Cloud startup ecosystem
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Matillion
Matillion is a Manchester-based data integration and transformation platform founded in 2011 that enables enterprises to load, transform, and orchestrate data across cloud data warehouses and lakes including Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, and Google BigQuery. The company raised over $300 million including a $150 million Series E at a $1.5 billion valuation. Matillion serves over 2,000 enterprise customers and is notable as one of the few UK tech unicorns headquartered outside London, representing Manchester's growing tech ecosystem.
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Michał Kramarz
Head of Google for Startups in Central and Eastern Europe, including the Google Campus in Warsaw, since 2019. One of Google's first employees in Poland, he has spent nearly two decades supporting the regional tech ecosystem through startup programmes and partnerships.
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Microsoft Accelerator Berlin
Ran 2013-2016 as part of Microsoft for Startups. Four-month cohort with expert mentorship, Azure credits, and investor connections. Support: coaching, cloud infrastructure, partner network. Scope: Global.
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MS Community — Udruga Informatičkih Stručnjaka
MS Community (Udruga Informatičkih Stručnjaka) is a Croatian IT professionals association that organises community-driven, volunteer-run technology conferences. It runs CollabDays Zagreb, a free one-day event focused on Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint and the Power Platform for developers, IT professionals and business users.
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Neos
Neos is a Zagreb-founded IT consultancy delivering data and analytics, software engineering, and cloud and infrastructure services to telecom, financial, energy and public-sector clients across the EMEA region. Founded in 2002, the company has completed more than 400 projects, including a cloud-first core banking platform for Croatian bank HPB, and holds Oracle Cloud Managed Service Provider expertise. Croatian industrial group Koncar Digital has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Neos.
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Newion
Newion is an Amsterdam-based venture firm founded in 2000 by Jaap van Barneveld and Patrick Polak, and one of the Netherlands' most established early-stage B2B software investors. It backs seed and Series A rounds exclusively in business software across the Benelux, DACH and Nordic regions, managing roughly €300M across four funds — including Fund IV (€130M first close, 2022) backed by the European Investment Fund, BNP Paribas, PMV and Reggeborgh. Initial cheques range from €1M to €10M with reserves for follow-on. Newion applies a hands-on 'controlled growth' philosophy, taking active board roles during the critical first 12–18 months after investment. Across 60+ companies it has cultivated three unicorns — Collibra (data governance, Belgium), Deliverect (food-tech SaaS, Belgium) and Parloa (conversational AI, Germany) — and recorded exits including airfocus (acquired by Lucid Software, 2025). The team is led by Managing Partner Mathijs de Wit with partners Pieter Welten and Dorus Olgers.
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Nscale
Nscale develops and operates AI-native infrastructure, including modular data center capacity optimized for high-density GPU workloads. The company focuses on sovereign and energy-efficient compute supply for enterprise and model providers, and has expanded rapidly through large infrastructure financing and strategic partnerships.
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Open Source Summit Europe 2026 (Oct 2026)
Open Source Summit Europe is the Linux Foundation's premier vendor-neutral conference for the global open-source ecosystem, featuring keynotes, breakout sessions, and a Solutions Showcase. The 2026 edition is hosted in Prague, convening maintainers, developers, technologists, and community leaders shaping the future of open source, with co-located events on the preceding days.
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OVHcloud
OVHcloud is Europe's largest cloud hosting provider, operating a global network of data centers offering dedicated servers, public cloud, private cloud, and web hosting services. Founded in 1999 by Octave Klaba, OVHcloud went public on Euronext Paris in 2021 and serves over 1.6 million customers worldwide. The company is a key pillar of European digital sovereignty, manufacturing its own servers and cooling systems to control costs and reduce dependency on US hyperscalers.
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Philippe Botteri
Partner at Accel investing in cloud, SaaS, AI and security across Europe and Israel. He authors Accel's influential annual Euroscape report tracking the region's cloud and AI momentum.
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Scaleway
Scaleway is a European cloud provider and subsidiary of the Iliad Group, offering a full stack of cloud infrastructure including bare-metal servers, Kubernetes, object storage, managed databases, and GPU instances for AI workloads. Founded by Xavier Niel's Iliad, Scaleway positions itself as a sovereign European alternative to US hyperscalers, with data centers in Paris, Amsterdam, and Warsaw. The company is increasingly important for European organizations seeking GDPR-compliant cloud hosting.
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Sofia GDG DevFest 2026
Bulgaria's edition of the global Google Developer Group DevFest, held annually in Sofia with 600+ developers. Covers Android, Flutter, web, cloud (GCP), Firebase, and AI/ML engineering with talks in English from local and international speakers. Free admission; a primary networking event for Sofia's developer community which includes large local employers like VMware, SAP Labs, and a growing startup scene.
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Swisscom Ventures
Swisscom Ventures is the strategic corporate venture arm of Swisscom, Switzerland's largest telecom and ICT operator, and is one of the most active corporate venture investors in the Swiss ecosystem. Founded in 2007 and operating with offices in Bern, Zurich, and Silicon Valley, the firm invests in early- and growth-stage technology companies across cybersecurity, digital health, cloud infrastructure, AI, and network-adjacent deep tech, with particular interest in startups that can leverage Swisscom's distribution, data, or network assets. Portfolio companies have included Cato Networks, Mirakl, Scandit, Digital Asset, and Exeger. Swisscom Ventures pairs well with the traditional Swiss financial-VC bench by providing strategic commercial partnerships, regulatory navigation, and European telecom channel access alongside capital, which is particularly valuable for founders in regulated infrastructure categories.
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Talent Arena 2026
Developer-first event aligned with MWC week, featuring coding sessions, architecture deep dives, and hackathon-style programs around AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. Useful for startup engineering recruiting and employer branding with senior technical talent.
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Tech Show Paris 2026
An enterprise-tech mega-event at Porte de Versailles bundling five co-located shows covering cloud and AI infrastructure, DevOps, cloud and cyber security, data and AI leadership, and data centres. For infrastructure, devtools, and security startups it is a single badge to reach enterprise IT buyers across the whole stack.
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TRANSFORM (formerly hub.berlin) 2026
Bitkom's flagship business-tech festival in Berlin connecting digital industry leaders, policymakers, and startups with 10,000+ attendees. The event covers AI, cloud, cybersecurity, sustainability tech, and digital transformation across keynotes, deep-dive tracks, and a startup expo.
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TRANSFORM 2027 (formerly hub.berlin)
TRANSFORM, the Bitkom-backed digital transformation event, runs 17-18 March 2027 at Station Berlin. It focuses on the digital transformation of businesses, showcasing technologies and solutions for digitalising processes and business models. Executives, CDOs, CIOs and digital experts from across industries attend the two-day event.
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United Ventures
Founded in 2013 by Massimiliano Magrini (former Google Italy MD) and Paolo Gesess, United Ventures is one of Italy's leading independent technology-focused VC firms, with cumulative AUM approaching €500 million across three funds including a €150 million early-stage Fund III (launched 2023) and a dedicated growth vehicle, UV T-Growth. The firm targets software, fintech, cybersecurity, cloud, IoT, and marketplace companies predominantly at Series A, co-investing across Italy and Europe. Its portfolio of 51 companies has generated 10 acquisitions and 2 IPOs; landmark investments include Musixmatch (10x+ return on exit to TPG), Everli (Series C lead, €22 million), and Cleafy (Series B, 2026).
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Update Conference Prague 2026
The largest .NET developer conference in the Czech Republic, held at the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague. Relevant for dev-tooling and B2B software founders recruiting engineers and reaching the Czech developer community.
