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240 entries.
The fifth edition of TBM Group's AI Tech Summit at the Sava Center in Belgrade, one of Serbia's largest AI and enterprise-tech conferences. Founder-relevant for AI startups seeking enterprise customers and regional visibility.
Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A pharmacist by training and former Elan executive, he invests across biopharmaceuticals and medical devices and has helped guide the firm's three funds and more than €425M under management.
Co-founding partner of Vastpoint Ventures, a 2025 seed fund investing in AI, B2B SaaS and techbio. She was an early employee at ElevenLabs, where she built the AI-safety team and led core partnerships during its rise to unicorn status, and previously co-founded a Cambridge deep-tech startup.
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.
Almi Invest is the venture capital arm of the Swedish state-owned group Almi, investing risk capital in early-stage startups alongside private co-investors. One of the most active early-stage investors in Sweden, it backs companies across technology, life sciences and cleantech and recycles returns into new companies.
Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, Denmark's first dedicated deep-tech venture fund, which closed at €60M in 2025. He invests in science-rooted spinouts across quantum computing, cleantech, new materials, biotech and new space, primarily from Nordic technical universities.
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.
Angel Invest is a Berlin-based super-angel fund founded in 2018 by Jens Lapinski and Jenny Apostel, positioning itself as one of Europe's most active early-stage investors. The fund targets pre-seed and seed-stage European technology startups, writing roughly €100k–€125k cheques across dozens of investments per year. Lapinski previously led Techstars Berlin, and the fund's portfolio companies have collectively raised hundreds of millions in follow-on funding.
Ann Mettler is Vice President for Europe at Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused investment and advocacy organization founded by Bill Gates to accelerate clean energy innovation globally. She previously led the European Political Strategy Centre, the in-house think tank of the European Commission, and served as Executive Director of The Lisbon Council from 2003 to 2014. She is a prominent voice on European clean energy technology and innovation policy, and a confirmed speaker at the ONS 2026 Strategic Conference.
Nordic startup and investor matchmaking conference in Helsinki with a focus on curated 1:1 meetings between founders, VCs, and corporate partners. Known for its high meeting-to-attendee ratio and strong Nordic/Baltic deal flow.
The aws Gruenderfonds is an Austrian venture capital fund managed within Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), the promotional bank of the Austrian federal government. It provides equity and equity-like financing to young, high-growth Austrian startups, typically at seed and early stages, to help them scale and attract follow-on private investment.
BackingMinds is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that deliberately invests in founders and markets overlooked by mainstream investors, backing early-stage technology companies in the Nordics and beyond. Co-founded by Sara Wimmercranz and Susanne Najafi, it focuses on 'blind spots' where it sees underestimated potential.
A large-scale international innovation trade show at Baku Expo Center, targeting 25,000+ visitors and 350+ exhibitors from 20+ countries. Useful for founders with a product to showcase and those seeking regional distribution or investment connections.
The Baltic VCA Summit is the largest regional LP-GP gathering of the Baltic private equity and venture capital industry, hosted by Estonia in 2026 and held in the seaside town of Haapsalu. Themed 'No Man is an Island', the two-day program explores how capital is becoming geopolitical and strategic and how the Baltics can evolve into a coordinated capital region, alongside dining, networking and wellness activities.
Bek Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders with roots in Europe, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey. Founded in 2013 as the Earlybird Digital East Fund and rebranded to Bek Ventures in late 2024, the firm manages roughly $600 million across its funds, including a $250 million Fund III closed in 2024. Led by managing partner Cem Sertoglu and with offices in Istanbul, London, and New York, the Turkish-founded team has generated billions of dollars in returns over the past decade and is associated with one of the greatest venture investments in European history. Bek Ventures backs technical founders building global category leaders, with around half of its portfolio companies operating from the United States.
A full-day national startup gathering at The Egg Brussels with stages for founders, investors, service providers, and corporates, plus a live pitch competition for a €100,000 convertible loan. The flagship convening point for the Belgian startup ecosystem.
Southeast Europe's premier startup investment conference connecting Western Balkan founders with international VCs and corporate investors. Features curated startup pitching, investor panels, and structured 1:1 matchmaking. Attracts 500+ attendees with a high investor-to-founder ratio.
Europe's premium founder festival at ICM Munich, blending high-signal startup networking with curated investor access and Oktoberfest culture. The event limits attendance to maintain quality, with thousands of founders and investors and structured matchmaking for fundraising and partnerships.
Black Pearls VC was a Gdansk-based early-stage venture capital firm that invested in deep-tech and B2B software startups across the Baltic and Central and Eastern European region. It concluded its active investment period at the end of 2023, and its team has continued supporting founders under a new identity, Balnord.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge, the Dublin- and London-based growth-equity firm. A serial semiconductor and technology entrepreneur, he leads the firm's transatlantic 'Bridge Model', helping European deep-tech companies scale into the US market.
German entrepreneur and investor, founder and owner of the Munich-based Maschmeyer Group and a long-running investor on the TV show Die Höhle der Löwen (the German Shark Tank). He runs the investment arms seed+speed Ventures and Alstin Capital, and previously founded and led financial-services firm AWD.
Co-founder and General Partner at PSV and CEO of PSV Foundry, the Technical University of Denmark's investment and incubation arm. She works at the intersection of university research and venture creation, helping turn deep science into fundable Nordic startups.
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.
Co-founder and General Partner of Earlybird Venture Capital (founded 1997). Based in Berlin, he invests across deep tech, fintech and enterprise software and has been a board member and backer of multiple European category leaders over Earlybird's 29-year history.
The 20th-edition annual conference connecting the Nordic and Baltic cleantech ecosystem, with startup pitch competitions, workshops, and one-on-one investor pitching. Explicitly founder- and investor-focused.
Cloudberry Ventures is a Nordic venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology and deep tech startups across the Scandinavian region, with a focus on backing founders building companies in software, hardware, and emerging technologies. The firm has a particular focus on the Norwegian and broader Nordic startup ecosystems and maintains an investment team managing funds for institutional and corporate limited partners. Cloudberry Ventures participates in the NORDEEP Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit as an investor.
Creandum is one of Europe's leading early-stage venture capital firms, founded in Stockholm in 2003 and now operating from Stockholm, Berlin, London and San Francisco. It backs technology companies from seed to Series A and has been an early investor in category-defining businesses including Spotify, Klarna, Bolt, Kahoot, Depop and Pleo. In 2024 it closed its seventh flagship fund at around 500 million euros to continue backing European founders.
General Partner at Indico Capital Partners and co-founder of Talkdesk, the contact-centre software unicorn. A Forbes 30 Under 30 alumna and one of Portugal's best-known tech entrepreneurs, she invests in early-stage software and AI companies across Southern Europe.
Startup Bulgaria's flagship AI and tech conference for Southeast Europe, drawing thousands of founders and 150+ investors. The programme spans a startup expo, an AI hackathon, a pitch competition, and co-founder matchmaking — a primary annual touchpoint for SEE founders seeking capital and visibility.
Czech Startup Week is a unified, English-language platform initiated by CzechInvest that brings together startup founders, investors, corporates, and researchers for a week of keynotes, panels, workshops, pitch sessions, and networking. The programme includes the Technology Incubation and ESA BIC CZ Demo Day, Tech Happy Hours, and an investment conference across Prague.
Venture Partner at Earlybird focused on Central and Eastern Europe. He co-built the Earlybird Digital East franchise (now Bek Ventures) that produced the UiPath and Trendyol outcomes, and continues to bridge Earlybird with the CEE founder ecosystem.
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.
