First edition shipped. Sarajevo, September 2026.

The arena for the next generation of Adria builders.

Adria Tech Arena brings together engineers, founders, students, sponsors, mentors, investors, and startups through hackathons, demo nights, fellowships, and partner-backed innovation programs across the region. The first edition ran in Sarajevo in September 2026.

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12 teams · 3 winners · 18 partners · one night. Regional expansion follows city by city.

[01]What we are building

Not another event. A regional operating system for builders.

The region has talent. What it needs is structure, visibility, and access. Adria Tech Arena is designed to connect high-potential builders with the people and organizations that can help them build faster: mentors, sponsors, startups, universities, companies, and international partners.

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Done · 12–13 Sep 2026

Build

Curated hackathons and challenge tracks where teams build real projects, not slide decks.

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Next up

Demo

Demo nights and project showcases that put builders in front of companies, founders, mentors, and future backers.

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Roadmap

Scale

Fellowships, regional chapters, investor access, and partner programs that keep momentum going after the event ends.

[02]Platform

More than hackathons.

Hackathons are the starting point. The long-term goal is a full regional platform for talent, startups, partners, and city-level tech communities.

First format

First edition: Sarajevo

Adria Hack

High-energy hackathons where selected teams build around real challenges set by partners. The first Sarajevo edition runs three tracks: AI Infrastructure, HealthTech, and Fintech.

Real projects
Mentors
Demo stage
Partner visibility

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The stage

Launching after first hackathon

Adria Demo Night

A stage for builders to show what they made, meet sponsors and investors, get feedback, and turn weekend projects into real opportunities.

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The community

Founding members open

Adria Builders Community

A curated community for engineers, students, designers, founders, and product people who want to build with serious peers.

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The fellowship

Planned

Adria Tech Fellows

A future fellowship for high-potential builders across the region, with mentors, investor and partner access, and visibility.

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Real problems

Partners wanted

Partner Challenges

Sponsor-backed tracks where companies and institutions bring real problems for teams to solve.

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City by city

Roadmap

Regional Chapters

City-level builder communities across Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Skopje, Podgorica, and beyond.

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[03]Why now

The Adria region does not lack talent. It lacks connective tissue.

Builders across the region are learning, shipping, founding, and experimenting, but too many of them are isolated from sponsors, mentors, investors, companies, and each other. Adria Tech Arena exists to make that network visible and useful.

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Companies need better access to young technical talent.
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Students need real projects, mentors, and visibility.
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Startups need builders, early users, and community.
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The region needs more founder energy, not only conference panels.
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Sponsors need measurable ecosystem impact, not just logos on posters.

[04]First stop

Sarajevo starts the arena.

Adria Tech Arena started in Sarajevo: a founding builder community, partner-backed events, and the first Adria Hack edition — now complete. From there, the model expands across the region.

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[05]Regional by design

One platform. Multiple cities. One builder network.

The first events happen locally. The network compounds regionally. And the region is only the start — the arena is built to expand across Europe and launch its builders onto the world stage.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Launch city

The first Adria Tech Arena programs launch from Sarajevo: a founding builder community, partner-backed events, and the first Adria Hack edition.

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[06]For partners

Back the builders before everyone else notices them.

Adria Tech Arena gives companies, cloud platforms, universities, banks, telecoms, startups, and ecosystem partners a direct way to support and meet high-potential regional talent.

Talent access

Meet selected builders, engineers, students, and early founders.

Brand visibility

Show up as a real supporter of the next generation of regional tech.

Challenge tracks

Bring real problems and let teams build around them.

Impact reporting

Receive a post-event report with participants, projects, photos, outcomes, and visibility.

Become a founding partner

Sponsorship can include cash, venue, food, prizes, API credits, mentors, speakers, or media support.

[07]For builders

Build with people who are actually serious.

Join a curated regional community where you can meet technical teammates, build real projects, demo publicly, learn from mentors, and get on the radar of the companies, startups, and investors who can back what you build.

Apply to join the founding community

Find teammates

Build real projects

Meet mentors and investors

Demo to partners and backers

Find a path to funding

Join future regional chapters

[08]First format