Software house Founders summit


12 May 2026

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12 May 2026

Bratislava, Slovakia

Lindner Hotel

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The Agenda

Speaker

Topic

Time


Registration & Opening Keynote

09:30 AM

Darius Niroumand

Forte Digital

 
Cracking the DACH Market - How Forte Built a €10M Cross-Border Software House 
  • The Reality Check: Inside the DACH Market
  • The Niche Effect: Building Authority That German Buyers Trust
  • Localize or Lose: Navigating German Sales Culture the Right Way
  • Flying Health: Buying Reputation Instead of Building It Slowly
  • The Cross-Border Engine: German Sales, Polish Delivery, One Strong Brand

10:00 AM

Cell
Tea & Coffee Break

11:00 AM

Anna Zarudzka

Boldare

From Local to Global: Lessons From Scaling a Polish Software House Internationally
  • How We Went From Local Polish Projects to Global Brands Like BlaBlaCar
  • How We Package and Price Discovery as a Paid Engagement
  • Using AI-Augmented Delivery as a Sales Advantage
  • From Vendor to Partner: How We Structure Relationships to Keep Clients for Years
  • Managing 140+ people and 4 offices

11:15 AM

Jan Kartusek

In Sales Academy

Outbound in 2026: How Software Houses Can Stand Out in a Saturated Market
  • Strategic Lead Magnets: The New Currency of Outbound in 2026
  • Message Architecture for 2026
  • The Proven Tactics That Still Generate Meetings
  • What No Longer Works in 2026 (But Everyone Still Does It)

12:00 AM



Lunch Break

12:30 PM

Jevgenij Blagonravov

mAI Edge

Value-Based Pricing for Software Houses: How to Charge for Outcomes, Not Hours
  • Why the Hourly Model is Broken for Modern Software Houses
  • What Value-Based Pricing Actually Means (Real-World, Not Theory)
  • How to Identify and Quantify “Value” in a Software Project
  • Choosing the Right Clients for Value-Based Pricing
  • Positioning Yourself as a High-Value Innovation Partner, Not a Dev Shop
  • How to Start Implementing Value-Based Pricing in Your Own Agency

01:30 PM

Tomáš Mašek

Vacuumlabs

How We Built an Actual Value Proposition for a 300+ Person Software Engineering Firm
  • Why “we build software” stopped working as a positioning strategy
  • The challenge of differentiation at 300+ employees
  • How the fintech niche became a strategic constraint, not a limitation
  • Competing in 2026: what clients actually evaluate now
  • Aligning sales, marketing, and delivery around one narrative
  • How specialization affects pricing power and deal quality
Cell
Richard Rostecky

Touch4IT

AI at Scale: What Actually Works When You Run a 100+ Person Delivery Organization
  • What AI Cannot Fix (Yet): The Limits of Large-Scale Implementation
  • The Reality of AI in a 100-Person Software House
  • Delivery vs Back Office: Where AI Creates Real Leverage
  • The Touch4IT Engineering Stack: How AI Fits Into the Production Workflow
  • Building a Scalable Delivery Platform Around AI
  • The Productivity Illusion: Why AI Doesn’t Replace Developers

02:40 PM

Tea & Coffee Break

03:05 PM

Przemyslaw Soroka

SH Advisory

The Future of Software Houses in CEE (M&A Panel)

  • Preparing exit strategies
  • Buyers' perspective on specialized SW houses
  • How to stand out from the masses
  • M&A - valuations for niche agencies vs generalists

04:00 PM

Cell

Closing Remarks

04:45 PM

Cell

Networking Dinner

06:30 PM

€997 - full price

Event access

Lunch

Networking dinner

Private networking group

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Our Speakers

Darius Niroumand

Managing Director

Forte Digital GmbH

Tomáš Mašek

CEO

vacuumlabs

Anna Zarudzka

CO-CEO

BOLDARE

Darius leads the DACH business of Forte (€10M+ revenue) and helps clients to build digital and AI ecosystems that matter.

Tomáš is the CEO of Vacuumlabs, a rapidly growing fintech-focused software development firm headquartered in Bratislava with 300+ people.

Anna is in charge of a Polish software house, Boldare, with a team of 140+ experts with 4 offices around Europe and 300 projects under their belt.

Jevgenij Blagonravov

Co-Founder

mAI Edge/EX-FOUNDER B&T Lab

Richard Rostecky

FOUNDER

Touch4IT

Przemyslaw Soroka

Managing Director

SH Advisory

Jevgenij co-founded B&T Lab, an innovation studio working with leading financial and payments institutions across CEE, EMEA, and LATAM. Today, he runs mAI - a semi-agentic AI engine that automates campaign-ready ads for brands.

Richard runs Touch4IT (€4M+ revenue) with 100+ experts from Slovakia with a strong expertise in healthcare, defense, and space industries.




Przemyslaw owns a boutique M&A advisory business focused on software businesses located in the CEE region. He offers full end-to-end support for the buy and sell sides.



Here’s What Founders Are Saying About The Last Event

Michael Korman

Founder AT

Touch4it

The quality of presentations and the engaged audience made it exceptionally enjoyable. 

Robert Strzelecki

CEO at

TENDERHUT GROUP

Thank you for invitation! Excellent work.



Davor Tarandek

CEO at

TRIA

Another fantastic event, congrats! See you again next year.



Barend

Smet

President at

Thaumatec Techgroup

Refreshing to engage in honest conversations about the challenges faced by Software Houses.


Antonio Peric-Mazar

CEO AT

Locastic

No one was trying to sell, impress anyone or act like they have all the answers figured out. Worth the trip.



Mihai-Daniel Popa

COO at

dotNear-Odeen

Great energy at the summit! Eastern European nearshore providers exchanging ideas, experiences, and laughs in a relaxed setting.

Igor Vrdoljak

CO-Founder at

NETGEN

The combination of learning, networking and an opportunity to openly exchange ideas with fellow founders facing similar challenges, made it a full win for me.


Libor Suchy

CEO AT

Argo22

Thanks for the opportunity to step out of my "bubble" and learn how things are going for other software agency founders and where the industry seems to be heading. 

Matt Warcholinski

Co-Founder AT

Brainhub

Great event :) Really enjoyed it.


Mykola Saraniuk

CEO at

RED CHAMELEON

I'm coming back with new ideas, contacts and motivation.

Rich Bundock

GROUP CEO -COHAESUS 

CTO -HEADCHANNEL

Such a great inaugural event. Well organised. Thank you!



Ivan Siniak

Founder & CEO at

EVOCODE

It was an incredible opportunity to tackle common challenges, and discuss solutions to drive our industry forward.

Jakub Dvorak

Co-Founder AT 

BePositive 

A lot of information was given here, which we immediately implemented in our software house.



Mario Juric

Co-Founder at Upheave technologies

I don't know of any other industry where leaders will openly share knowledge and support each other. 


Pawel Nienartowicz

CEO at

ADHDEV

I had a great time at the Founders Summit. Many ideas that we can easily test ourselves.

Balasz Slezak

Founder & CEO at

WOZIFY

It's always great to learn from titans of the industry and exchange ideas and best practices with people who are in the same boat :)












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What Sets This Event Apart

This one-day event is tailored for founders of software houses in Central and Eastern Europe that offer custom software and digital product development services.

We only have one rule: No fluff.

Networking Dinner & Afterparty

Only For 40 Founders!

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Pricing

€997 - full price

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Who is this event for?

This is the 5th edition of our Software House Founders Summit series around the world. Most of the attendees are founders who run digital product development or software development companies in Central and Eastern Europe.

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