INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Europas Unconference Awards is back on 3 July in London and we&re excited to announce major European investor Saul Klein, founder and
partner of LocalGlobe, is joining as a main speaker
He&ll be talking about his ideas for startups in this new era, as well as bringing Zinc.vc, his new initiative to back ‘startups for
good&.
Saul is a Founding Partner at Localglobe, a seed fund focussed on helping London great most ambitious founders build game-changing
Previously, Saul was a Partner at Index Ventures from 2007 until May 2015
In 2012 David Cameron appointed Saul to be the UK first tech envoy to Israel and a Technology Business Ambassador.
Saul is a serial
entrepreneur with two decades of experience building and exiting companies in the US, Israel and Europe
He has a passion for working with seed and early-stage businesses
Most recently Saul co-founded Kano and Seedcamp, as well as a co-founder and original CEO of Lovefilm International (acquired by Amazon)
He was also part of the original executive team at Skype (acquired by eBay).
Additionally, we&ll also be joined by Eileen Burbidge of
Passion Capital, the early-stage VC fund based in London
She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at Yahoo!, Skype, Apple and
elsewhere.
In addition to Passion Capital, Eileen is also the Chair of TechNation UK, which is the British government-backed organisation
supporting digital business across the UK
She is also HM Treasury Special Envoy for FinTech appointed by then Chancellor George Osborne; Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London
office and served on former Prime Minister David Cameron Business Advisory Group.
Eileen was made an MBE for services to Business in June
2015 and holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
You&ll also hear from
angels and investors including Seedcamp Carlos Eduardo Espinal; Accel Partners& Andrei Brasoveanu; Jeremy Yap; Candice Lo of Blossom
Capital; Scott Sage of Crane Venture Partners; Tugce Ergul of Angel Labs; Stéphanie Hospital of OneRagtime; Connect Ventures& Sitar Teli
and Jason Ball of Qualcomm Ventures.
There will be more speakers and panel sessions as the event takes shape.
Crypto and Blockchain will be
a major theme this year, and we&re bringing together many of the key players
TechCrunch is once again the key media partner, and if you attend The Europas you&ll be first in the queue to get offers for TC events and
Disrupt inEurope later in the year.
You can also potentially get your ticket for free just by sharing your own ticket link with friends and
See below for the details and instructions.
To recap, we&re jumping straight into our popular breakout sessions where you&ll get up close
and personal with some of Europe leading investors, founders and thought leaders.
The Unconference is focused into zones including AI,
Fintech, Mobility, Startups, Society, and Enterprise and Crypto / Blockchain.
Our Crypto HQ will feature two tracks of panels, one focused
on investing and the other on how blockchain is disrupting everything from financial services, to gaming, to social impact to art.
We&ve
lined up some of the leading blockchain VCs to talk about what trends and projects excite them most, including Outlier Ventures& Jamie
Burke, KR1 George McDonaugh, blockchain angel Nancy Fenchay, Fabric Ventures& Richard Muirhead and Michael Jackson of Mangrove Capital
Partners.
Thinking of an ICO vs crowdfunding Join Michael Jackson on how ICOs are disrupting venture capital and Ali Ganjavian, co-founder
of Studio Banana, the creators of longtime Kickstarter darling OstrichPillow to understand the ins and outs of both.
We&ve also lined up a
panel to discuss the process of an ICO & what do you need to consider, the highs, the lows, the timing and the importance of community
Linda Wang, founder and CEO of Lending Block, which recently raised $10 million in an April ICO, joins us.
We are thrilled to announce that
Civil, the decentralised marketplace for sustainable journalism, will be joining to talk about the rise of fake news and Verisart Robert
Norton will share his views on stamping out fraud in the art world with blockchain
Min Teo of ConsenSys will discuss blockchain and social impact and Jeremy Millar, head of Consensys UK, will speak on Smart Contracts.
Our
Pathfounders Startup Zone is focused purely on startups
Our popular Meet the Press panel is back where some of tech finest reporters will tell you what makes a great tech story, and how to pitch
For a start, TechCrunch Steve O&Hear and Quartz Joon Ian Wong are joining.
