Sponsors & Partners

The LSESU Central European Conference is generously supported by the LSESU Annual Fund. We are honoured to be organised under the LSESU Czech and Slovak Society and receive the LSESU Annual Fund for the CE Conference 2022.

The Bakala Foundation is a Czech family foundation of Zdeněk and Michaela Bakala, established in 2007. The Foundation's long-term goal is to support young talents on their path to quality education, and thus both fulfill their dreams and improve society as a whole.The team of LSESU Central European Conference 2022 is honoured to announce the support of The Bakala Foundation for this year with a gold sponsorship.

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in all regions to identify their highest value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises. Our customized approach combines deep insight into the dynamics of companies and markets with close collaboration at all levels of the client organization. This ensures that our clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, build more capable organizations, and secure lasting results. BCG is a private company with 90 offices in 50 countries. We are honoured to partner with BCG for the CE Conference 2022 and have them as our sponsors.

PPF Group is a Czech international investment group operating in 25 countries across Europe, North America and Asia. Active in financial services, telecommunications, media, real estate, mechanical engineering and biotechnology, PPF Group’s core businesses create value through innovation, modern technologies and effective, high-quality management. For over thirty years, PPF Group has told the story of the drive and determination of the many professionals who fulfil the vision and courage of PPF founder Petr Kellner. The Group’s vision and objectives today continue to spur its mission for innovation, advanced technologies and competitive services across Europe and the world. We are honoured to partner with PFF for the CE Conference 2022 and have them as our sponsors.

Home Credit is a member group of PPF Group - an international investment group founded in 1991 in the Czech Republic. At Home Credit, we deliver a broad range of innovative financial products and services in a responsible way. From financing smaller purchases such as a first smartphone, all the way to home renovations, a new scooter, or business upgrades, we are there to make it happen. Our financial services are seamlessly integrated within the purchase journey, creating a frictionless customer experience. Our ecosystem offers synergies for all our stakeholders. We bring offline to online and vice versa; we guide customers to good value services; we present tailor made deals from our partners to our customers; and we empower retailers to attract business. Our purpose is to empower people to live the life they want now. We are honoured to partner with Home Credit for the CE Conference 2022 and have them as our sponsors.

Slido is a technology company that makes an easy-to-use Q&A and polling platform for live, remote or hybrid meetings, events, classes, and webinars. Slido launched its start-up story in Slovakia back in 2013 and since then managed to build a global company of 250+ professionals who love their work and care about their product and customers. The success of Slido was recognised by one of the world's major providers of IT solutions Cisco which acquired Slido in May 2021. Together with Cisco, Slido helps millions of users around the world get the most out of meetings and events by powering hybrid work and bridging the gap between speakers and their audiences. We are honoured to partner with Slido for the CE Conference 2022 and have them as our sponsors.

Established in 1993, with two branches Raiffeisenbank has become the fifth largest bank in the Czech Republic due to its successful growth. We are firmly established on the domestic market, employing almost more than three thousand employees. Currently, Raiffeisenbank represents a strong and stable bank that guarantees its clients security in providing high-quality and modern services.  We are praised by the public for our professional approach to clients, top products and services as well as good economic results. Our business, activities, development and innovation are all inspired by both clients and our employees. Through continuous improvement, we want to create an extraordinary customer experience and fulfill the bank's vision - to be the most recommended financial group.

About Vacuumlabs
Vacuumlabs provides engineering, design, product development, and data science services for the fintech industry. A Bratislava based company with 400+ people, we support clients from 8 locations in Europe, North America, and Asia to create socially responsible, purposeful, and inventive digital products. Vacuumlabs demonstrates that you can work on global projects from your own home or anywhere in the world. We specialize in the realm of digital banking and blockchain-based technology to improve the lives of end-users, build new communities, and enrich the fintech landscape. In Hong Kong, we built a next-generation digital bank -  MOX.com, worked on the development of Yoroi, a crypto-wallet for the Cardano ecosystem, and provided both development and design for the 2030 Calculator by the Swedish company Doconomy. Even as we rapidly grow since our inception in 2012,  we always cultivate a welcoming and supportive community in which talent can thrive. 

About Vacuum Group
Vacuum Group is the fastest growing innovation hub in CEE with the aim to advance humanity by improving access to capital, justice, and healthcare. We think of profit as the fuel to make a social impact and our goal is to leverage talent and resources to drive the innovation ecosystem in CEE and beyond. Our portfolio consists of 12 fast growing companies and our community is constantly expanding. Our founding member and largest portfolio company is the fintech software house Vacuumlabs. We strive to become a major gravitational force for top talent in the CEE region. Ultimately, we want to lead the way and inspire other businesses in the realm of social responsibility.
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About Sparring
A legal and strategic partner for ambitious technology companies, Sparring was born out of first hand experiences with startup-centric legal matters. The team makes the legal world more human, friendly, and approachable - challenging legal services as you know them. Sparring makes for a powerful ally in business and legal matters concerning startups, scaleups, and entrepreneurs of all kinds.

Sirius is a Czech investment company that focuses on portfolio diversification through alternative assets. Offering diversification and better risk management of the portfolio, the alternative investments play an ever-growing role in the portfolios of modern investors. Although improving, Czech market is still relatively lacking when it comes to the variety / diversity of the alternative assets available to qualified investors. What is available is limited predominantly to (currently very expensive) real estate, to a smaller extent then to exotic assets like vintage alcohol, cars or art. The common denominator of these investments is the illiquidity of these investments and thus the long holding horizons required of investors.The goal of the investment company Sirius is to broaden the investment universe of qualified investors by offering them access to alternative assets. We are honoured to partner with them for the CE Conference 2022 and have them as our sponsors.

Nexteria is a Slovak organisation focused on the academic and personal development of young people. Their mission is to prepare the next generation of Slovaks so that they can have a positive impact in key areas of society. Nexteria has prepared a programme for the Brain Drain workshop. We are honoured to partner with them for the CE Conference 2022.

The Czech Centre in London was established to promote the Czech Republic by presenting Czech culture, innovations and creativity in the UK. We are glad to partner with them for the CE Conference 2022.

We are delighted to announce that the Central European Conference is organized under the auspices of the Czech Ambassador to the UK, Marie Chatardová. Thanks to the generous support of the representatives, the evening reception is going to take place at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London. Participants can look forward to a warm dinner buffet as well as an open bar. We are honoured to partner with them for CE Conference 2022.