In 2027 and every year after
ELC Slovakia
We are inviting 3 companies from Slovakia to become founding patrons of ELC Slovakia 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 500+. This is what it looks like when it moves to Slovakia.
3
Patrons from Slovakia
€64,000 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 already put 500+ people in one room with speakers from Netflix, Stripe, Meta, Microsoft, the Financial Times, JPMorgan and Apify, one hour from Bratislava. It was covered by Czech Television. The pipeline that fills that stage fills your venue, your meetup, your bootcamp.
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 Slovakia.
This already happens in the Czech Republic. Everpure: 3 Director+ leaders hired over 2 years. Ataccama: 4 senior hires including a VP Platform. Apify: partner for 3 years running. Partners hire 2.7 engineering leaders a month straight out of the 3,300+ member network. Slovakia gets the same pipeline, and you are first in line for it.
04
Your seat on the ELC Slovakia advisory board. You or your representative as ELC ambassador of the mission.
Three companies get this seat, not fifteen. Jakub Jasak and Marian Kamenistak run the mission with you: you help pick the first Slovak speakers and the first venues. ELC has run this exact model in Czechia since 2019, and Slovakia gets the same playbook.
05
Slovak software gets a push in 2027 and beyond. You are part of why.
Three mission packages: €64,000 for visibility, €126,000 for visibility and growth, €256,000 for category exclusivity. 3 spots total, 20% off every following year. October 2026 closes the offer.
Mission Slovakia
We build Silicon Valley in Slovakia, Center of Europe.
Slovakia is personal for us. Marian is Slovak and built ELC in Prague from 2019; Jakub runs the Slovak side on the ground. This is personal interest, not a financial project. 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 Slovakia is not a standing start either: 3 ELC meetups have already run in Bratislava, at Slido and Impact Hub.
2019
running since
Founded in Prague, still headquartered there.
3,300+
members
CTOs, VPs, heads of engineering and engineering managers.
40+
meetups held
120+ leaders in the room, every month.
500+
at the conference
The 2026 edition in Prague. It was covered by Czech Television.
The room.
120+ engineering leaders at each monthly meetup. Super high quality, no vendor pitches.
The stage.
500+ 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.
Bratislava is next. A meetup every second month, 100+ leaders, in your venue.
Who already stood on an ELC stage.
ELC Conference 2026, Prague, hosted with ČSOB. 500+ 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, 500+ 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
500+
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.
- 01
November 2026
Formal kick-off and an exclusive dinner in Bratislava.
- 02
100+ leaders
A Bratislava meetup every second month, in your venue.
- 03
300+ people
One full-day workshop conference a year.
- 04
3 articles, 2 podcasts
Top media in Slovakia and Europe, all year.
- 05
12 posts
Social media with your videos and pictures.
- 06
Two seats
ELC ambassador in Slovakia and a seat on the ELC Slovakia advisory board.
9 September 2026, Prague
See the mission in Czechia for yourself.
A private boat on the Vltava with ELC speakers and partners. No stage, no talks. Ask for a seat, we approve yours.
Come and look at the room before you decide anything. That is the whole point of the evening.
Ask for a seat
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.
Visibility
€64,000
/ year
- Your brand tied to the mission, all year.
- Speaking spots, media, video, podcasts.
- Real visibility your team can point to.
Proof: ELC's 2026 conference alone was covered by Czech Television.
Visibility and growth
€126,000
/ year
- Everything in Visibility.
- Workshops and mentoring for your leaders.
- Talent reach inside 3,300+ ELC members. Talk to the top engineers directly.
Proof: Ataccama used this same talent reach to make 4 senior hires, including a VP of Platform.
Category exclusivity
€256,000
/ year
- Everything in Visibility and growth.
- One patron in your category.
- Your brand alone next to the mission.
Proof: Apify has stayed an ELC partner for 3 years running.
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 Slovakia 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
Ten companies we invited first.
Companies that build value in Slovakia. No service centres. This is our outreach shortlist, not a signed list: none of the ten 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 Slovakia. The offer closes in October 2026.
Intro call with Jakub and MarianWho you work with.
- 1
Intro call with Jakub and 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.
Jakub Jasak
Ambassador of ELC Slovakia, CTO and co-founder at Surglogs
Your first call. Jakub runs the Slovak side of the mission with Marian: the venues, the first speakers, the first companies.
Marian Kamenistak
Founder, ELC
Slovak. 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.
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.
Slovakia has no members and no meetups yet. Why pay for it now?
Because it starts at zero. The Czech numbers above are what 2019 to today looks like once it compounds: the Prague chapter had no members and no meetups in its own year one either. A founding patron shapes the first speakers, the first venue and the first Slovak 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, a seat on the ELC Slovakia advisory board and a named ELC ambassador from your company. The bigger patron packages add workshops, mentoring and direct talent reach inside 3,300+ ELC members.
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 Slovakia.
October 2026 closes them.
Offer and figures last updated .