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Focus

Participate in industry-specific sessions, ensuring you meet startups that align perfectly with your investment strategy.

Maximize your impact by engaging with startups in your preferred sectors, optimizing both your time and investment outcomes.

Use our matchmaking feature to connect with startups that perfectly align with your investment criteria, ensuring productive and targeted meetings.

Networking

Strengthen your presence in the investment ecosystem by networking with key decision-makers driving the startup landscape.

Connect with top-tier VCs, business angels, and industry leaders at exclusive invite-only events like the GP x LP Dinner.

Engage in intimate, curated settings designed to facilitate deep conversations and long-term collaborations.

Inspiration

Get inspired by our impressing speaker-lineup ranging from industry experts to innovators that are shaping the future of technology and entrepreneurship.

Four stages full of inspiring keynote-speeches, fireside chats and panel discussions designed to spark ideas, share insights and empower your entrepreneurial journey.

At our workshops and side-events you can gain even more knowledge and expand your skill set, network, and understanding of the latest industry trends.

Why should
students
attend?

Explore new opportunities and link up with business leaders, investors, start-ups and young talents from around the world.

Get unique industry insights from thought leaders in the business and tech space, delivered in exclusive masterclasses and collaborative workshops.

Meet inspiring entrepreneurs and hear from founders who have made it in START Summit’s keynotes and campfire sessions.

Pre-register for speed-dating before the event and you’ll have the opportunity to meet and greet key players from high-profile tech companies offering internships and in-house positions.

It’s one of the few events you have to be as an entrepreneur and investor.

Rainer Märkle

General Partner • HV Capital

START Summit is an unparalleled platform for fostering innovation and connecting the brightest entrepreneurial minds in Europe. It’s the best place to meet incredible early-stage startups, future unicorn founders and fellow investors.

Andreas Goeldi

Partner at b2venture

It’s really great to come to START Summit. The way that the conference has grown is impressive.

Jaroslaw Kutylowski

CEO & Founder • DeepL

START Summit is the best student-led founder conference I’ve had the pleasure of attending. Each year, I’m amazed by the scale and quality of the event, as well as the outstanding connections it fosters. At START Summit '24, I even invested in a founder I met there just two weeks after the conference.

Daniel Dippold

Founder & CEO of EWOR

I consider START Summit to be the only event that truly inspires on every level. From its exceptional organizational structure, driven by talented and ambitious young individuals, to the invaluable support provided to my fellow Latin American countries through the START Fellowship, every aspect stands out. Coupled with an incredibly rich and diverse agenda, it creates an unparalleled experience. As a Latin American founder in Europe, this event is undoubtedly my favorite for connecting with groundbreaking early-stage startups, future industry leaders, and a dynamic network of changemakers shaping the future of business and technology.

Hector Gonzalez

co-Founder & co-CEO • SpiNNcloud Systems GmbH

THESE BIG INVESTORS ATTEND START SUMMIT REGULARLY

Matchmaking

Use our matchmaking with which you can easily arrange meetings with your favorite startups and others.

WorkshopS

We have a wide range of workshops offered by corporates and other experts in which you can participate.

VIP LOUNGE

Access our VIP area for investors and corporates for networking and relaxing opportunities.

Fast Lane entry

Accelerate your entry a lot, ensuring you make the most of the event from the very first moment.

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Priority Registration

Gain early access to register for our side events and formats, securing your spot ahead of the rest.

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Company Profile

Have your own company profile in our event app, allowing you a better representation at START Summit.

Afterparty

You will have access to our exclusive after-party directly after the START Summit.

SUMMIT 2023

Jump between stage sessions, keynotes, side events and workshops to build valuable connections, access expert advice and learn about the latest developments in the industry.

During the two-day Summit, you’ll be able to leverage our speed-dating and matchmaking service to spark those all-important conversations that could shape your future.

Discover what the entrepreneurial ecosystem is all about at the START Fair, pitch your venture to industry leaders and some of Europe’s most respected VCs at the pitching competition, and open the door to new ways of thinking by networking on START Global’s collaborative platform.