The annual session of the Assembly of our association Startup – more commonly known as the Split Tech City community – was held last Thursday.

It was a great occasion for another informal meeting and networking, this time in the beautiful space of Smartspace coworking, also a member of the Split Tech City community.

2022 Annual Report

Annual reports on activities and finances from the past year were presented at the session.

Additionally, it was an excellent opportunity to make ourselves aware of what we had accomplished throughout the previous year:

• expanded the community by 20 new companies
• celebrated community successes with media support
• helped members reach the best interns by organizing the presentation of summer internships
• established active two-way communication with members
• provided members with special benefits by forming partnerships with relevant businesses
• better presented the content we create by improving Split Tech City’s website
• attracted new columnists and reporters and thus enriched the content we share
• officially said farewell to the pandemic by organizing (only) 9 online educational events
• spread knowledge and inspiration by organizing more than 50 live events – lectures, panel discussions, and workshops
• through the Split Tech City podcast, we shared stories of five local foreigners
• gathered and connected locals and nomads at as many as 12 Locals’n’Nomads meetups
• contributed to the digitization of volunteering as part of the EU project Digital Volunteer Community
• gathered the tech community for the fourth time in a row for a higher goal as part of the Split Tech Cup humanitarian cage ball tournament – the collected funds secured 13 laptops that were donated to children under the care of the MoSt association
• our Split Tech City Festival has grown in every way

As for the financial report, we highlight that the income in 2021 was HRK 345,896, and the expenses were HRK 226,142. The surplus income available for 2022 was HRK 103,379.

Revenues in 2022 amounted to HRK 466,458, and expenses HRK 509,645. Surplus income available in the next period amounts to HRK 60,192 (EUR 8,000).

Plans for 2023

Plans for this year were also agreed upon by the Split Tech City members present at the session, and we are especially happy that we have already started implementing some of the planned activities.

We will engage even more young people to ensure a brighter future for the Split Tech City community by:

• initiating the tours of local tech companies for high school and university students
• organizing the second edition of the mini PR conference “Communication Excellence“
• organizing NEXT – a free conference for high school students, university students, and young people
• informing the youth about Split’s tech scene through a monthly program on Radio Kampus – the radio station of the University of Split
• giving the young people the opportunity to express their viewpoints through our website (ex. the Croatian column titled “Thoughts of a high school student“)
• presenting our activities and the Split Tech City members with guest lectures at the faculties of Split’s University

Empowering the local tech scene by entering into significant partnerships:

• Silicon Gardens will invest from 50 thousand to 1 million euros in selected startups from the Split Tech City community
• Silicon Castles organizes Diamond Lab Design Thinking workshop in May, as well as other startup-related events

We will showcase the importance of membership in the Split Tech City community by creating case studies about mutual cooperation with the most active members of the community.

While we’ll be changing the format of the events – there will be fewer of them, but they will include more inspirational content – this year there will be no shortage of memorable events in our organization:

• once a quarter we will organize a Startups Meetup and a Women In Tech Meetup
• and in September, the third edition of the Split Tech City Festival will take place

“It’s like a dictatorship here, nobody has anything against our plans!”

– Toni Trivković, Split Tech City founder, president, and volunteer, happily concluded after the session was over.

We thrive in transparency, so the session recording can be found on our YouTube channel.

After the formal part, it was time for networking accompanied by snacks, drinks, and the performance of the Bosnian stand-up comedian Igor Drlja Iggy.

Once again, the Split Tech City team wishes to thank everyone for coming, showing support, and sharing their kind words about our work. We look forward to many new joint activities!

Photos: Bruno Dubravec