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Croatia's largest general technology conference, organised by Bug, with around 100 talks across six parallel tracks. Draws globally successful speakers and a broad developer and tech-leader audience — a good ecosystem pulse for Zagreb-based founders and engineering hires.
Switzerland's leading conference for diversity, equity and inclusion in tech, organized by TechFace with female-led tech communities. Two days of keynotes, workshops and networking draw developers, engineers, designers, product leaders, students and allies. It is relevant to founders for talent, inclusive hiring and ecosystem networking.
42 is a tuition-free, project-based computer-science school founded by Xavier Niel in 2013, with its flagship campus in Paris and a global network of over 50 campuses across more than 30 countries. The school has no teachers, no classes, and no formal degrees — students progress through a peer-driven, gamified curriculum tackling C, systems programming, web, AI, and DevOps projects. With more than 25,000 active students worldwide and a selection bootcamp (the Piscine) that admits applicants without prior coding experience, 42 has become a major pipeline of engineering talent into the European startup ecosystem and a structural piece of France's tech-skills infrastructure.
50skills is a Reykjavik-based HR SaaS platform that streamlines the full employee journey — from hiring through onboarding, crossboarding and offboarding — in a single workspace. The platform centralises employee data, eliminates repetitive data entry across HR systems, and integrates with the tools employers already use. Founded in 2017, the company raised €2.5M from Frumtak Ventures in 2022 and has since grown to approximately 22 employees serving customers in over 20 countries. Major Icelandic clients include Icelandair, PLAY Airlines, IKEA, Vodafone, Securitas and Domino's. The company reported $2.1M in annual revenue in 2024.
ACT Venture Capital is Ireland's most established and most active venture firm, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Dublin. Over three decades it has backed more than 140 Irish and European technology companies, raising over €600M across six funds — including its largest, a €140M fund closed in 2022 — and generating dozens of exits with a combined enterprise value of around €4.6bn. Its limited partners include the European Investment Fund, Enterprise Ireland, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and AIB, several of whom have backed the firm for more than twenty years. Led by Managing Partner John Flynn alongside General Partners Debbie Rennick and John O'Sullivan, ACT invests from seed to expansion stage with cheques up to €10M across software, AI, deep tech, health tech, energy and fintech in Ireland and the UK. Landmark outcomes include the $400M sale of UWB semiconductor company Decawave to Qorvo (2020), the acquisition of digital-mental-health platform SilverCloud Health by Amwell (2021), and SoftBank's €473M investment into connected-vehicle company Cubic Telecom at a €900M+ valuation (2024). Recent active deals include AI pathology company Deciphex and energy-optimisation platform GridBeyond.
ActiveCollab is a bootstrapped project management and collaboration SaaS platform built specifically for service businesses. Founded in 2007 by Goran Radulovic and Ilija Studen in Novi Sad, it originated as an open-source tool in 2006 before moving to a commercial model. The platform provides project management, time tracking, budget tracking, client management, and invoicing in a single product available as both cloud-hosted and self-hosted deployments. Over 50,000 teams worldwide rely on ActiveCollab, including organisations at NASA, Apple, Samsung, Nike, IKEA, Adobe, BBC, and Stanford University.
AgeVolt offers a digital ecosystem for EV charging that integrates with building energy management to prevent overloads and blackouts. Its platform optimizes charging schedules, manages access, and supports payments across fleets and commercial properties. The company is building a network model described as a “booking.com for private chargers,” unlocking underused charging infrastructure. By 2026, AgeVolt is a notable Slovak player in smart charging.
Eastern Europe's largest AI conference at Radisson Blu Bucharest with 100+ speakers, 59+ international exhibitors, and 81+ workshops; covers AI applications across education, healthcare, legal, urbanism, art, and the future of work.
AIKO develops flight-proven AI software that enables satellites and spacecraft to operate autonomously — detecting anomalies, replanning missions, processing payload data, and executing maneuvers without ground intervention. Founded in Turin in 2017 by Lorenzo Feruglio, AIKO became the first European company to demonstrate deep learning algorithms in orbit. The company's modular product suite (GENE for anomaly detection, OLIVER for onboard planning, CLEAR for payload processing, DANA for maneuvering) serves commercial operators and space agencies. With offices in Turin and Toulouse, AIKO has raised €7 million and is leading the ASIMOV proximity-operations project funded by the Italian Space Agency.
Aize is an Oslo-based industrial software company founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the Aker Group, drawing on 30 years of industrial software heritage. Its platform creates digital twins of heavy assets — integrating 2D, 3D and 4D data — for engineering, operations, maintenance and project execution in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Aize has a strategic partnership with Aker BP to provide a single source of truth for offshore assets and is deployed on some of Norway's largest oil and gas developments. The company operates globally with around 197 employees across six continents.
Alexander Aleksiev is the Chief Technology Officer of Ampeco, a Bulgarian EV charging management software company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Sofia. Ampeco has raised $42 million in total funding, including a $26 million Series B round led by Revaia with participation from BMW i Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, and Cavalry Ventures. The platform manages over 250,000 charge points across more than 70 markets globally, serving 200+ customers. Aleksiev speaks at DEV.BG All in One 2026 on the topic of AI agents in software development and their impact on engineering roles.
Developer relations engineer at VoidZero and a Nuxt and Vue.js ecosystem contributor, known for his web development teaching and open-source tooling work in JavaScript and TypeScript. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech. He backs technical founders at the earliest stage and supports them through the journey from research and prototype to first institutional venture rounds across the Nordic region.
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, where he leads investments in AI, software infrastructure and fintech. He is well known for data-driven venture research and writing on how machine learning is reshaping early-stage investing in Europe.
Ardoq is an Oslo-based cloud-native Enterprise Architecture SaaS platform founded in 2013. It helps large organisations map, analyse and manage their technology portfolios, enabling data-driven digital transformation decisions. Clients include Carlsberg, Condé Nast and the US Federal Communications Commission. The company raised $125 million in a Series D round led by EQT Growth in March 2022, bringing total funding to $159 million at a $300 million valuation. In 2025 it launched an AI governance module to help enterprises oversee AI adoption risk, and appointed a new Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate North American expansion.
Senior full stack engineer at Tiptap, building the headless rich-text editor framework used across modern JavaScript and web applications. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Software engineer and developer advocate, lead of the SolidStart project and a core contributor to the Solid.js JavaScript framework, working as a fullstack engineer in the developer-tools space. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf.
The flagship three-day edition of Slovakia's ITAPA congress at Crowne Plaza Bratislava, covering digitalisation, innovation, modern technologies & cybersecurity with high-profile Slovak and international speakers across multiple stages.
Largest AWS-focused conference in the Adriatic region, hosted at Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons. Full day of community-led sessions on cloud architecture, modern AWS services, and cloud-native development for developers, architects and founders.
User-run AWS technical conference at Sofia Tech Park's John Atanasoff Forum, planned and delivered by AWS user group community leaders. Sessions and workshops on cloud architecture, mostly in Bulgarian with one English track.
Central and Eastern Europe's AWS community gathering at Kristály Színtér in Budapest. One-day event with keynotes from AWS specialists, hands-on workshops, and cloud networking.
Amazon Web Services' free one-day cloud conference at Fiera Milano Rho. Keynotes, technical breakouts, hands-on labs and a partner expo covering generative AI, data, security and serverless for builders, architects and startup founders.
Axonista is a Dublin-based interactive video commerce platform that enables global broadcasters, retailers, and brands to build shoppable and interactive TV experiences across streaming devices and the web. Founded in 2010 by Claire McHugh and Daragh Ward, the company powers video commerce for QVC, HSN, WaterBear, and Oxfam, and in 2024 attributed over $750 million in shoppable revenue through its platform. Axonista has made the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Ireland for three consecutive years and partnered with Vizbee to deliver synced CTV and mobile shoppable experiences.
Former Chief Marketing Officer of telecom Play, Bartosz took his strategic acumen to the startup scene. He has invested in cybersecurity startup Secfense (passwordless authentication) and other tech companies. Bartosz often advises on go-to-market strategy while investing, bridging corporate and startup worlds. Associated startups: Secfense, Booste (revenue-based financing), and a handful of ICT startups.
