About SIDEQ - The Team Building the Future of Social Nightlife

THE MISSION

Why we exist

Going out should be the easiest way to meet new people. But somewhere along the way, nightlife became a spectator sport. Everyone in the same room, nobody talking.

SIDEQ exists to change that. We're building the digital icebreaker: a gamified layer on top of real-world nightlife that makes meeting people feel like an adventure, not an obligation.

🚀 Built at the Algebra Bernays University Incubator, Croatia

🏆 Winner · Best Business Case · Algebra LAB 2026

THE ORIGIN

Born from a real problem

Two friends laughing together on a night out — nights like this

SIDEQ started when our founders noticed the same thing every weekend: bars full of people, all on their phones, all waiting for someone else to make the first move. The app was born from the simple question: what if your phone could help you put it down?

2025

Founded

Gen Z

Built by people who go out as much as you do

Jul '26

Launching at ASU & NAU, then more campuses, then beyond

FRESH OFF A WIN

We won Best Business Case

At the Algebra LAB Final Startup Pitching Contest 2026 in Zagreb, SIDEQ took home Best Business Case out of every startup in the incubator. The jury bought what you already know: nightlife is full of people who want to meet each other, and nobody's built the bridge. We're building it, and now we've got the giant cardboard cheque to prove it.