Solution broker and founder of Startup Grind Luxembourg Steve Glange talks about the European Startup Universe, a new platform launching this month.

1. #Accelerate_EU_tech_ecosystem
Make Europe the new Global
Powerhouse for Startups
The entire action is held under the patronage of European Committee of the Regions and
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Member of the European Commission for Innovation, Research,
Culture, Education, and Youth.

2. The challenges of the European tech
community worldwide
03
The European tech startup communities are not well
connected to the world’s major tech startup hubs
Startups in provincial areas have no or limited access to
great startup resources (investors, clients, experts etc.)
The efforts so far are scattered and not connected
02
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3. Open online programs for every
European tech startup founder
Connect
Inspire Educate

4. Startups
Every early-stage
EU tech startup
People
Supporting EU tech
startup founders
European founders
Exclusive for
European
founders
Overview of
the programs
The biggest project for EU tech startups,
connecting hundreds of early-stage
startups with the brightest minds of
diaspora - established founders, well
known investors, great engineers,
academics and experts – through national
online massive programs open to every
EU country.

5. Timeline
Registrations
open
Online
events
6-week national
programs
Investors’
sessions
1 2 3 4
Closing
Event
5
January Late Jan. - Feb. March - April May
April
Open call to EU
startups
2 promo online
events
At the same time, 6-
week programs for
each country start
through our platform
with 10000+ EU tech
startups onboard
Final online event
to share the
outputs of the
programs
Connect early
stage startups
with EU angels
Total duration of programs being live – 5 months.

6. EU incubators & accelerators
RnD centers in EU
Student entrepreneurship clubs
EU universities
Entrepreneurship organizations in EU
Media in EU & abroad
EU corporates
VCs and EU angel investors
Private sector Research & academia
Community
Chambers of commerce
EU embassies worldwide
Institutions
Multinationals with EU Executives
Bringing the EU tech community
together

7. The pillars of the 6-week open online
programs
01 Workshops
Weekly online sessions covering 6
topics that are most valuable to an
early-stage startup founder
02 Office hours
Recorded weekly Q&A talks with
startup founders and investors
03 Community
All teams interact through forums with
the best EU engineers, Business
Developers, experts, etc.
04 Educational content
Each team receives weekly a
curated list of educational content
05 Special offers & discounts
Coupons and free credits for
servers, domain, ads credits, etc.
06
1:1 online meetings
Access to online meetings with
experts, investors, corporates,
lawyers & accountants

8. Our amazing team
Dimitris Dimosiaris Co-Founder of Founderhood
Thanos Paraschos Organizer of the European Startup Universe
Panagiotis Kokmotos Project Manager
Eleni Farantaki Marketing / Operations
Aleksandra Krzyzanowska ESU Country Organizers’ Manager
Berton Guillaume PR & Media Manager
Catalina Tatuc Content Creator
Lukasz Paszke Social Media Manager
Mauritza Klingspor Journalist
Andrea Napolitano Sales/BD
Manos Siganakis Sales/BD
George Petsas Sales/BD
Jose Manuel Paredes Fundraising Manager
Leo Olivier IT Department
Penny Karakosta IT Department

9. Our amazing Country Organizers
Athina Kaltsiki
Greece
Balázs Horváth
Hungary
Jan Skok
Slovenia
Cristiana
Bogățeanu
Romania
Steve Glange
Luxembourg
Juan Perez
Torralbo
Spain
Bacely YoroBi
France
Panis Pieri
Cyprus
Sasa Lamza
Croatia

10. Join our
mission
thanos@thefounderhood.com
+30 694 520 6777
www.thestartupuniverse.org
Thanos Paraschos
General Partner
#Accelerate_EU_tech_ecosystem
Let’s talk, please book here!

11. The platform

12. Startup profile
Program landing page Progress records
Library
Live & recordings
Setup of the program