SEA2Y – Startup Europe final conference
Startup Europe – Discover it’s impact and learn about future initiatives
Startup Europe is holding its final conference in Belgium in February 2017.
Objectives:
- Learn about what we know about the European startup ecosystems
- Discover what we have achieved with Startup Europe projects
- Understand the progress on startup and scaleup policies
- Engage with future projects and plans
- Connect with the Startup Europe network
Programme:
Morning: Startup Europe Data + Impact
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
Afternoon: Future: Horizon 2020 ICT32 call & Networking
More information: EventBrite
More tickets released for SEA2Y conference (Startup Europe After 2 Years) in Brussels, 2nd Feb
Startup Europe – Discover it’s impact and learn about the future initiatives
SEA2Y (Startup Europe After 2 Years) conference to be held in Brussels has just released more tickets.
The conference will have the participation of all the Startup Europe projects, including those which connect ecosystems (Welcome, ePlus, Twist, Startup Scaleup, Digistart), experts from the field and those that work within the startup world across Europe.
The event will have the following objectives:
Objectives:
Learn about what we know about the European startup ecosystems
Discover what we have achieved with Startup Europe projects
Understand the progress on startup and scaleup policies
Engage with future projects and plans
Connect with the Startup Europe network
Programme:
Morning: Startup Europe Data + Impact
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
Afternoon: Future: Horizon 2020 ICT32 call & Network
To attend the conference, please sign up on the eventbrite: Startup Europe – Impact, Data, Program, Future
2 years of WELCOME – and now the project is drawing to a close
This was an intense journey across Europe, bringing startups to meet new ecosystems, organising and taking part in the biggest tech events in the continent and so much more.
One way to look at the 2 years past is to look at our numbers (click for high resolution!):
Looking back, it felt we were everywhere at the same time!
We were in more than 18 of the most important startup events around Europe, either through one-shot activities like Europass programme (Pioneers Vienna, IoT World Dublin, Slush Helsinki, Tech Open Air Berlin, etc) or with our two batches of the Roadshow that visited WELCOME’s ecosystems: Madrid, Salamanca, Berlin, Milan and Dublin (South Summit, Web Summit, Uprise Festival, Seeds & Chips, …).
We’re very proud to have gathered such an impressive group of startups – check them out at our competition winners page and ask for our pitchdeck!
We were organising not only activities for startups, but for accelerators, universities, policy makers and all other ecosystem builders. Throughout these 2 years we also carried out initiatives such Accelerator Assembly, Startup Europe Comes to Universities, and Startup Europe Nations.
Now that the project is over, we look at what’s next in the horizon: new projects, new initiatives! Stay connected with the Startup Europe initiative to be part of this future!
Madrid Startup House is looking for collaborators!
Madrid Startup House is a new startup platform created under Startup Europe’s WELCOME project, which aims to make Madrid an internationally recognised startup hub.
Madrid Startup House aims to act as one single point to connect all players in the Madrid ecosystem and strengthen the entrepreneur movement in the city. As a one stop shop for startups in Madrid, other websites like this are foreseen to be created in other cities across Europe, such as Venice in Italy.
Madrid is a city which is buzzing with entrepreneurship activities, both private and public, however what is needed is a single point to unify all activities and players, strengthen the entrepreneurship scene and give the capital’s startup community a platform for international reach.
To do this, Madrid Startup House is looking for your collaboration– as players in the startup scene- to put all the relevant information in one place and create a connected, consolidated community.
There are many ways to take part in the platform, depending on each startup player’s needs. The aim is to give every player professional enrichment and strength the Madrid startup community as a whole:
Collaborators:
- Female entrepreneurs to tell their stories, give their projects visibility in our blog and overall inspire the next female entrepreneurs of Madrid
- Incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces and universities that wish to appear in our Ecosystem Builders directory, which will give their projects more visibility to the startup community
- Mentors that wish to enrich their professional lives by mentoring startups
Sponsors:
- Sponsors that wish to participate in the project by sponsoring activities and services, such as events, mentoring, networking activities and more.
Please go to: www.madridstartuphouse.com/partnerships
@MadridStartupHouse
#MadridStartupHouse
Take your startup to SLUSH for free (WELCOME)
Startup Europe comes to Slush
Take your startup to Slush, Helsinki with Welcome & Startup Europe
Welcome and Startup Europe have teamed up with Slush to offer an amazing opportunity to the best early stage IoT startups from Berlin, Dublin, Milan, Madrid and Salamanca.
You will travel to Slush, Helsinki for 3 nights courtesy of the Welcome project and Startup Europe with 2 day tickets to the conference.
Slush is Europe’s leading startup event with over 15,000 attendees. Slush has grown from a 300-person assembly to a world-renowned event, now spreading globally. The philosophy behind Slush has remained the same: to help the next generation of great, world-conquering companies forward.