David Sonnek is the CEO of Navigare Ventures, a Nordic venture capital and ecosystem development organization focused on supporting deep tech startups across Scandinavia and Finland. He has played a significant role in building cross-border collaboration between Nordic startups, investors, and research institutions, and is a regular participant in the Nordic technology conference circuit. Sonnek is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Managing Partner and Head of Europe & Israel at Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture platform backed by Fidelity. He leads the firm's growth-stage investments in European and Israeli software, fintech and consumer companies.
Dawn Capital is a London-based venture capital firm specialising in B2B software, backing European enterprise-technology companies from Series A through growth. One of Europe's largest dedicated B2B software investors, it focuses on areas including fintech, cybersecurity, data and enterprise SaaS.
Dealita.ai is an AI-powered deal-flow management platform that automates the screening and initial evaluation of inbound investment opportunities for venture capital and private equity funds. Its algorithms process pitch decks and company data to perform initial filtering and scoring against investor-defined criteria, reducing manual triage workload. Dealita won the Startup of the Year 2024 award in Riga.
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.
Greece's most prestigious annual economic and innovation forum bringing together government leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors at the historic site of Delphi. Features dedicated startup and technology tracks with strong investor networking. Attracts 3,000+ attendees and significant media coverage.
Founding and managing partner at SMOK Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe. A physics graduate, she co-founded ReaktorX and was a leading figure in the Polish startup community before moving into venture capital, and has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
DigithON is Italy's largest digital and startup pitch marathon, held annually in the coastal town of Bisceglie in Puglia. The 2026 edition brings around one hundred selected startups for 48 hours of pitches, mentoring and networking in front of investors, venture funds, business angels and institutions, with a total prize pool of roughly €50,000.
Partner at Newion investing in European B2B software founders. He backs enterprise SaaS and automation companies across the Benelux and DACH regions and supports portfolio companies on growth and operational execution.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge, based in Dublin. A chartered accountant and veteran technology-finance executive who took several companies through IPOs and acquisitions, she has helped build Atlantic Bridge into a €1.2bn+ growth-equity platform.
Elevator Ventures is the corporate venture capital unit of Raiffeisen Bank International, co-backed by Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, managing funds of more than €100 million. The firm targets Series A and B fintech and beyond-banking companies, with a focus on the DACH and CEE regions, and has invested over €60 million in 21 companies, achieving seven exits. It originated from Elevator Lab, an RBI accelerator launched in 2017 to scout startup partners globally.
Elkstone is a Dublin-based investment firm and one of Ireland's most active private venture investors, backing early-stage Irish technology and life-science startups alongside its broader private-markets and wealth activities. Its venture arm provides seed and early-stage capital and hands-on support to founders building high-growth companies.
Emma Johnson is Senior Principal at M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, one of the world's leading science and technology companies. Based in the Netherlands, M Ventures invests globally in life sciences, healthcare, and biotechnology, and Emma focuses on identifying and supporting early- to mid-stage biotech companies across Europe and beyond. She is an active participant in the European life science VC ecosystem.
Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A biotechnologist with a PhD and former Enterprise Ireland and Elan experience, she leads investments across biopharma and diagnostics and manages many of the firm's cross-sector relationships.
Endeit Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with additional offices in Hamburg and Stockholm. It manages a €303 million fund focused on AI-enabled fintech, climate tech, future of work, and security companies across the DACH, Benelux, Nordic, and UK markets, investing €7–15 million at late Series A to early Series B. The firm has made 64 investments and 25 exits, including the $330 million acquisition of 3D Hubs by Protolabs.
eQventure is an Austrian venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Graz, with a second office in Vienna. It specializes in early-stage and growth investments in deep technology, industrial tech, digital health, and consumer technology companies, primarily in Austria. Behind the firm are experienced entrepreneurs who contribute hands-on operational support and access to a global network spanning Austria, Germany, the UK, Israel, the US, and China.
Ester Sklarsky is Principal at Sound Bioventures, a Nordic life science venture capital firm specializing in early-stage biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medtech companies in Scandinavia and the broader European region. She is an active investor and participant in the Nordic life science investment community. Sound Bioventures is one of the leading dedicated life science VCs focused on the Nordic ecosystem.
The Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EstVCA) is the industry body representing private equity and venture capital investors active in Estonia. It promotes the asset class, gathers market data, advocates on policy and regulation, and connects fund managers, limited partners and the wider startup ecosystem to strengthen access to growth capital in Estonia.
Week-long deep-tech programming across Paris with major sessions at Station F and Bpifrance-linked venues, designed to connect science-based founders with industrial buyers and patient capital. Includes deep-tech summit programming across SpaceTech, quantum, robotics, and advanced manufacturing.
EVO VC & Startups is a global founder-and-investor networking community spanning dozens of cities across more than a dozen countries with tens of thousands of members. It runs recurring informal evening socials, including editions in Riga, that connect tech founders, angel investors and venture capitalists to find co-founders, funding and scaling partners.
Experior Venture Fund is a Warsaw-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups, notably in fintech, medtech and digital services, typically at seed and Series A stages. One of Poland's prominent independent VCs, it is known for being co-led by women investors and backs founders across Central and Eastern Europe.
Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage deep-tech startups across Southern Europe and selectively across the wider continent. It concentrates on two theses, applied science and digital transformation, and climate and ocean tech, backing technical teams and supporting them through a dedicated network of expert advisors.
Felix Capital is a London-based venture capital firm, founded in 2015 and based on Beak Street, that invests at the intersection of technology and creativity. It backs digital lifestyle, consumer and creative-economy companies alongside related enterprise tools, describing its focus as building for the 'creative class' across home, work and in-between.
Fondazione DigithON organises DigithON, Italy's largest digital and startup pitch marathon, held annually in the coastal town of Bisceglie in Puglia. It selects around one hundred startups each year for intensive pitching, mentoring and matchmaking with investors, venture funds and business angels.
Invitation-only gathering of top tech founders, CEOs, and investors at a prestigious London venue. Known for intimate, high-trust networking and off-the-record conversations among Europe's most influential technology leaders.
Managing Director at EDP Ventures, where he leads energy-transition and cleantech investments for the corporate VC arm of EDP across Europe and the Americas, working closely with portfolio companies to deploy their technology within EDP's operations.
La Famiglia is a European seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jeannette zu Fuerstenberg, with offices in Berlin, Paris, and London. The firm bridges the gap between European industry corporates and technology startups, leveraging a network of 200+ family-owned enterprises as LPs and advisors. La Famiglia invests EUR 500K to EUR 3M at pre-seed and seed in B2B SaaS, fintech, and marketplace models. Notable portfolio companies include Personio, Solarisbank, Forto, and Pile Capital. The firm manages over EUR 250M and provides unique access to industrial pilot customers and distribution channels.
The 26th edition of One Nucleus's flagship London life-science networking conference, themed around maximising returns from life-science innovation. For a biotech or life-science founder it is a focused day of partnering and investor networking within the UK life-sciences cluster.
Co-founder of Index Ventures alongside Neil and David Rimer in 1996. Over more than two decades he helped build Index into one of the world's most successful venture firms before transitioning to an emeritus advisory role.
Partner at Accel in London, investing in enterprise software, AI and fintech. His portfolio includes Vinted, Celonis, Miro, Deliveroo and Personio, and he has been a long-standing figure in Accel's European franchise.
HealthCap is one of Europe's largest dedicated life science venture capital firms, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1997, the firm invests in biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies across the Nordic region and internationally. HealthCap has backed numerous successful life science companies over more than two decades and manages multiple funds with a strong track record in European biotech.
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.
