+ WHO WILL JOIN? We will gather up to 2,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media from across Europe. It’s all about tech-based and tech-enabled startups with global ambitions!
+ NETWORKING! The event will provide great matchmaking and dealmaking opportunities, with a dedicated networking app, a networking area, networking drinks in the evening, topic-focused networking sessions, etc.
+ ON-STAGE PROGRAM: We’ll have fireside chats with internationally successful founders, insightful keynotes, and an exciting pitch competition on our main stage with some of Europe’s most promising startup teams – selected from about 1,500 applicants!
+ EXHIBITON HALL: In our buzzing exhibition hall 75 innovative companies will exhibit with a dedicated booth, but in total our participants will represent about 1,200 different companies and you’ll be able to connect face-to-face and via the app.
Dr. Norah Patten
Aeronautical Engineer Ireland’s first astronaut (Virgin Galactic)
Dr. Gero Decker
Co-founder & CEO of Signavio, who exited to SAP for over $1 billion
Daniel Gebler
Co-founder and CTO of the Dutch grovery delivery unicorn Picnic
Tamara Orlova
CFO at the European femtech unicorn Flo Health
Hristo Borisov
Founder and CEO of of the spend management unicorn Payhawk
Dr Helen O’Neill
CEO and Founder of the femtech scale-up Hertility
Alexander Limpert
Founder & CEO of GuestReady - a leading global property management platform
Valentina Milanova
CEO and Founder of the femtech scale-up Daye
Ida Tin
Co-founder of Clue, one of the world’s most trusted female health apps
Gerhard Trautmann
Co-founder & CEO of th atolls - the world’s largest shopping community,
Aron Gelbard
Founder & CEO of Bloom & Wild, Europe’s #1 online flower retailer
Aside of great networking opportunities, we’ll have two stages with exciting talks and workshops. Our line-up of roughly 80 speakers includes unicorn founders, CEOs, and some of the world’s most successful investors. The 1st draft of the agenda will be released on Februay 6. We currently already accept speaker applications.
Frédéric Mazzella
Co-founder and President of the French unicorn BlaBlaCar
David H. Hansson
Basecamp Co-founder, author of Rework and creator of Ruby on Rails
Mette Lykke
Serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Danish scale-up Too Good To Go
Dr. Werner Vogels
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Amazon.com
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
General Partner of the VC firm Speedinvest
Robert Abela
The Prime Minister of Malta
Oscar Pierre
CEO and Co-founder of the Barcelona-based unicorn Glovo
Lubomila Jordanova
Founder & CEO of Plan A - one of fastest-growing GreenTech companies
Johannes Reck
Founder and CEO of the Berlin-based travel unicorn GetYourGuide
Kilian Kaminski
Founder of Refurbed - a fast-growing marketplace for refurbished products
Ida Tin
Founder and former CEO of the Berlin-based femtech scale-up Clue
Giorgio Tinacci
Founder and CEO of the Italian proptech soonicorn Casavo
Gerhard Trautmann
CEO and Co-founder of GSG -the world’s largest shopping community
Shrestha Chowdhury
Co-Founder & CTO of the Berlin-based e-commerce unicorn Razor Group
Fritz Trott
Founder & CEO of the Berlin-based HRtech scale-up Zenjob
Jevgeni Kabanov
President (formerly Chief Product Officer) of Bolt - the all-in-one mobility app
Erika De Santi
Co-founder of WeRoad - one of Europe's fastest growing travel scale-ups
Mike Butcher
Editor-at-Large of TechCrunch
Jesper Buch
Founder and former CEO of Just Eat
Joaquín Cuenca
Founder & CEO of Freepik - a global powerhouse in the digital content space
Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education & Youth
Tony Jamous
Co-founder & CEO at Oyster - the Global Employment Platform
Valentin Stalf
Co-founder and CEO of the fintech unicorn N26
Anastasia Georgievskaya
Founder & CEO of the AI skincare scale-up Haut AI
Sander van de Rijdt