Bending Spoons acquires established digital products — apps, platforms, and SaaS tools — then applies AI-driven transformation to dramatically improve their performance. Founded in 2013 by Luca Ferrari and co-founders, the Milan company now owns Vimeo, Evernote, Eventbrite, WeTransfer, AOL, Remini, and StreamYard, among others. Its portfolio serves over 400 million monthly active users and 7 million paying customers. Targeting a $20 billion US IPO in 2026 with projected adjusted EBITDA of $1.4 billion, Bending Spoons has become Italy's most prominent tech success story and the world's most unusual acquirer.
Organised by RX France, Big Data & AI Paris is one of Europe's largest data and AI gatherings, held 15–16 September 2026 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. The two-day event combines 220+ exhibitors with the 'Innovative Minds' conference programme spanning tech, governance, and business tracks, drawing around 15,000 professionals.
10th edition with 60+ talks and hands-on workshops on Big Data, ML, Generative AI, Quantum Computing, Ethical AI, and DataOps. Workshops kick off Nov 24, main conference Nov 25-27 at Multikino, ~700 attendees from 35+ countries.
boost.ai is an enterprise conversational AI platform founded in 2016, headquartered in Sandnes with offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, London and Los Angeles. The company's virtual agents consistently achieve resolution rates above 90%, automating thousands of customer interactions daily for banks, telcos and insurers across the Nordics and beyond. Backed by Nordic Capital private equity, boost.ai is recognised as a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms. Its upgraded voice offering, launched in late 2025, extends the platform into next-generation enterprise voice automation.
Borys Musielak is a Warsaw-based engineer-turned-investor, Founding Partner at SMOK Ventures — a pre-seed and seed fund backing Central and Eastern European founders — and the driving force behind SMOK Angels, a no-fee network of 220+ founders-turned-investors. He previously founded Filmaster, a movie-recommendation engine acquired by Samba TV in 2015, and co-founded Reaktor Warsaw (one of Poland's first startup coworking hubs) and the Startup Poland foundation. Through SMOK he has backed CEE startups across AI, gaming and software including Authologic, Alokai, inStreamly and Defguard, and in 2025 he co-founded No Cap, an AI-driven angel investing platform.
Single-track, founder-focused conference for SaaS and software leaders held in Cambridge. Features deep talks on scaling, product strategy, and company culture from experienced operators. Tickets cost about GBP 995-1495. Intimate format with 300-400 attendees, making it ideal for B2B SaaS founders seeking actionable growth and leadership insights.
Cabify is a ride-hailing and urban mobility platform founded in Madrid in 2011, connecting passengers with professional licensed drivers via its app. Operating in Spain and 11 Latin American countries across 40+ cities, it serves both consumers and enterprises with ride, taxi, and delivery services. Backed by Rakuten Capital, Seaya, and Amadeus with $517M raised, Cabify became a unicorn in 2018 at a $1.4B valuation. As of early 2026 the company employs over 4,400 people and differentiates itself from ride-sharing peers through a regulated, professional-driver-only model.
CAKE.com, formerly COING, is a bootstrapped productivity software company founded in Novi Sad in 2009 by Nenad Milanovic. It is best known for Clockify, the world's most widely used free time-tracking app, launched in 2017 and now used by over 5 million users globally including HP and American Express — voted best overall time-tracking app by Forbes. The company expanded its product suite to include Pumble (team messaging) and Plaky (task management), rebranding the family of tools under the CAKE.com umbrella in 2023. The company reached $25M+ ARR entirely bootstrapped without venture capital.
UK-based testing specialist and quality coach with over 18 years of experience across a range of industries and development methodologies, focusing on holistic quality engineering and exploratory testing. He is an announced rising-star keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Chief Technology Officer at Incredible Holding GmbH and a web development educator active in the JavaScript and frontend community. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Celonis is a Munich and New York-based enterprise software company that pioneered the field of process mining – technology that analyzes a company’s IT event logs to visualize and optimize its business processes. Founded in 2011 by three friends (Alexander Rinke, Bastian Nominacher, and Martin Klenk) out of university in Munich, Celonis bootstrapped in its early years and landed Siemens as a key pilot customer for its process analytics tool. The software proved invaluable in identifying inefficiencies in processes like order-to-cash, procurement, and inventory management. By 2015 Celonis was the leader in this niche, and it partnered with SAP which resold Celonis as SAP Process Mining by Celonis. Venture capital soon followed: Celonis raised $27.5M in 2016 (Series A) then $50M in 2018 (Series B). Its growth was massive – from €1M ARR in 2012 to well over €100M by late 2010s. In 2019, Celonis raised $290M at a $2.5B valuation, making it a unicorn. It wasn’t done: by June 2021, Celonis announced a $1B Series D round valuing it at $11 billion, one of Europe’s largest software funding rounds. And in 2022, Celonis reportedly reached a $13B+ valuation, firmly cementing it among Europe’s most valuable private tech companies. The company’s product evolved into the Celonis Execution Management System (EMS), which not only discovers processes but also suggests and implements improvements (sometimes via RPA bots or triggering workflows). Celonis counts thousands of enterprise customers – including Siemens, BMW, Coca-Cola, Uber – and its software helps them save billions by cutting throughput times, reducing errors, and optimizing resource use. With dual HQs in Munich and New York, Celonis has aggressively expanded in the U.S., competing with companies like IBM’s process mining. The firm is also eyeing an IPO; CEO Rinke has mentioned that Celonis is positioning itself for a public listing when market conditions are right. In the meantime, Celonis keeps growing (estimated $400M+ ARR in 2023) and acquiring smaller tech startups to bolster its platform. Celonis epitomizes the success of enterprise software from Europe – deeply technical, essentially creating a new category, and achieving decacorn status within a decade.
Seventh edition of Georgia's flagship technology conference at Factory Tbilisi, gathering 1,000+ IT professionals and 50+ speakers across AI & digital transformation, big data, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure tracks.
Chiliz is the blockchain infrastructure company behind Socios.com, the world's leading sports fan token platform. Founded in Malta in 2018 by Alexandre Dreyfus through the Mediarex Group and headquartered in Gzira, the company develops the Chiliz Chain blockchain and powers officially licensed fan tokens for over 120 sports organisations including Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, and FC Barcelona. Fans use tokens to participate in club polls, unlock exclusive rewards, and access digital collectibles. The company has 220+ employees worldwide with 100+ based in Malta, has raised $66 million in a private token sale, and holds full regulatory authorisation from the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Partner and co-founder of Heartcore Capital. Based in Copenhagen, he invests in consumer technology and software founders across Europe and has been part of the firm since its 2007 origins as Sunstone Technology Ventures.
International trade fair for food and beverage technology at Fiere di Parma. Hosts World Pasta Day 2026 alongside new Bakery and Beverage districts, showcasing AI, automation, robotics, traceability and energy-efficiency solutions for the food industry.
Coding challenge and networking event at Google for Startups Campus in Warsaw, designed for developers and technical founders. Useful for recruiting, team formation, and early-stage product validation in software and AI-focused projects.
One of Italy's largest developer conferences, bringing together 2,000+ software engineers for talks on cloud-native, AI/ML, DevOps, and frontend. Strong venue for developer tool startups and engineering employer branding.
CollabDays Zagreb is a free, community-driven one-day technology conference held at Algebra University College in Zagreb. It focuses on Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, the Power Platform and collaboration technologies, with expert talks and interactive sessions for developers, IT professionals and business users, run by volunteer speakers.
One of Spain's largest community-driven developer conferences, with around 70 talks backed by 40 tech communities spanning web, mobile, cloud, architecture, and AI. Strong fit for technical founders and engineering teams wanting to recruit, learn current practice, and plug into Madrid's developer community.
The 24th edition of Armenia's specialized international exhibition for IT, security and communications, organized by LOGOS EXPO Center at the Karen Demirchyan Complex in Yerevan. Thematic sections cover IT systems, cybersecurity, cloud computing, innovative technologies, medical electronics and mobile applications, with a B2B trade floor connecting vendors, integrators and corporate buyers.
Two-day 5-in-1 conference at Eiffel Art Studios covering AI/ML, engineering leadership, product management, UX, and data engineering. Theme: 'From idea to impact: building successful products in the AI era.' Expected 1,300+ attendees.