A global deep tech innovation platform known for its annual Global Summit in Paris and Deep Tech Pioneers program. Founded in 2011, Hello Tomorrow has built a community of 15,000+ researchers, founders, and investors, identifying and supporting science-driven startups across biotech, energy, AI, and new materials through competitions and mentoring.
Selection process for deep-tech startups seeking curated access to Investor Day matchmaking during Amsterdam Deep Tech Days. Deadlines for Pioneer status typically close in early spring 2026 ahead of June programming.
Amsterdam deep-tech flagship structured across Investor Day (June 10) and Global Summit (June 11-12), with LP/GP and founder-investor tracks. Startups targeting curated Investor Day access typically apply via Deep Tech Pioneer selection, with deadlines usually in early spring 2026.
Co-founder and General Partner of Earlybird Venture Capital, which he started in 1997. One of Europe's most experienced venture investors, he focuses on deep tech, fintech and insurtech and has helped build Earlybird into a ~€2.5bn multi-fund platform backing companies such as N26, Isar Aerospace and Aleph Alpha.
henQ is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm that invests early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) in B2B software companies, known for a contrarian thesis of backing unconventional founders often outside the main tech hubs. Its portfolio includes companies such as Mews, Sendcloud, Orderchamp and SEOshop. henQ typically leads or co-leads first institutional rounds across Europe.
Austrian-British technology entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of the Cambridge-based venture firm Amadeus Capital Partners. He earlier co-founded Acorn Computers, the company whose work led to the ARM processor architecture, and has spent decades backing deep-tech, semiconductor and life-science startups across Europe.
Deep-tech commercialization program and successor to the I.E.C.T. Summer School, running since 2015. It delivers an intensive week of mentorship for science-driven founders preparing a pre-seed or seed raise, culminating in a Demo Day where teams pitch to a curated group of investors and corporate partners.
A one-week intensive deep-tech commercialization program, successor to the I.E.C.T. Summer School, for ambitious founders preparing a pre-seed or seed raise within the next year. The week of mentorship and collaboration culminates in a Demo Day where founders pitch to a curated group of investors and corporate partners. In 2026 the program is hosted in Styria.
Dresden-based deep-tech ecosystem builder and organizer of HighTech Venture Days, an invitation-only investor matchmaking event pairing selected European hardtech and deep-tech startups with international venture capital, corporate VCs and family offices across semiconductors, robotics, energy and advanced materials.
HighTech Venture Days is an exclusive, curated matchmaking event pairing selected European deep-tech and hardtech startups with international VCs, corporate VCs, family offices and industry leaders. Focus areas span semiconductors, robotics, advanced materials, renewable energy, mobility, space and defense. It emphasizes one-on-one investor meetings over a traditional trade-fair format, built directly for capital-seeking founders.
Romania's flagship technology and startup conference connecting CEE founders with international investors and corporates. Features a startup pitch competition, product workshops, and strong focus on the emerging Central and Eastern European tech ecosystem.
Invite-focused networking and portfolio event hosted by High-Tech Gruenderfonds at STATION Berlin under the 2026 theme 'Next European Tech Renaissance.' Known for high-efficiency 1:1 investor-corporate-startup meetings and strong syndication opportunities.
ICONIQ Growth is the growth-equity and venture arm of ICONIQ, investing in technology companies from early traction through IPO and beyond. It partners with founders at critical inflection points across software, fintech and other sectors, and invests internationally including from a London presence.
An annual Odense startup festival and regional ecosystem gathering for founders, investors, and innovators on Funen.
The 4th Impact Festival Europe (#HIIC26) is a pan-European forum dedicated to impact investing and sustainable finance for Greece and Southeast Europe, held at the Athens Conservatoire. It convenes investors, fund managers, philanthropists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to connect regional opportunities with global capital, with a main two-day conference on October 22-23 followed by an Impact Weekend on October 24-25.
Industrifonden is one of the Nordics' longest-established venture capital firms, an evergreen fund based in Stockholm that invests in early-stage Nordic technology and life-science companies. Founded in 1979, it takes a long-term, evergreen approach, recycling returns into new investments and backing deep-tech, industrial and health startups.
Inka Mero is the Founder and Managing Partner of Voima Ventures, a Finnish deep tech venture capital firm focused on science-based startups in quantum computing, synthetic biology, and advanced materials. She is one of Finland's most prominent venture investors and a vocal advocate for translating Nordic academic research into globally competitive companies. Mero is a regular keynote speaker at deep tech and innovation events across Europe and is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Innovation Nest is a European venture capital firm based in Krakow that invests at the earliest stages in B2B software companies, typically leading pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs founders building tools, infrastructure and applications for businesses and supports them through early product and go-to-market development across Europe.
Uppsala's premier innovation-ecosystem gathering, organised by UIC, with a startup hub exhibition, a Disruptor of the Year pitch competition, and 10+ side events bringing together startups, investors, academia, and industry.
Hosted by Ireland under its 2026 EU Council Presidency at the RDS, Dublin, launching European AI Innovation Month and gathering EU and global leaders, CEOs, investors, and innovators. A high-signal policy-and-investment event for AI founders.
The closing showcase of Enterprise Azerbaijan's Startup School 4 programme, where graduating startups pitch to investors and corporates. Held in Baku alongside the TEI Forum 2026 (Trade, Export & Innovation), it gives founders exposure to global investors and nearly 500 companies for partnerships, customers and fundraising.
The European private equity and venture capital association, representing investors managing capital across the continent. Invest Europe organises the Venture Capital Forum, an annual gathering connecting limited partners and general partners through debate and curated networking on VC performance, allocations and exits.
Invest Europe’s flagship annual gathering for the European venture capital community, connecting limited partners and general partners through debate and curated networking. The 2026 programme centres on VC performance, allocations, exits and liquidity, with a Single Family Office Roundtable and sector-specific roundtables held at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
Investing Women Angels is Scotland’s first all-female business angel syndicate, based in Edinburgh and focused on backing female-founded and female-led businesses seeking to create positive impact. The syndicate has backed 25 companies with £2.3 million in investment, with 90% directed toward female-founded enterprises. Led by Chair Lucy Henderson, it also works to attract more women into angel investing through education, community programmes, and its sister initiative AccelerateHER.
IST cube is an early-stage, deep-tech venture capital firm and incubator connected to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) near Vienna. It invests seed capital in science-based startups, particularly in artificial intelligence, life sciences and other frontier technologies, and supports founders spinning research out of academia into companies.
The Italian Tech Alliance (formerly Italia Startup) is Italy's leading industry association representing the venture capital, startup, and innovation ecosystem. Founded to give the Italian tech community a unified voice, the Alliance brings together venture capital funds, angel investors, startups, scale-ups, and corporate members to advocate for better policy conditions for innovation in Italy. Key focus areas include reforming Italy's 'innovative startup' legal framework, improving tax incentives for VC investment, and attracting international capital to Italian companies. The Alliance publishes research on the state of Italian venture capital, organizes networking events connecting founders with investors, and works with the Italian government on policy initiatives to close the gap between Italy's strong technical talent base and its historically underdeveloped startup financing ecosystem.
Turin's flagship technology festival (7-9 October 2026), rebranded for 2026 as Wave by Vento and organized by Vento, the early-stage venture program of Exor. It gathers 1,500+ startups, 1,500+ investors and global tech leaders for keynotes, networking and pitch sessions at the OGR Torino, making it Italy's premier stage for founders to raise and connect internationally.
General Partner at Notion Capital investing in B2B software and AI across Europe. With a PhD and a background spanning operating and investing roles, she works with founders scaling from product-market fit toward growth.
