Built in Budapest (ft. Portfolion, Superlinked, Riptides, KAYA, SEON)
We’re bringing together engineers, product minds, AI builders, and tech leaders for a focused meetup hosted by Portfolion, Riptides, Superlinked, KAYA VC, SEON and Startup Hungary.
Join us for an evening of technical talks, great food and drinks, and shared experiences in tech
Talks:
$10M seed in 2 weeks & what happens after
- Daniel Svonava (CEO & Co-Founder @ Superlinked)
Daniel is the CEO & co-founder of Superlinked.com, an open source framework and ML infrastructure platform for building intelligent search, personalization and analytics experiences with vector embeddings that combine structured and unstructured data. Previously, Daniel was an ML Tech Lead at YouTube, where he built ads forecasting infrastructure that powered the buying flows of $10B/y-worth of ads.
From syscall to wire: carrying application identity through the kernel’s socket layer
- Nándor Krácser (CISO & Founder at Riptides)
Nándor is CISO at Riptides Labs. Formerly a founding engineer at Banzai Cloud (acquired by Cisco), he has spent his career building and securing large-scale software systems. From senior infrastructure engineering roles to leading security strategy, Nándor has also maintained several notable open source projects and contributed to widely used developer tools. At Riptide Labs, he focuses on bridging security and engineering to create systems where application identity travels seamlessly across the network.
When One Database Isn’t Enough: A Journey to Sharding at Scale
- Adam Berkecz (VP Architect @ SEON)
As VP of Architecture at SEON, Adam Berkecz leads the team responsible for designing resilient, scalable systems that power one of the fastest-growing fraud prevention platforms. Before SEON, he contributed to fintech projects in Hungary and Silicon Valley, including advancing the digital transformation of retail banking.
Beyond Fundraising: VC or Bootstrap in CEE?
- Tomas Obrtac (General Partner @KAYA VC), Mark Palfavi (Principal @Portfolion), Karel Zheng (General Partner @KAYA VC) and Daniel Kiss-Kiraly (Principal @Portfolion), a panel moderated by Csongor Biás
About:
Superlinked is an open source framework and ML infrastructure platform for building intelligent search, personalization and analytics experiences with vector embeddings that combine structured and unstructured data.
Riptides is a next-gen non-human identity fabric that replaces static credentials—like API keys and passwords—with cryptographically verifiable identities, designed for workloads and AI agents . It operates via a kernel‑level Linux module (leveraging SPIFFE, kTLS, and mTLS) to transparently authenticate, encrypt, and enforce policies on workload-to-workload connections—without any changes to application code.
SEON is a global SaaS platform offering real-time fraud prevention and Anti‑Money Laundering (AML) compliance. Built for fast integration and high adaptability, it uses over 900 proprietary first-party data signals—such as digital footprint, device intelligence, and behavioral insights—and AI-powered risk scoring to stop fraud without slowing growth
PortfoLion is a €440M AUM CEE-focused VC & Growth Equity fund, investing from Pre-Seed to Series B. Backer of standout startups like SEON, FLOWX.AI, and Novakid, with multiple successful exits including BanzaiCloud, Tresorit, Szallas Group, and Starschema. Active from its 2nd and 3rd generation funds, PortfoLion invests €0.5–3M at early stage and €5–30M at growth stage.