With less than 2 weeks to go to this year’s The Europas Startup Conference and Awards — the new type of tech conference devised in partnership with TechCrunch — I’m delighted to announce the full speaker line up for the day.
In addition, the public vote on the shortlist across 27 categories ends today. You can get your final votes in here.
I’m thrilled to announce that Ken Segall, legendary former Apple creative director, will be speaking at the Europas.
Segall is the design and creativity guru who named the i-Mac and initiated the i-frenzy. He’s the author of New York Times Best Seller, “Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success”. With a CV encompassing iconic brands IBM, BMW, Intel and Dell, Ken’s close working relationship with Steve Jobs first at NeXT and then at Apple, was a natural progression. Leading the team that created Apple’s renowned Think different campaign, Ken embraced Jobs’ ‘simplicity’ principle which saved Apple from near-extinction in 1997 to become one of the world’s most valuable companies.
I’m also excited to have Dave McClure joining The Europas. Dave is the founding partner of 500 Startups, a venture capital firm and startup incubator in Silicon Valley founded by PayPal and Google alumni, with over $250M under management. He has been an investor in hundreds of companies around the world such as Credit Karma, Twilio, MakerBot, Wildfire Interactive, Viki, Mashery, SendGrid, Mint.com, and SlideShare, among others.
Julia Hartz is responsible for the vision, strategy and growth of Eventbrite. Under her leadership, the company has become the largest global ticketing and event technology platform and received multiple awards for workplace culture and performance. These accolades include Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces for Women and also for Millennials, Glassdoor’s 2016 Best Places to Work, and San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work in the SF Bay Area list for seven years straight. Julia has been honored as one of Fortune’s 2015 40 Under 40 business leaders, Inc.’s 35 under 35 in 2014, and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013.
SPEAKERS at The Europas Conference and Awards 2016 include (in alphabetical order)
Jason Ball – Senior Director, Qualcomm Ventures
Harry Briggs – Partner, BGF Ventures
Nic Brisbourne – Managing Partner, Forward Partners
Eileen Burbridge – Managing Partner, Passion Capital
Jess Butcher – Co-founder, Blippar
Suranga Chandratillake – General Partner, Balderton
James Cook – Technology Editor, Business Insider
Sonali de Rycker – General Partner, Accel Partners
Tracy Doree – Founding Partner, Spring Partners
Julia Hartz – CEO, Eventbrite
John Henderson – Principal, White Star Capital
Brynne Herbert – Founder, MOVE Guides
Christian Hernandez – Managing Partner, White Star Capital
Taavet Hinrikus – Co-founder & CEO, Transferwise
Andy Hobsbawm – Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer, EVRYTHNG
Saul Klein – Partner, LocalGlobe
Greg Marsh – CEO, Onefinestay
Elizabeth Varley – Founder & CEO, Techhub
Robin Wauters – Co-founder & Editor-in-chief, Tech.eu
Michael Schneider – Founder, Service
Wendy Tan White – General Partner, Entrepreneur First
Sitar Teli – Managing Partner, Connect Partners
Ida Tin – Co-founder & CEO, Clue
Beatie Wolfe – Artist
In addition we’ll have:
Ruth Anderson – Director, KPMG
Irra Ariella Khi – CEO, Vchain Tech
Riku Asikainen – Angel Investor, Finnish Business Angels Network
Azeem Azhar – Chief, The Exponential Network
Ross Bailey – Founder & CEO, AppearHere
Tina Baker – Partner, JAG Shaw Baker
Anna Bance – Co-founder, Girl Meets Dress
Lawrence Barclay – Principal, DN Capital
Eric Benz – Chief Community Officer, Credits
Romain Bertrand – UK Country Manager, eHarmony
Ophelia Brown – General Partner, LocalGlobe
Simon Campbell – CEO, The Sandpit
Jas Chana – Technology Entrepreneur, Youth Health Parliament
Vincent Dignan – Founder, Magnific
Stéphanie Duchenois – President, Paris Angels
Nuno Folhadela – CEO, Bica Studios
Isabel Fox – Head of Venture, White Cloud Capital
Kirstin Hancock – Head of Sales & Marketing, Blue Maestro
Melissa Jun Rowley – Founder, Toolbox.org
Bethany Koby – Founder, Technology Will Save Us
Jonathan Luff – Co-founder & Partner, Epsilon Ap
Jonathan Macdonald – Founder, Thought Expansion Network
Lama Mansour – Co-founder, Bold Gadgets
Dave Matthews – Founder & CEO, NewAer
Liberty Mawhood – COO, L Marks
Simon Montford – Founder, WEB3IOT
Fergal Mullen – Partner, Highland Europe
Madhumita Murgia – Head of Technology, Telegraph Media Group
Evan Nisselson – Partner, LDV Capital
Donna North – Co-founder, Dressipi
Mark Roden – Founder, Ding
Michael Ronen – Co-founder, Splash
Evan Rudowski – Managing Partner, Atlantic Leap
Anita Schjøll Brede – CEO & Co-founder, Iris AI
Calogero Scibetta – Operations and Business Development Manager, Everledger
Ken Segall – Author & Speaker, former Creative Director at Apple
Emma Sinclair – UNICEF Adviser
Patrycja Slawuta – Chief MindHacker, Self Hackathon
Alessandra Sollberger – Co-founder & CEO, Evermore
Jewell Strong Sparks – Global Head of Innovation Scouting and Inclusion, Metro Group Business Innovation
Mark Tluszcz – Co-founder & CEO, Mangrove Capital
Dimo Trifonov – Founder, 3nder
Sarah Turner – Co-founder & Angel Investor, Angel Academe
TICKETS:
CONFERENCE & AWARDS
Tickets to this include all day access to the conference on June 14th in addition to the awards dinner and ceremony and after party in the evening.
