Startup University

Book tickets for 2025
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From launchpad to rocketship
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The company you keep
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Finding funding
Next-gen technologies

They've spoken

Garry Tan
Garry Tan
Founder & PartnerInitialized Capital
John Collison
John Collison
Co-Founder & PresidentStripe
Nik Storonsky
Nik Storonsky
Founder & CEORevolut
Melanie Perkins
Melanie Perkins
Co-founder & CEOCanva
Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman
CEO & PresidentNasdaq
Thomas Wolf
Thomas Wolf
Co-founder & Chief Science OfficerHugging Face
May Habib
May Habib
Co-Founder & CEOWriter
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
ChairmanFounders Fund
Aidan Gomez
Aidan Gomez
Founder & CEOCohere
Alexandr Wang
Alexandr Wang
FounderScale AI

Companies that attend

Techstars Logo
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“Every company is faking it till they make it. There’s no making it. The story doesn’t end.”

A photograph of Weavr co-founder and CTO Adrian Mizzi speaking on stage at Web Summit. Adrian is gesturing and is wearing an on-ear microphone.

“You have to change and adapt to the demands of the business.”

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