Venture Day Poland 2026 – Spanish-Polish Startups’ Feast by IE University & SGH Warsaw School of Economics

The event will be held on March 3rd 6:00-9:30 pm at the SGH Main Building [G], al. Niepodległości 162 in Warsaw.

“The Polish startup ecosystem is maturing fast while defining the future of innovation in the region. That is why bringing our pitch competition from Madrid to Poland was a natural move, to support early stage, tech driven local startups and provide them with exposure to investors and ecosystem leaders,” said Juan José Güemes, Vice President of IE University and Chairman of the IE Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center. 

“I am pleased that such an important event, which serves to integrate the young ecosystems of Poland and Spain, will take place at SGH,” said dr hab. Piotr Wachowiak, professor and Rector of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. “We are all the more delighted because for over 23 years our universities have been closely cooperating within the CIVICA university alliance, which brings together ten of the most prestigious economics and business institutions in Europe,” he added. 

The Warsaw event is part of the International Venture Day series, which has been organised by IE University around the world for several years with the aim of connecting rapidly developing startup ecosystems around the world with investors and business partners. 

Venture Day Poland 2026 is a unique nationwide event that will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, innovation ecosystem experts, and industry leaders. Participants will share their experiences and perspectives on the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in Poland, as well as discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the domestic startup market. The spotlight will be on topics related to financing new ventures, international expansion of projects, and building competitive business models in an international environment. 

The event program includes, among other highlights, a startup competition in which selected projects will present to a panel of industry experts and investors, as well as lectures and discussion panels dedicated to the growth of technology startups and trends shaping the future of entrepreneurship. 

IE University has hosted Venture Days in over 20 cities around the globe, from Tokyo to São Paulo, with over 3,700 startups and 600 investors worldwide. Previous winners of international Venture Days include NamaLab (Mexico, 2026), Ainwater (Chile, 2025), Tintte (Argentina, 2025), or Hotelwee. Liberius Technology (Japan, 2025) or EVHACS (Ireland, 2024). 

For more information, please visit the project website.