Marc este un program internațional ce se adresează organizațiilor din Europa Centrală și de Est – România, Austria, Croația, Cehia, Ungaria, Serbia și Slovacia – pe care le sprijinim să acceseze piața de capital, să fie mai pregătite pentru a obține investițiile potrivite și să-și crească impactul social.
Aproape 13 milioane de oameni din Europa Centrală și de Est sunt expuși riscului de sărăcie. Marc îi sprijină pe antreprenorii ambițioși să devină agenți ai schimbării. Susținut de ERSTE Foundation, Erste Social Finance, SIMPACT și IFUA Nonprofit, programul răspunde nevoilor critice de finanțare și know-how, conectând afacerile de impact cu investitori și sprijinindu-le să își scaleze, în paralel, modelul de business și impactul social. Astfel, ele pot crește, se pot adapta și pot contribui la un viitor mai incluziv și mai sustenabil.
Beneficiile programului, ediția 2026-2027
Cu ce rămâi?
Cum se desfășoară?
Primești sprijin adaptat și soluții personalizate nevoilor tale concrete de dezvoltare.
Cu ce rămâi?
Cum se desfășoară?
Vei putea participa la o tabăra antreprenorială (Growth Camp) de două zile, axate pe subiecte precum:
Cu ce rămâi?
Cum se desfășoară?
Cu ce rămâi?
1. Acces la traininguri și webinarii exclusive pentru cohorta Marc (prezentări ale unor investitori regionali de impact, mini-traininguri de public speaking și alte teme relevante).
2. Evenimente offline speciale în București, prin partenerii noștri din comunitate: Amplify, How to Web, Măgurele Science Park.
3. Conexiuni și introduceri la potențiali parteneri, investitori sau colaboratori.
Cum se desfășoară?
Primești invitații lunare de participare la traininguri și webinarii gratuite, în funcție de interesele tale.
Invitație la evenimentul nostru anual, re:Marc.
În programul Marc vei lucra doar cu mentori experimentați care te vor ajuta să-ți atingi obiectivele.
Teach4You
INDAGO Games
TruthRise
Curtea Culorilor
MATR
Academia Clar
PiciordePlay
Help Autism
Minimist
Rubik
SSH Systems
Jobs4ALL Lansarea oficială a programului și primirea aplicațiilor.
Termenul limită pentru primirea aplicațiilor. Ora 23:59.
Anunțarea organizațiilor selectate în programul Marc.
Sprijin prin programul Marc: mentorat, consultanță, tabere antreprenoriale de creștere, evenimente, acces la ecosistemul Marc.
Evenimentul re:Marc. Re:Marc este un eveniment internațional de celebrare și pitching, organizat în cadrul programului Marc, cu scopul de a recunoaște și premia excelența în domeniul de impact.
Activități în rețeaua Alumni Marc. Lansarea celei de-a patra ediții.
In this report, you may read about Marc accomplishments and Impact.
Within the EcoVolve project (Full project name: EcoVolve: Evolutionizing Ecosystems for Social Enterprises in the CEE Region, Project number: 101188814) funded by the European Union the consortium partners are IFUA Nonprofit Partner, SIMPACT, Erste Social Finance, Erste Group Bank and Impact Europe. Our goal is to develop innovative financial instruments and capacity-building programmes for Social Enterprises and Impact Startups – businesses that create positive social or environmental impact.
EcoVolve strives to address the needs of early-stage social finance markets in selected Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries: Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia. We are working to build a more supportive ecosystem by addressing both the supply side (through the development of new impact-linked financing tools and the setup of an impact fund) and the demand side (through tailored capacity-building programmes for social enterprises).
New innovative financing structures tailored to the needs of young social finance markets, encompassing impact-linked financial instruments and provision through newly established impact fund (supply side) and related capacity-building services for social enterprises (SEs) (demand side) will be developed.
What will be the major outcomes of EcoVolve?
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🌱 Right in the middle of where change is happening: GLOBEZERO.AI at ChangeNOW in Paris.
As part of Marc, the team had their dedicated mentoring session on-site with Manuel J. Heckmann, a tech founder and investor working at the intersection of climate tech, deep tech, and digital infrastructure.
And that’s exactly where GLOBEZERO.AI belongs. With their SaaS decision engine, they enable industrial companies to analyze product-level emissions and simulate alternative materials and processes, embedding decarbonisation directly into operational decisions. The result: lower CO₂ emissions, better resource efficiency, and more resilient supply chains. 🌍
📊 From Vienna to Paris, from strategy to execution, this is what it looks like when ventures operate where real change is happening.
#Marc #Impact #Change #Climate #Infrastructure #Sustainability
The expansion and continuation of the Marc Impact programme is co-funded by the European Union within the EcoVolve project.
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📸 A look back at re:Marc 2026!
