms of impact and how to take care of the environment in which innovations are created. Social innovations were also discussed.

Today, only social innovations, created by multi- and interdisciplinary teams looking for solutions to real problems related to further global development, have a chance to actually improve the quality of life. Using various fields of science, technology and appropriately selected business models, while taking into account the factor of positive social impact, is an increasingly dynamically developing trend.
-PhD Agnieszka Młodzińska-Granek, Assistant Professor at the SWPS University

We gathered, as we do every year in the startup community, to talk about such an important thing as impact. We invited representatives of both large and small business to the conference, who shared their point of view on what impact means to them and what technology and innovation are in this very sense.
-Mateusz Jarzombek, Director of the Business Support Centre, ARAW

The stronger a startup ecosystem is, the stronger companies are created within it

On the main stage of the Wrocław Congress Centre, entities to whom impact is well known, have it in their DNA or support others in taking the right path met.

I run an impact fund, which is a fund that invests in technology companies at an early stage of development. Two factors are important to us – the potential future profit they are able to generate and the element related to impact, i.e. the impact of the business on the environment or on people, local communities. Nowadays, the concept of impact seems to be not so much necessary as essential in the approach to business and investment. The stronger the social fabric of a startup system, the stronger this ecosystem is. In turn, if it’s strong, we’re able to create strong companies that raise capital at good valuations and thus can grow even faster, and there’s interesting and well-paid work in Wrocław. This is a future we cannot ignore, because if we do, we condemn ourselves to second speed.
-Tomek Popów, General Partner and Co-Founder of RST Ventures For Earth

2 in 1, or two large business conferences combined

This year the event had a global character, as it was combined with the Wolves Summit 2022 conference, which moved to the capital of Lower Silesia. Thanks to that, it was a unique opportunity to learn about actions, plans, and views on business of well-known companies, experienced entrepreneurs, investment funds, and authors of innovative startups.

Startup Wroclaw: Evolutions was organised by Startup Wroclaw and Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency. Event partners were: Wolves Summit, Concordia Design Wrocław, Concordia Design Accelerator, SWPS University and Lower Silesian Development Fund.