‘AWARDS ONLY’
These include the pre-dinner drinks reception, seated dinner, awards ceremony and the after party – all held at Old Billingsgate on 14 June. There are also options to take a half table (5 guests), or a full table for 10 or 12 guests.
PATHFOUNDERS
Applications are now open for PathFounders – PathFounders is an invitation-only event for start-ups in fund-raising mode. This is for the future ‘moonshot entrepreneurs’ networking with their future investors and partners. On the days either side of The Europas Awards, we will bring together 100 of Europe’s hottest early-stage Founders, together with Europe’s best VCs and Angel Investors in a relaxed environment, with amazing hospitality. You can apply for an invite here.
For full event details including the list of speakers for The Europas Conference & Awards, please click here.
SPONSORS:
Sponsors include Level39, TechHub, Ticketbase, Twitter, Metro Group Business Innovation, Raine Advisors, TechCrunch, Unicef, 33Seconds, All Response Media, Beringea, Forward Partners, iHorizon, Index Ventures, JAG Shaw Baker, Kemp Little, Multiple, Nexmo, Orrick, MMC Ventures, Smith & Williamson, and Fieldhouse Associates. More details can be found here.
Remaining sponsorship options are now strictly limited and we will be closing these at the end of the week, please contact petra@twistedtree.co.uk now.
Here’s a selected list of companies signed-up and attending The Europas Conference and Awards:
Mobile Marketer Ltd
Baby2Body
ReaQta
Skimlinks
Bristows LLP
HAL24K
Wearisma
Silicon Valley Bank
SVB
Scamalytics Ltd
Maitland
PwC
IDA Ireland
Huckletree
Angel Academe
Techstars
Fiedler Capital
Marathon Artists
IDA Ireland
Skimlinks
Angel Academe
Techstars
Silicon Valley Bank
Polis, London School of Economics
ReaQta
Bristows
BT plc.
Google
Clustree
Mr Patch
PublishDrive
Findify
Geam
Power of You
Blippar
Halle Freyssinet / 1000 Skills Matter
Spring Partners
D.Labs d.o.o.
LMarks
mesh:ine GmbH
eOffice
Iris Capital
UCL
Fabric
Snupps Inc.
Snupps Inc.
Modafirma
Teloval
Nauta Capital
Gorilla Theory Labs
Facebook
Deutsche Telekom AG
VTB Capital plc
spintop ventures
Your.MD
Atomico
Crowdcube Ltd
Wiggin LLP
App Store
SapientNitro
XING AG
Highland Europe
IBA IT UK ltd
Vestel Ventures
Tech North
Server Density
Edition Digital Ltd
Interchange
Pinipa
Fitwell
Dynamo Communications Ltd
Cogniance
Eden Ventures
Authentiq
Ultrahaptics
Orrick
DN Capital
Women Who Code
Curve
Cogniance
MMC Ventures
Nexmo
Made.com
Vortexa
Dimoso
SyndicateRoom
Digital Shadows
tibit
PwC
Seedups
Scamalytics Ltd
LuxDeco.com
You Too Me Now
Vimpelcom
ChartMogul
Tagsonomy SL
Excession Technologies Ltd
Funeralbooker
ChatSim
Telectic
Knowledge Plaza
Beringea
33seconds
Kemp Little
Forward Partners
ihorizon
Smith & Williamson
Unicef UK
KPMG
Vchain Tech
Finnish Business Angels Network
The Exponential View
JAG Shaw Baker
Girl Meets Dress
Qualcomm
Credits
eHarmony
BGF Ventures
Wevolve
Machinalis
The Social Project
500 Startups
Atlantic Leap
EQT Ventures
Silicon Valley Bank
Level39
Sky Futures
Eventbrite
Sky Futures
ChatSim
Portugal Capital Ventures SA
Portugal Capital Ventures SA
Dancrs
SyndicateRoom
British Consul General
KPMG
Vchain Tech
Finnish Business Angels Network
The Exponential Network
AppearHere
JAG Shaw Baker
Qualcomm Ventures
GIrl Meets Dress
DN Capital
Credits
eHarmony
BGF Ventures
Forward Partners
LocalGlobe
Passion Capital
Blippar
The Sandpit
Balderton
Badoo
Business Insider
Accel Partners
Magnific
Spring Partners
Paris Angels
White Cloud Capital
Blue Maestro
Eventbrite
Eight Roads
White Star Capital
MOVE Guides
White Star Capital
Transferwise
EVRYTHNG
Toolbox.org
LocalGlobe
Technology Will Save Us
Epsilon Ap
Thought Expansion Network
Bold Gadgets
Onefinestay
L Marks
500 Startups
WEB3IOT
Highland Europe
Telegraph Media Group
LDV Capital
Dressipi
Ding
Splash
Atlantic Leap
Iris AI
Service
Everledger
Twitter
UNICEF Adviser
Self Hackathon
Evermore
Metro Group Business Innovation
Entrepreneur First
Connect Partners
Clue
Mangrove Capital
3nder
Angel Academe
Techhub
Tech.eu
Beatie Wolfe
Vinaya
Timelooper
500 Startups
Wyless
Shryne Ltd.
DN Capital
Bazillion Beings
Baby2Body
ShopGo
Authentiq
Dancrs
Tamoco Limited
MOVE Guides
Google
King & Spalding
Masabi
MMC Ventures
IQ Capital Partners LLP
33Seconds
Beringea
Beringea
Live Better With
Drover
Space Ape Games
ClickMechanic
Patch
Juggle Jobs
Dawn Capital
S&P Capital
Smith & Williamson
All Response Media
Morrison & Foerster
BluSpecs
Peterhouse Corporate Finance
Uvoz