Credo Ventures is a Prague-based early-stage VC focused on Central and Eastern Europe. The firm manages about EUR 250m across four funds and is currently investing out of Fund IV, writing initial checks up to roughly EUR 5m. Credo backs founders from pre-seed to Series A and has supported breakout CEE companies including UiPath, Productboard, and ElevenLabs. Key partners include Ondrej Bartos and Vladislav Jez, alongside partners such as Tomas Burian and Michal Cernocky. The firm is known for hands-on support and long-term follow-on capital in the region.
International SEO and digital growth conference on the Adriatic coast featuring 18 speakers, 5 masterminds and hands-on workshops covering technical SEO, content strategy and AI search.
CSC 26 is the 10th edition of Croatia's International Cybersecurity Conference, held at the Kulturni centar Osijek. The multi-day event gathers cybersecurity professionals, researchers and vendors for technical talks, hands-on sessions and networking, and is organised by the Croatian Cybersecurity Institute in eastern Croatia.
Senior developer advocate at PagerDuty and a JavaScript and React engineer focused on state management and developer experience across the web platform. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Founder of Pokélink and a JavaScript developer building real-time web and streaming tools for online communities. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Open-source software engineer at Vercel and lead of the Nuxt core team, the Vue.js meta-framework, focused on the modern JavaScript and TypeScript web development ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf.
Partner at Index Ventures, based in London, and one of Europe's most influential technology investors. He has led or backed Discord, Dropbox, Figma, DeepL, Etsy and Supercell, and topped the Forbes Midas List Europe in 2025. He has been central to Index's transatlantic consumer and design-led software franchise.
Platform engineer working on applied AI at Zephyr Cloud, a long-time developer advocate and web testing and tooling specialist in the JavaScript ecosystem. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, where she has built her career since the 1990s. A chartered accountant and former KPMG corporate-finance professional, she invests across software, health tech and deep tech and works closely with founders on growth and exits.
Declarative AI 2026 brings rules, reasoning, decisions and explanations to Vilnius, co-locating RuleML+RR 2026 (the 10th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning), DecisionCAMP 2026 and the 22nd Reasoning Web Summer School. The program spans symbolic and neuro-symbolic AI, decision intelligence, DMN standards and explainable AI, and includes an industry track, a rule challenge and a doctoral consortium.
DeepL is a Cologne-based AI translation company founded in 2017 by CEO Jarosław Kutylowski. Renowned for its neural machine translation quality, DeepL quickly surpassed competitors in accuracy and nuance. The company’s cloud platform serves over 100,000 business and government customers worldwide, including enterprises like Zendesk and Deutsche Bahn. DeepL achieved unicorn status in 2023 with a €1 billion valuation and continued to grow explosively – by early 2025 it had raised $410 million (led by investors like Index Ventures and Atomico) and reached a $2 billion valuation. In late 2025, reports emerged that DeepL is considering an IPO amid surging revenue, which doubled year-on-year to $185 million in 2024. DeepL’s core product is an AI-driven translator supporting 30+ languages, used for real-time document and content translation. The firm also launched DeepL Write to improve monolingual writing and an AI Agent to automate business tasks. As of 2025, DeepL is recognized as one of Europe’s premier AI startups, combining cutting-edge NLP research with a fast-growing SaaS business. The company’s success – valued at $2 billion and poised for a public offering – underscores Europe’s strength in deep-tech innovation.
A developer-focused spin-off of the Data Science Summit covering AI engineering and applied GenAI tooling, with an online day followed by an onsite day at the Copernicus Science Centre. Aimed at engineers and technical founders building AI into their products.
One of France's largest community developer conferences, two days of technical talks and workshops at the H Arena. Strong for developers and dev-tooling founders wanting depth and access to a large French developer audience.
A one-day community developer conference run by the Google Developer Group at the Diagora congress centre in Labège. For developers and technical founders in the Occitanie ecosystem it offers practical talks across cloud, AI, web, and mobile, plus regional networking.
B2B game industry conference co-hosted by DevGAMM and the Serbian Games Association at Hilton Belgrade, with two days of talks, expo, and MeetToMatch networking for developers, publishers, and investors across the Balkans.
Organizer of DevOpsCon conferences focused on cloud-native engineering, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices. Held regularly in Munich and Berlin, the event attracts thousands of platform engineers and architects seeking hands-on workshops and case studies on scaling DevOps culture.
Europe's largest community-driven developer conference at Kinepolis Antwerp, themed 'From Developer to Builder'. Five days covering Java, architecture, GenAI agents, Model Context Protocol, security and modern development practices for thousands of developers worldwide.
Developer-first conference centered on software architecture, cloud systems, and modern engineering practices. Strong channel for DevTools and infrastructure startups building technical communities with senior engineers and CTOs.
One of Europe's top developer conferences, Devoxx Poland draws 2,700+ attendees to Krakow for three days of deep-dive talks on cloud-native architecture, AI/ML tooling, and Java/Kotlin. The hallway track and job fair make it a prime venue for startups recruiting senior backend and platform engineers from Central Europe's talent pool.
Stockholm's premier developer conference at Kistamässan, with 70+ international speakers across web development, architecture, AI/ML, and cloud.
The 9th Cluj edition at Cluj Innovation Park, expecting 2,500+ developers and 50+ speakers across three stages. A developer-heavy ecosystem and hiring venue in Transylvania's tech capital.
The largest IT conference in Romania, at Romexpo, with 160+ speakers across 14 stages. A major recruiting and ecosystem touchpoint for tech founders hiring or selling dev tooling in Romania.
The largest tech conference in Central & Eastern Europe at Romexpo Pavilion B1, with 14 stages on AI, machine learning, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity, quantum, and dev leadership; 100,000+ developers, tech leaders, and IT decision-makers.
Two of Estonia's biggest software events join forces at Kammivabrik in Tartu under the theme 'Driving the Change'. Hands-on sessions on LLM integration, agent workflows, and developer tooling, plus city-wide meet-ups and an afterparty.
Software engineer at Sentry and maintainer of TanStack Query, a widely used data-fetching and state-management library for the React and JavaScript ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
IDA's flagship annual IT conference at Kalvebod Brygge with approximately 38 presentations across multiple tracks including AI, security, privacy, UX, and green IT. Traditionally sells out and draws Denmark's leading software, project, and IT strategy practitioners.
Dune (formerly Dune Analytics) is an Oslo-founded open blockchain data analytics platform that makes on-chain data from over 60 networks queryable, shareable and collaborative. Founded in 2018 by Fredrik Haga and Mats Olsen — both former Schibsted engineers — the platform is widely used by DeFi protocols, traders and institutional researchers to build and remix on-chain dashboards. Dune raised $69.4 million in a Series B led by Coatue in February 2022, reaching a $1 billion unicorn valuation. As of early 2026, the company employs 143 people.
The 17th EAI International Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime, hosted by the University of Iceland at the Groska Innovation Hub in Reykjavik. The 2026 theme is cyber analytics and forensics in the era of emerging AI threats, with keynotes, research presentations and tutorials drawing academics, law-enforcement practitioners and security vendors. Proceedings are published in Springer's LNICST series.
Europe's premier payments and transaction banking summit, organised by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra at Bella Center Copenhagen. Brings together 1,400+ professionals and 100+ speakers across open banking, payments, digital identity, and cross-border innovation.
Eileen Burbidge MBE is a British-American venture capitalist and Founding Partner of Passion Capital, an early-stage London VC she co-founded with Stefan Glaenzer in 2008, with notable portfolio companies including Monzo and GoCardless. A computer science graduate of the University of Illinois, she built her early career at Apple, Sun Microsystems, and Skype before moving to London in 2004. She served as the UK Treasury's special envoy for fintech from 2015 and was appointed MBE for services to entrepreneurship the same year.
Enfuce is a cloud-native card issuing and payment processing platform that enables banks, fintechs and brands to launch and scale payment programmes across Europe. Founded in 2016 and holding EMI licences from both the Finnish FSA and the UK FCA, the company raised €45 million in a Series C round led by Vitruvian Partners with participation from Visa and Maki.vc. With 280 employees and ambitions to 10x revenue by 2030, Enfuce became Finland's largest fintech startup. In March 2026, co-founder Denise Johansson took sole CEO responsibility as the company accelerates European expansion.
