Best tech-startup-event-in-europe 2019-3

WELCOME to this year’s edition of our report about the “30 best Tech &
Startup Events in Europe”. Every year there’s a plethora of conferences, summits
and festivals targeting tech startups, established tech companies and investors.
As it can be difficult to navigate the competing itinerary across Europe, we’ve
put together this report to save you some time. We gathered the events
according to our own experience and our understanding of the tech/startup
events landscape in Europe. It’s not meant to be a ranking (it’s sorted by date),
but more like an inspirational overview to help you find the startup events
that suit you best.
Keep in mind, that in order to make any event attendance worthwhile and
profitable for your startup/company, you need to plan in advance, actively
schedule meetings, pay attention to the industry focus and speakers list. In
the end, it’s up to you, how successful your event attendance will be. The
more pro-active you are, the more you will get out of your event visits!
Hey There!
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Bits and Pretzels
Next Edition: September 29 – October 1, 2019
Location: Munich, Germany
About the event: A startup conference that coincides with
Oktoberfest? Yes, please! Bits & Pretzels is a 3-day festival that
brings together over 5,000 startup enthusiasts and world-famous
speakers, this year including Barack Obama, Jessica Alba, and Reid
Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn.
The organisers make a concerted effort to build relationships
between founders, investors and the media - and you might find
yourself drinking beer and wearing Lederhosen as you pitch your
startup idea.
Tickets are sold out, but you can sign up for the waiting list!
Bits and Pretzels
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South Summit
South Summit
Next Edition: October 2-4, 2019
Location: Madrid, Spain
About the event: South Summit is one of the leading startup
conferences in Southern Europe, with the aim of bringing together
startups, international investors and corporations in search of
innovation, business opportunities and disruptive trends. This year
there will be 3,800+ projects presented – with 36% from startups of
Spanish origin and 64% of international origin. Also, there will be
over 750 investors present. Finalists from previous editions have
raised over $2.8 billion in funding, with success stories including
Cabify, Typeform, Drivy, Glovo and Spotahome.
Special Discount: With the special code SS19EUSTP25 you’ll get
25% off for your ticket purchase.
Tickets are available here!
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SaaStock
Location: Dublin, Ireland
About the event: SaaStock, also known as the “Disneyland for SaaS”,
is Europe’s premier SaaS Conference for scaling stage B2B SaaS
companies to learn how to build a category leading business. This
year’s event will bring together over 150 speakers from Stripe,
Intercom, G2, Darktrace, Google, Accel, Zendesk, Salesforce Ventures
and more, and more, along with over 4.000 founders and executives
and more than 300 VCs. As investor Point Nine Capital’s Christoph
Janz describes it, SaaStock is “the best conference for SaaS founders,
VCs and execs in Europe, period.”
Special Discount: The promo code EUSTARTUPS-25 provides you
with a 25% discount on SaaStock19 tickets.
SaaStock
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Wolves Summit
Location: Warsaw, Poland
About the event:
Wolves Summit will connect 1500+ attendees and enables you to
schedule 1:1 meetings before the event. This way, you have the
possibility to grow your network and business effectively, by making
relevant business connections.
The event is a place where innovation meets business and capital.
Wolves Summit focuses on new technologies that change the world.
This year, it will be the 8th edition of the event, full of inspiration,
education and networking.
Wolves Summit
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StartupCon
Location: Cologne, Germany
About the event:
The StartupCon is one of Germany’s largest startup conferences with
more than 10.000 attendees. The annual event combines stage
sessions, an exhibition area and networking opportunities for startup
founders, innovation ideas, investors and decision-makers to meet.
In 2019, the speaker’s list includes big names like Jörg Binnenbrück,
Florian Heinemann and Amaryllis Liampoti among many others. In
addition, there will be several startup award ceremonies as well as
awesome side-events during theconference day.
Watch out: Tickets for this year’s edition might be sold out soon.
StartupCon
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How To Web
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
About the event: How to Web showcases the startup methods, tactics
and mindset to help you build better tech and digital products and
faster growth. The 2-day event will gather over 1,500 attendees, and
50 international speakers like Sean Ellis (GrowthHackkers.com), Carlos
Espinal (Seedcamp), Luciana Lixandru (Accel) and many more.