Jacob Fellman is a Partner at NGP Capital, a global venture capital firm with Nordic roots that originated from Nokia's venture investment program and now invests independently in technology companies across Europe, the United States, and Asia. He focuses on deep tech and software investments with a strong presence in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Fellman is a confirmed investor speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Partner at Index Ventures leading the firm's fintech practice from London. He sits behind investments in Adyen, Robinhood, Wise, Alan and Collibra, and has been a long-standing board member at several of Europe's most valuable financial-technology companies.
Board member at KI Next, the investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, where he oversees communications, investor relations and public affairs and helps run the InCredibles startup programme. A former economic journalist, he was editor-in-chief at Puls Biznesu, Gazeta Prawna and Newsweek Polska.
President and Managing Director of global VC firm General Catalyst, leading its European business. A German entrepreneur, she founded early-stage firm La Famiglia (merged into General Catalyst in 2023) and sits on the boards of defence company Helsing and AI company Mistral, investing across AI, climate and industrial transformation.
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.
Partner at Northzone in Stockholm, investing in consumer and marketplace companies across the Nordics and Europe. She backs early-stage founders and supports them through scaling and follow-on rounds.
Partner and CEO of Heartcore Capital, the Copenhagen consumer-tech VC he co-founded in 2007 (as Sunstone Technology Ventures). He has backed European category leaders including Tink, Trustpilot and GetYourGuide and is one of the Nordics' most active early-stage investors.
Executive Vice-President of Portugal Ventures, helping lead the state-backed venture firm's investment activity across digital, industrial, healthcare and tourism technology companies in Portugal.
Joel Larsson is a Partner at Pale Blue Dot, the Swedish venture capital fund dedicated exclusively to early-stage climate technology companies. He is an active investor in the Nordic and European climate tech ecosystem, backing startups working on decarbonization across energy, food, and industrial sectors. Larsson is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026 and a prominent voice in the Nordic climate investment community.
Managing Partner of ACT Venture Capital, Ireland's most established venture firm, which he joined in 1996. A former chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association, he has led ACT through six funds and exits including the sale of Decawave to Qorvo and SoftBank's investment in Cubic Telecom.
General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, focused on early-stage software and enterprise technology. He brings operating experience from Misys and Enterprise Ireland and leads investments from seed through Series A across the Irish and UK ecosystems.
Jonas Dupont is an investment professional at EIFO, Denmark's state-backed investment and export financing fund. At Ignite Odense 2026 he speaks on investment decision-making, covering how institutional investors evaluate innovation, growth potential, leadership teams, and strategic fit when deploying capital. His role at EIFO places him at the centre of Denmark's public startup financing infrastructure, making him a key ecosystem figure for Danish founders seeking growth capital.
Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners, where he leads medical-device investments. He brings operating and finance experience to the firm's medtech portfolio, supporting companies through clinical development, regulatory milestones and exits.
Kfund is a Madrid-based venture capital firm investing from Southern Europe into technology companies worldwide, writing cheques from roughly 100,000 to 10 million euros with deliberately simple, founder-friendly terms. Through several vehicles spanning pre-seed to growth, it backs entrepreneurs building differentiated, technology-based products and has become one of Spain's most active tech investors.
General Partner at Notion Capital focused on European B2B software, AI and fintech. He invests at Series A and supports portfolio companies on the path from early revenue to scale.
General Partner at KAYA VC, the Prague-headquartered early-stage fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe, which closed a €70M fund in 2025. He joined KAYA in 2018, founded a B2B SaaS startup in between, and now invests from pre-seed to Series A in AI, developer tools and vertical software.
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners specialising in data science, AI and deep tech. He built the firm's internal AI-powered sourcing tooling and was promoted to Partner in 2025, leading investments in machine-learning and science-driven startups across CEE.
KAYA is a Prague-based venture capital firm that invests early in ambitious founders building category-defining technology companies, staying involved from inception through to market leadership. Operating as an equal partnership, it backs Central European and international startups across software and deep tech.
Kevin Dalgaard is Senior Principal at Lundbeckfonden BioCapital, the venture capital investment arm of the Lundbeck Foundation, one of Denmark's largest private foundations dedicated to advancing research in brain and neurological diseases. He evaluates and manages life science investments across the Nordic and global biotech ecosystems. Lundbeckfonden BioCapital is a key and highly respected institutional investor in the Scandinavian life science community.
Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge based in London. With an operating background at Microsoft and Digital Equipment Corporation, he leads growth-stage investments across enterprise software, semiconductors and deep tech in Europe and the US.
The innovation and investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, the international investment house owned by Sebastian Kulczyk. KI Next backs technology ventures and coordinates the InCredibles programme — a long-running competency-building programme for top Polish startups run with the Warsaw School of Economics.
Kibo Ventures is a Madrid-based venture capital firm and technology investment platform that backs early-stage startups led by ambitious founders and helps them scale globally. One of Spain's most active tech investors, it invests across sectors including software, fintech, digital health and marketplaces.
Founder and Chairman of Lakestar, the Zurich-based venture capital firm he founded in 2012, which manages over 2 billion euros across early- and growth-stage funds. A German venture capitalist, he was an early backer of Skype, Facebook, Spotify, Airbnb, Revolut, Klarna and Coinbase, and also founded the NATO Innovation Fund.
Managing Partner and co-founder of Hard2beat, where he leads legal and structuring with over a decade of experience on €100M+ transactions. He previously worked alongside the founding team at Shape VC and supports Hard2beat's deep-tech portfolio.
Kristina Ekberg is Partner at HealthCap, one of Europe's largest dedicated life science venture capital firms, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. She focuses on biotech and pharmaceutical investments in the Nordic region and beyond. HealthCap has been one of the most active life science investors in Scandinavia for more than two decades, managing multiple funds with a strong track record of exits.
Latitude59 is Estonia's flagship startup and tech conference, gathering founders, investors, and innovators from across the Nordics and Baltics. The 2027 edition returns to Kultuurikatel in Tallinn on May 19–21, with tickets already on sale via Fienta. The event features pitch competitions, investor meetings, and a main-stage program spanning two full days.
A curated investor-founder matchmaking event in Lisbon connecting 200+ VCs and angels with 100+ pre-screened startups. Structured around 1:1 meetings and themed roundtables on fintech, healthtech, and climate tech. Backed by Beta-i and Portugal's startup visa ecosystem. Tickets from EUR 300 for startups.
LocalGlobe is a London-based venture capital firm, part of the Phoenix Court group founded by Robin and Saul Klein, that focuses on seed-stage investments in the UK and Europe. It has been an early backer of companies such as Wise, Citymapper, Improbable and Zoopla, and runs a family of funds spanning seed through growth stages.
Partner at Accel focused on fintech, marketplaces and consumer companies. He has led or backed Trade Republic, Vinted, Tines, Swan and Synthesia, working with European founders from seed through growth.
Partner at Eight Roads Ventures investing in software and fintech across Europe. She led the firm's investment in spend-management unicorn Spendesk and works with growth-stage founders scaling internationally.
General Partner at EDP Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Portuguese energy group EDP. He leads investments in renewable energy, grid, storage and energy-transition technologies, aligning startup innovation with EDP's decarbonisation strategy.
Luminar Ventures is a Stockholm-based seed-stage venture capital firm and one of the most active early investors in the Nordics, providing seed financing together with hands-on operational support. It focuses on digital technology startups, backing founders from the earliest stages and helping them build toward Series A and beyond.
A series of curated meetups, company visits, and investor dinners organized on the sidelines of the main Lviv IT Arena conference. Smaller and more intimate than the main event, these side events are where much of the actual deal-making and hiring-relationship building happens. Most are free with RSVP; some invite-only.