The Enterprise Incubator Foundation is one of the largest technology incubators and consulting bodies in the South Caucasus, established in 2002 with support from the World Bank and the Armenian government. It operates technology centers across Armenian regions, runs matching-grant programs for early-stage companies, and maintains the Armenian-Indian Center for Excellence in ICT. EIF has incubated and accelerated hundreds of startups and publishes the authoritative EIF Guide to Armenian IT Companies.
Equal1 is a University College Dublin spin-out that builds rack-mounted, silicon-spin quantum computers using standard semiconductor manufacturing processes, making quantum computing practical for data centres without cryogenic infrastructure. Its Bell-1 server, named after Belfast physicist John Stewart Bell, is already deployed by the European Space Agency. The company raised $60 million in January 2026, led by Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and Atlantic Bridge, bringing total funding to $85 million. Equal1 has also partnered with NVIDIA to develop quantum-classical hybrid solutions.
ETHGlobal's flagship Ethereum hackathon returns to Lisbon. 36 hours of building with hundreds of Web3 developers, sponsor bounties, workshops & mentorship from leading protocols, closing with judged demos and prizes for the best on-chain projects.
European Commission-backed flagship telecoms conference at FYCMA Málaga combining EuCNC's 35th edition and 6G Summit's 8th edition, drawing close to 1,000 delegates from 40+ countries to discuss Beyond 5G and 6G networks, with a 50+ exhibitor floor.
European Ruby Conference hosted at Hotel Passage in Brno: two days of Ruby talks, community sessions, and international developer networking, preceded by an early-registration meetup on September 16.
Everli is Italy's leading online grocery delivery marketplace, connecting shoppers with over 100 supermarket chains — including Lidl, Esselunga, and Carrefour — across 60+ Italian provinces. Founded in 2014, personal shoppers physically select products at partner stores and deliver to customers' homes within two hours. With 237 employees and a 23% take rate, Everli signed a $180 million business combination with Nasdaq-listed SPAC Melar Acquisition Corp in mid-2025, targeting a Nasdaq listing in early 2026. The company secured an additional $10 million in bridge financing ahead of the expected public debut.
EvoCRM is a Hungarian software company focused on CRM and business automation solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. The company develops and implements customer relationship management tools for businesses across Hungary and Central Europe, helping organizations streamline sales and customer engagement processes. EvoCRM is an active participant in the Hungarian Microsoft partner ecosystem and a sponsor of community events including the Shift+Enter Summit.
Fingersoft is an independent mobile game studio headquartered in Oulu, 170 km south of the Arctic Circle. It is best known for Hill Climb Racing and Hill Climb Racing 2, which together surpassed 2.5 billion installs, with Hill Climb Racing alone crossing 2 billion downloads in January 2026. Founded in 2012 by Toni Fingerroos, the company remains bootstrapped and profitable, making it one of Finland's most commercially successful independent game studios. In 2026 it launched an open beta for Hill Climb Racing 3 across Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the UK.
Fuergy builds smart battery storage systems branded as brAIn, optimizing energy use for buildings and commercial facilities. Its platform automates when to store and discharge solar energy, and can trade energy on markets to lower bills. As energy price volatility persists in Europe, Fuergy’s systems are gaining traction among enterprise and real-estate operators. By 2026, Fuergy is one of Slovakia’s fastest-growing energy-tech companies.
Furthr VC (rebranded from DBIC Ventures in 2022) is a Dublin-based early-stage fund investing EUR 100K-500K at pre-seed and seed in Irish software, deep tech, and sustainability startups. The firm manages the DBIC fund with backing from Enterprise Ireland and focuses on IP-rich companies emerging from Irish universities and research centers. Portfolio includes companies in SaaS, climate tech, and medtech. Furthr provides hands-on mentoring and leverages its base at the Digital Hub in Dublin's Liberties.
A three-day AI-focused conference at Lokomotivværkstedet, Copenhagen, blending curated talks with hands-on masterclasses. Targets product designers, engineers, and data professionals building real-world AI products, emphasising practical insights over hype.
CEE's largest B2B games industry conference at Poznań Congress Centre with 320+ speakers across 13 tracks, 80+ exhibitors and 3200+ attendees from 50+ countries. Co-located with Poznań Game Arena consumer fair.
Long-running JVM and backend conference in Krakow with 50+ expert talks on Java, Scala, Kotlin, microservices, and cloud architecture. Draws ~1,000 senior developers over two days. Strong recruiting ground for startups hiring experienced backend engineers, with a tight-knit community that values deep technical content.
Genki Instruments is a Reykjavik music technology hardware company that creates expressive wearable controllers for musicians and producers. Its flagship product, the Wave MIDI ring, lets performers control sound, effects and DAW parameters using natural hand gestures including tilt, pan, roll, vibrato, tap and click — compatible with Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools and more. Founded in 2015 by Daniel Gretarsson, Haukur Ragnarsson Isfeld and Jón Helgi Holmgeirsson, the company won the Icelandic Design Prize in 2019. In 2026 Genki shipped the Katla, a new hybrid polyphonic synthesizer, confirming the studio's ongoing hardware output.
New summer edition of Game Industry Conference bringing 120+ speakers across 8 parallel tracks, 30+ B2B exhibitors and 1200+ attendees to Silesia's International Congress Centre with lower ticket prices than the Poznań flagship.
GoTech World (formerly Internet & Mobile World) is the leading B2B expo-conference in Central and Eastern Europe, held at Romexpo's B1 Pavilion in Bucharest. The two-day event spreads 100+ exhibitors and top international and local speakers across multiple stages covering AI, cybersecurity, digital marketing, smart cities, and software development, drawing around 15,000 business professionals. A major selling and networking venue for B2B and enterprise-tech startups.
Co-founder and former CTO of Deliveroo, where he built the early technology platform alongside Will Shu before the company's rapid European expansion.
Heapcon 2026 is the eighth edition of one of Southeast Europe's leading software-engineering conferences, held 5-6 November 2026 at the Madlenianum Opera & Theatre in Belgrade and organised by Heapspace. The 2026 theme, 'Intelligence', examines how AI tooling, autonomous systems, and automation reshape software architecture, security, quality, and product thinking. It gathers 700+ engineers, architects, and tech leaders, making it a strong hiring and technical-ecosystem touchpoint for Serbian startups.
Engineering manager with a background spanning mathematics, software development and software testing, and a former community manager at Ministry of Testing. She leads engineering teams across the globe and is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech, Denmark's most active pre-seed fund. She invests in early-stage software, AI and digital-infrastructure founders across the Nordics, writing first institutional cheques into pre-product-market-fit companies.
Part of the established fwdays conference series, focused on building and scaling high-load systems and infrastructure, running in a hybrid format with an in-person day in Kyiv plus online streaming. Relevant for technical founders and CTOs scaling engineering systems.
Virtual and hybrid event platform enabling immersive conferences, expos, and town halls. Hopin is a startup based in London, United Kingdom at the growth stage. The company operates in the Events, Software space. Learn more at their website.
The Hungarian Testing Board (HSTQB) is the official ISTQB member body in Hungary and organiser of HUSTEF, the Hungarian Software Testing Forum. The conference draws hundreds of QA, automation, and software engineering professionals worldwide for tutorials and talks with a deliberately strong technical focus.
HUSTEF, the Hungarian Software Testing Forum, is a long-running, internationally respected conference dedicated to software testing, QA, and quality engineering, drawing more than 750 attendees worldwide. Day one offers full and half-day tutorials, while the main conference runs over the following two days with talks on test automation, DevOps, and quality engineering case studies.
ICEYE operates the world's largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, providing persistent Earth observation data regardless of weather or daylight conditions. Founded in 2014 as an Aalto University spin-off, the company builds its satellites in-house in Espoo and serves defence, insurance, disaster response and environmental monitoring customers. By 2026 it had launched over 35 satellites with a valuation of $2.8 billion, and signed contracts with the Finnish, Polish and Swedish armed forces for national SAR satellite programmes.
ICIST 2026 is the 32nd International Conference on Information and Software Technologies, hosted by Kaunas University of Technology. The two-day program brings together researchers, engineers, developers and industry practitioners across information systems, business intelligence, software engineering, AI, IoT, cybersecurity and IT applications, with peer-reviewed proceedings published by Springer. Remote participation is also available.
