Wolves Summit

If you'd like to save a bit of money, and get your 2025 expenses in your 2024 budget, here's our tiny Christmas present!   1) Our 40% discount to Wolves Summit (Warsaw, 6-7 May) expires 20 December ... We expect 500 Startups to attend and a total of 750 companies! Reserve your 40% discount here: https://lnkd.in/dXvz3Shy  2) Our 20% discount to "ScaleUp with Wolves" and "European CVC Awards" (Berlin, 2-3 April) also expires 20 December. For "post-seed" ScaleUps only...(Limited to 250 companies) ...Reserve your 20% Discount here: https://lnkd.in/gQPcsCti    2025 - Save the Dates: European CVC Awards and "ScaleUp with Wolves", 2-3 April, Berlin Wolves Summit CEE, 6-7 May, Warsaw Wolves Summit Europe, 29-30 October, Vienna

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Announcing LAUNCH USA ! The first initiative of Wolves Summit to help young, ambitious European companies expand into the United States. In cooperation with eMerge Americas, Wolves Summit will host a "European-cluster", on 27-28 March in Miami. If you are planning to expand to the US market, you'll get bespoke Introductions to key Investors and Clients, not only in Miami but across top cities across the US East Coast and Texas. For European cities and regions that are keen to support their startup ecosytems, LAUNCH USA can be a great platform to help your top local companies get started in the United States. In this Year 1, we are limited to accepting just 10 Companies and 5 regional Delegations. Company Package: + 2 tickets to attend full event. + 1 Stand at the dedicated “Europe” area at Emerge Americas. + Bespoke Introductions from Wolves team to US Investors and potential clients (5). + Direct meetings with the City of Miami and other key players in the local ecosystem. About Emerge Americas: We are honored to partner with Emerge Americas in this initiative.  + 2000+ Companies + 1000+ Investors + Florida and other US Government entities attending: City of Miami, State of Florida, etc. + Latin American government Agencies attending from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia. To join LAUNCH USA (limited to 10 companies; and 5 European Delegations), ask us about availability and price (Final Deadline: 30 January). https://lnkd.in/dwdzfnxN Thom Barnhardt Kaja Kulas Andrea Bandirali LAUNCH USA is the first market of our “Launch Global” series, with LAUNCH UK and LAUNCH Asia to follow in 2025-2026.

Wolves Summit Interview Series: Marta Daina, Founder, iDeal Rent. In this week's Interview Series with entrepreneurs building new companies, we sit down for 10 minutes with Marta Daina, to hear about her startup iDEAL Rent. We discuss the company's business model, expansion plans, capital-raising so far and plans for 2025.

We've got a flurry (just in time for Christmas!) of good news to share with the Wolves Summit network of StartUps, ScaleUps and VC/CVC Investors:   1) As we plan for our 2nd annual CVC Awards and "ScaleUp with Wolves" (2-3 April in Berlin), we've announced our first Keynote Speaker and Jury Members: Keynoter: David Delfassy, Investment Director, TDK Ventures newest Jury Member: Balazs Haszonic, MD, LEAD Ventures.  Lead Ventures recently announced its newest €100m second fund. With the fresh money, the VC plans to back late seed and Series A startups from central and eastern Europe (CEE).   2) AWS Austria will join as Partner at CVC Awards and ScaleUp with Wolves, inviting its 350-company ecosystem to attend.    3) Wolves Summit has renewed our cooperation with Silicon Valley-based "StartUp World Cup" and will - again - send the top winner of the May Great Pitch Contest to San Francisco!   4) In 2025, we'll launch our newest initiative "LAUNCH USA", to help European companies expand in the United States, with our first event planned in Miami in March 2025. Check back next week for full details!   5) WolvesIQ to "soft-launch" at our Berlin event: our new comprehensive online service "Sourcing and Connecting Investors with Founders". We "go Live" in May at Wolves Summit CEE in Warsaw.   6) Our 30% discount to European CVC Awards and "ScaleUp with Wolves" expires 30 November (then it's 20%)... So if you'd like to save a bit of money, and get your 2025 expenses in your 2024 budget (shhh... we won't tell your CFO!), Reserve your 30% discount here ASAP: https://lnkd.in/gQPcsCti    

Day 1 of BIM World MUNICH was a blast with 38 innovators on stage at the semifinals of the Smart Building / Smart Construction Innovation World Cup. Today at 11:30 AM the exciting grand pitch finals will take place on Congress Stage 1 with the Top8. Make sure you join us at the ICM in Munich.

Excited to announce our 1st Keynote Speaker for our 2nd annual European CVC Summit & Awards (alongside "ScaleUp with Wolves"), set for 2-3 April 2025 in Berlin: David Delfassy, Investment Director, TDK Ventures (London) David leads capital deployment from TDK Ventures’ Fund EX1 which focuses on accelerating energy transition and decarbonization. David joined TDK Ventures from Ahren Innovation Capital, a deep technology globally focused investment firm, where he led the development of the firm’s decarbonization thesis and invested in venture and growth stage business across sectors including sustainable aviation fuels, green hydrogen, carbon dioxide removal, alternative proteins, and high-performance computing. David holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University, with a specialization in Aerospace Engineering. Nominations in 10 Categories for the 2nd annual European CVC Awards opens 26 November here: https://lnkd.in/d-qRrAHn Stay tuned for another 37 Speakers joining the CVC Awards and ScaleUp with Wolves event. Plus 25 Series-A VCs, and 150 ScaleUp Founders. Tickets are limited to 250 companies... Reserve by 30 November and get the maximum 30% early-bird discount:

Europa braucht mehr Wagniskapital, um die Innovationskraft zu stärken Europa steht an einem Scheideweg: Während unser Kontinent seit Jahrhunderten für seine Innovationen bekannt ist – von der Erfindung des Buchdrucks bis hin zu Durchbrüchen in Wissenschaft und Pharma –, fehlt es heute an der entscheidenden Ressource, um Innovationen erfolgreich in die Wirtschaft zu überführen: Wagniskapital. Im Vergleich zu den USA ist die europäische Venture-Kultur noch unterentwickelt. Große US-Tech-Unternehmen wie Amazon agieren zunehmend selbst wie Venture-Capital-Firmen, investieren jährlich Milliarden in Forschung und Entwicklung und fördern so bahnbrechende Innovationen. In Europa hingegen kämpfen wachstumsstarke Unternehmen oft mit einem Mangel an Kapital, das sie dringend benötigen, um ihre Visionen zu verwirklichen. Dabei hat Europa enormes Potenzial. In den letzten Jahren wurden hier mehr Startups gegründet als auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks. Unternehmen wie Revolut, Spotify und Klarna zeigen, dass europäische Gründer Weltklasse sind. Und doch wandern viele dieser Erfolgsgeschichten in die USA ab – weil dort die Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten und Wachstumsbedingungen besser sind. Europa muss handeln: 1. Venture-Kapital fördern: Wir brauchen eine stärkere Kultur des Wagniskapitals und mehr Investitionen in innovative Firmen. 2. Kapitalmärkte öffnen: Ein integrierter Kapitalmarkt würde den Zugang zu Finanzmitteln erleichtern. 3. Innovation belohnen: Forschung und Entwicklung müssen steuerlich gefördert und regulatorische Hürden für Startups gesenkt werden. Innovation ist die Grundlage unserer künftigen Wirtschaft. Wenn Europa jetzt nicht aktiv wird, drohen wir, in einem globalen Wettbewerb um Technologien und Talente abgehängt zu werden. Es liegt an uns, die besten Ideen zu fördern – zum Wohle aller Europäer.