Csongor Biás is the Managing Director of Startup Hungary, an initiative dedicated to accelerating the growth of Hungary's startup ecosystem. With extensive experience in the startup scene, he is an active angel investor and has worked with venture capital firms and accelerators.

Csongor also played a key role as Country Manager in launching Vacuumlabs’ operations in Budapest. Now, alongside 12 startup founders, Csongor focuses on strengthening Hungary’s entrepreneurial landscape.

In his conversation with Irina Obushtarova, he talks about:

Hungarian startup ecosystem and its opportunities and challenges;
the importance of telling the success stories;
funding and the effect of the political climate;

Timestamps

0:00 Trailer 1:52 The development of the Hungarian startup ecosystem7:53 Startup Hungary’s mission15:44 Challenges that founders encounter in Hungary21:42 How to measure success31:30 Funding and finding the right investors37:05 Investing in early stage startups 42:30 Strengthening the ecosystem

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