ICT Hub Venture is a private investment fund founded in 2017 as the capital arm of ICT Hub, one of Serbia's pioneering startup incubators. It focuses on pre-seed and seed technology startups in the SEE region, offering up to €50,000 in exchange for 5–15% equity alongside a structured development program and ecosystem access. The fund positions itself as the only private early-stage fund in the SEE region dedicated to scalable B2B and B2C tech solutions. Portfolio includes cybersecurity platform Trickest and scheduling marketplace randevu, among 15+ companies as of 2024.
The 20th-anniversary edition of the IEEE International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, hosted by ADA University in Baku with technical co-sponsorship from IEEE and its Azerbaijan chapters. The program spans 12 tracks and 80+ topics including data science, machine learning, cybersecurity and software engineering, drawing researchers, academics and industry practitioners from across the Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe.
41st edition of ASIT's regional ICT conference and exhibition, gathering Southeast European public-sector IT leaders and vendors around current topics in government technology, security, and digital services.
Insight Partners is a New York-headquartered global venture capital and private equity firm with a significant London presence, founded in 1995. The firm manages over $80B and is one of the world’s largest dedicated software investors, backing companies from Series B through IPO and beyond. Insight has invested in 800+ companies globally including Shopify, Twitter, Vinted, Wiz, and SemRush. In Europe, the firm actively invests in growth-stage software, SaaS, and data infrastructure businesses, typically deploying $50-200M per deal and providing its proprietary Insight Onsite operational support platform.
Founded in 2008, Inveready is a Barcelona-based multi-strategy investment group managing over EUR 200M across ten fund vehicles spanning venture capital, venture debt, and corporate finance. The firm invests at seed through growth in software, biotech, and fintech, with typical early-stage tickets of EUR 0.5-3M. Notable portfolio companies include Kantox (acquired by BNP Paribas), Vlex, and Aelix Therapeutics. Inveready is one of Spain's most prolific investors with 100+ portfolio companies.
IQM Quantum Computers is a full-stack quantum computing company founded in 2018 as a spin-off from Aalto University and VTT. It designs and manufactures superconducting quantum processors sold as on-premises systems to research institutions, supercomputing centres and enterprises. By early 2026 IQM had delivered 21 quantum systems to 13 customers globally and secured over €600 million in funding, including a €275 million Series B. The company reached unicorn status in September 2025 and announced plans for a public listing at a $1.8 billion valuation in February 2026.
The 14th edition of the long-running Cluj-based IT conference at Cluj Innovation Park, covering software engineering, AI, cloud, and enterprise tech. A durable end-of-year ecosystem event for the Transylvanian tech community.
The largest gathering of Java users in the region, jointly organised by HUJAK and HrOUG on St. Andrew's Island near Rovinj. A multi-day resort-format conference relevant to founders with JVM-heavy stacks and regional enterprise engineering hiring.
JavaZone 2026 is Norway's biggest community-driven Java conference, organised entirely by volunteers from javaBin (the Norwegian Java User Group) at Nova Spektrum in Lillestrom near Oslo on 2-3 September 2026. Around 3,600 attendees and roughly 200 speakers cover the JVM ecosystem, developer tooling and software craftsmanship. By design no speaker is paid and no talk can be bought onto the program, which is selected by an independent committee.
Community-driven Java and open-source conference held alongside MakeIT 2026 at Convention Centre Portus. 90+ sessions covering JVM, Spring, cloud-native Java, microservices, software architecture, and AI-assisted development tooling.
Partner at Northzone based in London, investing across software and fintech in Europe. He works with founders from seed through growth and is a prominent voice on European venture and scale-up building.
Coimbra's flagship developer conference: technical sessions plus a hands-on workshop day across Java, JavaScript and TypeScript, cloud, AI and ML, security, and architecture. For technical founders and engineers who want practical depth and to connect with Portugal's developer community beyond the Lisbon–Porto axis.
Joberty is a Belgrade-based workplace community and employer review platform built for the tech industry, combining a Glassdoor-style review engine with a tech jobs board and salary benchmarking data. Founded in 2019 by Nikola Mijailovic, Dusica Mijailovic, Slavko Saponjic, and Nebojsa Aradski, the platform allows developers to research companies, explore salaries, read interview experiences, and apply for tech roles. Joberty has expanded to six markets — Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, and Slovenia — and won the Gitex Future Stars competition in Dubai. Its CompensationX product provides real-time salary benchmarking for IT companies across the region.
A British entrepreneur-turned-investor (co-founder of Notion Capital), Jos has angel-invested in Poland’s enterprise software space. He took part in early funding of Helpshift’s Polish office and has been scouting enterprise SaaS startups in Central Europe. Associated startups: Possibly NetworkedAssets (Polish-German IT firm) and other SaaS ventures.
Two-day Java & JVM conference organized by the Bulgarian Java User Group at Sofia Tech Park. 2026 theme is 'The AI agents are among us', with 33+ sessions on Java, JVM languages, mobile, web, cloud, and AI agents.
The biggest JavaScript conference in CEE, drawing around 1,800 attendees as part of a November cluster with NG Poland and AI Poland. For technical founders and frontend or full-stack teams it is a high-density venue for engineering talent and dev-tooling exposure.
12th edition of Bulgaria's largest JavaScript community conference at Sofia Tech Park's John Atanasoff Forum. Day one is paid workshops with international speakers; day two is a free community conference on web development and AI.
Web development educator behind Embrace the Cascade, widely known for teaching CSS and modern frontend techniques to developers worldwide. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Kinnevik is a Stockholm-based growth-stage investment company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm that backs innovative digital businesses in healthcare, software, consumer, and climate sectors. Originally a traditional Swedish industrial conglomerate founded in 1936, Kinnevik transformed into a focused growth investor and was an early backer of companies like Zalando, Tele2, and Millicom. The firm manages a portfolio valued at several billion euros and takes concentrated positions in companies it believes can become category leaders. Kinnevik provides patient capital with a long-term orientation unusual among European growth investors.
Swedish test developer and AI accountability advisor running the consultancy Northern Test Consulting, with more than a decade of experience across telecommunications, cloud and embedded systems. A long-time international conference speaker and former EuroSTAR programme chair, he is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
LeadDev's London conference for engineering leaders, with 2,500+ attendees across three stages on leading teams, building systems, and industry shifts. For technical founders and engineering leaders it is the strongest UK venue for engineering-leadership depth and peer networking.
Part of ANJE, LINC Evora (est. 2011) incubates tech startups in the Alentejo region with office space and a collaborative community. Focus on software, mobile apps, and social media; reports 69 investments and 6 exits. Scope: Regional (Alentejo).
Longenesis is a Riga-based digital health company founded in 2017 that builds platforms connecting pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, and patients to accelerate biomedical research. Its three core products — Curator, Themis, and Engage — enable privacy-preserving patient cohort discovery, consent management, and real-world evidence generation. The company has positively impacted over 850,000 patients across the EU and MENA, holds partnerships with Medtronic and Novartis, and has raised over €1 million in seed funding. It won second place at the EIT Health Catapult programme and earned an AWS Industry Award in 2023.
Founded in 2023, Lovable builds an AI-powered full-stack software development platform that converts natural-language prompts into deployable applications. The product generates real frontend and backend code, integrates directly with GitHub, and is used by both non-technical founders for MVP creation and enterprise teams for rapid prototyping.
Mad Head Games is an award-winning video game developer based in Novi Sad, Serbia, co-founded in 2011 by Nenad Tomic, Uros Banjasevic, and Aleksa Todorovic. From casual hidden-object games through publisher Big Fish Games to action titles for global audiences, the studio has shipped more than 60 games and was instrumental in founding the Serbian Games Association. Known for the action RPG Scars Above and the upcoming Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival developed in partnership with Saber Interactive, Mad Head Games operates as an independent studio within the Saber Interactive group, drawing on 15 years of Unreal Engine expertise.
Senior engineer at Replay.io and a maintainer of Redux, the widely used state-management library for JavaScript and React applications. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Materialise is a pioneer in additive manufacturing, operating one of the world's largest 3D printing facilities alongside a suite of industrial and medical software. Its Mimics software suite supports surgical planning, personalised implants and medical device design for hospitals and MedTech firms globally; its industrial arm serves aerospace, automotive and consumer goods. Founded in 1990 in Leuven by Fried Vancraen and Hilde Ingelaere as the Benelux's first rapid-prototyping bureau, the company listed on NASDAQ (MTLS) in 2014. As of Q1 2026 it reported $302 M trailing revenue and a $335 M market cap, and in May 2026 spun off its eyewear division to focus on core manufacturing and healthcare software.