Slush takes places on Nov 30th – Dec 1st, 2016 in Helsinki (Finland).
Speakers include:
- Dave McClure – Founder Partner at 500 Startups
- Steve Jurvetson – Partner at DFJ
- Danae Ringelmann – Co-founder of Indiegogo
- NiklasZennstrom – Co-founder of Skype &Atomico
- Nicolas Cary – Co-founder of Blockchain
Investors at Slush include:
- 500 startups
- KPCB
- Accel Partners
- Sapphire Ventures
- Greenoaks Capital
- Mosaic Ventures
- …and many more
We’re looking for the most promising early stage tech startups from Berlin, Dublin, Milan, Madrid and Salamanca to attend Slush to:
- network like crazy
- form part of the nearly 6,000 investor–startup meetings at Slush
- make business with corporate representatives
- exchange ideas with like-minded founders
- consume unchallenged level of inspiration
Apply now via f6s.com
About WELCOME
WELCOME is a project under the Startup Europe initiative that aims to build a pan-European tech startup ecosystem. To that end, Welcome links startups from five vibrant EU ecosystems — Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Milan and Salamanca, to customers, VCs, business angels, corporates, mentors and other startups. The project targets aspiring entrepreneurs as well as early and late stage startups with activities enabling them to grow across borders and access the right combination of finance while helping corporates identify the best talents.
This competition is part of Welcome’s Europass Programme
AboutSlush
Slush is all about startups – we help the next generation of world conquering founders forward. Europe’s leading startup and technology event, and expanding in Asia, brings together founders and tech talent to meet with top-tier international investors, executives, and media.
Held during the darkest time of the year in Helsinki, Finland, Slush has always been characterized by a unique energy and enthusiasm. At the very core of Slush is to facilitate founder and investor meetings and to build a world-wide startup community.
Slush is a student-driven non-profit movement originally founded to change attitudes towards entrepreneurship. In 2015, Slush was organized in Tokyo and Beijing for the first time. In 2016, Slush is spreading to Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore.
Take your startup to IoT World Europe, Dublin with Welcome & Startup Europe
Welcome and Startup Europe have teamed up with IoT World Europeto offer an amazing opportunity to 5 topearly stage IoT focused startups from Berlin and Madrid.
This premium package includes:
- Startup stand at IoT World Europe
- Pitching slot on stage in front of a judging panel
- 1 full conference pass giving you access to all keynote speakers
- Access to business workshops on maximising growth and increasing investment
- Announcement of your presence at IoT World on Social Media by the conference organisers
- €450 refund on your travel expenses
IoT World is Europe’s most comprehensive IoT Event. It is the leading forum focusing on case studies that show today’s Industry and Enterprises leveraging IoT technologies to transform their business through creating value and efficiencies.
IoT World takes place in Dublin, November 21st and 22nd 2016.
Speakers at the event include:
- Andy Caddy, Chief Information Officer, Virgin Active
- Edmond Mesrobian, Chief Technology Officer, Tesco
- Liat Ben-Zur, Senior VP and Digital Technology Leader, Philips
- Jens Monsees, Corporate VP Digital Strategy, BMW
- Dr Robert Griffin,US Department Homeland Security
- Francois Girodolle, Head of Product Partnerships, Nest
- Alexander Lautz, Senior VP M2M, Detsche Telekom
- Michael Foster, VP & Chief Information Officer, FedEx Express
We’re looking for the most promising early stage IoT startups from Berlin and Madridto attend IoT World Europe to:
- network like crazy
- demo your product or service the top people in the industry
- make business with corporate representatives
- exchange ideas with like-minded founders
- consume unchallenged level of inspiration
Apply now via f6s
Launching the Madrid Startup House
On Monday 21st November, Welcome project, under the umbrella of Startup Europe, will be launching its latest initiative, ‘Madrid Startup House’. ‘Madrid Startup House’ is a new platform whose objective is to show the potential Madrid has in the entrepreneurship world. Having a startup entry point into the city will surely foster growth and prosperity to the entreprenurial movement of the Spanish capital and make it very attractive to national and international entrepreneurs.
All players of the startup ecosystem are welcome to join: becoming a partner, a collaborator or a sponsor are some of the ways you can help us make the Madrid ecosystem more transparent and approachable.
For more info on the agenda discussed tomorrow morning check out this post.
Stay tuned, we’ll soon update you on the outcomes of the launch!
#MadridSHouse
FEED 2016: Feria del Empleo en la Era Digital
Attend FEED for free with Startup Europe
Startup Europe is offering 3 startups the opportunity to exhibit at FEED, the digital age employment fair!
