• EU-Startups Summit 2023 in Barcelona welcomes all founders, investors, and everybody related to the startup ecosystem
• The date is April 20-21 2023, and the place is Palau de Congressos Catalunya in Barcelona
• Panel discussions, keynote speeches, and fireside chats from selected founders and investors await, alongside live startup pitches with valuable prizes

This April, the vibrant city of Barcelona will once again house the EU Startups Summit. Once again, Palau de Congressos – at the very heart of the city – will open its doors to startup founders and enthusiasts, VCs and business angels, corporates and media from all over Europe and beyond. As usual, the Summit is an in-person event.

The two days of the Summit – April 20-21 – will be tightly packed with insights on everything that has to do with startups – launching, investments, scaling, and more. The networking opportunities will extend not only to the event’s proprietary app but also to the Safari Disco Club which will welcome everybody involved at the afterparty in the evening of April 20th.

Speakers

This year, the event expects 2000+ attendees and roughly 80 recognized speakers for panel discussions, fireside chats, and keynote speeches. The ones already announced include:

• Joaquin Cuenca Abela, CEO at Freepik
• Victoria Albrecht, Founder and CEO at Springbok AI
• Lauren Basler, Chief of Staff at AirDNA
• Mike Butcher, Editor-at-Large at TechCrunch
• Rob Cassedy, Director of Growth at Wallapop
• Lina Chong, Investment Director at Target Global
• Shrestha Chowdhury, Co-Founder and CTO at Razor Group
• Matt Cooper, Co-CEO at Crowdcube
• Diana Florescu, CEO at mediaforgrowth
• Daniel Gebbler, Founder and CTO at Picnic
• Kirsty Grant, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Seedrs
• Karoli Hindriks, Founder and CEO at Jobbatical
• Paulina Jänsch, Founding Partner at Leanox Impact Capital
• Kilian Kamiski, Co-Founder and CEO at refurbed
• Adam Kostyál, Senior VP at Nasdaq
• Moritz Kreppel, Co-Founder and CEO at Urban Sports Club
• Diliara Lupenko, Co-Founder and COO at Impress
• Marcos Martin, Founder and Managing Partner at Decelera
• Gino Micacchi, SVP Product at Brainly
• Thomas Ohr, Founder and CEO at Menlo Media and EU-Startups
• Alexandre Prot, Co-Founder and CEO at Qonto
• Johnny Quach, CPO and CMO at Hostelworld
• Erika De Santi, Co-Founder and International Expansion Director at WeRoad
• Carmen Sebe, CEO at SeedBlink
• Carey Smith, Founding Contrarian at Unorthodox Ventures
• Cathy White, Co-Founder and CEO at CEW Communications
• Ben Younkman, Regional Director for Europe at Village Capital
• More to be announced

Startup Pitches and Exhibition

Since the summit is startup-centered, not having a pitching session would be a missed opportunity. This year, 15 finalists were chosen out of an overwhelming 1,300 applications.

The winner will be rewarded with an exciting set of prizes with a total worth of EUR 160K from the Summit’s partners, including APX, Look AI Ventures, Scaleway, simpleshow, Pipedrive, Vonage, SEMrush, and EU Startup Summit itself. This year’s jury deciding the winner will comprise of:

• Borja Breña of Nauta Capital
• Angelo Burgarello of Look AI Ventures
• Lina Chong of Target Global
• Henric Hungerhoff of APX

Additionally, the Summit’s exhibition hall will showcase another 75+ selected startups. Founders who are interested in booking an exhibition booth are welcome to request an individualized proposal here.

In a Nutshell

• Where: Palau de Congressos, Barcelona, Spain
• When: April 20-21 2023
• More information on the event’s website
• Tickets here