Staff software engineer at Medallia focused on web performance and the React and JavaScript ecosystem, and an active conference speaker on frontend engineering. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Partner at Heartcore Capital, based in Berlin, who joined from Accel in 2013. He invests in consumer and software companies across Europe and is a well-known writer and commentator on early-stage venture capital.
Curated conference at Harpa for bootstrapped and indie-funded SaaS founders, with around 200 attendees from 30+ countries. Focus on practical growth, profitability and long-term ownership rather than fundraising.
Ran 2013-2016 as part of Microsoft for Startups. Four-month cohort with expert mentorship, Azure credits, and investor connections. Support: coaching, cloud infrastructure, partner network. Scope: Global.
Musixmatch operates the world's largest licensed music data platform, providing synchronized lyrics, metadata, and audio intelligence to music streaming services, apps, and AI developers. Founded in Bologna in 2010 by Massimo Ciociola and co-founders, the company maintains a catalog of over 12 million songs in 250+ languages, with time-synced transcriptions, translations, and AI-generated genre and mood tags. In October 2025, Musixmatch signed landmark licensing agreements with Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, and Warner Chappell Music for authorized AI training data services. Backed by TPG (2022) and P101/United Ventures with 80 million registered users and 50 million monthly active users.
Mussila is an Icelandic EdTech company that teaches children aged 6-10 the fundamentals of music — pitch, rhythm, music reading and theory — through interactive app-based lessons, games and creative tools. Founded in 2015 by Hilmar Þór Birgisson and Margrét J. Sigurðardóttir, the platform uses a Learn, Play, Create & Practice methodology validated in school pilots in Estonia and Iceland, where students showed 20% better content retention. Mussila has won the Nordic EdTech Awards 2019, the Parents Choice Award 2019, and the Academics Choice Award 2020. The company has since expanded into literacy with Mussila WordPlay and is available on iOS and Android.
NDC Oslo is one of Europe's largest independent software developer conferences, organised by NDC Conferences at Oslo Spektrum from 14–18 September 2026. The 2026 edition features around 154 speakers across 165 sessions plus 16 hands-on workshops, covering .NET, cloud, AI, security, and software craftsmanship.
NDC's software conference focused on embedded and systems programming at Magazinet Kongsberg — a specialist technical conference for engineers building real-world embedded products.
Founder and Managing Partner of DN Capital, a London-based early-stage venture firm that backs software, digital media and fintech companies across Europe and the United States. A venture investor for over two decades, he has also served on the board of the pan-European trade body Invest Europe.
Netguru is a Poznań-based digital consultancy and software house founded in 2008 by Wiktor Schmidt, Jakub "Kuba" Filipowski, and Adam Zygadlewicz. The firm grew into one of Europe's larger product-design and engineering partners, working with global brands and venture-backed startups on web, mobile, and AI products. Many alumni have gone on to found or back Polish startups, making Netguru a significant talent pipeline in the country's tech ecosystem.
Senior developer advocate at Grafana Labs specialising in performance testing and observability, having joined through the k6 load-testing project. A long-standing voice in the testing community, she is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Nord Security is a Vilnius-based cybersecurity company founded in 2012 that builds a family of privacy and security products including NordVPN, NordPass (password manager), NordLocker (encrypted file storage), and NordLayer (business network security). NordVPN is one of the most recognized consumer VPN brands globally with tens of millions of users. The company employs over 2,000 people and has grown into one of the highest-valued private technology companies in the Baltic region. Nord Security represents Lithuania's strongest global consumer cybersecurity brand and a major anchor of the Vilnius tech ecosystem.
Europe's premier games-industry gathering at Slagthuset in Malmö, with conference talks, expo floor, the Nordic Game Awards, and a closing Masterclass Friday. Draws studios, publishers, and investors from across the Nordics.
NorthCap (Northcap Partners) is a Copenhagen-based venture capital firm founded in 1999, focused on B2B and B2B2C technology companies across the Nordics, with a particular emphasis on SaaS, cloud computing, and mobile services. The firm invests from seed stage (Denmark only) through growth stage, with ticket sizes ranging from $1 million to $25 million, and draws on more than 100 investments of operational experience to support founders in scaling and internationalization. Notable investments include GAN Integrity and Visiopharm.
NovaUCD is the innovation and startup incubator of University College Dublin (UCD), one of Ireland’s premier research universities. Established in 2003 on UCD’s Belfield campus, NovaUCD provides a supportive environment for knowledge-intensive startups, particularly those arising from university research in life sciences, engineering, and ICT. The center offers modern incubation facilities, including lab space, prototype workshops, and offices set in a historic Georgian building refurbished for innovation. NovaUCD runs a 9-month VentureLaunch accelerator program to help researchers and students validate business ideas, build teams, and refine commercialization strategy. Startups benefit from UCD’s resources – access to faculty experts, graduate talent, and sometimes use of specialized equipment (for biotech, etc.). Over nearly two decades, NovaUCD has supported 450+ companies. Alumni include Evolution (Bio) – a UCD bioinformatics spin-out acquired by Evotec, Logentries (cloud logging, acquired by Rapid7 for $68M), and Equinome (equine genomics, acquired by Plusvital). These successes underscore NovaUCD’s strength in turning academic excellence into enterprise. A hallmark is its focus on knowledge transfer: NovaUCD works closely with UCD’s tech transfer office, so startups often license university patents or software as a basis. The incubator also facilitates seed funding through networks like Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) and University Bridge Fund (a college-focused VC). The Irish government and Enterprise Ireland are key backers, aligning NovaUCD with national goals to foster high-tech industry. The incubator has expanded physically too – in 2022, it opened “AgTech UCD” on UCD’s Lyons farm for agri-tech startups, reflecting an effort to specialize. NovaUCD contributes hugely to Dublin’s startup scene, connecting academic founders with industry mentors and investors. Each year it hosts the UCD VentureLaunch Competition awarding cash prizes to the most promising spin-outs. Notably, NovaUCD companies have raised over €760M in capital and created thousands of jobs in Ireland. By offering an “on-campus home” for entrepreneurs, NovaUCD helps ensure that Ireland’s top research doesn’t just stay on paper, but translates into impactful businesses – from lifesaving medical devices to groundbreaking software – driving innovation and economic growth.
Omorika Ventures is a Belgrade-based seed and early Series A fund launched in 2024 to address the shortage of institutional early-stage capital in Serbia and the broader Balkans. The fund secured €5 million in public co-funding through the Innovation Fund of Serbia's Serbia Ventures program and is operated by three founding partners with deep roots in the regional startup ecosystem via ICT Hub. It invests in tech companies with globally ambitious Serbian founders, providing capital alongside strategic support, mentorship, and international investor introductions. Portfolio companies include cybersecurity platform Trickest and HR-tech startup OneAssessment.
Øredev is one of Europe's premier developer conferences, held annually in Malmö since 2005 and celebrating its 20th edition in 2026. The three-day program spans the whole software development process, including backend, frontend, AI, architecture, security, and team culture, drawing developers, architects, and tech leads from across the Nordics. A strong hiring and learning venue for engineering-heavy startups in the Öresund region.
Personio is a Munich-based HR software company that has become one of Europe’s most valuable SaaS startups. Founded in 2015 by Hanno Renner (CEO) and three co-founders from the Technical University of Munich, Personio set out to streamline HR management for small and mid-sized businesses. Its cloud platform offers an “all-in-one” suite – from recruiting and applicant tracking to payroll, attendance, and performance management. Personio’s focus on Europe’s underserved SME segment paid off spectacularly: as of 2024, the company serves 12,000+ customers across 70 countries (primarily firms with 10–2,000 employees). This rapid growth attracted major VC funding. Personio became a unicorn in January 2021 with a $1.7 billion valuation, and by October 2022 it raised a $200 million Series E extension at a staggering $8.5 billion valuation – making it one of Europe’s most valuable private tech companies at the time. Investors like Index Ventures, Accel, Lightspeed, and Greenoaks have backed Personio. The company has since expanded to 8 offices (including London, Dublin and Amsterdam) and grown to about 2,000 employees. Despite the size, Personio continues to post strong metrics: in 2023, revenue reportedly doubled and the firm reached over 15,000 customers by 2025. Personio’s success is often attributed to its user-friendly, modular platform tailored to non-technical HR teams at smaller companies. It integrates with 100+ other business tools and emphasizes automation of routine HR tasks. Now valued at $8.5 billion+, Personio is widely seen as a future IPO candidate and a role model for Europe’s B2B SaaS boom – proving that an “SMB HR” niche can scale to a global category leader.
