24 November 2025 • 11:00–12:30 PM EST Online

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Global Entrepreneurship Week: Midwest Meets Europe is the first event in the ****series, taking place within Global Entrepreneurship Week — a global initiative spanning over 200 countries.

The event is designed to bridge the American Midwest and European startup ecosystems and unite institutional ecosystem leaders from Michigan with counterparts from Finland, Poland, France, Spain and the Netherlands to unlock Midwest market potential, catalyze co-investments, and establish durable EU–Midwest partnerships.

The program also features pitches from promising European startups seeking growth opportunities in the U.S. market. In time, GEW Midwest has potential to grow into a consortium of organizations committed to opening the American Midwest to the international innovation scene.

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EU Players

U.S. Midwest Players

Startups

Agenda

About

EU Players

🇪🇸 🇵🇱 Tania Marinich, Spain — Imaguru Ecosystem builder and program director for acceleration and cross-border founder support.

🇳🇱 Maurice Beckand Verwee, The Netherlands Curiosity VC — Managing partner; early-stage investor and European startup operator.

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Calum Cameron, Estonia — Cross-sector digital innovation and transformation specialist.

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Max Gurvits, Bulgaria - Vitosha.vc - Managing partner; early-stage investor and European startup operator.

🇹🇷 Can Saracoglu, Turkey — Archimède Ventures — Founding partner; early-stage investor and VC ecosystem builder.

🇫🇮 Anastasiya Markvarde, Finland Innovation Programs — Health innovation & women’s health expert; innovation management and acceleration across Finland & Italy.

U.S. Midwest Players

Andrew E. Johnson

Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program Manager, Global Detroit

Wafa Dinaro

New Economic Initiative

Katie Kirsch

Venture Partner at Mindshift Capital

Corey Hart

Midwest House

Brittni Abiolu

Program Manager at Michigan Founders Fund

Philippe Vella

Start Midwest

Frank Urban

Director of Venture Creation - Life Sciences

MSU Research Foundation, Spartan Innovations

Pitches of Startups Looking for Expanding to USA

1. 🌈 Soula — AI-based therapeutic assistant offering real-time support for anxiety, stress and mental-wellbeing — Mental health / Digital Therapeutics. 🇨🇾
2. 🦄 Clearly.help — online mental-health platform that matches users with licensed therapists for scheduled video or in-person sessions, supported by algorithmic matching and AI-enabled tools — Mental health / Teletherapy. 🇵🇱
3. 📕 Lingvanex is a fast and free online translator that helps you instantly translate text in over 110 languages. Enterprise Solution. 🇵🇱
4. 🧴 Skinive — AI-powered mobile app that helps users analyze their skin condition in real time and detect potential dermatological issues early through simple smartphone photos. Health Tech / Medicine. 🇳🇱

Agenda

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About

Midwest Meets Europe is designed for senior, decision-making representatives and practitioner teams that can create concrete cross-border pathways — with startups welcome as attendees. Key audiences:

• Venture capital firms & angel networks (MID & EU)
• Accelerators, incubators & startup programs