Startup Awards Slovensko 2026 — Application
Contact person - full name
We'll send the confirmation of your application and further communication to this email.
Helpful for us to reach you quickly (eg. +421XXXX)
Where is your company based?
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If not in Slovakia, please explain your Slovak connection (e.g. founder nationality, core team, etc)
Is your company incorporated?
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If yes, please state the full legal name.
Section: Product & traction
Describe your product/solution in one or two sentences.
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What does it do and for whom?
What is your revenue up to date?
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What traction have you achieved up to date?
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Please, state the number of partnerships, active users, paying users, and ARR.
How much money have you raised so far? If none, state N/A.
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Please, state own resources, VC investments, and grants separately.
Who are your main competitors and how are you different from them?
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What's your unique insight – what do you understand about the problem, customer, or market that your competitors don't?
Tell us about the team – who are the founders and what have you done before?
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e.g. I built and exited XX company.
If you were to receive investment of 250,000 EUR, what would you use it for?
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What is your motivation to apply for SASK 2026 and what do you hope to gain?
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How did you hear about SASK 2026?
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Which founders / team members will attend SASK events?
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Please state their full name, email address, and phone number.
If your startup is selected, 1–2 people (at least 1 founder) must attend the Bootcamp on 6–8 Nov 2026 in Šamorín (held in English) & 1 founder must present at the finale on 25 Nov 2026 in Bratislava (in Slovak), if selected during Bootcamp.
Please upload your pitch deck (max file size 30 MB)
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Required language is English. Max 15 slides. We recommend following a template suggested by YC or a similar program (ycombinator.com/library/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck). Suggested filename: StartupName_PitchDeck_2026.pdf
Pitch deck — shareable link (alternative to the upload)
If you can't upload a PDF, paste a Google Drive / DocSend link set to "anyone with the link".
1-minute founder video pitching your startup (in English)
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RECOMMENDED: an unlisted link — Loom / YouTube (unlisted) / Vimeo / Google Drive. Introduce yourselves, explain what you're doing and why, what makes you unique and why you'll succeed. No slides needed. Test the link in an incognito window to make sure it's accessible.
Alternatively: upload the video directly (max file size 10 MB)
Subheadline: Use only if you can't provide a link. A link is more reliable.
