Europe start-up fabric was taking shape at last: in 2019, Germany and France attracted $7b and $5.2b in venture capital respectively, according to Dealroom, far behind the UK though ($13.2b). This was before the massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic wiped revenues out of a number of start-ups while putting venture capital investors on edge.

We thought it was time to take stock of the impact of the pandemic on European start-up ecosystems. 

SPEAKERS:

• Peteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit, Digital Innovation & Blockchain, Digital Single Market Directorate, DG CONNECT & Co-Chair, FinTech Task Force at European Commission
• Isidro Laso, Deputy Head of Innovation Ecosystems at European Innovation Council
•  Leonard Bukenya, Partner at Aim for the Moon
• Fabrice Moizan, General Manager & VP Sales US, EMEAI and Pacific at Graphcore
• Benedikt Blomeyer, Director, EU Policy at Allied for Startups
• Jacopo Losso, Director of Secretariat at EBAN
• George Windsor, Head of Insights at Tech Nation

 

 

Posted by DIGITALEUROPE