DRUID was awarded Startup of the Year in the Central Eastern Europe Startup Awards, 2019 edition Grand Finale, which was held in November in Bucharest. Druid will be representing Central Eastern Europe in the 2020 edition of Global Startup Awards.
CESAwards is one of the most prestigious competitions for technology startups and has the mission of inspiring the entrepreneurial ecosystem by recognizing hyper-growth companies and disruptive technologies. From over 5500 nominations in Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, just 13 companies were awarded in the Grand Finale.
The Grand Prize, “Startup of the Year”, was won by DRUID in front of over 600 entrepreneurs, investors, and members of regional technological hubs. DRUID will compete for the Startup of the Year award in the final act of the 2020 Global Startup Awards competition.
CESAwards is part of the Global Startup Awards, a global competition that showcases real game-changers in technological innovation. Global Startup Awards aims to democratize ideas and technology developed by startups, ecosystems, technology hubs and incubators in 7 regions: Nordics (Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway), South Europe (Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Malta), Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine), South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia), Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Congo, Seychelles, Lesotho) and CEE.