In 2027 and every year after
ELC Poland
ELC Poland is looking for 3 companies from Poland to become its founding patrons from 2027.
This is not a pitch deck fantasy. The same model has run in Prague since 2019: 3,300+ members, 40+ meetups, a conference of 400+. Kraków has had one night of it. This is what the rest looks like.
3
Patrons from Poland
€32,000 to €256,000
Per year
October 2026
Offer closes
01
Three companies, one country
Speakers from top tech companies at your door, your venue, your meetups, your campus.
The 2026 ELC Conference put 400+ people in one room with speakers from Netflix, Stripe, Meta, Microsoft, the Financial Times, JPMorgan and Apify. ELC meetup #38 already brought that pipeline to Loftmill in Kraków. It fills your venue, your meetup, your campus next.
02
Your brand in Central Europe, social media, TV, videos, events and news. All year long, twice a month.
Every mission package carries 3 media articles, 2 podcasts and 12 social posts a year: real coverage tied to real events, in front of 3,300+ engineering leaders who already read what ELC publishes.
03
Talent and investment pulled toward Kraków.
This already happens in the Czech Republic. Ataccama: 3 ELC meetups at its Prague HQ, 106 leaders checked in at the largest. Apify: 2 ELC meetups at its Prague office, the latest with 295 applications. Everpure: an ELC meetup at its Prague office and the first ELC meetup in Kraków. Partners hire 2.7 engineering leaders a month straight out of the 3,300+ member network. Kraków gets the same pipeline, and you are first in line for it.
04
Your seat on the ELC Kraków advisory board. You or your representative as ELC ambassador of the mission.
Three companies get this seat, not fifteen. You help pick the first Kraków speakers and the first venues, and ELC Prague does the work: the organisation, the speaker line-up, the back office, twelve months of it. ELC has run this exact model in Czechia since 2019.
05
Polish software gets a push in 2027 and beyond. You are part of why.
Three mission packages: €32,000 for the Kraków advisory seat, €64,000 to add the ambassador seat and the Prague conference stage, €256,000 for category exclusivity. 3 spots total, 20% off every following year. October 2026 closes the offer.
Mission Poland
We build Silicon Valley in Kraków, Central Europe.
Kraków is not a guess. ELC meetup #38 ran there in June 2026, at Loftmill, with speakers from Everpure and BlackLine. It worked, and from January 2027 we come back every second month. 3 founding patrons, and the offer closes in October 2026.
Is this real, or another grant request?
It is real, and you can check every number on this page yourself. ELC has run in Prague since 2019, and Poland is not a standing start either: the first ELC Kraków meetup already ran, at Loftmill, made possible by Everpure, BlackLine and Loftmill.
2019
running since
Founded in Prague, still headquartered there.
3,300+
members
CTOs, VPs, heads of engineering and engineering managers.
40+
meetups held
120+ registrations, every month.
400+
at the conference
The 2026 edition in Prague, speakers from Netflix and Stripe.
The room.
120+ engineering leaders at each monthly meetup. Super high quality, no vendor pitches.
The stage.
400+ people at the annual ELC Conference. Speakers from Netflix and Stripe.
The network.
3,300+ CTOs, VPs and engineering managers across Central Europe. Since 2019.
The rooms, month after month
See for yourself
One thing we will not dress up: the wave 1 companies further down this page are our outreach shortlist, not signed patrons. Nobody has agreed to anything yet.
ELC already lives in
- Prague.
- Brno.
- Bratislava.
- Berlin.
- Kraków.
Kraków has run once. From January 2027 it runs every second month, 100+ leaders, in your venue.
Who already stood on an ELC stage.
ELC Conference 2026, Prague, hosted with ČSOB. 400+ people in the room.
Michal Matyjek
Aleodor Tabarcea
David Teodorescu
Vojta Vondra
Tatiana Stantonian
Viktor Didenchuk
Jan Zenisek
Karin Van Hoecke
Rizwan Iqbal
Petr Krebs
Anna Kurylo
Daniel Ondruj
40+ meetups in Czechia with partners like
The ELC Conference in Prague, 400+ people
ELC Conference
The Highlight of the year for every Engineering Leader
The ELC Conference brings together engineering and product leaders from across Europe for a full day of talks, networking, and inspiration. Expect real stories from real teams from scaling culture to leading through uncertainty.