Managing Partner and co-founder of Hard2beat. He previously ran the Shape VC BRIdge Alpha programme (36 portfolio companies, 2019–2023) and now invests in early-stage Polish deep-tech startups across cybersecurity, medtech, biotech and dual-use technologies.
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners focused on developer tools, DevOps, deep tech and enterprise B2B software. He works with technical founders building global infrastructure and engineering products from Central and Eastern Europe.
Maha Radhakrishnan, MD, is Executive Partner at Sofinnova Investments, one of Europe's leading dedicated life science venture capital firms. A physician-scientist by training, she brings deep expertise in biopharmaceuticals and drug development to evaluating and supporting therapeutic companies across oncology, rare diseases, and CNS disorders. She is a prominent investor and speaker in the European and global biotech ecosystem.
Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners, Ireland's largest dedicated life-sciences fund, which he established in 2008 after a career at Elan and GlaxoSmithKline. He has led biotech investments behind exits including Inflazome (Roche) and Calypso Biotech (Novartis).
President and CEO of Portugal Ventures for the 2025–2027 term, leading Portugal's state-backed early-stage venture firm within the Banco Português de Fomento group. He oversees the firm's pre-seed to Series A investments across technology, health and tourism startups nationwide.
Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, the Nordic deep-tech fund she co-launched in 2024. She focuses on industrial biotech, energy, robotics and future-of-compute spinouts, helping technical founders commercialise research with patient venture capital.
Austrian venture capital investor and General Partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe's most active early-stage funds, with a focus on deep tech, industrial technology and hardware startups. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
Market One Capital (MOC) is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Warsaw and Barcelona that specialises in marketplaces and platforms with network effects. It backs pre-seed and seed founders across Europe building two-sided marketplaces and B2B platforms, and its portfolio includes companies such as Docplanner and Packhelp.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cogito Capital Partners. Based largely in New York, he leads the firm's transatlantic growth-stage investing, helping Central and Eastern European software companies scale into the US market.
Partner at Index Ventures focused on consumer, marketplace and mobility companies. He has led the firm's investments in Revolut, Deliveroo, Personio and Algolia, working closely with European founders scaling into global markets.
Managing Partner at Newion, the Amsterdam B2B software venture firm. He leads early-stage investments in enterprise SaaS across the Benelux, DACH and Nordic regions, taking active board roles with founders during the critical first phase after a seed or Series A round.
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.
Early-stage VC fund (EUR 50M+ AUM) investing pre-seed to seed+ (EUR 200K-1.5M) in tech startups with strong Greek ties across AI, deep tech, fintech, healthtech and maritime. Portfolio includes Useberry and FerryHopper.
Partner at Eight Roads Ventures focused on enterprise software and the consumerisation of enterprise. Previously at Accel in London and Warburg Pincus, he backs European B2B software companies at growth stage.
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners, one of Poland's leading early-stage funds. Before venture capital he was COO at Booksy and held roles at foodpanda and Rocket Internet, giving him operational depth in marketplaces and e-commerce; his investment focus includes B2B and healthcare.
Partner at Northzone based in Amsterdam, focused on enterprise software, AI and infrastructure investments across Europe. He previously invested at Accel and brings an operating background to early-stage portfolio companies.
The region's biggest game-industry conference, with 2,500+ attendees from 65+ countries at the Lütfi Kırdar Convention Center. Three stages plus a PC-gaming floor with an Indie Spot and a business-talks stage for investors, publishers, and VCs.
Molten Ventures, formerly Draper Esprit, is a London-based venture capital firm listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin that invests in high-growth European technology companies from Series A onward. One of Europe's most active listed VCs, it backs and follows on in scale-ups across software, deep tech, consumer and fintech.
Munich stop of the global Venture Capital World Summit series at Nymphenburger Hoefe, bringing together seed and Series A investors, angels, and growth-focused startups. High-priority event for founders actively fundraising in Q2/Q3 2026 and seeking cross-border capital access.
Nauta Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 with offices in Barcelona, London and Munich that invests in early-stage B2B software companies, emphasising capital-efficient growth. It typically leads rounds and backs European and transatlantic startups building enterprise technology.
Navigare Ventures is a Nordic deep tech venture capital firm and fully owned subsidiary of Wallenberg Investments AB, investing at seed and Series A stages in science-driven companies across the Nordic region. Its core investment themes span future of computing, advanced materials, and life science, with a portfolio covering AI, quantum computing, synthetic biology, and nanotechnology. Navigare Ventures is a long-standing partner of the NORDEEP Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit and plays an active role in the broader Nordic innovation landscape.
Co-founder of Index Ventures, which he started in Geneva in 1996. A foundational figure in European venture capital, he backed early successes including Skype, MySQL, Last.fm and Supercell, and shaped Index's evolution into a transatlantic firm before stepping back from active partnership.
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.
A Luxexpo The Box conference on the commercial space sector, covering market trends, emerging technologies, and the next generation of space companies. Relevant for spacetech founders given Luxembourg's space-investment ecosystem.
NGP Capital is a global venture capital firm that originated from Nokia's venture investment program and now operates independently, investing in technology startups across Europe, the United States, and Asia. The firm focuses on software, deep tech, and digital infrastructure investments and has maintained a strong presence in the Nordic startup ecosystem since its founding. NGP Capital has offices in Helsinki, Menlo Park, and Beijing, making it one of the Nordic region's most internationally active VC funds.
Nicoya is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm investing at the frontier of food innovation as a dedicated 'future foods' investor. It partners with entrepreneurs transforming how food is produced and consumed, backing companies working on healthier, smarter and more resilient food systems with a long-term perspective on value creation.
Niki Buys is the co-founder and partner at Pledge Ventures, the venture capital arm of Founders Pledge, which invests in high-growth technology companies whose founders have made binding commitments to give a meaningful portion of their proceeds to charity. She spent over six years at Founders Pledge in roles including Chief Experience Officer before co-launching the fund in 2023 alongside CEO David Goldberg. Pledge Ventures operates on a rules-based model across sectors and geographies to create a flywheel between entrepreneurial success and social impact.
Invitation-only Berlin conference connecting 1,500+ digital CEOs, growth investors, and corporate M&A leads across fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, and digital health. Passes typically EUR 2,000-3,500. Known for high-quality pre-scheduled 1:1 matchmaking, a key deal-flow venue for Series B+ founders seeking late-stage capital.
The Nordics' largest deep-tech business summit, in Espoo's Otaniemi hub, connecting deep-tech startups with funding, experts, talent, and clients. Built around commercialising research-based innovation.
OTB Ventures is a Warsaw-based deep-technology venture capital firm founded in 2017 that invests across Europe in early-growth companies working on space technology, AI and automation, fintech infrastructure and enterprise software. It targets capital-efficient deeptech businesses with proven technology and early revenue, and has backed companies such as ICEYE. It is one of the largest deeptech-focused funds in Central and Eastern Europe.
Pale Blue Dot is a Swedish venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to investing in early-stage climate tech companies across the Nordic region and Europe. Founded to accelerate decarbonization through technology-driven solutions, the fund backs startups working on energy transition, carbon capture, sustainable food systems, and related sectors. It is one of the most prominent climate-focused VC funds operating in Scandinavia and a partner organization at NORDEEP 2026.
A large tech-and-culture festival reimagining the ancient Athenian festival, with around 10,000 attendees, 250+ speakers across five stages, and 70+ side events. Includes a startup pitching competition putting founders in front of top investors.
General Partner at Northzone, the pan-European venture firm, splitting time between Stockholm and New York. A long-standing fixture of Nordic venture, he led Northzone's landmark investments in Spotify and iZettle and has shaped the firm's growth into a multi-billion-euro platform.
