Adam Springer

At BADideas.fund, we aspire to be the kind of investors we wanted when we were building our startups. We invest €50-€250K tickets in early-stage startups from CEE with global ambitions. BADideas.fund is led by experienced entrepreneurs who have walked the startup building path, have raised funds from investors and can help founders navigate around obstacles they encounter along the way. Among BADideas.fund members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo.io ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B funding). Since the recent launch, BADideas.fund has invested in five startups already, among which: Breezit (Lithuania), Recruitlab (Estonia), Lande (Latvia), Fuel Finance (Ukraine) , Rapidworks (Estonia).

Miros is an AI-powered search and discovery solution tailored for e-commerce, particularly in visually-driven verticals like fashion and furniture. With Miros’ cutting-edge Discovery Bar, users can discover exciting products using rich, descriptive search terms - no tags or exact keywords needed. For those nuanced searches where words fall short, Wordless Search lets customers click and browse, as the AI continuously refines results in real-time. Cookieless, tagless, and language-agnostic, Miros offers seamless product discovery that drives higher engagement and boosts conversion rates.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

At BADideas.fund, we aspire to be the kind of investors we wanted when we were building our startups. We invest €50-€250K tickets in early-stage startups from CEE with global ambitions. BADideas.fund is led by experienced entrepreneurs who have walked the startup building path, have raised funds from investors and can help founders navigate around obstacles they encounter along the way. Among BADideas.fund members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo.io ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B funding). Since the recent launch, BADideas.fund has invested in five startups already, among which: Breezit (Lithuania), Recruitlab (Estonia), Lande (Latvia), Fuel Finance (Ukraine) , Rapidworks (Estonia).

Miros is an AI-powered search and discovery solution tailored for e-commerce, particularly in visually-driven verticals like fashion and furniture. With Miros’ cutting-edge Discovery Bar, users can discover exciting products using rich, descriptive search terms - no tags or exact keywords needed. For those nuanced searches where words fall short, Wordless Search lets customers click and browse, as the AI continuously refines results in real-time. Cookieless, tagless, and language-agnostic, Miros offers seamless product discovery that drives higher engagement and boosts conversion rates.

We talk with founders, CEOs and VPs from the high tech market. You will learn how to build and scale a sales team. Youll hear about the growth challenges and tough decisions from others who have had both successes and failures.