
Meet our 2025 attendees


Julia Maksymova
Owner & CEO, Highlight Brand Lab

Daniel Cushing
Founder, ParaStudio

Laurence Sangarde-Brown
Co-founder, TechTree

Stephanie Esambe
Founder, Pillaxia

Reece Hogan
Co-Founder, A.Chara

Darryl Gibney
Snr Director EMEA & APAC, SurveyMonkey
+71,000
Attendees from all over the world gathered in Lisbon in 2024
112
Nationalities already confirmed for Web Summit 2025 - more joining every week
+3,000
Companies showcased their business during Web Summit 2024
+1,000
Investors attended and connected with over 2,000 startups
1.3m
Messages exchanged, fuelling conversations and connections across our communities at all our events
2m
Connection requests sent, sparking countless professional relationships at all our events


Meetups

Roundtables
Meet our attendees
Check out the top speakers and attendees who are joining us at Web Summit
Marcelo Lebre
Co-founder, PresidentRemotePortugal
Alex Schultz
CMO and VP of AnalyticsMetaUnited KingdomCristina Fonseca
Managing PartnerIndico Capital PartnersPortugal
Khartoon Weiss
VP, GM, NA & Global, Global Business SolutionsTikTokUnited States
Cláudia Vieira
Actress & TV PresenterPortugal
Andrew Macdonald
President & COOUberUnited States
André Bernardo
Vice-President, Chief Strategy & Operations OfficerSporting Clube de PortugalPortugal
Lucy Guo
Co-founder of Scale AIFounder & CEO of PassesUnited States
Tânia Graça
CreatorPortugal
A.G. Sulzberger
Chairman & PublisherThe New York TimesUnited StatesVasco Pedro
Co-founderUnbabelPortugal
Max Hodak
Co-founderNeuralink & ScienceUnited StatesLucy Blakiston
Co-Founder and CEOShit You Should Care AboutPortugal
Cristiano Amon
President & CEOQualcommUnited States
Miguel Prado
Economy EditorExpressoPortugalEtosha Cave
Co-founder & Chief Science OfficerTwelveUnited States
Mafalda Anjos
CommentatorCNNPortugal
Thomas Dohmke
CEOGitHubUnited StatesSusana Samhan Arias
Portugal Bureau ChiefEFE AgencyPortugal
David Risher
CEOLyftUnited StatesTiago Lagoa
CreatorCreators AgencyPortugal
Brian Venturo
Co-founder & Chief Strategy OfficerCoreWeaveUnited StatesAnaïs Tobalagba
Human Rights Lawyer & Legal and Policy ResearcherRights and Accountability in Development (RAID)Portugal
Fred Destin
FounderStride.VCUnited KingdomMafalda Freire
JournalistbusinessIT - PC GuiaPortugal