The 7th edition of the EU-Startups Summit is right around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited! On the 28th-30th of April, around 1,500 founders, tech teams, angel investors, venture capital firms, corporates, accelerators, and startup mentors will come together to celebrate European entrepreneurship.
So that you can make the best of this virtual extravaganza, we’ve shuffled around the agenda into two main sections: mornings are for educational talks, and afternoons are for inspirational interviews with successful founders.
This means that every morning of the Summit will be dedicated to one of the most important things for entrepreneurs: Education. Along with inspiring words from founders, investors and interesting startup figures, and incredible networking opportunities, the EU-Startups Summit has prepared highly educational talks for you to learn about all kinds of topics.
The best part of it? With our educational talks talks, you’ll get to learn from the most interesting minds of the ecosystem from the comfort of your own home. More than that, you’ll find yourself learning about a wide variety of topics: from go-to-market to fundraising, valuation, talent, growth, community, and many more.
We’re thrilled to give you a sneak peek of this year’s selection of educational content:
Interested in fundraising?
At thie Summit we’ll be diving into the different finance opportunities available for founders, including how to prepare for rounds, valuating your startup, how to pitch online during the pandemic, and why crowdfunding is a tool to increase female representation in the VC and startup ecosystem.
Growth, growth & more growth!
If you’re on the path to scale up your startup, then these are the right workships to join! We’ll be hearing from some of Europe’s most successful founders about how they put their teams on a rocket for growth, including leveraging partnerships, testing scale up methodologies and much more.
- Freepik’s CEO – JoaquÃn Cuenca – From bootstrapping to record-breaking exits
- Payflow’s Co-Founders – Benoit Menardo & Avinash Sukhwani – Hypergrowth in a crisis – Turn difficulty into opportunity
- Rentals United’s Co-founder & CEO – James Burrows – Leveraging partnerships to build a multi-million euro SaaS business
- Platform.sh’ Co-founder & CEO – Frederic Plais – 10 things I learned scaling a company from 0 to $30M in ARR
- Scaleup Valley’s Co-founder & CEO – Mike Dias – Putting scale-up methodology to the test
- BOOM’s CEO – Federico Mattia Dolci – Want to thrive? Move fast and build things
- ClickMechanic’s Co-founder – Andrew Jervis – How an experiment-driven philosophy is key for your startup
Sales & go-to-market
One important element for any startup is your sales and go-to-market strategy. Whether you’re sticking to dominating your home market for now, or looking to expand to sell across borders, we’ve got some great educational talks for you, coming straight from Europe’s experts.
- Good Monday’s Founder & CEO – Mik Strøyberg – How to expand into new markets with success
- Raisin’s VP Europe – Katharina Lueth – How to scale startups across Europe: one market and many markets
- Silicon Castles’ Founder & CEO – Andreas Spechtler – Rocket your sales (no matter your startup stage)
Talent, people & culture
A startup is nothing without it’s team and affiliate customers. This is why we’ve gathered together some of the sharpest minds in Europe on this topic to give you insider tips on how to get and keep top talent, putting trust in your employees and affiliates, and enabling an environment of growth in your culture.
- Wise’s Global Head – Abid Mumtaz – Why you should make your customers your consultants
- Ethan Partners’ Co-founder – Ann-Christine Roope – How to get (and keep) top talent for your startup
- Spendesk’s Founder & CEO – Rodolphe Ardant – Why you grow faster if you trust your employees
- Techbuddy’s Founder & CEO – Tahero Nori – Building a Community in the Gig Economy
- Scede’s Founder & CEO – Matthew Ellis – A Founder’s Guide: Enabling a Culture of Talent
Future trends
One thing we’re all looking to at this time is the future. The past year has been a tough one, and we’re wondering: what changes from the pandemic will stick, and what technologies should we keep our eye on? From femtech to AI to edtech, these are the aspects we’ll be keeping our eye on.
- GoStudent’ CEO – Felix Ohswald – How AI will transform digital education and enable the ideal learning environment
- Maki.vc’s Investment Director – Pauliina Martikainen – These are the FemTech trends to watch in 2021
- Freeda Media’s CEO – Andrea Scotti Calderini – How new generations consume media & important issues
To find out more about the Summit’s morning educational talks, and afternoon inspirational content, check out the full agenda here.
Join the EU-Startups Summit
If you haven’t got your ticket yet and would like to expand your knowledge and learn from great minds speaking at the EU-Startups Summit, make sure to secure your ticket now!
More info can also be found here (the page will be updated on a weekly basis). We look forward to seeing you online!
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