Paweł Michalski is a Warsaw-based VC educator and angel investor, best known as co-founder and CEO of VCLeaders, a training platform for venture professionals, and as a Managing Partner and Head of Advisory Services at COBIN Angels, Poland's largest business-angel community. He is also a Venture Partner at the Berlin climate-tech fund World Fund, and previously served as Chief Growth Officer at equity-crowdfunding platform Beesfund and Head of Business Development at hardware startup First11, following a project-finance career at PKO Bank Polski. Through VCLeaders' newsletter he regularly publishes analysis on the European venture ecosystem.
An international games-industry B2B conference within Finnish Games Week, connecting Nordic indies, developers, publishers, and investors, with indie pitch competitions and investor matchmaking.
Pocket Gamer Connects' first dedicated Sweden event, a focused two-day games-industry networking and dealmaking conference with an indie developer pitch competition.
Partner at Accel investing in cloud, SaaS, AI and security across Europe and Israel. He authors Accel's influential annual Euroscape report tracking the region's cloud and AI momentum.
Pierre Limouzin leads venture capital investment activities for the EIC Fund at the European Investment Bank (EIB), focusing on breakthrough and deep tech companies across Europe including in the space sector. The EIC Fund is the equity arm of the European Innovation Council, deploying equity and quasi-equity investments into high-potential European startups and scale-ups commercializing frontier technologies. His role makes him a key figure in the European public venture ecosystem and a significant source of institutional capital for space entrepreneurship and new space ventures.
Partner at Newion focused on early-stage B2B software companies in Europe. He works with technical founders building enterprise SaaS, supporting go-to-market and scaling from first institutional capital through growth.
Deep-tech and innovation conference at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, bringing together 2,500+ founders, investors, and corporate innovators. Known for its startup pitch competition, investor matchmaking, and focus on frontier technologies.
Edition 37 of Warsaw's free founder pitching night, hosted at PKO Bank Polski (Strategic Partner, Let's Fintech program). Up to 8 startups pitch for 5 minutes each to an audience of mentors, investors, VC funds and business angels, followed by instant, honest feedback. Strong fit for early-stage founders practicing their pitch and seeking pre-seed connections across Poland and CEE; ~100 attendees per edition.
Pledge Ventures is the venture capital arm of Founders Pledge, launched in 2023 to invest in high-growth technology companies whose founders have made binding philanthropic commitments. The fund operates on a rules-based model across sectors and geographies, aiming to create a self-reinforcing flywheel between entrepreneurial financial success and positive social impact. Co-founded by Niki Buys and David Goldberg, the fund backs a broad portfolio of technology companies and is a featured partner at Nordic Tech Week 2026.
Demo-day expo showcasing the third Armenian startup cohort of the Plug and Play International Pre-Accelerator, powered by Armenia's Ministry of High-Tech Industry. The evening brings together government officials, founders, corporates, investors and VCs for startup pitches and networking. Plug and Play's third Armenia program launched in Yerevan in April 2026.
PreSeed Ventures (PSV) is a Copenhagen-area venture house rooted in the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and Denmark's most active pre-seed investor. It operates three vehicles: PSV Tech (early-stage software, AI and digital-infrastructure fund), PSV Hafnium (Denmark's first dedicated deep-tech fund) and PSV Foundry (DTU's investment and incubation arm). PSV provides the first institutional capital to university spin-outs and technical founders, typically at idea or prototype stage, writing tickets of roughly €0.1–1.5M. PSV Tech's first independent fund closed at DKK 412M (~€55M) in 2022, backed by Denmark's ATP pension fund, EIFO and Vækstfonden, with a €70M Fund II in fundraising. PSV Hafnium closed an oversubscribed €60M in December 2025, anchored by the European Investment Fund and EIFO, to back around 25 science-rooted spin-outs across quantum computing, cleantech, new materials, biotech and new space. PSV has backed early Danish successes including Trustpilot (LSE IPO, 2021), Glycom (acquired by DSM), Vivino, Lunar and Labster, and remains a crucial bridge from Nordic research to venture.
General Partner and CFO of Indico Capital Partners, which he co-founded after a career at Caixa Capital. He leads fund operations and investments across enterprise software, fintech and deep tech in Portugal, Spain and Italy.
Riga EVO VC & Startups is an evening networking social run by the global EVO VC & Startups community, hosted at PILS Bar in the Grand Palace Hotel in Riga's old town. It connects investors and tech founders — including micro-cap and deep-tech founders — for informal conversations around finding co-founders, team, funding or scaling partners.
Monthly community evening organized by Startup Latvia and the Riga TechHub at the MadCity coworking space. Each edition features 3 founder talks, a pitch session with local VCs (Change Ventures, Overkill Ventures), and drinks. Autumn 2026 edition focuses on seed fundraising in a difficult climate. Free with registration.
Organizer of the Rise of AI conference, a curated annual summit in Berlin connecting AI founders, researchers, policymakers, and investors. Founded by Fabian Westerheide, the event has run since 2014 and brings together 1,000+ participants to discuss applied AI, ethics, and emerging business models in the European AI ecosystem.
Investment Director at Vinthera, focused on venture investment and technology growth across emerging markets. He is an announced speaker at Eurasia Tech Week 2026 in Istanbul.
Central and Eastern Europe's largest SaaS conference, run as an immersive format where 300-600 founders, operators, and investors stay together at a single Adriatic resort for three days of talks, dealmaking, and side events. Strong fit for early-to-growth-stage B2B SaaS teams.
Europe's leading SaaS conference in Dublin, bringing 4,000+ SaaS founders, operators, and investors to the RDS. Deep-dive content on product-led growth, pricing, expansion revenue, and go-to-market strategy, with a dedicated Founder+ track and investor meetups. One of the best places to meet European B2B SaaS buyers and operators. Tickets EUR 500-1,500.
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.
Satgana is a Luxembourg-based climate and earth tech venture capital firm founded in 2020, investing at pre-seed and seed stages in European and African startups addressing the climate and ecological crisis. With a €30 million fund, Satgana backs founders across food and agriculture, energy, mobility, industry, carbon removal, and the circular economy with ticket sizes of €100k–€500k. As a strategic partner of Catapult Green Fintech, Satgana contributes its climate investment expertise to the program's green finance and sustainability track.
Seedcamp is a London-based pre-seed and seed fund founded in 2007, often described as Europe's seed fund, that backs founders building globally ambitious technology companies. Its portfolio includes some of Europe's best-known startups, such as Wise, Revolut and UiPath, and it provides founders with capital and access to an extensive expert network.
Global emerging-market startup summit hosted in Lausanne, connecting founders from 80+ countries with investors, mentors, and corporate partners. Culminates in a pitch competition for the Seedstars Global Winner award.
The Tbilisi stop of the Seedstars World Tour, a global pitch competition for pre-Series A startups from emerging markets. The local winner advances to the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland. Includes mentoring sessions and investor matchmaking. Free for selected startups, open attendance with registration.
SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm that invests in digital technologies for a carbon-free energy system, spanning smart grids, energy storage, electrification, energy efficiency and grid intelligence. Investing across Europe, it backs early-growth companies whose software and data platforms accelerate the energy transition.
A week-long startup bootcamp and networking retreat on the shores of Lake Sevan, combining outdoor activities with intensive mentoring, pitch sessions, and investor meetings. Attracts 500+ founders and mentors from the Armenian diaspora and international ecosystem. Known for its unique lakeside format and strong community bonds. Tickets from EUR 100-300.
