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Matej Ftáčník

Socrates 2022

Matej is a Co-Founder and CEO of Vacuumlabs. He co-founded Vacuumlabs in 2012 and became its CEO in 2021. Today he leads a company of more than 400 people supporting its clients around the globe. In 2019, Matej was named EY Technology Entrepreneur of the Year. This was in recognition of his lengthy track record of founding

businesses and his significant contribution to the start-up ecosystem.
In 2011 in his native Slovakia Matej co-founded the first Slovak coworking space and business accelerator, the Spot. Thanks to the continuous success of Vacuumlabs, Matej was able to help with co-founding the Fintech Hub Slovakia alongside MasterCard and Slovak Fintech Association. Matej’s initiative and investment lie behind the first LGBT+ digital banking platform in the United States called Daylight. Recently, he also won the prestigious ‘Crystal Wing’ award in Slovakia for his continuous contribution to the Startup and Innovation sphere in Slovakia. Matej is also an ambassador of the initiative ‘Za inovatívne Slovensko’.

Last edited October 2022.

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