🚀 Vilnius Founders 🍸 Q&A with Liudas Kanapienis (Ondato) & Justinas Baranovskis (Ovoko)
What does it take to build ambitious global tech companies from Lithuania?
From selling into regulated markets around the world to transforming large, legacy industries with software, AI, and relentless execution, this Vilnius Founders meetup is a focused, no-slides evening for builders who want practical insight, not startup theatre.
We’re hosting two standout founder Q&As:
Liudas Kanapienis, Co-Founder & CEO of Ondato — the company building customer onboarding and due diligence infrastructure that helps turn KYC/AML from a cost center into a business advantage using AI and machine learning. Ondato has also been recognized for the third consecutive year in the Financial Times / Statista FT1000 list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.
Justinas Baranovskis, Co-Founder & CEO of Ovoko — a Europe-wide, SaaS-based, AI-powered marketplace for used car parts. Ovoko is rethinking how Europe buys used car parts by helping sellers improve operational efficiency, expand from local to multinational markets, improve shipping performance, and deliver an Amazon-like experience to buyers.
What we’ll cover
Building in regulated markets: what founders get wrong about KYC/KYB/AML
Product + distribution: selling complex infrastructure to banks, fintechs, and enterprise customers
Scaling a marketplace across borders
How AI and software can modernize old, fragmented industries
What strong execution looks like when your product touches critical business processes
Founder lessons from scaling in categories where operations, trust, and speed matter more than hype
Agenda
17:30 — Doors open
18:00 — Q&A with Liudas Kanapienis (Ondato)
19:00 — Q&A with Justinas Baranovskis (Ovoko)
20:00 — Networking
21:00 — End
Speakers
Liudas Kanapienis
Co-Founder & CEO, Ondato
Liudas Kanapienis is a fintech entrepreneur and business leader with around 15 years of experience. He has led multiple financial organizations and previously served as CEO of Paysera UK and Director of Business Development at Paysera. At Ondato, he focuses on building identity verification and compliance tooling, including remote identification, KYC-as-a-service, screening, biometric authentication, and custom identification workflows.
Justinas Baranovskis
Co-Founder & CEO, Ovoko
Justinas Baranovskis is the Co-Founder & CEO of Ovoko, a Europe-wide, SaaS-based, AI-powered marketplace transforming how used car parts are bought and sold. Since co-founding the company in 2017, he has focused on bringing digital innovation, AI, and seamless online transactions to a category not usually known for great software, operational efficiency, or customer experience. Under his leadership, Ovoko has built technology that helps sellers digitize inventory, expand beyond local markets, improve shipping performance, and deliver a far more convenient, Amazon-like buying experience to customers across Europe.
About 🚀 Vilnius Founders
Founder-driven meetups for builders and operators in Lithuania. No slides. No suits. Honest conversations, practical takeaways, and focused networking.