Partner at Index Ventures and one of the firm's leading enterprise and security investors, known for backing Datadog and Wiz. He has been a repeat Forbes Midas List performer and helps anchor Index's US cybersecurity and infrastructure portfolio.
Co-founder of Frontline Ventures and one of Ireland's most experienced technology investors. A veteran of the Irish venture scene, he has backed B2B software companies across multiple fund cycles and now serves the firm as a Partner Emeritus.
Shilling (Shilling VC) is a Lisbon-based early-stage venture capital firm, running a fund of around 52 million euros that backs entrepreneurs from pre-seed and seed stages. Known for a founder-friendly model that shares fund profits with its portfolio founders, it invests primarily in Portuguese and Southern European technology startups and supports them as they scale internationally.
The annual gathering for Europe's scaleup leaders, run by the FT-backed Sifted. Programming covers fundraising, AI adoption, and sustainability, with a strong investor presence and the Sifted 250 leaderboard — valuable for a growth-stage founder raising or scaling.
General Partner at European venture capital firm Creandum, based in Berlin, where he leads the fintech vertical investing across Europe and the US. Before VC he co-founded Foodpanda and HelloFresh US, and began his investing career at Earlybird, leading its seed investment in N26. His portfolio includes Taxfix, Tide and Factorial.
Italy's biggest annual startup conference organized by StartupItalia, featuring keynotes from Italian unicorn founders, pitch marathons, and the Italian Startup Awards. 5,000+ attendees in Milan. Free to EUR 50.
One of the world's largest and most iconic startup and investor events, held at Messukeskus Helsinki. Attracts 13,000+ attendees, 4,000+ startups, and 2,500+ investors for curated matchmaking, founder stages, and side events. A must-attend for any European founder seeking Series A-B funding. Tickets from EUR 500.
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.
Partner at Accel and one of Europe's most influential venture investors, leading the firm's London office. She has backed Spotify, Monzo, BeReal and KRY, and focuses on AI, consumer and fintech companies across Europe and Israel.
Sound Bioventures is a Nordic life science venture capital firm investing in early-stage biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical technology companies in Scandinavia and the Baltic region. The firm focuses on science-driven innovation in therapeutics and diagnostics and is an active sponsor of the Nordic life science community. It served as Investor Dinner Sponsor at Nordic Life Science Days 2026.
Major Madrid conference at La Nave with 20,000+ attendees, 2,000+ investors, and 6,000+ startups across fintech, energy, mobility, and health tech. Founder passes typically EUR 300-700 with free access for selected startups. Its selective startup competition awards EUR 100,000 prizes, a key bridge between European and Latin American markets.
A unique startup conference set in the fjords of Voss, Norway, combining outdoor adventure activities with startup pitching, investor meetings, and networking. Attracts 600+ founders and investors for an intimate, high-energy experience. Known for its unconventional format mixing kayaking and hiking with deal-making. Tickets from EUR 400-800.
Lithuania's leading international startup event at LITEXPO, with keynotes, panels, and the country's largest Pitch Battle (40+ startups, 200+ investors). The 2025 edition drew 2,000+ attendees from 65 countries — the flagship founder-investor event of the Lithuanian ecosystem.
Pan-European startup festival in Amsterdam connecting early and growth-stage founders with investors, corporate innovation teams, and ecosystem builders. Features pitch competitions, workshops, and structured networking across multiple stages.
The Luxembourg edition of the Startup Ole international roadshow, connecting early-stage startups with corporates and investors from the Greater Region (Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Germany). Features speed-dating investor sessions and pitch battles. Free for selected startups, EUR 50 general admission.
The Czech regional qualifier for Startup World Cup, offering a USD 1M global investment prize. Early-stage startups pitch to local and international VCs in Prague. A great launchpad for Czech founders seeking cross-border visibility and investment.
Sten Tamkivi is an Estonian entrepreneur and investor who spent over eight years at Skype as an early executive, helping grow the Tallinn R&D office to 450 people before its $8.5 billion acquisition by Microsoft. He co-founded Teleport (acquired by Topia in 2017) as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz, and made roughly 40–50 angel investments before co-founding the Taavet+Sten partnership with Taavet Hinrikus in 2020. He is currently a partner at Plural, a pan-European early-stage VC fund focused on ambitious founders.
Managing General Partner and co-founder of Indico Capital Partners, Portugal's leading independent venture firm. Formerly an executive at Caixa Capital, he has built Indico into a >€244M multi-fund platform and is one of Southern Europe's most prominent early-stage investors, backing companies such as Sword Health and Anchorage Digital.
Managing Partner and co-founder of Notion Capital, the London B2B SaaS and fintech firm he started in 2009 with the MessageLabs team. He has backed European software leaders including GoCardless and Currencycloud and helped grow Notion to over $1bn AUM.
British entrepreneur, investor and author. He founded social-media marketing firm Social Chain in 2014 and later co-founded Flightstory, a media and investment company. He hosts The Diary of a CEO, one of the world's most listened-to business podcasts, and is an investor on the BBC's Dragons' Den.
Stina Wallmark is Investment Director for Life Sciences at Voima Ventures, a leading Finnish venture capital firm investing in deep technology and life sciences startups. She focuses on early-stage science-based companies in the Nordic and Baltic region. Voima Ventures is recognized as one of Finland's most active investors in transformative science-based innovation across health, biology, and materials.
Sting Demo Day is the flagship pitch event of Sting (Stockholm Innovation & Growth), one of Sweden's leading startup accelerators. Carefully selected high-potential founders from Sting's climate, health, AI, and deep-tech programs each deliver a 3-minute pitch of their vision and growth plans. The invite-only audience gathers 200+ handpicked investors and ecosystem allies, making it a prime fundraising and networking moment in the Stockholm ecosystem.
Europe's premier private equity and venture capital conference, gathering 5,000+ LPs, GPs, and fund managers at the Intercontinental Berlin. Essential for founders seeking growth equity and fund managers exploring European tech opportunities.
Switzerland's leading business conference, drawing top corporate leaders, decision-makers, and entrepreneurs to Interlaken, and host of the Swiss Economic Award for young companies. For a growth-stage founder it is the prime venue to reach Swiss corporate decision-makers and capital at the senior level.
A high-level partnering and investor conference connecting life-science innovators, investors, and industry across Switzerland, Austria, and the Nordics. For a biotech or healthtech founder it provides structured 1-to-1 partnering meetings with investors and pharma in a focused single-day format.
The nationwide Swiss deep-tech catalyst event at Kursaal Bern, bringing startups, investors, corporates, and enablers together for one high-density day of 1-to-1 matchmaking, pitch sessions, and a curated deep-tech newcomers cohort. The single best day to compress months of Swiss investor and corporate introductions into a few hours.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cogito Capital Partners, the Warsaw and New York growth-stage VC. Formerly a senior partner at MCI Capital, he backs CEE B2B software scale-ups expanding to the US, including companies such as Allica Bank and Preply.
Taavi Veskimägi is the CEO and Founding Partner of Sentris Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the Nordic and Baltic energy and deep tech investment landscape. He previously served as CEO of Elering, Estonia's national electricity transmission system operator, giving him deep expertise in Nordic energy infrastructure and the energy transition. Veskimägi is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
International startup summit co-organized by the Turkish Presidency's Investment Office, bringing 5,000+ attendees from EMEA and Central Asia. Features the Take Off Pitch Contest with cash prizes, B2B matchmaking, and strong government support. Free for selected startups and investors.
Tangent Line is a Warsaw-based venture capital firm that provides capital and hands-on business partnership to breakthrough industrial and deep-technology startups. Acting as a contact point between founders and investors, it backs companies with global ambitions and defensible technology from seed through expansion over a long-term horizon.