On its 3 stages, the event will also provide workshops and the
opportunity for about 150 startups to present their business model
and innovative approach.
Special Discount: The code EUSTARTUPS provides a 30% discount for
the first 10 tickets and 15% for tickets purchased thereafter.
How To Web
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NOAH Conference
Location: London, UK
About the event:
The NOAH London Conference provides a physical marketplace to
facilitate the funding of digital European companies at all stages.
During the 2-day event, there will be 80+ selected startups on the
“Startup Stage”.
In total, NOAH London gathers about 1,800 attendees – the ‘who’s
who’ of the European internet, over 100 of Europe’s leading digital
businesses and speakers including the founders of prominent scale-
ups from the likes of Elvie, Lumen, Glovo, Streetbees, Personio, Wolt,
Starling Bank and TravelPerk.
NOAH Conference
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Web Summit
Next Edition: November 4-7, 2019
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
About the event:
Web Summit is considered the largest tech conference in the world –
this year bringing together 70,000+ attendees, including 11,000+
founders, 1,200+ speakers and 2,000+ journalists. This year’s
featured speakers will include Margrethe Vestager, alongside the
CEOs of Tinder, Verizon, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the
president of Microsoft.
The event doesn’t end at night, either, as there is an awesome night
summit held in bars around the city – this is where the real business
deals happen.
Web Summit
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Slush
Next Edition: November 21-22, 2019
Location: Helsinki, Finland
About the event:
Slush is a conference ‘built for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs’,
bringing together over 25,000 curious minds including 4,000
startups and 2,000 investors - ranging from VCs to angels, CVCs, and
LPs, all looking for the next big thing.
It’s not only an opportunity for networking at a time of year when
most people are winding down, but it also includes one-on-one
meetings with journalists and investors, stalls, and a massive
pitching competition.
Tickets can be purchased here!
Slush
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Disrupt Berlin
Disrupt Berlin 2019
Next Edition: December 11-12, 2019
Location: Berlin, Germany
About the event: This annual conference hosted by TechCrunch is one
of the most anticipated technology conferences of the year. The event
provides an opportunity for startups to meet other entrepreneurs,
find investors, and gain international exposure. Over the course of
two program-packed days, TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin brings together
3,000 startuppers from more than 50 countries. The event’s Startup
Battlefield competition brings the world's top early-stage startups
together on the Disrupt Main Stage to compete for the coveted
Disrupt Cup, a $50k prize. Since the competition began, Startup
Battlefield alumni have collectively raised over $8 billion and seen
over 100 exits.
Special Discount: The Code EUSTARTUPS will give you a 15% discount
on tickets to Disrupt Berlin.
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TechChill
Next Edition: February 20-21, 2020
Location: Riga, Latvia
About the event:
Every February, Riga transforms into a buzzing hub of innovation,
networking and deal-making to present the brightest minds and
ideas the Baltics have to offer. It’s the 350+ startups attending
TechChill that make winters hot. Save the date.
The new TechChill season is on its way gathering over 2,000
attendees - local founders, global investors and international tech
heroes with exciting stories to tell. There will also be more than 20
side events, including the 2 afterparties to take a full advantage of
informal networking in a smaller crowd.
TechChill
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4YFN
Next Edition: February 24-26, 2020
Location: Barcelona, Spain
About the event:
4YFN is an initiative by Mobile World Capital Barcelona to facilitate a
meeting point for the global technology startups. It’s the sister event
to the simultaneously held behemoth, Mobile World Congress with
tickets and stall prices significantly more affordable.
With over 20,0000 attendees, you can expect to rub shoulders with
investors, press and analysts looking for the latest successes with the
opportunity to attend workshops on topics such as the legal info you
need to know post- seed funding and even speed date a slew of
journalists.
You can pre-register for 2020 tickets here!