Founder & CEO of PlanRadar - a fast-growing real estate SaaS solution
Constantinos Calios
Founder and CEO of KoRo - a fast-growing D2C food startup based in Berlin
Pekka Mäki
Managing Partner at the European VC firm 3TS Capital Partners
Arianne Alcorta
4x Emmy-nominated journalist, TV host, and event moderator
Dominik Angerer
Co-founder & CEO of the Austrian scale-up and CMS innovator Storyblok
Jan Reichelt
Founding Partner and GP at the VC firm 10x Founders
Regina Lau
Chief Financial Officer of the embedded finance scale-up Weavr
Bart Becks
Board Member of the European Innovation Council
Renaud Visage
Co-founder of Eventbrite and VC investor
Eoghan O’Neill
Senior Representative of the European Commission
Dr. Aline Vedder
Venture Investor at Lakestar
Clement Bigot
Investment Director at the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs
Roman Kirsch
Serial Entrepreneur & unicorn investor at Rapid Pioneers
Jacqueline Davidson
Investment Principal & Global Innovation Programs at Boeing
Jeff Burton
Co-founder of Electronic Arts and Silicon Valley-based investor
Jan Hase
Founder & CEO of the temporary apartments platform Wunderflats
Federico Menna
CEO of EIT-Digital - your Gateway to Digital Innovation in Europe
Brigitte Baumann
Business Angel & former President of the European Business Angels Network
Massimiliano Squillace
Founder & CEO of the AI-based content creation platform Contents.com
Riccardo Zacconi
Co-founder and former CEO of Candycrush creator King.com
Avi Meier
Founder and CEO of the Spanish traveltech unicorn TravelPerk
Chen Zhu
Investment Manager at the blue economy focused VC fund Aqua Spark
Tilo Bonow
Founder & CEO of PIABO, the leading PR agency in the digital economy
Wouter Durville
Co-Founder & CEO - of the HR tech scale-up TestGorilla
Isabella Yamamoto
Investor at the UK-based VC firm Visionaries Club
Anthony Rose
Founder & CEO of Seedlegals - the legals platform for founders
Angelo Burgarello
Investment Board Member and Partner the VC firm Look AI Ventures
Felix Steffens
Co-Founder & COO of the HRtech scale-up Workmotion
Lara Sophie Bothur
Deloitte's Voice for Innovation & a leading LinkedIn influencer
Dheeraj Pandey
Co-founder & CEO at the soonicorn DevRev
Carlota Pi
Co-Founder of Holaluz, who scaled the Spanish greentech company to IPO
Daniel Gebler
Co-founder and CTO of the Dutch grocery delivery unicorn Picnic
Federico Travella
Founder & Executive Chairman of the working capital platform Novicap
Tugce Bulut
Founder & CEO of London-based AI data insights company Streetbees
Mattias Ljungman
Co-Founder & former Partner at Atomico, Founder of Moonfire
Moritz Kreppel
Co-Founder and CEO of the German scale-up Urban Sports Club
Lina Chong
Partner at the VC firm Target Global
Yoram Wijngaarde
Founder and CEO of Dealroom.co
Peter Sandberg
Founder and CEO of Nordic Secondary Fund
Diliara Lupenko
Co-Founder & COO of Impress - a soonicorn in invisible orthodontics
Viktor Jarnheimer
Founding CEO of Proxify - Europe’s largest network of vetted developers
Thomas Ohr
Founder and CEO of Menlo Media (EU-Startups / FutureTravel)
We’ll once again host a big pitch competition with 15 of Europe’s most exciting early-stage startups – pre-selected from 1,500+ applications. The finalists will pitch 3 minutes each in front of our audience and a jury of well-known investors. The winning team will receive a lot of visibility, many new investor connections and a prize package worth €755k. More info and the application link can be found here.
The main event will take place on April 24-25, from 9am to 6pm, at the beautiful Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. Doors open at 9am and you can start the day with good coffee and networking. The on-stage program starts at 10am. In the evening of both event days we’ll have an buzzing networking party on the beautiful rooftop terrace of the MCC, with stunning sunset views. Hotel options & deals can be found here.
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