Frontier Fellowship Kickoff: Building a Global TechBio Startup from Budapest

This is the first of three open events kicking off Frontier Fellowship, a new program by Startup Hungary for potential deep tech founders, university spin-outs, and researchers exploring what it takes to build a venture-scale company.

We can only host 60 people, so this isn't first-come-first-served: register below, and we'll follow up to confirm your spot based on fit — please only register if you're genuinely planning to attend. The closed fellowship cohort is a separate thing: it starts in January 2027 and has its own selective application process (more info and application: https://frontier.startuphungary.io/ ).

This first event is all about founder paths. Turbine is the hottest techbio startup in Hungary right now — and its founders came from completely different fields before building it together. We want to make the startup founder path more visible, and show that it's a valid, realistic career path — open to anyone willing to try.

Best for: students, engineers, researchers, and anyone with a scientific / technical background or interest in deep tech, curious about startups — even if you're not sure yet whether it's for you.

Panel Discussion: One Technology, Different Founder Paths

  • Szabolcs Nagy (CEO, Turbine)

  • Daniel Veres (CSO, Turbine)

  • Kristof Szalay (CTO, Turbine)

Schedule

  • 18:00–18:15 Arrival

  • 18:15–18:30 Opening +  fellowship program introduction

  • 18:30–20:00 Panel discussion

  • 20:00–21:00 Drinks, pizza, networking 🍕

This event is part of the Frontier Fellowship program, implemented with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.