The best event I’ve
experienced.Tony Florence, NEA
investor track |Lisbon, November 7-10, 2016
Peter Thiel at Web Summit 2015
Every tech company is here. Large companies and small companies all want to be a part of this. Bruce Aust, NASDAQ
Our History: Unprecedented Growth Creating an Unparalleled Marketplace
In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries.
“No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast.”
Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”, a crossroads for the world’s largest buyers and sellers of technology, alongside many of the world’s most disruptive emerging technology companies.
4,500+Startups
50,000+Attendees
2,000+Journalists
1,000+Speakers
150+Countries
This is Davos for geeks.
and more...
Who’s Speaking
John ChambersExecutive Chairman
Cisco Systems
Mike SchroepferCTO
Carlos GhosnCEO & Chairman
Renault-Nissan
JP RangaswamiChief Data OfficerDeutsche Bank
Werner VogelsCTO
Amazon
Will LewisCEO
Dow Jones
Linda BoffCMO
General Electric
Peggy JohnsonEVP of Business Development
Microsoft
Alan BoehmeCTO
The Coca-Cola Company
Zach NelsonPresident & CEO
NetSuite
John HayesCMO
American Express
David GouldenCEO
EMC
What is the Investor Track?
From the Global Heads of M&A and TMT at Goldman Sachs, to the head of new listings at NASDAQ, to the world’s leading angel and venture investors, we know how to connect the entire investor ecosystem.
By joining Investor Track you’ll maximise your ROI as you’ll be part of a series of exclusive social events, startup meetings and private roundtable discussions during Web Summit.
Join the network.
Web Summit has become the hottest, must-attend event in Europe and rivals any great conference in the US.Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures
6,000+ Founders/Co-founders
5,000+ Early Stage Startups
1,500+ Investors
500+ Late Stage Startups
30+ Verticals
If you want a global business, you go to global meetings, Web Summit is the Startups World Cup.
If you’re picking one European conference to attend with your startup, make it Web Summit.
The connections you make at Web Summit are unparalleled – we met users all over the world!
The networking opportunity of the year.
The networking at Web Summit is like no other European tech conference.
Why Startups Love Us
San Francisco, CA - USA
Dublin, Ireland
Sinaloa, Mexico
New York, NY - USA
Lisbon, Portugal
The connections we make at Web Summit are enough ROI on their own.
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Portugal 10%United Kingdom 10%United States 8%Germany 6%France 5%Switzerland 4%Netherlands 4%Italy 4%Spain 3%Unknown 3%Canada 3%Sweden 3%India 2%Belgium 2%United Arab Emirates 2%Brazil 2%
Other
Travel
Big Data
FinTech
Advertising, Content & Media
HealthTech
eCommerce
Hardware & IoT
Lifestyle, Recreation & Wellness
Social
Enterprise
Software
14%
8%
7%
5%
3%
12% 17%
9%
8%7%
6%
4%
Startup Demographics
Startups by Country (Top 15 Countries)
Startups by Vertical
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
France
Netherlands
Italy
Ireland
Portugal
Israel
Russia
21%
13%
6%
5%
4%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
Investor Demographics
Other
Vice President
Principal
Managing Director/General Partner
Partner/Venture Partner35%
27%
17%
14%
7%
Top 10 Countries Attending
Job Level
Who’s Joining Us
Arielle ZuckerbergPartner
KPCB
Joe LonsdaleCo-founder
8VC
Howard MorganCo-founder
First Round Capital
Steve AndersonFounder
Baseline Ventures
Dave McClureCo-founding Partner
500 Startups
Albert WengerManaging Partner
Union Square Ventures
Tony FlorenceGeneral Partner
NEA
Megan QuinnPartner
Spark Capital
and more...
Josh ElmanPartner
Greylock Partners
Shervin PishevarCo-Founder & Managing Director
Sherpa Ventures
Christine HerronDirector
Intel Capital
Phil LibinManaging Director
General Catalyst Partners
More Investors Joining Us
Name Title Company
Simon Patterson Managing Director Silver Lake
Stuart Ellman Managing Partner RRE Ventures
Bruce Aust Vice Chairman Nasdaq Inc.
Jeremy Philips General Partner Spark Capital
Rob Coneybeer Co-Founder & Managing Director
Shasta Ventures
Yossi Vardi Angel Investor
Mood Rowghani Partner KPCB
Tina Sharkey Partner Sherpa Foundry
Wesley Chan Managing Director Felicis Ventures
Jalak Jobanputra Founder FuturePerfect Ventures
Colin Greenspon Managing Director Mithril Capital Management
Takayuki Inagawa President & CEO Docomo Innovations
Nicole Glaros Chief Product Officer TechStars
Scott Stanford Managing Director Sherpa Ventures
Jeffrey Veen Design Partner True Ventures
Matt Higgins Co-Founder and CEO RSE Ventures
Matt Turck Managing Director FirstMark Capital
Ryan Sarver Partner Redpoint Ventures
Steve Herrod Managing Director General Catalyst Partners
Simon Murdoch Managing Partner Episode 1 Ventures
Mark Pols Principal GGV Capital
Lars Hinrichs Founder Cinco Capital
Mark Dauber General Partner Amplify Partners
More Investors Joining Us
Name Title Company
Davor Hebel Partner Fidelity Growth Partners
Adam Valkin Partner General Catalyst Partners
Eden Shochat Partner Aleph
Christophe Maire Founder and CEO Atlantic Ventures
Michael Jackson Partner Mangrove
Christian Nagel CEO & Founder Earlybird
Max Niederhofer Venture Partner Sunstone Capital
Philippe Botteri Partner Accel Partners
Jan Harley Investment Director Unilever
Sean O'Sullivan Managing Director SOS Ventures
Chad Fowler Venture Partner BlueYard
Nic Brisbourne Managing Partner Forward Venture Partners
Pankaj Jain Partner 500 Startups
Ben Dahl Partner Pelion Venture Partners
Elizabeth Galbut Founding Partner SoGal Ventures
Andrea Di Camillo Founder P101
Net Jacobsson Co-Founder & General Partner
SparkLabs Global Ventures
David Soskin Co-Founder HOWZAT Partners
Robert Jan Galema Managing Director INKEF Capital
Olivier Schuepbach Partner Partech Ventures
Brian Caulfield Partner DFJ Esprit
...and more
Funds Attending
Media Attending
Over 2,000 media from more than 100 markets will be at Web Summit in Lisbon. It’s not just editors from many of the world’s most influential publications, but market shaping industry reporters from leading technology and trade publications and blogs.
Glastonbury for Geeks.
The best technology conferences on the planet.
One of the world's most influential tech events.
The biggest conference in the startup space.
Everywhere you go it’s buzzing and it’s electric.
The giants of the web assemble.
Europe's largest technology conference.
The premier event in tech.
What the Media Says