Post by Invento Capital Partners

INVENTO Summit 2026 brought together founders, investors, and innovators in Zagreb yesterday; and the energy in HUB385 was something else. 🔥 There is no single path to millions. No universal formula. No shortcut. But three things seem to exist in every successful innovation journey: focus, commitment, sheer will. That was the main message shared by Dalibor Marijanović. Three panels, a fireside chat, a startup competition, and 1:1 meetings with investors. But honestly? The best parts were harder to put on an agenda. The conversations that spilled into the hallway. The founders who found each other across the room. The investors who sat through pitch after pitch. The themes of the day ranged from fundraising and exit strategies to the future of urban mobility and the very real ways AI is already changing how companies operate. Not in theory, but right now, inside real teams making real decisions. No filter, no fluff. Just people who have built things, failed at things, and kept going anyway. That's the kind of room we love to be in. 🙌 And then, the startup competition. 60+ applications, 7 finalists, one room full of people rooting for them. 🏆 Congratulations to our winners: 🥇 Darian Skarica / Holonet — best pitch at INVENTO Summit 2026 🏅 Zlatko Horvat / xolvi — EIT Urban Mobility programme support + Tomorrow Mobility World Congress 2026 in Barcelona 🏅 Dejan Mitrovicć / Moree — Investors Edge Conference + lunch with Vesna Capital investment committee 🏅 Jurica Mlakar / Reserved Aid — €5,000 in Infobip communication credits 🏅 Pavle Mitić / Peasy — 2 months of mentoring with Invento Capital Partners And finaly, 16 startups also had the chance to sit down 1:1 with investor representatives. The kind of conversations that don't happen by accident. 🤝 Special thanks to our speakers, moderators, and guests: Nikola Kapraljevic, Nina Dremelj, Stjepan Zelić, Mario Žderić, Irena Šoljić, PhD., Roko Kalafatić, Goran Kanizaj, Mirko Pavlinić, Melita Milenković, Ph.D., LL.M., Goran Batinić, Ana Veskovic Kresic, Dinko Durdevic, Marijan Mumdziev, Hajdi Cenan, Drazen Orescanin, Gordan Kozulj, MBA, PMP, Darko Jovisic, Luka Sučić, Nikola Komes 🙌 Thank you to all investors who took the time to meet founders: Mihovil Barančić, Nina Dremelj, Luka Sučić, Drazen Orescanin, Ivona Javorović, Bozidar Pavlovic, Srdja IVEKOVIC, and Stevica Kuharski. 🤝 And thank you thank you as well to our startup competition jury: Dalibor Marijanović, Evelin Regina Szasz, Ivan Brezak Brkan (IBB) & Ante Magzan Nothing great is made alone, and yesterday proved it. 💚 Full recap and photo gallery in the comment 👇