FEED will be held in Madrid on 15th and 16th of November. There will be more than 50 talks workshops, activities and round tables designed to help HR, marketing and digital marketing teams to aquire the Digital Skills they need to triumph in the digital era.
For exhibitors there will also be an exclusive B2B networking area where the most important professionals will be giving talks and sharing the most uptodate information on the digital transformation of marketing and HR departments.
The selected startups will have a 2×2 exhibition space, for free. The space is unfurnished, however you will be free to put up as many pullups as you wish . There is also the possibility to hire 2 chairs and a PVC exhibition counter for 150€, however you can bring your own exhibition counter if you wish.
To apply, fill in the following form: FEED application form
Deadline: 4th November
Asistir a FEED con Startup Europe
Startup Europe ofrece a 3 startups la oportunidad para exhibir su startup en FEED, Feria del Empleo en la Era Digital!
FEED se celebrará en Madrid, 15-16 noviembre. Habrá más de 50 ponencias, talleres, actividades y mesas redondas destinadas a ayudar a los directivos de RRHH, marketing y marketing digital a adquirir las Competencias Digitales necesarias para triunfar en la Era Digital.
También para los expisitores, habrá una zona exclusiva de networking B2B en el que estarán presente los mejores profesionales impartiendo ponencias y compartiendo lo último en cuanto a transformación digital en los departamentos RRHH y Marketing
Las startups selecionadas van a obtener un El espacio de 2×2 de forma gratuita. El espacio es sin amueblar, si quieren dos sillas y un mostrador de PVC serian 150€ pero pueden poner todos los roll ups que quieren y por supuesto pueden llevar su mostrador.
Para solicitar un puesto, ir a este enlace: Participación en la FEED
Deadline: 4 Noviembre
Startup Europe will see you at Web Summit!
Web Summit defines itself as Europe’s Largest Technology Marketplace. Over 51,000 people will be attending the event in Lisbon on November 7-10th!
The interesting thing about Web Summit is that it acts as a meeting point to bring together all those involved in technology: 7,000 CEOs, leading academics, people who are at the forefront of tech and business, cultural icons and influencers, key global leaders. For this reason, Web Summit is a great place to learn, discuss new ideas and network at the different activities held throughout the event, such as conferences, talks and discussions.
Startup Europe will be at the event with a stand (number 624), and we would love to see you there. Come to the stand to find out more about the Startup Europe initiative in general, as well as the Startup Europe projects: Welcome, ePlus, Startup Scaleup, Twist, Digistart. Some representatives of these projects will also be at the stand, so come and say hello!
In addition, a number of the panels and discussions at Web Summit will be hosted by public EU figures (below, in bold). To find out more, please see the list below!
November 7th
CentreStage (6:45 PM) New realities in society, politics, law, enterprise and social good.
- Axelle Lemaire (Deputy Minister, Government of France)
- Mogens Lykketoft (President, United Nations)
- José Manuel Barroso (President of the EU from 2004-2014)
- Tom Nuttall (Charlemagne Columnist, The Economist)
November 8th
Future Societies (10:55 AM) Finding your calling in the digital economy.
- Mathieu Nebra (Co-Founder, OpenClassrooms)
- Leila Janah (Founder & CEO, Sama & LXMI)
- Carlos Moedas (European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, European Union)
- Joe Green (Social Entrepreneur)
Future Societies (12:20 PM) Will technology kill democracy?
- Ann Mettler (Head of European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission)
- Axelle Lemaire (Deputy Minister, Government of France)
- Dr. Dambisa Moyo (Global Economist, Dambisa Moyo)
- Ryan Heath (Senior EU Correspondent, POLITICO)
Startup University (1:00 PM) City, state and startup: changing the culture
- Ann Mettler (Head of European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission)
- Carlos Moedas (European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, European Union)
- Ryan Heath (Senior EU Correspondent, POLITICO)
Future Societies (1:40 PM) A single market: Facts and fiction
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President, Digital Single Market, European Commission)
- Gerard Grech (CEO, Tech City UK)
- Tom Nuttall (Charlemagne Columnist, The Economist)
Centre Stage (2:50 PM) Europe’s tech scene – second best?
- Gillian Tans (President & CEO, Booking.com)
- Nicolas Brusson (Co-Founder & CEO, BlaBlaCar)
- Carlos Moedas (European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, European Union)
- José Neves (Founder & CEO, Farfetch)
- Mike Butcher (Editor, TechCrunch)
Future Societies (10:25 AM) The filter bubble versus democracy
- Ann Mettler (Head of European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission)
- Gary Marcus (CEO, Geometric Intelligence)
- Paul Hilder (Co-Founder, Crowdpac)
- Charles Arthur (Freelance Writer, Freelance)
November 9th
Future Societies (12:10 PM) EU-US Open Data Project: modernising economic measurement
- Justin Antonipillai (Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Marta Nagy-Rothengass (Head of Data Policy and Innovation Unit, DG CONNECT , European Commission
- Jean-Marc Museux (Chief Enterprise Architect, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union
- Naina Bajekal (Executive Editor, Newsweek)
We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, and to see photos of Startup Europe at the event, follow:
@StartUpEU
@StartupEUmap
#WebSummit
Startup Europe project Welcome takes startups to Uprise Festival, Dublin!