4YFN
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Hello Tomorrow Global Summit
Next Edition: March 12-13, 2020
Location: Paris, France
About the event:
Hello Tomorrow is a global non-profit that aims to accelerate the
transfer of breakthrough technologies by empowering and connecting
the most promising deeptech entrepreneurs across the globe with the
right enablers.
The annual Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, dedicated to innovation in
science and deep technologies, gathers the most promising startups,
leaders in science, corporations, investors, academics and policy makers
in Paris to meet and connect with the goal of pioneering technological
solutions to our biggest world challenges to build a better tomorrow.
Hello Tomorrow
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Arch Summit
Next Edition: April 1-2, 2020
Location: Luxexpo, Luxembourg
About the event: The Arch Summit will bring together innovators,
executive decision makers and government leaders to facilitate
collaboration, inspiration and business opportunities between
startups and corporations. Luxembourg City in the heart of Europe
will host startups and corporates in a dynamic two-day programme
of pitches, tailored meetings, inspirational keynote speeches, tech
roundtables, and cutting- edge exhibitions. In bringing these two
worlds together, Arch 2020 will be the epicentre of a digital society,
introducing technology that improves people’s lives for the better.
This event is brought to you by Tomorrow Street, a joint venture
between Vodafone and Technoport. A great opportunity to meet key
decision makers that can help accelerate your business growth.
Visit www.archsummit.lu for more information!
Arch Summit
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Dublin Tech Summit
Next Edition: April 22-23, 2020
Location: Dublin, Ireland
About the event:
In just a few short years, the Dublin Tech Summit (DTS) has emerged
as one of Europe’s largest tech conferences. DTS is Ireland’s largest
annual tech conference with 10,000 attendees, 58% enterprise level
companies, 35% decision maker and 30% managerial level.
Each year DTS brings together a mix of local and international
business leaders, entrepreneurs, and techies for two days of
networking, presentations, investment, knowledge sharing, and of
course business.
Dublin Tech Summit
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Infoshare
Next Edition: May 13-14, 2020
Location: Gdansk, Poland
About the event: Infoshare is the biggest tech conference in the CEE,
gathering a community of over 6.000 people and more than 500
startups interested in exploring the world of new technologies. Last
year’s edition featured nine stages with different themes: Inspire,
DevTrends, Growth Stage, Marketing Stage, DataTech Stage, FullStack
Stage, DeepTech, Crypto&Security, Arena Stage. Also, there were
workshops ranging from ‘How to compete with unicorns’ to ‘Why we
don’t work at the office’ to ‘Polish venture capital’, as well as several
technical topics such as ‘Combining deep learning with pattern
discovery for log monitoring’.
Infoshare bills itself ‘A place where everyone can simply share -
knowledge, ideas, passion, experience, know-how, tech-news and
emotions’.
You can register here!
infoShare
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PODIM Conference
Next Edition: May 19, 2020
Location: Maribor, Slovenia
About the event:
PODIM is the most influential startup & tech event in the Alps-Adriatic
& Western Balkans region, based in Slovenia. It is the gateway to the
region for efficient networking, making deals and sharing experience.
PODIM is connecting 1000+ brilliant startups, investors, corporates
and other stakeholders with global minds and leaders and serving as
an effective platform for investing in the most promising startups
from the region.
The networking highlight of PODIM are 900+ one-on-one meetings in
the PODIM Deal Room, which are organised in advance with the help
of the PODIM Startups & Scaleups Catalogue and the PODIM App.
Tickets will be available here!
PODIM Conference
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Viva Technology
Location: Paris, France
About the event:
VivaTech is the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders to celebrate
innovation together. It’s a gathering of the world’s brightest minds,
talents, and products. Over 120,000 attendees are expected at Viva
Technology 2019 over three days, and they will meet with 13,000
startups, 3,300 investors and thousands of executives from around the
world.
Last year, 500 speakers, thinkers, leaders and doers, shared their vision
on the impact of digital on the world’s economies and societies. Cutting
edge robots, drones, amazing VR demos and much more enable our
visitors to step into the future.
Tickets are not available yet!
