On Might 7-8, we’ll be internet hosting one other thrilling version of the EU-Startups Summit in stunning and sunny Malta! With 1000’s of founders, buyers, and startup fanatics anticipated to hitch us for 2 days of inspiration, networking, and significant connections, the Summit will as soon as once more deliver collectively key gamers in Europe’s startup ecosystem.
Among the many highlights of this 12 months’s agenda, we’re excited to deliver again our “Traders on Stage” session. The format flips the same old pitch dynamic and places the highlight on buyers, giving each a couple of minutes to introduce their agency, clarify their funding focus, and share the varieties of startups they’re presently seeking to again.
For founders, it is a beneficial alternative to higher perceive which buyers will be the proper match for his or her stage, sector, and ambitions. It is usually a good way to organize for extra focused conversations throughout the occasion and profit from the networking alternatives accessible all through the Summit.
If you happen to’re presently fundraising, planning, or just interested in what totally different corporations are searching for, this session is certainly one to maintain in your radar! Listed here are a number of the buyers who shall be becoming a member of the session:
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Alexander Zemlyak: Principal at Geek Ventures, a enterprise capital agency investing in pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups throughout varied sectors. With practically a decade of VC expertise, he brings experience in B2B software program, information, and scaling companies. Beforehand, he led investments at LETA Capital and held key roles at Founders Manufacturing facility and Magical Capital.
Ana Fernandez: Funding Affiliate at Nauta, a European enterprise capital agency investing in early-stage B2B software program firms throughout sectors comparable to enterprise software program, AI/ML, information, safety, privateness, devtools, infrastructure and deeptech. Primarily based in London, she focuses on figuring out and supporting formidable founders constructing sturdy software program companies throughout Europe.
Andrea Birolo: Head of Company Enterprise Capital at Reale Group and Head of Digital Enterprise at Reale Mutua Assicurazioni. He has been main Reale Group’s company enterprise capital actions for over 5 years, with greater than 10 investments throughout insurtech, fintech, digital well being, and mobility. He’s additionally a Board Member on the Italian Insurtech Affiliation and auting.
Angelo Burgarello: Managing Companion at Look AI Ventures, a enterprise capital agency specialising in pre-Seed and Seed investments in AI-driven startups tackling international markets. Angelo can be actively concerned as an Investor Director and Board Member in a number of progressive ventures, contributing his experience in enterprise improvement, IT, AI, and automation.
Ben Joffe: Senior Companion at SOSV. As a DeepTech investor with 18 years of expertise throughout Asia and international innovation ecosystems, he focuses on local weather and HealthTech. He’s actively concerned in ecosystem constructing, curating initiatives such because the SOSV Local weather Tech Summit and international matchmaking occasions connecting startups and buyers.
Emilie Vallauri: International Program Supervisor, Portfolio Administration & Platform at Techstars, the place she helps portfolio technique and engagement throughout greater than 5,000 startups. Primarily based in London, she can be a Board Member at French Tech Berlin and an lively contributor to the European VC neighborhood.
Ena Uffelmann: Funding Affiliate at G+D Ventures, a TrustTech fund investing predominantly in early-stage European TrustTech startups growing options for better safety and belief within the digital world. G+D shapes belief within the digital age via built-in safety know-how throughout three segments: Digital Safety, Monetary Platforms, and Forex Expertise.
Henry Jurczek: Junior Funding Supervisor at Elevator Ventures, a enterprise capital fund. Primarily based in Vienna, he helps the expansion of know-how firms in FinTech and past banking. Elevator Ventures manages over €120 million and brings a robust sourcing and enterprise improvement community throughout the DACH and CEE areas.
Jaren Schippert: Affiliate at identification.vc, a fund backing LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. The €50 million influence fund invests in startups with LGBTQ+ illustration within the management staff, concentrating on early-stage firms throughout all sectors from pre-Seed to Collection A in Europe and past.
Joe Seager-Dupuy: VC Director at True, a shopper and retail sector-specialist funding and advisory agency. Joe’s focus is on investments from pre-Seed to Collection A. His work centres on shopper and retail startups, significantly tech and tech-enabled enterprise fashions. Along with capital, he helps founders via sector experience and entry to a worldwide community of greater than 200 company companions.
Kamil Levinský: Managing Director of Jet Ventures, a enterprise capital fund targeted on backing formidable startups throughout Central Europe’s industrial and know-how panorama. A former CEO and enterprise angel with over 25 years of expertise in telecom, media, and tech, he brings experience in technique, enterprise transformation, monetary administration, and gross sales.
Maarten ter Keurst: Managing Companion at Pure Ventures. He focuses on investing in know-how firms addressing international water and meals safety challenges. The agency helps portfolio firms with capital in addition to entry to a community of trade consultants and companions throughout the Center East and Asia.
Michal Sikyta: Funding Director at Soulmates Ventures, main investments in daring, inexperienced improvements with a deal with sustainability and long-term influence. He performs a key function in figuring out and supporting startups that drive environmental and social change, performing as a bridge between entrepreneurs and buyers to speed up progress.
Ranier Chircop: Enterprise Capital Fund Supervisor at MGI – Malta Authorities Investments, the place he helps handle a €10 million fund backing early-stage startups in Malta. A CFA Charterholder, he brings expertise in central banking, fixed-income buying and selling, due diligence, monetary modelling, and ecosystem constructing.
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Anna Niittylä: Scout and Nordics Consultant at CMPC Ventures, she helps the identification of startups and innovation alternatives throughout the Nordic ecosystem for CMPC, a worldwide forestry, pulp, paper, packaging and wooden merchandise firm targeted on sustainable pure fibre options.