Austrian software engineer and entrepreneur, founder of PSPDFKit and a prominent voice in AI agents and developer tooling, more recently building in the AI agent space. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and agents.
Staff software engineer at Netlify working on web platform and developer tooling for the modern JavaScript ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Porto's annual tech conference showcasing the city's growing engineering community, with talks on software architecture, AI/ML, DevOps, and product management from local and international speakers. 2,000+ attendees. Tickets EUR 30-100.
Community-led Python conference in Bologna over four days with 700+ developers and maintainers, featuring talks, workshops, and a PyData track covering AI and data engineering. Tickets around EUR 60 student, EUR 200 personal, EUR 250 business. Great for dev-tool, MLOps, and data-infra startups seeking Python adoption and Italian engineering hires.
Second edition of the joint PyData and PyCon conference at the American University of Armenia, organized with NumFOCUS and PyData Global as partners. Two-day program brings together engineers, researchers, and founders across data science, machine learning, AI, and the broader Python ecosystem.
Practitioner-led software engineering conference focused on architecture, microservices, and AI/ML engineering. Price: about GBP 2350-2900. Ideal for dev-tool and infrastructure startups.
QuantrolOx is a quantum computing software startup headquartered in Espoo, Finland, with additional offices in Oxford, Delft, and Bengaluru. The company develops Quantum EDGE, an automation platform that tunes and optimises superconducting quantum computers, reducing characterisation times from days to seconds and enabling a single expert to manage multiple quantum systems simultaneously. QuantrolOx is a sponsor of Finnish Quantum Days 2026.
Developer advocate at Auth0 with a background in frontend engineering, testing and developer experience across the JavaScript and web development ecosystem. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
British software tester, trainer and public speaker known as the Friendly Tester and co-creator of the Automation in Testing namespace, currently a senior architect in quality engineering at Slalom Build. He is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Developer conference on the French Riviera at SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis: one Deep Dive day plus two conference days, 50 talks and 30 workshops for around 700 attendees across web, cloud, DevOps and AI tracks.
CEO of Top Consulting SA, Robert is an example of a traditional industry executive who ventured into startup investing. Nominated as a top angel in 2018, he has provided capital to startups diversifying beyond his consulting business. Associated startups: Involvements kept fairly private; known in investment circles for supporting enterprise software startups.
European edition of the leading SaaS conference, bringing together B2B SaaS founders, operators, and investors for tactical sessions on scaling ARR, go-to-market strategy, and fundraising in the European market.
Saga is an AI-powered collaborative workspace for notes, docs, and tasks, designed to help teams organise knowledge in one connected interface. Founded in 2021 by Filip Stanev with Serbian roots, Saga automatically interlinks knowledge across workspaces, integrates with tools such as Google Drive and Linear, and includes a built-in AI assistant powered by the latest large language models. The platform offers real-time collaboration, Kanban task views, and public sharing. With over 40,000 users in its beta phase and hundreds of teams relying on it weekly, Saga raised $850,000 in a pre-seed round in early 2023 and competes with Notion and Obsidian in the knowledge-management space.
Senior developer advocate at AWS focused on frontend, cross-platform and web development across the JavaScript ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Software engineer at Sentry, co-host of the Syntax.fm web development podcast and founder of the Level Up Tutorials education platform for JavaScript and frontend developers. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Founded 2008. Spain's pioneering ICT accelerator providing training, seed funding, and mentorship by experienced entrepreneurs. Runs intensive campus programs; funded ~70 startups with 15 exits (e.g., Divisoft, Ulabox). Support: 3-month acceleration, angel network investment, free office space. Scope: National.
One-day community conference on Microsoft tech (Power Platform, Azure, Fabric, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Copilot) plus AI and career skills. Multi-track sessions in English at Mixát, Budapest.
An angel network led by Borys Musielak (of SMOK Ventures) focusing on Central & Eastern Europe. With 160+ founders and investors involved, SMOK Angels encourages experienced entrepreneurs to invest in idea and seed-stage startups. They often co-invest alongside SMOK Ventures fund. Notable focus: early-stage tech teams (idea to Series A) in CEE, leveraging its members’ mentorship.
SMOK Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm bridging Silicon Valley and Central and Eastern Europe, investing pre-seed and seed capital into software and gaming startups founded by CEE teams, especially in Poland. Backed by US and local investors, it brings a Valley-style approach and network to the region and typically leads first institutional rounds.
14th edition of Sónar festival's creative-tech congress at Llotja de Mar in central Barcelona, with talks, workshops and installations across three tracks: AI & Music, Beyond the Screen, and Digital Gardens. New affordable standalone passes (€15/day) debut in 2026.
Spotahome is a Madrid-based 100% online platform for mid- and long-term apartment rentals (30 days+), eliminating in-person viewings through professional photo, HD video, and floor-plan verified listings. Founded in 2014 by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Bruno Bianchi, and Hugo Monteiro, it lists 130,000+ properties across 450 cities in 65 countries and attracts 3M+ monthly users. Kleiner Perkins led a landmark $40M Series B — its first-ever Spanish investment. Spotahome reached profitability in H2 2024, closed a €5M strategic round in April 2025, and continues active operations with a mobile app updated May 2026.
Senior quality engineering manager at easyJet responsible for testing strategy and standards in the airline operations area, with over 28 years of testing experience across banking, trading and travel. An award-winning conference speaker, he is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Nordic region's leading digital-transformation expo at Kistamässan, with six co-located shows on AI & Big Data, Cloud, Cyber Security, DevOps, Data Centre, and Mobile. Free entry, 5,000+ visitors, 250+ exhibitors.
Sudolabs is a product studio and venture builder that designs and engineers high-end digital products for US startups. While technically a studio, it functions as a talent engine and a behind-the-scenes contributor to multiple venture-backed successes. By 2026, Sudolabs is one of the most respected engineering partners in the region.
A two-day developer and product conference in Montpellier in its 7th edition, with around 85 sessions across five tracks. Aimed at developers, product people, and designers — a solid mid-sized event for technical founders building in the south of France.
Swappie is a European recommerce platform specialising in certified refurbished iPhones and iPads, selling to consumers across more than 20 countries with a 12-month warranty. Founded in 2016 in Helsinki, it refurbishes devices through a 52-stage technical process at its facilities in Helsinki and Tallinn, and has served over two million customers. The company raised $124 million in Series C funding and has 586 employees as of early 2026. Swappie transitioned to a fully online model in 2025, closing retail stores to focus on its digital marketplace.
Non-profit developer community based in Zurich that runs ZurichJS meetups and the annual ZurichJS Conf, Switzerland's premier JavaScript and TypeScript conference. It gathers hundreds of developers, engineering leads and dev-tool startups for talks, workshops and networking around modern web technologies.
Taavet Hinrikus is a prominent European tech entrepreneur-turned-angel investor, best known as the co-founder of Wise (TransferWise). Hinrikus, originally from Estonia, was Skype’s first employee before co-founding TransferWise in London in 2011. Under his leadership (as CEO then Chairman), TransferWise revolutionized cross-border finance and reached a multi-billion valuation. After Wise’s success (it went public in 2021), Taavet Hinrikus shifted focus to investing and supporting other startups. He has become an “operator angel” who backs early-stage European founders, particularly in fintech and software, bringing his experience in scaling a fintech unicorn. In 2022, Hinrikus teamed up with Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi to launch a new VC firm called Plural, a €250 million fund “built by founders” to invest in Europe’s next generation of tech companies. As an individual angel, Taavet has made personal investments in startups like Bolt (ride-hailing, Estonia), Mirror (US fintech), Zego (insurance) and many others, often taking advisory roles. He is known for his hands-on mentorship style – for example, he has provided guidance to Wise alumni starting companies and frequently advocates for Baltic and European tech on the global stage. Taavet also serves on various boards (e.g. he was on the board of Nasdaq’s Estonia arm and advisory boards of fintech companies) and was a special adviser to the UK government on fintech. In the Europe Startup Guide, Taavet is described as an angel “investing as an operator-angel in European fintech and software,” focusing on pre-seed to Series A deals. His journey from founding a $10B fintech company to re-investing in the ecosystem has made Hinrikus an influential figure. Not only does he bring capital, but also credibility and connections – helping younger European startups navigate growth and international expansion. In essence, Taavet Hinrikus exemplifies the new wave of successful European founders who “pay it forward” by fueling the next cohort of startups.