Viva Technology
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Seeds&Chips
The Global Food Innovation Summit
Location: Milan, Italy
About the event: Seeds&Chips is the leading food innovation event
worldwide, showcasing national and international talent and cutting-edge
solutions from around the world in agriculture & food innovation. Around
13,000 visitors, including hundreds of startups and companies, investors,
thought leaders, policymakers and academics come together to share
their visions, projects, and experiences to solve our most pressing
challenges. Topics explore every aspect of the agrifood chain including
precision agriculture, traceability, AI, circular economy and open
innovation. In 2020, there will be a Summit within the Summit focused on
sustainability set up by Seeds&Chips sister company, Sustain&Ability.
Special Discount: The code 30EU-STARTUPS provides a 30% discount for
the first 10 tickets and 15% for tickets purchased thereafter.
Seeds&Chips
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Arctic15
Location: Helsinki, Finland
About the event:
The underlying premise of Arctic15 is to help startups close deals
with investors. Over the years, they’ve consistently had one of the
top investor to startup ratios of any startup conference in Europe.
With an expected 300 investors and 450 startups, this will probably
also be the case in 2020. Startups encompass a diverse field
including AI and Blockchain, Digital Health and Scaling.
In 2020, Arctic15 will host a smaller edition on February 5-6 in
Stockholm, and eventually on May 26-27 in Helsinki.
Arctic15
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EU-Startups Summit
Location: Barcelona, Spain
About the event: The EU-Startups Summit is the annual flagship
event of EU-Startups.com - bringing together over 1.500 of Europe’s
best startups and investors. The event in beautiful Barcelona connects
promising startups with investors, corporates and the media. Aside of
exciting speakers, and exhibition hall and workshops, the EU-Startups
Summit also hosts a big pitch competition with 20 pre-selected early-
stage startups from across Europe and a gigantic prize package.
Special Discount: The code EARLYBIRD provides you with a 15%
discount for ticket purchases until October 31.
EU-Startups Summit
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Latitude59
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
About the event: Latitude59 is the flagship startup and tech event of e-
Estonia. The event brings together the Baltic, Nordic and Northeastern
Europe’s tech ecosystem and provide a platform for entrepreneurs,
investors and leaders to learn, connect and network. The Latitude59
team believes that entrepreneurial minds, inspiring leadership, lean
companies and proactive governments are the way forward in creating
the digital future.
In 2020, the organisers count with over 2,500 participants including
200 investors spanning from US to Japan and 150 startups spanning
mostly from neighbouring Baltic, Nordic & CEE countries.
Latitude59
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TNW Conference 2020
Next Edition: June 18-19, 2020
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
About the event: TNW is a two-day technology festival that brings
together many of the best digital minds to predict, discuss and invent
the future. Over the past 14 years, TNW has grown to be one of
Europe’s leading technology events. TNW 2019 brought over 15,000
people to this festival for entrepreneurs, developers, marketing
managers, CEOs, and over 3,500 companies from all over the world.
Conference tracks and stages tie together inspiring keynotes from tech
leaders, bestselling authors, futurists, and entrepreneurs. Some of the
previous speakers included Guy Kawasaki, Tim Ferris, Nir Eyal, Larry
Sanger, Gillian Tans, Alexis Ohanian, Julie Zhuo, Kevin Kelly, Casey
Neistat, Anjali Sud, Gary Vaynerchuk, Ray Chan and many more.
TNW Conference
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Tech Open Air
Next Edition: June, 2020
Location: Berlin, Germany
About the event:
TOA is a different kind of conference that encompasses tech, art
and science but somehow works. The organisers believe that by
bringing together technological changemakers with representatives
of different disciplines, they can help the disrupted better anticipate
the future, and the disruptors to better understand the world
they’re changing. It gathers 20,000 top-tier entrepreneurs, artists
and scientists in Berlin for three days of keynotes, pitches, live
music and art installations in a bustling atmosphere.
Tech Open Air
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Webit.Festival Europe
Location: Valencia, Spain
About the event: After 12 years of existence and global expansion
from Sofia, Istanbul through Dubai and New Delhi to Singapore, in
2020 Webit's new European home is Valencia, Spain.
At the event you can preview the Future, level-up professionally,
generate business, network and connect with all important people
for your business success in the most welcoming and friendly
environment.