Eight top early stage startups from across Europe travelled to Dublin last week to attend Uprise Festival. These startups are part of Startup Europe project Welcome’s ‘EU Roadshow’, where selected startups attend various events across Europe and spend 3 weeks in Silicon Valley.
Dublin was the final event for these startups who have visited Silicon Valley, Berlin & Milan earlier in the year and South Summit in Madrid earlier this month.
The trip to Uprise began with the official pre-event, Startup Grind which took place in Dublin’s historic city hall. Startup Grind began with a short introduction from David Scanlon who has worked with startups in Dublin in many roles and is currently Venture Investment Leader with NDRC. David then introduced Sean Blanchfield.
Sean Blanchfield is CEO and co-founder of PageFair, the company at the forefront of the digital adblocking debate. He co-founded his first business, Phorest, while still an undergrad at TCD, exiting in an MBO 2 years later. In 2003, he dropped out of a PhD to co-found DemonWare.
DemonWare created P2P technology for video games, and helped drive the mainstream popularisation of multiplayer video gaming until its acquisition by Activision Blizzard in 2007.
Today, PageFair has been integrated on over 5000 websites, and is used by many leading international publishing brands. Sean is a well-known figure in Irish technology, and is a frequent speaker, panelist, columnist, and occasional mentor and investor.
Sean gave a very interesting talk about his journey in founding these companies and the lessons he has learned along the way. This talk was followed by networking during which the startups got to meet people from the local startup ecosystem.
Next morning the startups arrived at the Uprise Festival in the RDS for an early appointment with 4 mentors from Google. These mentors specialised in areas such as search quality, marketing, export and tools development and the startups gained a lot from these sessions.
Next up was a matchmaking session organised by Welcome partners Mind the Bridge and DCU Ryan Academy. Startups were matched with corporates and investors for quick, intensive meetings to pitch their startups (read more here!).
Corporates and investors included:
- Brian Quinn – Intel
- Joe Perrott – PCH
- David Bowles – Delta Partners VC
- Stefano Francavilla – Growing Capital
- Ian Lucy – Lucey Fund
Three of the startups exhibited at Uprise, Solo, Toursnapp and Link Fish and reported great interest in their booths.
Following an afternoon of networking, talks and workshopsat Uprise, the startups headed to the LaunchBox incubator for an afterparty with local Dublin startups.
The trip to Dublin was very successful with great feedback from the startups.
The startups were:
- GirlCrew (Dublin) a global community for women
- Link.Fish (Berlin) a bookmark manager that allows people to work with the information behind URLs
- Replex (Berlin) a service for IT teams that enables them collecting critical information on all infrastructure assets both physical and virtual
- Solo (Milan) a virtual POS that lets merchants accept credit and debit card payments
- SwiftComply (Dublin)a platform solution for Fat, Oil and Grease compliance in the food service industry
- TourSnapp (Berlin)a service that applies the concept of Smart cities to cultural tourism
- Up to Seven (Madrid) a social network that enables foodies to share recipes and suggestions
- CloudRoom (Madrid) a Cloud-Based Learning Platform that enable the integration of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) into the corporate world
What they said
What the startups enjoyed most about this event:
Talking with the people that came to the stand!
All the chances to have 1-on-1 meetings
What was most helpful for the startups:
People loved the idea!
The feedback that I received!
About WELCOME
WELCOME is a project under the Startup Europe initiative that aims to build a pan-European tech startup ecosystem. To that end, Welcome links startups from five vibrant EU ecosystems — Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Milan and Salamanca, to customers, VCs, business angels, corporates, mentors and other startups. The project targets aspiring entrepreneurs as well as early and late stage startups with activities enabling them to grow across borders and access the right combination of finance while helping corporates identify the best talents.
This competition is part of Welcome’s Europass Programme
AboutUprise
Our festival was founded by Paul O’Connell an Irishman living in Amsterdam. Through his stubbornness and focus we are moving into our fourth festival to help young companies grow even faster.
UPRISE is the largest startup festival in Europe. We focus on growth and visibility for Startup Talent. Connect with universities, companies and the public in our one day festival. In over 1 year we have brought 15,000 visitors to talk, connect and invest in young vibrant companies from our base in Amsterdam. Now in October 2016 we base from Dublin bringing Europe to this great city.