In February, Belgrade will host founders whose products are used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, teams that generated more than €50 million in their first year of operations, leaders behind successful global exits, and representatives of VC funds managing more than €500 million in capital.
Belgrade, December 8, 2025 – On February 19–20, Belgrade will become a gathering place for some of today’s most ambitious founders, investors, and technology leaders at the unlockit conference, launched by the Digital Serbia Initiative. The event is designed to enable direct knowledge exchange with global leaders on emerging technologies, product development, marketing, sales, and strategies for scaling startups internationally.
More than 800 participants in two days
Over the course of two days, more than 800 participants – founders and experts from globally successful startups, VC funds, business angels, students, and organizations across the innovation ecosystem will have the opportunity to learn what drives global success and how emerging technologies can be applied effectively.
The first day of the conference, held on February 19 at Sava Centar, will feature two program tracks: Growth Track and the Inspiration Track. This structure will offer startups already active on international markets, corporations, and investors a clearer understanding of what fuels global expansion, while young innovators and students will gain insight into how ideas can grow into globally relevant products.
On the second day, February 20, participants will work with international experts on strategies in sales, marketing, and AI applications that unlock growth on global markets.
First speakers announced
Among the first confirmed speakers are: Bar Winkler, CEO of Wonderful, arriving after raising a Series A round of more than $100 million for an AI-based product that resolves up to 80% of customer support requests. Damir Sabol, founder of the globally recognized Photomath application, downloaded more than 500 million times and acquired by Google in 2023. Marija Radulović Nastić, a technology leader with Fortune 500 experience, former Chief Technology Officer at Electronic Arts, and advisor on innovation and global transformation. Branko Milutinović, CEO and co-founder of Nordeus, the gaming company behind Top Eleven, played by more than 300 million people worldwide, presenting insights on building a global product from Serbia. Nick Velkovski, CEO of HeyReach, one of Europe’s fastest-growing SaaS startups, who will share lessons from independently scaling the company to $10 million ARR. Mirko Novaković, CEO and founder of Dash0, previously founder of Instana (acquired by IBM for $500 million) and codecentric, bringing extensive experience in building globally scalable products. David and Daniil Liberman, Los Angeles–based futurists and serial entrepreneurs, creators of the Gonka protocol and founders of several AI and AR ventures, including Kernel AR (acquired by Snap). Damir Čaušević, CEO of Monri Payments, one of Southeast Europe’s leading payment service providers.
The speaker lineup also includes Dino Delić, COO and Partner at FishingBooker, Dušan Komar, Founder and CEO of Ominimo, Vukašin Vukosavljević, CMO of HeyReach, Enrique Hoyos, Head of Growth at Bolt.new, Diandra Escobar, Founder of Distinctiva, Sanja Žugić, Head of Studio Operations at Playstudios and Marius Haufe, Co-founder and Partner at reziprok Ventures.
Additional speaker announcements will follow in the coming weeks.
“Unlockit is a platform that connects the people shaping the global innovation ecosystem and inspires the next generations who will continue to build it. Our goal is to create a conference that encourages open dialogue, collaboration, and meaningful connections. We also want to support regional startups and innovators by giving them access to global experience and connecting them with world-class experts and investors, so their ideas and products can achieve global success,” said Tanja Kuzman, Conference Director and CEO of the Digital Serbia Initiative.
Ticket sales and registration for the free segments of the program open on 8 December.
