Democracy Tech Pitch Competition

Tuesday May 12

16:00 –

16:50

Main Stage

For the sixth time, the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, through its Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellowship programme, has equipped entrepreneurs with tech solutions to democracies’ problems with the know-how of starting and scaling democracy-focused and democratically driven ventures. Our fellows have been selected from Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia. We have provided the democracy tech fellows with masterclasses, mentorship and now, a global platform to showcase their tech solutions at the annual Copenhagen Democracy Summit.

In a Dragon’s Den-style pitch competition, the 6 Fellows compete for 3 awards – each worth $10.000 USD. They are given 3 minutes to pitch their product, after which an expert jury will assess their presentations and select winners at the end of the segment.

The Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellowship Program 2026 is generously supported by SCSP – The Special Competitive Studies Project and the Atlas Network.

Viktor Yakymovych

CEO of Sec-Ta

Dea Bakashvili

Founder of ETAN

Anna Vyshniakova

Head of LingvaLexa

Lucian Boaghe

CEO & Co-Founder of Deepguard

Vahan Martirosyan

Co-Founder of COPA

George Lubaretsi

Founder of FOI Security

Jeanne Meserve (Host and Moderator)

Host of the NatSec Tech podcast and former anchor and correspondent for CNN and ABC News

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