Sound great You can grab your ticket here.
All you need to do is
share your personal ticket link
Your friends get 15% off, and you get 15% off again when they buy.
The more your friends buy, the more your ticket cost goes down, all the
way to free!
The Public Voting in the awards ends 11 June 2018 11:59: https://theeuropas.polldaddy.com/s/theeuropas2018
We&re still looking
for sponsor partners to support these editorially curated panels.
Please get in touch with Petra@theeuropas.com for more details.
SPEAKERS
SO FAR:
Jamie Burke, Outlier Ventures
Jeremy Millar, ConsenSys
Linda Wang, Lending Block
Robert Norton, Verisart
George McDonaugh,
KR1
Eileen Burbidge, Passion Capital
Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Seedcamp
Sitar Teli, Connect Ventures
Michael Jackson, Mangrove Capital
Partners
Min Teo, ConsenSys
Steve O&Hear, TechCrunch
Joon Ian Wong, Quartz
Richard Muirhead, Fabric Ventures
Nancy Fechnay, Blockchain
Technologist + Angel
Candice Lo, Blossom Capital
Scott Sage, Crane Venture Partners
Andrei Brasoveanu, Accel
Tina Baker, Jag Shaw
Baker
Jeremy Yap
Candice Lo, Blossom Capital
Tugce Ergul, Angel Labs
Stéphanie Hospital, OneRagtime
Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures
The
Europas Awards
The Europas Awards are based on voting by expert judges and the industry itself
But key to the daytime is all the speakers and invited guests
There no &off-limits speaker room& at The Europas, so attendees can mingle easily with VIPs and speakers.
Vote for your Favourite
Startups
Public Voting is still humming along
Please remember to vote for your favourite startups!
Awards by category:
Hottest Media/Entertainment Startup
Hottest E-commerce/Retail
Startup
Hottest Education Startup
Hottest Startup Accelerator
Hottest Marketing/AdTech Startup
Hottest Games Startup
Hottest Mobile
Startup
Hottest FinTech Startup
Hottest Enterprise, SaaS or B2B Startup
Hottest Hardware Startup
Hottest Platform Economy /
Marketplace
Hottest Health Startup
Hottest Cyber Security Startup
Hottest Travel Startup
Hottest Internet of Things Startup
Hottest
Technology Innovation
Hottest FashionTech Startup
Hottest Tech For Good
Hottest A.I
Startup
Fastest Rising Startup Of The Year
Hottest GreenTech Startup of The Year
Hottest Startup Founders
Hottest CEO of the Year
Best
Angel/Seed Investor of the Year
Hottest VC Investor of the Year
Hottest Blockchain/Crypto Startup Founder(s)
Hottest Blockchain Protocol
Project
Hottest Blockchain DApp
Hottest Corporate Blockchain Project
Hottest Blockchain Investor
Hottest Blockchain ICO (Europe)
Hottest
Financial Crypto Project
Hottest Blockchain for Good Project
Hottest Blockchain Identity Project
Hall Of Fame Award & Awarded to a long-term
player in Europe
The Europas Grand Prix Award (to be decided from winners)
The Awards celebrates the most forward thinking and innovative
tech blockchain startups across over some 30+ categories.
Startups can apply for an award or be nominated by anyone, including our judges
It is free to enter or be nominated.
Instead of thousands and thousands of people, think of a great summer event with 1,000 of the most
interesting and useful people in the industry, including key investors and leading entrepreneurs.
• No secret VIP rooms, which means you
get to interact with the Speakers
• Key Founders and investors speaking; featured attendees invited to just network
• Expert speeches,
discussions, and QA directly from the main stage
• Intimate &breakout& sessions with key players on vertical topics
• The opportunity to
meet almost everyone in those small groups, super-charging your networking
• Journalists from major tech titles, newspapers and business
broadcasters
• A parallel Founders-only track geared towards fund-raising and hyper-networking
• A stunning awards dinner and party
which honors both the hottest startups and the leading lights in the European startup scene
• All on one day to maximise your time in
And it sunny (probably)!
That just the beginning