April
2027
400+
attendees
20+
speakers
12
workshops
15
mentors
One mission year.
Not a cheap logo on the wall of a single event. One-off events do not work. This is a full year, planned with you and executed with you: ELC Prague carries the organisation, the speaker line-up and the back office for all twelve months.
- 01
January 2027
Formal kick-off and an exclusive dinner in Kraków.
- 02
100+ leaders
A Kraków meetup every second month, in your venue.
- 03
2 speakers
Two of those meetups carry speakers from your team.
- 04
22 April 2027, 500+ expected
Your speaking spot at the ELC Conference in Prague.
- 05
3 articles, 2 podcasts
Media, LinkedIn, videos and newsletters, all year.
- 06
Two seats
ELC ambassador in Poland and a seat on the ELC Kraków advisory board.
Three patron packages.
Per year, ex VAT. 20% off every following year for existing patrons, because this is a long-term mission, not a one-off financial project.
Kraków advisory seat
€32,000
/ year
- Your seat on the ELC Kraków advisory board.
- Two meetups a year carrying two of your speakers.
- LinkedIn posts, videos and newsletters, all year.
Proof: 400+ at ELC's 2026 conference, speakers from Netflix and Stripe.
Ambassador and stage
€64,000
/ year
- Everything in the Kraków advisory seat.
- The ELC ambassador seat for Poland.
- A speaking spot at the ELC Conference in Prague, 22 April 2027, 500+ expected in the room.
Proof: the 2026 conference stage carried Netflix, Stripe, Meta and the Financial Times.
Category exclusivity
€256,000
/ year
- Everything in Ambassador and stage.
- One patron in your category, for the full year.
- Your brand alone next to the mission.
Proof: Apify hosted 2 ELC meetups at its Prague office, the latest with 295 applications.
This is a patronage programme, not a membership package. It sits outside the ELC company-membership ladder and is priced for founding a country, not for joining one.
3 patrons with roots in Poland in total. Not fifteen logo deals. A list of fifteen names drains every one of them, so we do not sell one.
Tailor the patronage to fit your ambitionWave 1
Seventeen companies we invited first.
Companies that build engineering in Kraków. No service centres. This is our outreach shortlist, not a signed list: none of the seventeen have committed yet. The 3 patron places go to the first three of them, or to one company that takes category exclusivity.
3 patrons from Poland. The offer closes in October 2026.
Intro call with MarianWho you work with.
- 1
Intro call with Marian. We want to hear your motivation.
- 2
We shape the year around what you want to expose. Our missions must be aligned.
- 3
We pick the first topics. You pick the first speakers from around the world.
Marian Kamenistak
Founder, ELC
Your first call. Marian built ELC in Prague from 2019. Principal software architect at Databricks in Silicon Valley. Helped build two unicorns, Mews and Productboard. Has coached 317 engineers and leaders across 17+ countries, on the technical and the leadership side.
Ambassador of ELC Poland
Seat open
Nobody holds this seat yet, and we would rather say so than put a placeholder name on it. A founding patron helps choose who takes it and can put forward someone from their own team. Until then Kraków runs out of Prague.
Questions we get
Why only 3 patrons?
Fifteen logos on a wall drain everyone. Three patrons carry the mission and get the credit. We refuse to turn this into a financial project.
Kraków has had one meetup. Why pay for a whole year now?
Because one night is where Prague started too. ELC #38 ran at Loftmill in June 2026, with speakers from Everpure and BlackLine, and that is the whole Polish track record so far. From January 2027 it runs every second month. A founding patron shapes the first Kraków speakers, the first venues and the first Polish members, instead of joining a market that is already decided.
What does a patron get?
A year of visible, authentic action tied to the mission: world speakers at your venue, 3 media articles, 2 podcasts, 12 social posts, and a seat on the ELC Kraków advisory board. The bigger packages add the ELC ambassador seat for Poland and a speaking spot on the Prague conference stage in 22 April 2027.
What happens after October 2026?
The 3 patron spots close and the mission moves to a yearly patronage cycle. Existing patrons keep 20% off every following year.
3 patrons from Poland.
October 2026 closes them.
Offer and figures last updated .