Ken Segall, Dave McClure, Julia Hartz at The Europas

With less than 2 weeks to go to this year’s The Europas Startup Conference and Awards — the new type of tech conference devised in partnership with TechCrunch — I’m delighted to announce the full speaker line up for the day.

In addition, the public vote on the shortlist across 27 categories ends today[ Voting has now ended].

I’m thrilled to announce that Ken Segall, legendary former Apple creative director, will be speaking at the Europas.

Segall is the design and creativity guru who named the i-Mac and initiated the i-frenzy. He’s the author of New York Times Best Seller, “Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success”. With a CV encompassing iconic brands IBM, BMW, Intel and Dell, Ken’s close working relationship with Steve Jobs first at NeXT and then at Apple, was a natural progression. Leading the team that created Apple’s renowned Think different campaign, Ken embraced Jobs’ ‘simplicity’ principle which saved Apple from near-extinction in 1997 to become one of the world’s most valuable companies.

I’m also excited to have Dave McClure joining The Europas. Dave is the founding partner of 500 Startups, a venture capital firm and startup incubator in Silicon Valley founded by PayPal and Google alumni, with over $250M under management. He has been an investor in hundreds of companies around the world such as Credit Karma, Twilio, MakerBot, Wildfire Interactive, Viki, Mashery, SendGrid, Mint.com, and SlideShare, among others.

Julia Hartz is responsible for the vision, strategy and growth of Eventbrite. Under her leadership, the company has become the largest global ticketing and event technology platform and received multiple awards for workplace culture and performance. These accolades include Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces for Women and also for Millennials, Glassdoor’s 2016 Best Places to Work, and San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work in the SF Bay Area list for seven years straight. Julia has been honored as one of Fortune’s 2015 40 Under 40 business leaders, Inc.’s 35 under 35 in 2014, and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013.

SPEAKERS at The Europas Conference and Awards 2016 include (in alphabetical order)

Jason Ball – Senior Director, Qualcomm Ventures
Harry Briggs – Partner, BGF Ventures
Nic Brisbourne – Managing Partner, Forward Partners
Eileen Burbridge – Managing Partner, Passion Capital
Jess Butcher – Co-founder, Blippar
Suranga Chandratillake – General Partner, Balderton
James Cook – Technology Editor, Business Insider
Sonali de Rycker – General Partner, Accel Partners
Tracy Doree – Founding Partner, Spring Partners
Julia Hartz – CEO, Eventbrite
John Henderson – Principal, White Star Capital
Brynne Herbert – Founder, MOVE Guides
Christian Hernandez – Managing Partner, White Star Capital
Taavet Hinrikus – Co-founder & CEO, Transferwise
Andy Hobsbawm – Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer, EVRYTHNG
Saul Klein – Partner, LocalGlobe
Greg Marsh – CEO, Onefinestay
Elizabeth Varley – Founder & CEO, Techhub
Robin Wauters – Co-founder & Editor-in-chief, Tech.eu
Michael Schneider – Founder, Service
Wendy Tan White – General Partner, Entrepreneur First
Sitar Teli – Managing Partner, Connect Partners
Ida Tin – Co-founder & CEO, Clue
Beatie Wolfe – Artist

In addition we’ll have:

Ruth Anderson – Director, KPMG
Irra Ariella Khi – CEO, Vchain Tech
Riku Asikainen – Angel Investor, Finnish Business Angels Network
Azeem Azhar – Chief, The Exponential Network
Ross Bailey – Founder & CEO, AppearHere
Tina Baker – Partner, JAG Shaw Baker
Anna Bance – Co-founder, Girl Meets Dress
Lawrence Barclay – Principal, DN Capital
Eric Benz – Chief Community Officer, Credits
Romain Bertrand – UK Country Manager, eHarmony
Ophelia Brown – General Partner, LocalGlobe
Simon Campbell – CEO, The Sandpit
Jas Chana – Technology Entrepreneur, Youth Health Parliament
Vincent Dignan – Founder, Magnific
Stéphanie Duchenois – President, Paris Angels
Nuno Folhadela – CEO, Bica Studios
Isabel Fox – Head of Venture, White Cloud Capital
Kirstin Hancock – Head of Sales & Marketing, Blue Maestro
Melissa Jun Rowley – Founder, Toolbox.org
Bethany Koby – Founder, Technology Will Save Us
Jonathan Luff – Co-founder & Partner, Epsilon Ap
Jonathan Macdonald – Founder, Thought Expansion Network
Lama Mansour – Co-founder, Bold Gadgets
Dave Matthews – Founder & CEO, NewAer
Liberty Mawhood – COO, L Marks
Simon Montford – Founder, WEB3IOT
Fergal Mullen – Partner, Highland Europe
Madhumita Murgia – Head of Technology, Telegraph Media Group
Evan Nisselson – Partner, LDV Capital
Donna North – Co-founder, Dressipi
Mark Roden – Founder, Ding
Michael Ronen – Co-founder, Splash
Evan Rudowski – Managing Partner, Atlantic Leap
Anita Schjøll Brede – CEO & Co-founder, Iris AI
Calogero Scibetta – Operations and Business Development Manager, Everledger
Ken Segall – Author & Speaker, former Creative Director at Apple
Emma Sinclair – UNICEF Adviser
Patrycja Slawuta – Chief MindHacker, Self Hackathon
Alessandra Sollberger – Co-founder & CEO, Evermore
Jewell Strong Sparks – Global Head of Innovation Scouting and Inclusion, Metro Group Business Innovation
Mark Tluszcz – Co-founder & CEO, Mangrove Capital
Dimo Trifonov – Founder, 3nder
Sarah Turner – Co-founder & Angel Investor, Angel Academe

TICKETS:

CONFERENCE & AWARDS

Tickets to this include all day access to the conference on June 14th in addition to the awards dinner and ceremony and after party in the evening.

