START SUMMIT
Europe‘s next Wave
See you again in 2026?
Start Summit 2025
in numbers
150 +
Speakers
7000 +
participants
10 +
side events
our 2025 speakers
Eric Schmidt
Former CEO & Chairman
of Google, KBE
Carsten Maschmeyer
Founder of Maschmeyer Group
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
MD General Catalyst / Founding Partner La Famiglia VC
Matt Cohler
Partner at Benchmark
Dr. Klaus Hommels
Founder & Chairman, Lakestar / Chairman, NATO Innovation Fund
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7000+ high level particants
attending start summit
1'000
Investors




2'000
Startups




3'000
Talents






1'000
Attendees




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2025 activities
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START Hack
Create, collaborate, code and compete at our annual hackathon.
Run by students, for students, START Hack bridges the gap between the worlds of business and technology to create exciting opportunities for talented young developers, including the chance to win life-changing and project-launching prize money.
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START Fellowship
START Fellowship is a philanthropic incubator and accelerator program empowering young founders from low- and middle-income countries to put their ideas into reality through an interdisciplinary program. We strive for a world of equal opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Together with our network and community, we bring a value-add to entrepreneurial ecosystems by strengthening relations globally as a bridge-maker. Our goal is to support a diverse range of young entrepreneurs to have a positive impact on their communities and to lay the groundwork for a more equitable future for all of the world.
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