Results • 2019 – 2026
The Nest so far
This isn’t a new story. It’s a new season.
A laboratory of ideas, not a classic incubator
The Nest is not a classic business incubator but an intellectual laboratory: it changes the way students think, sparks creativity and builds a culture of taking risks.
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Opened on 9 May 2019
It was opened by rector Prof. Veselin Vukotić and the Prime Minister of Montenegro.
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Among the first in the country
One of the first institutional supporters of student entrepreneurship in Montenegro.
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Defying the times, true to ideals
500+ young people a year take part in the Nest’s initiatives — at a time when a government job is the “dream job”.
S = z · i²
A student’s ability (S) = knowledge (z) × intensity of life (i), squared
Season 2025/26
Last season in numbers
- 20+talks, trainings and workshops
- 500+Entrepreneurship Festival participants
- 51teams in the national final
- 30+ideas at Berza
- 12jury members from industry
- €40,000+in investment and support for ideas
What last season looked like
- 1Nov 2025
Forming teams
Brainstorming and first workshops on business models and testing
- 2Dec 2025
Idea and market
“From an idea to the global market” with Coinis; a first meeting with an investor
- 3Feb 2026
StartUp Open Day
Teams pitch to mentors and companies
- 4Mar 2026
StartUp Boost
A three-day acceleration programme (A4SUSTINNO) + business design
- 5Apr 2026
Finance and pitch
Financial planning and pitch training for the Berza finalists
- 6Festival
Berza and the final
The 16th Berza and the GEN-E national final
This year the path gets clearer: the Academy for everyone first, then two months of intensive team work.
Berza, the Entrepreneurial Ideas Exchange • 16th edition
Where companies bid for student ideas
The centrepiece of the Entrepreneurship Festival, with a unique public-auction format: finalists present their ideas and companies bid for them.
- 11finalists pitched to investors
- 22more ideas received support
- 30+companies in the room
- €40,000+in investment and support
Winner of the European Commission’s European Enterprise Promotion Award (EEPA)
GEN-E 2026
Our students win
EduAI — winner of the national final, at Gen-E 2026 in Latvia
Tadija Karanac, Ema Vuković, Relja Đurović and Pavle Vešović
Mentor: Dr Bojana Mališić, UDG associateProof that a professor or teaching assistant can make the difference.
- 10university teams in the final
- 11finalists at the 16th Berza
Who has already shared their experience with students
Last season the Nest hosted founders, investors and experts — people you wouldn’t otherwise meet in a classroom.
- Anton JurovickiCEO and co-founder, Coinis
- Bojan MilenkovićStartup and innovation expert
- Branko DžakulaFounder of Skenify, iPets, Un1quely
- Dragan BjelogrlićFounder, Cobra Film
- Goran BencunExecutive director, Adriatic Properties
- Ilija RadulovićExecutive director, Ing Invest
- Mihailo VukićOwner, Allegra Group
- Alen NikezićCEO, ICL Montenegro
- Darko IvanovićCEO, The Badger Crew; Digital Den
- Faris AlamiCEO, ISM; author and keynote speaker
- Milan PetrovićPhysical AI & AIoT, Sweden–Japan
- Anita RadulovićCEO, Racc Accounting
- Velimir SrićaProfessor emeritus, consultant
- Srđan StankovićArtificial intelligence expert
- Nenad VujadinovićDean at UDG, creative industries
A4SUSTINNO • Interreg IPA ADRION • 2024 – 2027
The first phase of the A4SUSTINNO acceleration programme
Run as part of UDG’s Start-up programme · Entrepreneurial Nest · March – June 2026.
- 15participants: 5 SMEs and start-ups + 10 student start-ups
- 42 hof support: 22 h of group training + 20 h of one-to-one mentoring
- 6thematic modules, each with an ESG approach
- 10trainers and mentors
- 7members of the local support network (DLN)
- 5student start-up applications submitted to the Innovation Fund
Phase two: what’s ahead
Alongside the Start-up programme, students and partners can look forward to international networking and a digital platform.
01 · Networking with the DLNs
Connecting with the local support networks (DLNs) the partners are building in their countries: new contacts, know-how and opportunities to work together beyond Montenegro.
02 · Using the digital platform
- Networking with mentors from other countries
- Training and self-assessment modules
- Additional funds and financing models
The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg IPA ADRION programme
Companies that stand behind our students
Banks, tech companies, industry, investors and institutions — partners and sponsors of the 2025/26 season. For students, that means direct contact with potential employers and investors.
See you at the Nest.
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