Startup Social Kaunas #39: Antanas Bakšys (Ace Waves)

True serial entrepreneur at May’s startup meetup 🫡

Startup Social Kaunas is a monthly meetup happening every first Tuesday for 3+ years. The goal – to inspire, connect, and educate people about the startup world. Open to everyone: founders, service providers, investors, or just anyone curious about the Kaunas startup scene 👀

May’s event is likely the last one before summer break, so we’re closing the season with FIRSTPICK VC – the most active VC fund in Lithuania, investing in Baltic startups from inception to pre-seed. Co-organizing this one together 🤝

Together with FIRSTPICK, we’re bringing a true Kaunas founder – Antanas Bakšys. You may know him from the story of a 16-year-old who created the successful startup SearchNode and exited in 2022. Since then, he’s built multiple ventures. Now he’s Co-Founder & CEO of Ace Waves, building AI agent platform for enterprise customer service. So yeah – a real startup builder sharing the raw reality: challenges, lessons, and what it actually takes to build and scale a startup.

❗ Don't forget to register
When: Tuesday, May 5th, at 6:00 pm (doors open)
Where: Kaunas Science Island

🕧 AGENDA:

18:00 - Doors open + networking
18:30 - Intro
18:35 - Founders Spotlight: a fireside chat with Antanas Bakšys, Co-Founder & CEO @Ace Waves + QnA from the audience
Moderator: Marijus Andrijauskas, General Partner @FIRSTPICK
19:35 - networking, snacks, and drinks

❗️IMPORTANT:
The event will be photographed.
Interview language - English.