The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in central and eastern Europe and ex-soviet countries needed support to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment.
Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia.
The EBRD is the largest single investor in the region and mobilises significant foreign direct investment beyond its own financing.
It is owned by 61 countries and two intergovernmental institutions. But despite its public sector shareholders, it invests mainly in private enterprises, usually together with commercial partners.
It provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies.
It also works with publicly owned companies, to support privatisation, restructuring state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services.
The Bank uses its close relationship with governments in the region to promote policies that will bolster the business environment.
The mandate of the EBRD stipulates that it must only work in countries that are committed to democratic principles.
Respect for the environment is part of the strong corporate governance attached to all EBRD investments.

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

Builder.ai is an AI-powered software designed to help build and operate software projects. Its platform and human-assisted AI helps enterprises, small businesses, and entrepreneurs to build, run, and scale their software without requiring technical expertise and any lines of code.

Walmart is a retail corporation that operates several chains of discount departments and warehouse stores.
The company’s segments include Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. The Walmart U.S. segment is a mass merchandiser of consumer products operating under the Walmart or Wal-Mart brands. It also offers digital services such as Vudu and InstaWatch. It offers a full line of grocery items, including meat, produce, deli, bakery, dairy, frozen foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, floral, and dry groceries as well as consumables such as health and beauty aids, baby products, household chemicals, paper goods, and pet supplies; health and wellness services such as pharmacy, optical, over-the-counter drugs, and clinical services; entertainment products, including electronics, toys, cameras, and supplies, photo processing services, cellular phones, cellular service plan contracts and prepaid services, movies, music, video games, and books.

Startup Wise Guys is one of the most active early stage investors in the broader CEE region and Nordics, has been voted Top VC fund in the CEE in year 2019.
To help techy startup founders become true entrepreneurs, we are running a world-class startup accelerator since 2012.
We have accelerated more than 300 startups, focusing on Sustainability, B2B SaaS, Fintech, Cybersecurity, and XR.
The portfolio has already had 11 major exits and the overall startup survival and success rate is above 80%.
The intensive up to 5 months-long accelerator program is focused on validating, developing, and selling products to business customers.
Over 200 international and local mentors help startups move through those stages much faster than they would on their own.
Founders are also prepared to sell their vision to investors, and the program culminates in Demo Days & major tech event visits, where startups get to present to venture capitalists and angel investors.
Post-program, startups join the alumni community of 300+ startups in more than 40 countries and become eligible for invite-only alumni events such as SWG Getaway focused on business development, fundraising, and experience sharing.

Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.
Users can browse through the interface by artist, album, genre, playlist, record label, and direct searches.
It also enables individuals to create, share, and edit playlists with other users. If users want recommendations, they can integrate their system with Last.fm, an application that provides music recommendations based on listening history. The radio feature installed in Spotify creates random playlists for its users that are related to preferred artists.
Spotify is available for mobile device platforms such as Android, Blackberry, Boxee, iOS, Linux, MeeGo, Squeezebox, Windows mobile, and more.

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and implements machine learning.
The research organization is dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence safely and beneficially.

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.
Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings.
It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores.
Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI).
That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation.
Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine.
The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Netflix is an online platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies on smart TVs, gaming consoles, PCs, Macs, mobiles, tablets, and so on.
It provides its services under three segments: international streaming, domestic streaming, and domestic DVD.
The network enables members to access and view more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including Netflix's original series.
Members can play, pause, and resume watching its content without commercial breaks or commitments. The company also provides DVDs-by-mail membership services. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Mitch Lowe, Reed Hastings, and Marc Randolph, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.