Directory

Cloud Computing startup ecosystem

We track 23 organisations in this sector across 6+ countries.

23 entries.

ai-PULSE 2026

Paris, France · Event

A one-day technical AI conference organised by cloud provider Scaleway at Station F in Paris, dedicated to AI breakthroughs, research and product demonstrations for leaders and engineers. The event spotlights frontier models, infrastructure and applied AI for the European ecosystem.

Aiven

Helsinki, Finland · Startup

Aiven is a Helsinki-based cloud data platform founded in 2016 that provides fully managed open-source data infrastructure services including PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse across all major cloud providers. The company raised over $270 million including a $210 million Series D in 2022 at a $3 billion valuation, making it Finland's most valuable startup at the time. Aiven serves thousands of customers globally and employs over 500 people. By abstracting the operational complexity of open-source data tools, Aiven enables engineering teams to focus on building rather than managing infrastructure.

Alin Simion

Iași, Romania · Person

Senior Cloud Engineer at CrowdStrike specialising in scalable cloud infrastructure and security engineering. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026, where he addresses developers and architects on cloud systems.

Chris Aniszczyk

Sofia, Bulgaria · Person

Chief Technology Officer of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the open-source foundation behind Kubernetes and the broader cloud-native ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Sofia 2026, addressing the regional cloud-native developer community.

Christian Eggers

Frankfurt, Germany · Person

Christian Eggers serves as President for the Central European region at Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and AI infrastructure division of Alibaba Group, one of the world's largest technology conglomerates. In this executive role he oversees business development, enterprise partnerships, and cloud adoption strategy across Central Europe, making him a key decision-maker in the regional enterprise technology ecosystem. He is a confirmed speaker at AI Summit Budapest 2026, where he represents Alibaba Cloud's cloud and AI portfolio for European markets.

Clever Cloud

Nantes, France · Startup

Clever Cloud is a French Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Nantes, enabling development teams to deploy and run web applications with automated scaling and fully managed infrastructure. The company is one of France's leading independent cloud providers and a prominent participant in the European cloud sovereignty movement, operating data centers across multiple European regions. Clever Cloud serves as a Platinum sponsor of Sunny Tech 2026.

Data Center Eurasia (October 2026)

Istanbul, Turkey · Event

The second edition of Data Center Eurasia is an international exhibition and conference at the Istanbul Expo Center covering data centre infrastructure, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, energy efficiency and cooling, AI-powered data management, DCIM and green energy. The inaugural 2025 event drew around 4,000 visitors from 39 countries, and the conference features panels from companies, public institutions, investors and academics.

DevDays Iași (September 2026)

Iași, Romania · Event

DevDays (subtitled 'Unstacked Engineering Conference') is a Romanian software-engineering conference held at the Agora event center in Iași. Evolved from the long-running dotnetdays.ro conference, the 2026 edition runs pre-conference workshops on September 21-22 and a main conference day on September 23, with tracks spanning software development, architecture, AI, cloud infrastructure, DevOps and security.

Erwin Staal

Iași, Romania · Person

Independent solution architect, Microsoft MVP and author of "Azure Infrastructure as Code," specialising in Azure, DevOps and infrastructure automation. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026.

Full Stack Conf (October 2026)

Sofia, Bulgaria · Event

Full Stack Conf is a one-day developer conference at the Inter Expo Center in Sofia, focused on full-stack and 'T-shaped' engineering in the AI era. The programme spans Flutter, Java, Kotlin, React, PHP, SQL and cloud technologies, delivered through talks, workshops and case studies for backend, frontend and mobile developers.

GapMinder Ventures

Bucharest, Romania · Venture Capital

GapMinder Ventures is a Bucharest-based early-stage VC firm investing in B2B deep tech and SaaS startups from Romania and Southeast Europe, with portfolio companies including Druid.AI, FintechOS, TypingDNA, and Cyscale. Its second fund, GapMinder Fund II, targets €80 million — described as the largest VC fund with a primary Romania focus — and deploys first tickets up to €2.5 million in seed and late-seed stage companies across fintech, cybersecurity, enterprise automation, and data analytics. The fund targets founders from Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria.

GetTech

Budapest, Hungary · Startup

GetTech is a Hungarian technology company offering cloud architecture consulting and implementation services with a focus on Microsoft cloud technologies. The company specializes in Microsoft 365 deployments, Power Platform implementations, and cloud adoption strategies for enterprise clients. GetTech is a sponsor of the Shift+Enter Summit and an active contributor to Hungary's Microsoft technology practitioner community.

Hans Roth

Brussels, Belgium · Person

Hans Roth is Senior Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at Red Hat, the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions and an IBM subsidiary. In this role he oversees Red Hat's business across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, driving enterprise adoption of open source technologies including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Kubernetes platform, and Ansible automation. He is a senior technology industry executive with significant influence in the European enterprise software and cloud infrastructure market.

ISTC — Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center

Yerevan, Armenia · Innovation Hub

ISTC is a joint innovation center established in 2015 by IBM, USAID, the Government of Armenia, and the Enterprise Incubator Foundation, located on the Yerevan State University campus. It provides startup incubation, machine-learning and cybersecurity training, a coworking space, cloud services, and cybersecurity solutions for SMEs, all hosted in a 1,000-square-metre facility powered by IBM and HP infrastructure.

KCD Sofia (September 2026)

Sofia, Bulgaria · Event

Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Sofia is a CNCF-affiliated, single-day, single-track cloud-native conference at the Sofia Event Center, capped at around 600 attendees. The programme features practitioner talks from teams running Kubernetes in production, covering platform engineering, observability, security, GitOps, FinOps and machine learning.

Kristine Dahl Steidel

Oslo, Norway · Person

General Manager of Microsoft Norway, leading the technology company's commercial, cloud, and artificial-intelligence business in the Norwegian market. A seasoned technology executive focused on digital transformation and responsible AI adoption, she is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.

Kubernetes Community Days Sofia

Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator

Local CNCF community organisers of Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Sofia, a CNCF-affiliated cloud-native conference held at the Sofia Event Center. The single-track event gathers Kubernetes maintainers, platform engineers and SREs for practitioner talks on platform engineering, observability, security, GitOps and FinOps.

Peter Ivanov

Tbilisi, Georgia · Person

Peter Ivanov serves as Head of Caucasus and Central Asia at Google Cloud, overseeing the company's cloud business development and go-to-market strategy across these strategic emerging markets. He spoke at Change Inspire 2026, Georgia's flagship annual technology conference in Tbilisi, in its seventh edition. His senior regional leadership role at Google Cloud makes him a key figure driving enterprise cloud adoption and digital transformation across the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Scalingo

Strasbourg, France · Startup

Scalingo is a French Platform-as-a-Service startup founded in 2014 in Strasbourg, offering a developer-friendly cloud deployment platform for web applications and APIs with a focus on European data sovereignty. The platform provides one-click deployments, auto-scaling, and managed databases, serving startups and enterprises seeking reliable European cloud hosting. Scalingo participates as a Silver sponsor at Sunny Tech 2026.

SREcon26 EMEA 2026

Dublin, Ireland · Event

USENIX's SREcon Europe/Middle East/Africa is held at the Convention Centre Dublin for site reliability and production engineers. The conference features interactive learning sessions, demonstrations, keynotes and panels on building and operating large-scale, reliable systems.