Webit is where 15,000 of the brightest, bravest and beautiful minds
from 120 countries gather to celebrate their vision and will to shape
the desirable future. So if you want to experience an incredible
journey to the future, join Webit.Festival in Spain, at The Marina of
Valencia.
You can buy your tickets here!
Webit
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Techsylvania
Techsylvania
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
About the event: Techsylvania is the leading tech event in Eastern
Europe, exploring visionary ideas, ground-breaking projects and
changing markets through conferences, workshops and much more.
Over 4,000 engineers, founders, investors, executives and CEOs of IT
& digital companies, banks and pioneers of growing startups from
across the world meet at Techsylvania, in the heart of Transylvania
for inspiration and networking. The event hosts more than 70
keynotes, panels, workshops, satellite events, a hackathon,
executive roundtables, and Q&A sessions. The winner of the
2019 Startup Avalanche competition was rewarded with €100k in
investment.
Special Discount: Use the code EUstartups20 to get a 20% discount
when tickets go on sale.
Pre-register for Techsylvania 2020 here!
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Web2Day
Next Edition: June, 2020
Location: Nantes, France
About the event: Web2day offers, in 3 days, a digest of the latest
trends and best practices in innovation. Conferences, workshops,
showrooms, evening events, digital professionals come to discover new
innovations, gain inspiration and to meet others. With about 10,000
attendees, Web2Day is vibrant and intense, yet still on a human scale.
It’s the festival for professionals and new technology enthusiasts
seeking inspiration, knowledge, and networking activities in a relaxed
and off-beat atmosphere.
With over 250 speakers from France and the rest of the world, a
startup contest, a village covering an area of 3,500 square metres,
crazy events and nights to remember (or not), all in an unusual
location. Join Web2Day for an unforgettable, three-day experience.
Tickets for the 2020 edition are not available yet!
Web2Day
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PIRATE Summit
Location: Cologne, Germany
About the event:
If you’re the kind of person that likes to combine fun with business
this might be a great startup event for you. Pirate Summit is one of
Europe’s largest invitation-only conferences for up to 1,000
handpicked early-stage startup founders, investors, and corporate
executives.
Pirate Summit is not just about sitting and watching another persons
with their Powerpoint presentation. Ever seen someone pitch whilst
walking the plank? At Pirate Summit this is possible. 2020 will be the
10th edition of the event.
PIRATE Summit
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unbound.live
Next Edition: July, 2020
Location: London, UK
About the event: Unbound London is an exciting festival focused on
innovation, designed to connect brands and corporations with
startups and the cutting-edge technology that they offer. It acts as a
bridge between business and the world's digital and technological
pioneers, connecting more than 5,000+ founders and entrepreneurs
with investors, brand executives and thought leaders from around the
world. Speakers this year included HRH The Duke of York, Ogilvy
legend Rory Sutherland and Lastminute founder Martha Lane Fox. In
2020, Unbound will be holding its European festival in London for the
7th consecutive year.
Special Opportunity: Register your interest in Unbound London 2020
now and receive a 2-for-1 discount when tickets go on sale.
Tickets are available soon!
unbound.live
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TechBBQ
TechBBQ
Next Edition: September, 2020
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
About the event: TechBBQ has evolved from a simple BBQ among a
few startup friends in 2012 into a two-day event with over 6,500
attendees and more than 500 investors. This year’s speakers will
include Eileen Burbidge from Passion Capital; Annie Jean-Baptiste,
Head of Product Inclusion at Google; Andrew Macadam, European
Managing Director for Startups at Microsoft; Bjarke Klinge Staun,
Principal at Creandum; and many more.
The program is broken down into different tracks, so whether you’re
a corporate executive, a CTO, a life sciences or maritime startup, or
interested in tech for good, there’s something for everyone. Plus,
there are many side events – like the BBQ - to enjoy.
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This report was created based on our research and with some direct input from the event
organisers, who we thank gratefully for their collaboration. If you happen to spot unprecise
information, feel free to approach as at thomas@eu-startups.com to correct us as
soon as posible.
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