The march edition of First Monday was a blast! We welcomed Barnabas Birmacher, CEO at Bitrise, for a fireside chat moderated by Adam Csuhai, Partner at Lead Ventures. Together, they explored what it takes to navigate efficiency transitions during an economic downturn—and how, despite the headwinds, Bitrise successfully reached profitability.

We held an evening dedicated to the future of robotics on February’s First Monday with Allonic, a Pázmány University spin-off, showcasing its 3D Tissue Braiding–built robotic hand. CEO Benedek Tasi and Day One Capital’s Zsolt Weiszbart discussed scaling deep-tech and teased Allonic’s now-public $7.2M pre-seed round.

On January's First Monday, we've hosted Frank Sondors, co-founder & CEO of Salesforge – an AI-native sales platform that’s passed the ~$3M ARR mark in less than a year with roughly 2,000 customers, reached profitability, and done it all on just ~$500k in external funding.