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AI Tech Summit 2026
The fifth edition of TBM Group's AI Tech Summit at the Sava Center in Belgrade, one of Serbia's largest AI and enterprise-tech conferences. Founder-relevant for AI startups seeking enterprise customers and regional visibility.
Aidan King
Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A pharmacist by training and former Elan executive, he invests across biopharmaceuticals and medical devices and has helped guide the firm's three funds and more than €425M under management.
Aleksandra Pedraszewska
Co-founding partner of Vastpoint Ventures, a 2025 seed fund investing in AI, B2B SaaS and techbio. She was an early employee at ElevenLabs, where she built the AI-safety team and led core partnerships during its rise to unicorn status, and previously co-founded a Cambridge deep-tech startup.
Alexander Viterbo-Horten
Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech. He backs technical founders at the earliest stage and supports them through the journey from research and prototype to first institutional venture rounds across the Nordic region.
Almi Invest
Almi Invest is the venture capital arm of the Swedish state-owned group Almi, investing risk capital in early-stage startups alongside private co-investors. One of the most active early-stage investors in Sweden, it backs companies across technology, life sciences and cleantech and recycles returns into new companies.
Anders Kjær
Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, Denmark's first dedicated deep-tech venture fund, which closed at €60M in 2025. He invests in science-rooted spinouts across quantum computing, cleantech, new materials, biotech and new space, primarily from Nordic technical universities.
Andre Retterath
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, where he leads investments in AI, software infrastructure and fintech. He is well known for data-driven venture research and writing on how machine learning is reshaping early-stage investing in Europe.
Angel Invest
Angel Invest is a Berlin-based super-angel fund founded in 2018 by Jens Lapinski and Jenny Apostel, positioning itself as one of Europe's most active early-stage investors. The fund targets pre-seed and seed-stage European technology startups, writing roughly €100k–€125k cheques across dozens of investments per year. Lapinski previously led Techstars Berlin, and the fund's portfolio companies have collectively raised hundreds of millions in follow-on funding.
Ann Mettler
Ann Mettler is Vice President for Europe at Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused investment and advocacy organization founded by Bill Gates to accelerate clean energy innovation globally. She previously led the European Political Strategy Centre, the in-house think tank of the European Commission, and served as Executive Director of The Lisbon Council from 2003 to 2014. She is a prominent voice on European clean energy technology and innovation policy, and a confirmed speaker at the ONS 2026 Strategic Conference.
Arctic15 2026
Nordic startup and investor matchmaking conference in Helsinki with a focus on curated 1:1 meetings between founders, VCs, and corporate partners. Known for its high meeting-to-attendee ratio and strong Nordic/Baltic deal flow.
Arctic15 2027
Arctic15 Helsinki's next edition is confirmed for 16-17 June 2027, in-person. The Nordic startup and investor matchmaking conference is known for curated 1:1 meetings between founders, VCs, and corporate partners, and a high meeting-to-attendee ratio for Nordic/Baltic deal flow.
aws Gruenderfonds
The aws Gruenderfonds is an Austrian venture capital fund managed within Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), the promotional bank of the Austrian federal government. It provides equity and equity-like financing to young, high-growth Austrian startups, typically at seed and early stages, to help them scale and attract follow-on private investment.
BackingMinds
BackingMinds is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that deliberately invests in founders and markets overlooked by mainstream investors, backing early-stage technology companies in the Nordics and beyond. Co-founded by Sara Wimmercranz and Susanne Najafi, it focuses on 'blind spots' where it sees underestimated potential.
Baku International Innovation Trade Show 2026
A large-scale international innovation trade show at Baku Expo Center, targeting 25,000+ visitors and 350+ exhibitors from 20+ countries. Useful for founders with a product to showcase and those seeking regional distribution or investment connections.
Baltic VCA Summit 2026 (August 2026)
The Baltic VCA Summit is the largest regional LP-GP gathering of the Baltic private equity and venture capital industry, hosted by Estonia in 2026 and held in the seaside town of Haapsalu. Themed 'No Man is an Island', the two-day program explores how capital is becoming geopolitical and strategic and how the Baltics can evolve into a coordinated capital region, alongside dining, networking and wellness activities.
Bek Ventures
Bek Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders with roots in Europe, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey. Founded in 2013 as the Earlybird Digital East Fund and rebranded to Bek Ventures in late 2024, the firm manages roughly $600 million across its funds, including a $250 million Fund III closed in 2024. Led by managing partner Cem Sertoglu and with offices in Istanbul, London, and New York, the Turkish-founded team has generated billions of dollars in returns over the past decade and is associated with one of the greatest venture investments in European history. Bek Ventures backs technical founders building global category leaders, with around half of its portfolio companies operating from the United States.
Belgium Startup Awards — Startup Day 2026
A full-day national startup gathering at The Egg Brussels with stages for founders, investors, service providers, and corporates, plus a live pitch competition for a €100,000 convertible loan. The flagship convening point for the Belgian startup ecosystem.
Belgrade Venture Forum 2026
Southeast Europe's premier startup investment conference connecting Western Balkan founders with international VCs and corporate investors. Features curated startup pitching, investor panels, and structured 1:1 matchmaking. Attracts 500+ attendees with a high investor-to-founder ratio.
Bits & Pretzels 2026
Europe's premium founder festival at ICM Munich, blending high-signal startup networking with curated investor access and Oktoberfest culture. The event limits attendance to maintain quality, with thousands of founders and investors and structured matchmaking for fundraising and partnerships.
Black Pearls VC
Black Pearls VC was a Gdansk-based early-stage venture capital firm that invested in deep-tech and B2B software startups across the Baltic and Central and Eastern European region. It concluded its active investment period at the end of 2023, and its team has continued supporting founders under a new identity, Balnord.
