Startup Europe Summit

The Startup Europe Summit (SES) is a pop-up conference that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, academics, policy makers and major corporates.^[1] It showcases new EU-funded initiatives designed to boost Europe's tech and web startups.^[2] The first SES was held in Berlin in 2015.^[3][1][4][5]

Startup Europe Summit 2015

The Startup Europe Summit 2015 was a two-day technology summit hosted at Factory Berlin on February 12 & 13 that was put together in cooperation with the European Commission, Factory and the Startup Europe Initiative.^[6] There were talks from Europe’s key startup players, a startup fair showcasing the newest technology products developed in Europe as well as a closed top-floor, available for private meetings between founders, industry representatives and policy makers. The invite-only event attracted 1200 attendees.^[2][7]

Speakers included European Commissioners Günther H. Oettinger and Andrus Ansip, Israeli VC Yossi Vardi, and Marie Ekeland of France Digitale.^[8][9] The closing speech was given by the Ex-Vice President of the European Commission and current Special Envoy for Startups, Neelie Kroes.^[10][11]

Prezi founder Adam Somlai-Fischer demonstrated his new presentation app Nutshell live on stage.^[12][13] Ijad Madisch from Research Gate also debuted a new product - the RG Format, an interactive alternative to pdf.^[14][15] John Emerson, US ambassador to Germany, spoke about data protection and failure in a talk that was picked up on by the Wall Street Journal.^[16] While Angel List's Philipp Moehring publicly launched UK syndicates, which allow individuals to invest alongside accredited investors.^[17][18]

The entire summit was live streamed and videos of the event have been made publicly available along with photos and the schedule.^[19][20]

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