Two-day startup and investor matchmaking event during Italian Tech Week in Turin, organized in partnership with OGR Torino. Features pitch competitions, VC office hours, and corporates scouting for innovation. Attracts founders from across southern Europe. Free to EUR 50.
Ted Persson is a Partner at EQT Ventures, the venture capital arm of EQT Group, one of Europe's largest and most active private equity firms. EQT Ventures employs an AI-driven sourcing approach through its proprietary Motherbrain platform to identify and back early-growth technology companies across Europe. Persson is a confirmed speaker and investor participant at NORDEEP 2026.
Community manager at Polish Angels, Tomasz leads investor education and ecosystem engagement between new angels and experienced operators. He holds a PhD in management and has a background in PR and communications for venture capital organizations. His core focus includes educational content for the Business Angel Revolution course and scaling the reach of the Polish Angels community.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Inovo Venture Partners, Poland's leading seed-stage fund. Previously an investment banker at Rothschild and an investor at Penta Investments, he has led Inovo's backing of companies such as Packhelp, Restaumatic and Symmetrical, and helped raise the firm's three funds totalling roughly €167M.
Venturelab's Top100 day combines a curated investor summit — handpicked startups raising their next round pitching to Swiss VCs — with the evening Top100 Swiss Startup Award ceremony. For a fundraising founder it is one of the highest-signal investor-matching days in Switzerland.
Self-described as the UK's flagship founder-investor summit, focused on pre-seed to Series A. It is squarely founder-relevant, with programming on fundraising, growth, and product, plus structured founder-investor matchmaking — one of the strongest non-London picks for an early-stage founder.
Official demo day of the Ukrainian Startup Fund, a government-backed grant program supporting early-stage startups with up to USD 75K in non-dilutive funding. Features 20-30 portfolio startups pitching to local and international investors. Free attendance for qualified investors.
UNIQA Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group, founded in 2016 and based in Vienna, with €150 million in investment capital. It invests at Series A and B stages in insurtech, digital health, mobility, and fintech companies, with a particular emphasis on CEE startups. The portfolio has grown to over 50 companies including unicorn Bitpanda, with eight acquisitions among its exits.
A community-driven startup festival at the Van Nelle Fabriek connecting pre-seed and seed founders with investors across port and maritime, health and wellbeing, and climate and energy tracks. Strong fit for early-stage founders raising in Rotterdam's ecosystem.
Valérie Bures is Partner and Managing Director for DACH at XAnge, a French institutional venture capital firm backed by La Banque Postale that invests in early-stage technology and deep tech companies across Continental Europe. She leads the firm's expansion and investment activities in the German-speaking European markets, covering Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Bures is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026, representing the Franco-German deep tech investment perspective.
A €18M debut seed-stage venture fund launched in 2025 and backed by the Polish Development Fund, focused on B2B software, AI and techbio. Co-founded by Aleksandra Pedraszewska (an early ElevenLabs employee), Karolina Kukielka and Zuzanna Brzosko, it invests €500K–€750K in Polish founders building globally.
Venionaire Capital is a Vienna-based boutique venture capital and advisory firm founded in 2012 by Berthold Baurek-Karlic. The firm manages venture funds focused on DACH-region technology startups, investing at seed and Series A in fintech, IoT, and entertainment tech. Venionaire combines direct fund investments with corporate innovation advisory services, helping connect startups with strategic corporate partners. The firm also organizes the ViennaUP conference track and provides M&A advisory for tech companies, positioning itself as a bridge between the Austrian startup ecosystem and international capital markets.
Global summit organizer focused on investor-founder matchmaking and early-stage capital access. The Venture Capital World Summit hosts annual events in major European cities, bringing together hundreds of VCs, angel investors, and growth-stage founders for structured pitch sessions and networking to accelerate cross-border deal-flow.
Vestbee is a Warsaw-based platform connecting startups, VC funds, business angels, accelerators, and corporates across Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 2018 by Ewa Chronowska, it facilitates fundraising, deal flow, and ecosystem matchmaking, hosts the CEE VC Summit for regional fund managers, and operates the Vestbee Angels network. It functions as core startup-ecosystem infrastructure for the CEE region.
Victor Decrion is Managing Partner at Lauxera Capital Partners, a European venture capital firm specializing in cardiovascular disease therapeutics and cardiometabolic drug development. He is a notable life science investor active in the European and Nordic biotech partnering ecosystem. Lauxera Capital is recognized for its focused thesis in cardiovascular innovation, an underserved area in European life science VC.
An invitation-style investor summit gathering roughly 300 vetted VCs, angels, family offices, and capital allocators during Web Summit week, a short walk from the main venue. For founders raising larger or later rounds, it concentrates curated deal flow and co-investment conversations away from the Web Summit crowd.
Walerud Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture firm that backs Nordic deep-tech companies at the pre-seed and seed stage, working hands-on as investors, advisers and part-time operators rather than passive backers. Founded by members of the Walerud family, it focuses on 'planet-positive' science and technology and has helped build early Nordic deep-tech companies.
Warsaw Equity Group (WEG) is a Warsaw-based investment group that backs growth-stage technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe, with a focus on B2B software, logistics and industrial technology. It invests as an active, long-term partner supporting portfolio companies' regional and international expansion.
Major global tech conference in Lisbon attracting 70,000+ attendees, featuring one of the largest French national pavilions and a dedicated French Tech lounge. Covers AI, climate tech, fintech, and deep tech across multiple stages. Essential for European startups seeking global investor access, media coverage, and corporate partnership opportunities.
Co-founding Partner of Frontline Ventures, the Dublin and London seed fund backing B2B software companies building across the Atlantic. He has invested across the firm's seed portfolio since 2012 and supports European founders on US go-to-market strategy.
Co-founding Partner of Frontline Ventures, focused on B2B software and enterprise AI. A frequent writer and podcaster on venture capital, he has helped build Frontline's transatlantic platform and its dedicated US expansion programme for European founders.
Organiser of Wolves Summit, one of Central and Eastern Europe's largest startup-investor matchmaking conferences. It runs spring and autumn editions built around pre-scheduled one-on-one investor-founder meetings, pitch contests, and corporate dealflow, connecting hundreds of founders and active investors across Europe.
The autumn 2026 edition of Wolves Summit is a corporate-dealflow and CVC-focused matchmaking conference connecting startup founders with investors across Europe. It convenes more than 100 active investors and 250 founders for one-on-one meetings, a Great Pitch Contest judged by an investor panel, and the European CVC Awards, running across two stages over two days.
Partner at Heartcore Capital, based in Paris, who joined from Goldman Sachs in 2013. He leads investments in consumer technology and marketplaces across France and Southern Europe.
Partner at Frontline Ventures based in London, investing in early-stage B2B software and developer-focused founders across Europe. She is a prominent voice on seed-stage venture and supports portfolio companies through their first scaling phase.
Zoë Johnson heads Gubra Ventures as Head of Ventures at Gubra, a Danish bioscience company focused on metabolic diseases and CNS disorders. Gubra Ventures is the investment and partnering arm of Gubra, providing capital and expertise to early-stage biotech companies aligned with Gubra's scientific areas. She is an active investor and connector in the Nordic and European life science ecosystem.
Zofia Sidorska is Operations Manager at Movens Capital, a Warsaw-based multi-stage venture capital fund investing €0.25–3 million in CEE tech companies targeting EU, US, or global market leadership. She handles fund operations, LP reporting, and portfolio-management workflows, and holds a master's degree in Finance and Accounting from Kozminski University (2021–2023). Prior experience includes roles at WSI Capital and Sports Hospitality.