Inspiring ideas, meaningful conversations, new connections and unforgettable moments brought our community together once again.
Explore the photo gallery and relive some of the highlights from this year’s event. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make re:Marc 2026 so special!
#Marc #Impact #reMarc #Startup #ImpactVenture
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Two Voice, one Vision: impact that matters.
At re:Marc, we heard from leaders who understand that finance and purpose don't have to be strangers.
Radován Jelasity – Chairman & CEO of Erste Bank Hungary
'In the medium and long term NGO-s are the ones that can provide a big support in the case of System changes.' Radován brought decades of banking leadership to the conversation, sharing how financial institutions can be architects of sustainable development, not obstacles to it.
Uli Grabenwarter – European Investment Fund deputy CIO, Head of Equity Investments
'Finance institutions that are working in the space and developing Products adn programmes that are tailored to the needs of individual enterprises are vital.' Uli revealed the blueprint for how impact-driven capital can build resilient, sustainable, and purpose-driven economies that actually work.
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🌍 One of the ventures from our current Marc Impact Network cohort landed a global integration and it's the kind of news that deserves more than a quick congratulations post.
Imagetwin, an AI-powered tool that detects image manipulation and plagiarism in scientific research, is now embedded directly into Wiley In Research's Exchange, one of the world's leading research publishing platforms, used by more than 1,500 journals globally. ✍🏻
But let's talk about what that actually means.
💡 Before rolling out the integration, Wiley ran a pilot across multiple journals. The results were stark: Imagetwin flagged more than 3x as many image integrity issues as human reviewers working alone! Manuscripts with serious concerns that would have otherwise made it through, were caught before publication.
That's not a marginal improvement. That's a structural shift in how scientific integrity gets protected.
And the problem it addresses is more serious than most people outside academia realize. Fraudulent or manipulated images in published research don't just embarrass the journals that publish them. They corrupt the foundation that medicine, policy, and innovation are built on. Once bad science enters the record, it spreads, cited, built upon, acted on, often long before anyone catches the error.
Manual review at the scale Wiley operates simply can't keep up. Imagetwin was built precisely for that gap. 🎯
What strikes us most watching this unfold through Marc Impact Network is how quietly and deliberately Patrick, Markus and their whole team have built towards this moment. No shortcuts. No overpromising. Just a genuinely necessary product, proven through a rigorous pilot, now trusted by one of the most established names in scientific publishing.
🤝 This is exactly the kind of venture Marc Impact Network exists to support, one where impact and business success aren't in tension, but are the same thing.
Congratulations to Patrick Starke, Markus Zlabinger and the entire Imagetwin team. The scientific record is in better hands because of what you built.
#Marc #Impact #AI #Research #Imagetwin
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Every impact venture starts with a story.
The re:Marc 2025–2026 cohort brings together people from different backgrounds, industries, and communities, all united by a desire to create positive change. 🌍
From sustainable solutions and social innovation to new technologies and community-led initiatives, each impact venture reflects a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities around us.
What makes this cohort so inspiring isn’t just the diversity of ideas, it’s the people behind them. Every founder started with a question, a challenge they cared about, or a vision for how things could be done differently.
Take some time to explore the 2025–2026 cohort and discover the journeys, motivations and ideas shaping this community: hu.marcimpactprogramme.net/cohort-2025-2026/
💬 As you browse, we’d love to hear from you: Which story resonates with you most, and why?
#Marc #Impact #MentalHealth #Innovation #ISupport
The expansion and continuation of the Marc Impact Programme is co-funded by the European Union within the EcoVolve project.
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New success stories on the horizon!
It’s time to celebrate Marc participants once again, from both past and current cohorts, who continue to turn bold ideas into impact.
🌱 TOURMIX
An environmentally friendly parcel delivery system using “Mixers” on foot, by bike, or public transport, reducing the environmental footprint of last-mile logistics.
🚁 NoxAvis Tech Solutions
With HeliDoc, emergency care is transformed through real-time AI documentation, easing workloads, improving outcomes, and scaling globally.
💺 Bergardi
Reimagining everyday sitting with a patented active seating system that strengthens core muscles, improves posture, and reduces fatigue.
💻DavinciLab
Through TalentsLounge, teachers become coaches, delivering coding and AI education with scalable tools, structured curricula, and corporate-sponsored modules.
♻️ byeagain
Turning returns, B-stock, and surplus inventory into new revenue streams, efficiently, sustainably, and at industrial scale.
✨ These ventures prove that impact and scaling go hand in hand. With with the right support, network, and ambition, impact-driven innovation can truly grow beyond borders.
#Marc #Impact #TourMix #HeliDoc #Bergardi #TalentsLounge #ByeAgain
The expansion and continuation of the Marc Impact programme is co-funded by the European Union within the EcoVolve project.
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