First edition of an Industry 4.0 trade show at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with 100+ exhibitors, 4,000+ visitors and 40+ conferences on industrial software, IT/OT convergence, AI, connected robotics and supply chain 4.0.
Swiss non-profit promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in technology, building communities for women and underrepresented groups in tech. It organizes the #wetechtogether Conference, Switzerland's leading conference for diversity in tech, drawing developers, designers, product leaders, students and allies.
Testers Day 2026 is Georgia's annual software-testing conference organised by GeoSTQB, the Georgian Software Testing Qualifications Board and official ISTQB member board, marking International Testers' Day in Tbilisi. The program gathers QA engineers and test leaders around real-world technical challenges, AI in quality assurance, test automation, career development and team leadership.
Tilde is a European AI-driven language technology company founded in Riga in 1991, with 150+ professionals across offices in Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn. The company specialises in neural machine translation, multilingual virtual assistants, and speech technologies for low-resource European languages. In 2025 it released TildeOpen LLM — a 30-billion-parameter open-source large language model covering 34 European languages, trained on the LUMI supercomputer after winning the European Commission's Large AI Grand Challenge with a €250,000 prize and 2 million GPU hours.
Lead mobile developer at Sapphire Holidays, building cross-platform mobile applications with JavaScript and web technologies. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
CEO of This Dot Labs, a Google Developer Expert and RxJS core team member, and a prominent figure in the JavaScript and open-source web development community. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Treble Technologies has built the world's first cloud-based sound simulation and synthetic audio data generation platform, enabling architects, engineers, car manufacturers, and tech companies to simulate acoustic environments up to 1,000x faster than legacy software. Founded in 2020 by acoustic engineers Dr Finnur Pind and Jesper Pedersen following nearly a decade of research, the Reykjavik startup raised €11M in a Series A round in September 2024, led by KOMPAS VC with participation from Frumtak Ventures, the European Investment Bank, and strategic partners Saint-Gobain & L-Acoustics. Its platform is used by three of the world's five largest tech companies and major global engineering consultancies.
A non-commercial community developer conference at Clarion Hotel Trondheim, with surplus funds reinvested into regional tech initiatives. A strong local IT-community gathering.
Two Desperados is an independent mobile game development studio of around 80 people based in Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in 2010 by Marija Ilic and Vojislav Milutinovic after five years building a software startup, the studio pivoted to casual gaming and created the #1 marble-shooter franchise Woka Woka and Viola's Quest, which together have attracted 30 million players worldwide. Their third title NoNo Crossing, launched in 2023, extends the portfolio beyond the marble-shooting genre. The studio is a proud alumnus of the Google for Startups accelerator program and a founding member of the Serbian Games Association.
Typeform is a Barcelona-based no-code SaaS platform for building conversational forms, surveys, quizzes, and data-capture experiences with a distinctive one-question-at-a-time UX that consistently outperforms traditional forms on completion rates. Founded in 2012 by David Okuniev and Robert Muñoz, it serves 130,000+ customers and generates over $141M in annual revenue. The platform integrates with Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, and 500+ tools. Backed by General Atlantic, Sofina, Connect Ventures, and Index Ventures with 720+ employees globally, Typeform is valued at ~€935M and continues operating as an independent product with active development in 2026.
Founded in 2013 by Massimiliano Magrini (former Google Italy MD) and Paolo Gesess, United Ventures is one of Italy's leading independent technology-focused VC firms, with cumulative AUM approaching €500 million across three funds including a €150 million early-stage Fund III (launched 2023) and a dedicated growth vehicle, UV T-Growth. The firm targets software, fintech, cybersecurity, cloud, IoT, and marketplace companies predominantly at Series A, co-investing across Italy and Europe. Its portfolio of 51 companies has generated 10 acquisitions and 2 IPOs; landmark investments include Musixmatch (10x+ return on exit to TPG), Everli (Series C lead, €22 million), and Cleafy (Series B, 2026).
The largest .NET developer conference in the Czech Republic, held at the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague. Relevant for dev-tooling and B2B software founders recruiting engineers and reaching the Czech developer community.
Iceland's largest IT conference and expo at Harpa, organized by Sky (Icelandic Computer Society) with the University of Iceland and Reykjavik University. Multi-track program of talks and an exhibition covering software, AI and emerging tech.
Valar Ventures is a New York and London-based venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, Andrew McCormack, and James Fitzgerald in 2010. The firm focuses on fintech, software, and data-driven businesses, investing from Series A through growth stage with typical checks of $5-50M. Valar has been one of the most active US funds in European fintech, with notable investments including N26, TransferWise (Wise), Bitpanda, and Xero. The firm manages over $1B and leverages Peter Thiel’s global network to help portfolio companies scale internationally.
Varjo designs and manufactures industrial-grade virtual and mixed reality headsets used in professional simulation, defence training, and engineering visualisation. Founded in 2016 in Helsinki by Nokia and Microsoft alumni, the company has raised over $200 million and pivoted strongly toward military and defence customers. In 2026 it launched ready-to-deploy XR systems for air-gapped and secure environments, backed by a €40 million R&D programme co-funded by Business Finland, and attracted a €5 million strategic investment from defence technology firm THEON.
Established 2016. 100-day accelerator for web and software startups with intensive coaching, mentoring, and free workspace. Focus on B2B software with SaaS and fintech alumni. Support: mentorship, coworking, investor connections. Scope: Regional (Northern Germany).
A two-day tech and careers summit in central Vienna connecting developers, tech companies, and startups, with a job fair, talks, and networking. Useful for founders building engineering teams in the DACH region.
VisualLabs is a Hungarian technology company founded by Balazs Horvath, specializing in Microsoft Power Platform, Business Intelligence, and data visualization solutions for enterprise clients. The company develops custom solutions leveraging Power BI, Power Automate, and AI-driven agent systems on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. VisualLabs is an active sponsor and contributor to the Hungarian Microsoft community and the Shift+Enter Summit in Budapest.
Largest Vue.js conference with senior frontend engineers and tool makers. Price: about EUR 350-500. Strong for frontend tooling, UI libraries, and developer productivity startups.
Organizer of WeAreDevelopers World Congress, one of Europe's largest software engineering and developer conferences held annually in Berlin. Attracting over 15,000 developers, CTOs, and tech recruiters, the event features 500+ speakers, hands-on workshops, and a career expo connecting engineering talent with leading tech employers.
Europe's largest developer conference at Messe Berlin, with software engineering, architecture, and platform scaling tracks. High-leverage venue for DevTools and API startups and for founder-led engineering recruitment.
Hands-on web development conference organised by Croatian agency Netgen since 2012, held at the five-star Hotel Ambasador in Opatija on the Adriatic coast. Across three days (2-4 July 2026) it runs interactive workshops, small-group discussions and networking across six specialised tracks, including JavaScript for Developers and a Digital Change track, aimed at developers, designers, project managers and founders.
WeTransfer is an Amsterdam-based file-transfer and creative-tools company founded in 2009, best known for its simple service for sending large files, alongside products for creative professionals. It grew into one of the Netherlands' most recognised consumer internet brands and was acquired by the Italian software group Bending Spoons in 2024.
IEEE Zooming Innovation in Consumer Technologies conference at University of Novi Sad, themed 'Outsmarting the Narrative: People, AI, and Technology' — applied research and industry talks on AI, trust, and consumer tech.
Switzerland's premier JavaScript and TypeScript developer conference, run by the non-profit Swiss JavaScript Group. It expects several hundred developers, engineers and tech leaders for talks on JavaScript, TypeScript, React and Node.js plus workshops and networking. It is relevant to technical founders and dev-tooling startups hiring or selling into the Swiss developer community.