Amit Kumar: Enterprise funding and enterprise constructing skilled at Niterra Ventures, targeted on digital innovation, market scoping, validation, consumer analysis, and enterprise improvement. Primarily based in Berlin, he brings a cross-functional background in electronics engineering, technique, and digital enterprise, with a deal with constructing sustainable enterprise alternatives.
Dmitry Firskin is a Companion on the enterprise capital agency AltaIR Capital. Dmitry has 15+ years of expertise in tech and enterprise capital and has been deeply concerned in our investments throughout B2B SaaS, FinTech, and Way forward for Work, working carefully with founders throughout the US, Europe, and Israel.
Ewa Chronowska: Common Companion at Subsequent Street Ventures, a Warsaw-based VC fund investing in early-stage B2B SaaS and market startups. With over 15 years of expertise in consulting, company finance, entrepreneurship and investments, she helps formidable founders throughout Central and Jap Europe, combining capital with deep ecosystem entry and hands-on strategic steerage.
Friedrich von Wulffen: Principal at Burda Principal Investments, a progress fairness agency backing scalable know-how companies with international potential. Primarily based in Munich, he focuses on shopper manufacturers and deep tech firms, supporting high-growth startups on the Collection A, B, and C levels. They’ve backed firms comparable to Vinted, Bloom & Wild, and Moneybox.
Ilena Mece: Principal at Kompas VC. An skilled analyst with a background within the banking sector, specialising in market analysis, company social duty, and enterprise improvement. Her work focuses on monetary evaluation, strategic insights, and supporting investment-related decision-making.
Mine Dedekoca: Founder, investor, and startup ecosystem builder primarily based in Istanbul, with a robust deal with backing founders and connecting startups with buyers and international alternatives. Via her work with Begin-IST, Treeo VC, and the broader innovation ecosystem, she helps early-stage ventures with strategic steerage, neighborhood entry, and cross-border connections.
Ollie Bone: Vice President at Evolution Fairness Companions, a VC agency backing startups throughout cybersecurity, AI, privateness, anti-fraud, infrastructure, and developer instruments. Ollie focuses on sourcing and supporting founders constructing firms with product-market match and worldwide progress potential. He brings expertise from a number of investments and board roles.
Paul Grech: Head of Investments at GO Ventures, the company VC arm of GO plc, the place he backs early-stage startups throughout AI, cybersecurity, shopper tech, and different sectors. An investor and strategic progress associate, he helps founders with technique, deal structuring, fundraising, market entry, and enterprise mannequin improvement.
Pekka Mäki: Managing Companion at 3TS Capital Companions, a number one European progress capital agency targeted on know-how investments. With over 20 years at 3TS, he oversees growth capital and buyout funding for high-growth know-how, web, media, and tech-enabled companies firms. 3TS has backed quite a few scale-ups, leveraging a fund portfolio exceeding €300 million.
Ruben Devogelaer: Head of Unit, Cleantech Fairness and Development Capital at European Funding Financial institution (EIB). His staff focuses on supporting growth-stage ventures, usually from Collection A onwards, serving to them scale applied sciences that contribute to Europe’s decarbonisation and competitiveness targets.
Viktor Gursky: Companion at 1991 Ventures, a London-based seed fund backing Ukrainian and CEE founders constructing in defence, cybersecurity, AI, fintech, and logistics. He focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in startups shaping Europe’s safety and strategic industries, whereas serving to join founders with capital, companions, and worldwide alternatives.
Volker Hirsch: Companion at Brainworks Ventures, an early-stage enterprise capital agency for AI-native founders. A know-how entrepreneur and investor with expertise throughout AI, autonomous techniques, cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS, and digital well being. He has based and scaled a number of ventures, contributing to early cell leisure and gaming platforms and constructing large-scale cell content material distribution networks.
Extra buyers shall be introduced quickly, so keep tuned for additional updates. Within the meantime, be certain that to take a look at the agenda and safe your ticket for the EU-Startups Summit. Whether or not you’re actively fundraising or just seeking to higher perceive the investor panorama, the “Traders on Stage” session shall be a fantastic alternative to listen to instantly from lively VCs and begin constructing the best connections.
OUR EVENT SPONSORS
Malta Enterprise is Malta’s financial improvement company, facilitating financial progress, funding, and innovation by providing a spread of help companies for native and overseas enterprises establishing a productive presence in Malta. As a key participant in Malta’s financial panorama, it contributes to the nation’s prosperity by attracting investments, supporting companies, and driving innovation, thereby reinforcing Malta’s place as a sexy vacation spot for entrepreneurs and buyers alike. Malta Enterprise actively cultivates a vibrant startup ecosystem, taking part in a pivotal function in fostering a conducive setting for startups and providing tailor-made help and incentives to empower rising companies.
M. Demajo Group is a number one enterprise participant in Malta, with a profitable historical past spanning 115 years. The Group’s progress and diversification have resulted in a large protection of enterprise sectors via a dedication to long-term outcomes. M. Demajo Group’s workforce is 500 sturdy and their varied actions have been developed via natural progress, acquisitions, partnerships, and startups. Its sturdy monetary scenario and moral requirements, its enterprise status, and its famend observe file as a enterprise associate are all key components in its continued growth.
The IONOS Cloud Start-up Program supplies younger firms with as much as €100,000 in cloud credit for as much as 5 years after their founding. Begin-ups profit from a sovereign IT infrastructure “Made in Germany,” providing 100% GDPR compliance and full authorized certainty. IONOS Cloud ensures technological freedom with out vendor lock-in. Lengthy-term help can be ensured: unique reductions after the primary 12 months allow a seamless transition into the IONOS Cloud ISV Companion Program. On this approach, digital sovereignty turns into a strategic aggressive benefit from founding to scaling
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