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DigithON 2026
DigithON is Italy's largest digital and startup pitch marathon, held annually in the coastal town of Bisceglie in Puglia. The 2026 edition brings around one hundred selected startups for 48 hours of pitches, mentoring and networking in front of investors, venture funds, business angels and institutions, with a total prize pool of roughly €50,000.
Dorus Olgers
Partner at Newion investing in European B2B software founders. He backs enterprise SaaS and automation companies across the Benelux and DACH regions and supports portfolio companies on growth and operational execution.
EBAN
EBAN is the European trade association for business angels, seed funds and other early-stage market players, based in Brussels. It represents angel investors in European policy work, publishes the annual statistics on the continent's early-stage investment market, and runs training and accreditation for angel network managers. Its EBAN Annual Congress moves between European cities each year and is the sector's main gathering.
Elaine Coughlan
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge, based in Dublin. A chartered accountant and veteran technology-finance executive who took several companies through IPOs and acquisitions, she has helped build Atlantic Bridge into a €1.2bn+ growth-equity platform.
Elevator Ventures
Elevator Ventures is the corporate venture capital unit of Raiffeisen Bank International, co-backed by Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, managing funds of more than €100 million. The firm targets Series A and B fintech and beyond-banking companies, with a focus on the DACH and CEE regions, and has invested over €60 million in 21 companies, achieving seven exits. It originated from Elevator Lab, an RBI accelerator launched in 2017 to scout startup partners globally.
Elkstone Ventures
Elkstone is a Dublin-based investment firm and one of Ireland's most active private venture investors, backing early-stage Irish technology and life-science startups alongside its broader private-markets and wealth activities. Its venture arm provides seed and early-stage capital and hands-on support to founders building high-growth companies.
Emma Johnson
Emma Johnson is Senior Principal at M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, one of the world's leading science and technology companies. Based in the Netherlands, M Ventures invests globally in life sciences, healthcare, and biotechnology, and Emma focuses on identifying and supporting early- to mid-stage biotech companies across Europe and beyond. She is an active participant in the European life science VC ecosystem.
Ena Prosser
Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A biotechnologist with a PhD and former Enterprise Ireland and Elan experience, she leads investments across biopharma and diagnostics and manages many of the firm's cross-sector relationships.
Endeit Capital
Endeit Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with additional offices in Hamburg and Stockholm. It manages a €303 million fund focused on AI-enabled fintech, climate tech, future of work, and security companies across the DACH, Benelux, Nordic, and UK markets, investing €7–15 million at late Series A to early Series B. The firm has made 64 investments and 25 exits, including the $330 million acquisition of 3D Hubs by Protolabs.
eQventure
eQventure is an Austrian venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Graz, with a second office in Vienna. It specializes in early-stage and growth investments in deep technology, industrial tech, digital health, and consumer technology companies, primarily in Austria. Behind the firm are experienced entrepreneurs who contribute hands-on operational support and access to a global network spanning Austria, Germany, the UK, Israel, the US, and China.
Ester Sklarsky
Ester Sklarsky is Principal at Sound Bioventures, a Nordic life science venture capital firm specializing in early-stage biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medtech companies in Scandinavia and the broader European region. She is an active investor and participant in the Nordic life science investment community. Sound Bioventures is one of the leading dedicated life science VCs focused on the Nordic ecosystem.
Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (ESTVCA)
The Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EstVCA) is the industry body representing private equity and venture capital investors active in Estonia. It promotes the asset class, gathers market data, advocates on policy and regulation, and connects fund managers, limited partners and the wider startup ecosystem to strengthen access to growth capital in Estonia.
European Deeptech Week 2026
Week-long deep-tech programming across Paris with major sessions at Station F and Bpifrance-linked venues, designed to connect science-based founders with industrial buyers and patient capital. Includes deep-tech summit programming across SpaceTech, quantum, robotics, and advanced manufacturing.
European Investment Fund
European Union body headquartered in Luxembourg and part of the EIB Group, acting since 1994 as the Union s financing arm for SMEs and mid-caps. Rather than lending directly it shares risk with a network of close to 1,900 partners, backing them with guarantees to lend to smaller companies and with equity funding to invest in startups and scale-ups, which makes it a cornerstone limited partner behind many European venture funds.
EVO VC & Startups Community
EVO VC & Startups is a global founder-and-investor networking community spanning dozens of cities across more than a dozen countries with tens of thousands of members. It runs recurring informal evening socials, including editions in Riga, that connect tech founders, angel investors and venture capitalists to find co-founders, funding and scaling partners.
Experior Venture Fund
Experior Venture Fund is a Warsaw-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups, notably in fintech, medtech and digital services, typically at seed and Series A stages. One of Poland's prominent independent VCs, it is known for being co-led by women investors and backs founders across Central and Eastern Europe.
Felix Capital
Felix Capital is a London-based venture capital firm, founded in 2015 and based on Beak Street, that invests at the intersection of technology and creativity. It backs digital lifestyle, consumer and creative-economy companies alongside related enterprise tools, describing its focus as building for the 'creative class' across home, work and in-between.
Fondazione DigithON
Fondazione DigithON organises DigithON, Italy's largest digital and startup pitch marathon, held annually in the coastal town of Bisceglie in Puglia. It selects around one hundred startups each year for intensive pitching, mentoring and matchmaking with investors, venture funds and business angels.
Forum 100 % Start:up 2026
Half-day forum at Ljubljana.tech on Trg mladih 9 in Ljubljana, running from 14:00 to 18:00 on 26 November 2026, offering an outlook on the trends expected to shape 2027 for startup companies. The programme covers where to look for growth capital, how to use artificial intelligence for competitive advantage, and stories from Slovenian startups.
Founders Forum 2026
Invitation-only gathering of top tech founders, CEOs, and investors at a prestigious London venue. Known for intimate, high-trust networking and off-the-record conversations among Europe's most influential technology leaders.
