SaaStanak #1 Pula: Building Vertical SaaS from Pula 🇭🇷

​📣 SaaStanak #1 Pula

​🎙️ Hosted by ICT Istra & SaaStanak, supported by the Istrian Development Agency

​SaaStanak is landing in Pula for the first time, and we're opening with a truly local panel: three operators building vertical SaaS from Istria and selling it well beyond this region.

​Panelists

​Marko Božac, Senior Product Leader at Cenosco

​Marko has been with Cenosco for eight years and now leads a suite of B2B SaaS products while managing a team of PMs. Cenosco builds asset integrity management software for the oil, gas, and chemical industries, with users in 50+ countries, including companies like Shell and Equinor. Before Cenosco, Marko co-founded Sumirra, a fintech startup out of Zagreb.

​Domagoj Frank, Founder & CEO at dAIgnostics, Head of Computer Science at University North

​Domagoj is the founder of dAIgnostics, a biotech company building an early diagnostics platform for neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases using living-cell IVD and AI. He also leads the Computer Science and Informatics Department at University North. Before all this, Domagoj built and ran EVOtv, one of Croatia's major digital terrestrial Pay TV services.

​Nikola Rovis, CEO at Superius

​Nikola has been running Superius since 2008. His company started as a dev team for hire and over time became a product-oriented business building B2B cloud software, primarily POS systems and business automation tools for small businesses.

​Moderator: Leonard Eldić, Founder @ SaaStanak

​Why join

​✅ Hear from three operators building real products from Istria

​✅ Have honest conversations about what building vertical SaaS is like from here

​✅ Q&A directly with the panelists

​✅ Network with SaaS founders, builders, and operators from the region

​About the host

​ICT Istra is a non-profit association bringing together tech people and companies from the Istria region. They promote the ICT industry and life in Istria, advocate for a better business environment, and run events like TechTalks to strengthen the local tech community. The event is supported by the Istrian Development Agency.

​🕐 Agenda

​17:50 – Doors open

​18:00 – Welcome from the host and partners

​18:05 – Opening talk: State of SaaS — Leonard Eldić, Founder @ SaaStanak

​18:30 – Panel: "Building Vertical SaaS from Pula"

• ​Marko Božac (Cenosco)

• ​Domagoj Frank (dAIgnostics, University North)

• ​Nikola Rovis (Superius)

• ​Moderator: Leonard Eldić

​19:15 – Q&A

​19:30 – Networking & refreshments

​Spots are limited. RSVP today!