‘AWARDS ONLY’
These include the pre-dinner drinks reception, seated dinner, awards ceremony and the after party – all held at Old Billingsgate on 14 June. There are also options to take a half table (5 guests), or a full table for 10 or 12 guests.

PATHFOUNDERS
Applications are now open for PathFounders – PathFounders is an invitation-only event for start-ups in fund-raising mode. This is for the future ‘moonshot entrepreneurs’ networking with their future investors and partners. On the days either side of The Europas Awards, we will bring together 100 of Europe’s hottest early-stage Founders, together with Europe’s best VCs and Angel Investors in a relaxed environment, with amazing hospitality. You can apply for an invite here.

For full event details including the list of speakers for The Europas Conference & Awards, please click here.

SPONSORS:
Sponsors include Level39, TechHub, Ticketbase, Twitter, Metro Group Business Innovation, Raine Advisors, TechCrunch, Unicef, 33Seconds, All Response Media, Beringea, Forward Partners, iHorizon, Index Ventures, JAG Shaw Baker, Kemp Little, Multiple, Nexmo, Orrick, MMC Ventures, Smith & Williamson, and Fieldhouse Associates. More details can be found here.

Remaining sponsorship options are now strictly limited and we will be closing these at the end of the week, please contact petra@twistedtree.co.uk now.

Here’s a selected list of companies signed-up and attending The Europas Conference and Awards:

Mobile Marketer Ltd

Baby2Body

ReaQta

Skimlinks

Bristows LLP

HAL24K

Wearisma

Silicon Valley Bank

SVB

Scamalytics Ltd

Maitland

PwC

IDA Ireland

Huckletree

Angel Academe

Techstars

Fiedler Capital

Marathon Artists

IDA Ireland

Skimlinks

Angel Academe

Techstars

Silicon Valley Bank

Polis, London School of Economics

ReaQta

Bristows

BT plc.

Google

Clustree

Mr Patch

PublishDrive

Findify

Geam

Power of You

Blippar

Halle Freyssinet / 1000 Skills Matter

Spring Partners

D.Labs d.o.o.

LMarks

mesh:ine GmbH

eOffice

Iris Capital

UCL

Fabric

Snupps Inc.

Snupps Inc.

Modafirma

Teloval

Nauta Capital

Gorilla Theory Labs

Facebook

Deutsche Telekom AG

VTB Capital plc

spintop ventures

Your.MD

Atomico

Crowdcube Ltd

Wiggin LLP

App Store

SapientNitro

XING AG

Highland Europe

IBA IT UK ltd

Vestel Ventures

Tech North

Server Density

Edition Digital Ltd

Interchange

Pinipa

Fitwell

Dynamo Communications Ltd

Cogniance

Eden Ventures

Authentiq

Ultrahaptics

Orrick

DN Capital

Women Who Code

Curve

Cogniance

MMC Ventures

Nexmo

Made.com

Vortexa

Dimoso

SyndicateRoom

Digital Shadows

tibit

PwC

Seedups

Scamalytics Ltd

LuxDeco.com

You Too Me Now

Vimpelcom

ChartMogul

Tagsonomy SL

Excession Technologies Ltd

Funeralbooker

ChatSim

Telectic

Knowledge Plaza

Beringea

33seconds

Kemp Little

Forward Partners

ihorizon

Smith & Williamson

Unicef UK

KPMG

Vchain Tech

Finnish Business Angels Network

The Exponential View

JAG Shaw Baker

Girl Meets Dress

Qualcomm

Credits

eHarmony

BGF Ventures

Wevolve

Machinalis

The Social Project

500 Startups

Atlantic Leap

EQT Ventures

Silicon Valley Bank

Level39

Sky Futures

Eventbrite

Sky Futures

ChatSim

Portugal Capital Ventures SA

Portugal Capital Ventures SA

Dancrs

SyndicateRoom

British Consul General

KPMG

Vchain Tech

Finnish Business Angels Network

The Exponential Network

AppearHere

JAG Shaw Baker

Qualcomm Ventures

GIrl Meets Dress

DN Capital

Credits

eHarmony

BGF Ventures

Forward Partners

LocalGlobe

Passion Capital

Blippar

The Sandpit

Balderton

Badoo

Business Insider

Accel Partners

Magnific

Spring Partners

Paris Angels

White Cloud Capital

Blue Maestro

Eventbrite

Eight Roads

White Star Capital

MOVE Guides

White Star Capital

Transferwise

EVRYTHNG

Toolbox.org

LocalGlobe

Technology Will Save Us

Epsilon Ap

Thought Expansion Network

Bold Gadgets

Onefinestay

L Marks

500 Startups

WEB3IOT

Highland Europe

Telegraph Media Group

LDV Capital

Dressipi

Ding

Splash

Atlantic Leap

Iris AI

Service

Everledger

Twitter

UNICEF Adviser

Self Hackathon

Evermore

Metro Group Business Innovation

Entrepreneur First

Connect Partners

Clue

Mangrove Capital

3nder

Angel Academe

Techhub

Tech.eu

Beatie Wolfe

Vinaya

Timelooper

500 Startups

Wyless

Shryne Ltd.

DN Capital

Bazillion Beings

Baby2Body

ShopGo

Authentiq

Dancrs

Tamoco Limited

MOVE Guides

Google

King & Spalding

Masabi

MMC Ventures

IQ Capital Partners LLP

33Seconds

Beringea

Beringea

Live Better With

Drover

Space Ape Games

ClickMechanic

Patch

Juggle Jobs

Dawn Capital

S&P Capital

Smith & Williamson

All Response Media

Morrison & Foerster

BluSpecs

Peterhouse Corporate Finance

Uvoz