Founders Club CLUJ: From Cluj to Europe-Building Local Products with Global Impact
Schedule
Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC+03:00Location
Regele Ferdinand 22-26, 400110 Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Cluj-napoca, CJ
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Cluj has quietly become one of Romania's most dynamic startup hubs, and increasingly, a launchpad for ventures building at European scale.This edition of Founders Club Cluj brings together two of the region's most active innovation enablers: Romanian Tech Startups Association / Startup Reaktor GTM Accelerator and 28Digital, to explore what it really takes to build products in Cluj that travel and scale across Europe.
What does the European infrastructure for startup growth actually look like? How do founders leverage established continental networks to go from local validation to international traction? And what's the right moment to stop thinking local and start building global?
We'll tackle these questions with practitioners who've been in the room: founders, ecosystem builders, academic innovators, and program operators, in a candid panel followed by networking over wine on the balcony overlooking Cluj.
Our Speakers:
🎙️ Mirko Tadic, RIS Venture Program & DeepHack Lead @28Digital
🎙️ Krisztian Gal, Ecosystem Lead @28Digital
🎙️ Adina Rus, Romania Ecosystem Lead @28Digital
🎙️ Sergio Balassone, Head of Unipreneurship @28Digital
🎙️ Botond Vajda, Ecosystem Specialist @28Digital
🎙️ Cristian Dascălu, Chairman @ROTSA & Managing Partner@Techcelerator
ℹ️ Registrations for the 28Digital Venture Incubation Program are open until June 9th. This is your last chance to hear directly from the team before applications close.
📅 Agenda
18:00 – 18:15 | Arrival & Networking
18:15 – 18:35 | Opening Presentations — 28Digital & ROTSA / Startup Reaktor (20 min)
18:35 – 19:35 | Panel Discussion + Q&A with the audience (1 hour)
19:35 – 20:35 | Networking & wine on the balcony overlooking Cluj (1 hour)
Please register on this link: https://luma.com/6fefxqzt
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Where is it happening?
Regele Ferdinand 22-26, 400110 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Transylvania the Land Beyond the Forest, Strada Regele Ferdinand, 400110 Cluj-Napoca, România, Cluj-napoca, RomaniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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