SPEAKERS

We invited some of the most recognized founders and tech professionals from the US and EU.

John is an angel investor and tech executive. He is an advisor and early investor in companies like Calm, Headspin and Facemoji. Previously he worked at Spotify on Growth & Expansion for ~7 years.

Alexei Chemenda is the CRO and Managing Director, Americas for Adikteev. He joined Adikteev in 2015 when the latter acquired Motionlead, a company he co-founded in Paris. MotionLead was the first ever French company to be accepted in YCombinator. Since then, Alexei actively invests in early stage tech companies. He has been selected in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2019.

Zach is a four-time founder, at his last company, Triggit,

an ad-tech startup, he raised $18M from Spark Capital and Foundry Group. Triggit was acquired in 2015 by Linkedin and a financial buyer.
Zach led first the Angel List syndicate

in Cruise Automation (acq 2016 for $1B by GM).

He is also an investor in dozens of successful startups

e.g. Branch Metrics, Lyte and HelloSign.

As the Head of Startup Connections for Google for Startups, he measures his success by the success of the startups he connects. He draws from his network and experience in new business development and operations for some of Alphabet’s most innovative products and groundbreaking technologies. Previously he was Head of Campus London and the Co-Founder of FTSY.

Gyula was the Co-Founder and CTO of Ustream, one of the most successful startups started from Budapest. Ustream raised over $100M and was acquired by IBM.

Gyula has recently launched Oktogon Ventures, a fund that focuses on regional startups with global ambition.

SVP Product, Partnerships & Marketing at HeadSpin, valued at $500M,

and one of the fastest-scaling software companies ever.

Previously Sriram has helped to scale Spotify

and Tinder as the Head of Growth & New Markets.

Marvin is a Partner at Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups,

running the SF based accelerator program

as well as investing in Seed stage startups.

He Invests in Digital Media, Enterprise SAAS,

Marketplace, Mobile, AdTech/MarketingTech,

Digital Health, Internet of Things & Fintech startups.

Sheel is a partner at 500 startups, focused on FinTech investments. He has 2 exits in the FinTech space, FeeFighters and Innovative Auctions. He is also co-founder of Thistle. Previously, he was head of business development at Groupon, after selling FeeFighters to Groupon in early 2012.

Entrepreneur-in-residence at Silicon Valley Bank. Co-Founder

and COO Move Loot, online full-service marketplace for buying

and selling used furniture. Raised $22M in Venture Capital.

Alumna of Y Combinator. Former public school teacher.

MODERATORS

Seasoned European technology journalist and founding editor of Tech.eu, the premier source of European technology news, data analysis and market intelligence. He was formerly the European Editor of The Next Web, and before that a senior editor at TechCrunch.

She has been an active member of the international startup scene for the last 4 years. She has been identifying and supporting the top tech startups across industries, curating the startup program at various events and working closely with the key ecosystem stakeholders, mainly VC funds and accelerators.

HOST

Co-Founder of AustrianStartups, Austria’s largest, non-profit startup association. After working in various senior roles at three tech companies since 2010, and moderating at Pioneers Festival for 6 years, he currently focuses on communication consulting & coaching, advising startups and writing.

HOST

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