The Largest Summit for Influencers & Content Creators in Albania
“Innovation Fest 2025” officially launched its journey in December 2024 as an open call for ambitious students in more than 13 universities in city of Tirana. Over the course of two months, the project was presented in 25 different events, reaching over 2,000 university students across Albania.
More than 500 applications were received, demonstrating both interest and potential within the student community.
The applications went through an evaluation process – a panel of experts, mentors, and investors reviewed all submissions, narrowing the field to the top 20 teams.
Mentoring & Bootcamp: Over several weeks, participants engaged in 10 comprehensive training modules, covering business strategy, product development, go-to-market planning, and pitch preparation.
This was followed by two intensive workshops in February:
By February 25, they were guided through how to transform an idea into a structured business plan, while also being introduced to the full workshop series planned for the coming months.
Investor Engagement: Throughout the preparation phase, teams received targeted coaching and feedback from some of the people with the most influence in online business and freelancing;
And a powerful team of mentors:
