Monday, April 24
7:00 – 9:00pm Welcome Cocktail & Registration
Tuesday, April 25
7:30 – 8:30am Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 9:15 Welcome presentation: “State of the European Technology Ecosystem”, Alex Vieux
9:15 – 10:00 Keynote Roundtable: “Journey from start ups to large public companies”
- Roel Pieper, former Vice-Chairman Philips, former CEO Tandem Computers, Favonius Ventures
10:00 – 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 – 11:15 Roundtable Session: “Funding the next Unicorns”
- Curt Gusenheimer, Partner, IRIS Capital
- Alban Wyniecki, Investment Director, Idinvest
- Michael Mathiesen, Partner, Nordic Venture Capital
11:15 – 12:00 Roundtable Session: “Opportunities, pain points in getting funded in today’s world”
- David Sola, Investment Associate, Caixa Ventures
- Xander Van der Heidjen, CEO, 2SQRS
- Romain Afflelou, President, CosmoConnected
12:00 – 12:30pm Keynote Session: “Growing from zero to $100M”: Hardships, pitfalls and rewards: Top 100 Entrepreneurs
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 Presentations: Top 100 Europe Finalists
3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break
4:00 – 6:00 Presentations: Top 100 Europe Finalists
7:00 – 9:00 Cocktail & Dinner Reception
Wednesday, April 26
7:30 – 8:30am Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 9:15 Opening Comments, Alex Vieux
9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Session: “The new funding paradigms for Series A & B”
- Prescott Watson, Investment Principal, Ourcrowd
9:45 – 10:30 Keynote Roundtable: “European investors’ expectations”
- Emanuele Levi, General Partner, 360 Capital Partners
- Jean-Marc Patouillaud, General Partner, Partech
- Robert Weaver, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Syllion Ventures
- Nick Kalliagkopoulos, Growth Equity Investor, Prime Ventures
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Keynote Roundtable: “The art of the Deal: Exits’ success”
- Oskar Herdland, Director, GPBullhound, Top 100 Entrepreneurs
- Marc Berrebi, Co-Founder, eDevice
- Guillaume d’Eyssautier, Former Chairman, sureCore
- Jean-Stéphane Arcis, CEO, TalentSoft
- Xander Van der Heidjen, CEO, 2SQRS
11:45 – 12:30pm Keynote Roundtable: “Entrepreneurs and the CEO fate: Why is it worth it” – Top 100 Entrepreneurs
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 Presentations: Top 100 Europe Finalists
3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break
4:00 – 6:00 Presentations: Top 100 Europe Finalists
7:00 – 10:00 Red Herring 100 Europe Award Ceremony & Dinner