The leading media brand empowering startup Europe | Backed by the Financial Times. Sifted is the critical friend of the European startup ecosystem – providing startup founders, senior management teams, investors and service providers with the curated insights, in-depth analysis and networking opportunities they need to grow their business. Whatever your role is within the ecosystem, however you like to stay up to speed, we've got something for you: 🗞️ Sifted Daily: Our daily newsletter is the essential morning read for founders, investors and corporates who want a quick digest of the news that matters 🔎 Sifted Pro: Our premium …

Profit because of impact We work to make impact investing mainstream and mobilize capital and businesses to deliver positive impact. We accelerate and invest in Ocean and African companies solving the world’s greatest challenges. Katapult VC is a investment company with two investment strategies focusing on impact driven climate ventures. In total, Katapult has made 169 investments in impact ventures globally. Our two investment teams and themes are: 🌊 Katapult Ocean, the world’s most active ocean impact venture fund investing globally and recognized as a Top Investor by World Economic Forum, Uplink and Top50 Climate investors. Katapult Ocean is a …

160+ countries. 40+ currencies. Money for here, there and everywhere. Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move money around the world. With the Wise account people and businesses can hold 40+ currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new cross-border payments network that will one day power money without borders for everyone, everywhere. However you use the platform, Wise is on a mission to make your life easier and save you money. Co-founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, Wise launched in 2011 …

Sectors: Bank

Help increase the GDP of the internet. Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

Sectors: IT services

Notion is a venture capital firm, investing in European SaaS and enterprise tech with more than 80 investments to date Notion Capital is a Venture Capital investing firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud, with more than 100 investments to date. We support our exceptional founders on their extraordinary journeys, with life time capital and a value-add platform. Seed Investment, SaaS, Series-A investment, Cloud Computing, Venture Capital, and Technology Startups

Money20/20 is where the world’s fintech leaders convene to grow their businesses. An Ascential Company. Launched by industry insiders in 2012, as the world began to recover from the global financial crisis and digitization began to transform our world, Money20/20 has rapidly become the heartbeat of the global fintech ecosystem. As we have grown, the most innovative, fast-moving ideas and companies have driven their growth on our platform. Mastercard, Airwallex, J.P. Morgan, Stripe, Google, Marqeta, VISA, Adyen, Checkout.com and more make transformational deals and raise their global profile with us. We now attract leaders from the world’s greatest VC firms, …

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting …

Sectors: IT services

Entrepreneur First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. Entrepreneur First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2014, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. The startups cofounded on …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

"The world's biggest technology event" - POLITICO. Join us in Lisbon, Doha, Rio de Janeiro and Vancouver #WebSummit In the years since 2009, Web Summit has grown from a 150-person conference in Dublin to a global event series gathering more than 140,000 attendees every year from all over the world. We build incredible things, from technology and stages to relationships and experiences. Since 2009, we've grown our team to more than 340 people. At our headquarters in Dublin, Ireland – and in Portugal, Canada, Qatar, Brazil and many more locations around the world – incredible engineers, developers, producers, designers, marketers …

Empowering Barcelona's digital and tech ecosystem Barcelona Tech City is now TECH BARCELONA. #TechBarcelona is a private, independent, non-profit association that works to strengthen Barcelona as a benchmark on the international digital and technological scene. We are the gateway and platform for active participation in the ecosystem. We connect and make startups visible. We catalyse innovation processes with corporations. We foster entrepreneurship. We attract investment. We empower talent. We vertebrate and empower the ecosystem. Internet, Digital, Tech, Business, Barcelona, Tecnología, Negocio, Barcelonatechcity, Pier01, Leadership, Startup, Corporates, Pier03, Networking, and Events

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 70,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, …

Sectors: IT services

Factory Network is a platform to inspire and empower, bringing together creative, academic, industrial and tech talent. Factory Network is a platform to inspire and empower, bringing together creative, academic, industrial, and tech talent in a multi-city, global network. Standing as a dynamic nexus for individuals united in their quest to reshape the world, we enable our vibrant community to connect, collaborate, and flourish collectively. Spaces, events, partnerships and programs empower members to build the next generation of tech businesses. In addition, members benefit from access to our dynamic campuses in Berlin - Factory Berlin - and Hamburg - Factory …

EU-Startups.com is the leading online magazine about startups in Europe. Also check out our annual EU-Startups Summit! Menlo Media is the parent company of EU-Startups.com, the leading online publication about startups in Europe. In addition, Menlo Media organizes the annual EU-Startups Summit and focuses on FutureTravel.com and related projects.

Sectors: Media

Changing the world through digital experiences. Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences. Software, Creative Cloud, Digital Marketing, Web Experience Management, Digital Media, Creative Suite, Digital Publishing, Photoshop, Online Analytics, Illustrator, Touch Apps, Acrobat, Mobile Apps, Social Marketing, Web Marketing, and Social Measurement

Sectors: IT services

Airbnb is a community based on connection and belonging. Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million Hosts who have welcomed over 1.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. travel accommodations, collaborative economy, and hospitality

Sectors: Real Estate

Techstars program helping remarkable teams scale through a connected, energizing, and community-driven experience. This hybrid accelerator program is funded in partnership with Grinnell College and focused on startups addressing innovations across a broad technology landscape. Affiliate partners, The University of Iowa and Iowa State University, contribute mentorship and ecosystem support as well. If you're team is ready to make a ruckus, let's build together. #GiveFirst Entrepreneurship, Startups, and Venture Capital

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We have 273,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 143 countries and territories. With a worldwide presence, KPMG continues to build on our successes thanks to clear vision, defined values and, above all, our people. Our industry focus helps KPMG firms’ professionals develop a rich understanding of clients'​ businesses and the insight, skills and resources required to address industry-specific issues and opportunities. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm …

Sectors: Consulting, audit

Make something people want. Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 4,500 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Instacart, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world alongside the products and programs to support founders for the life of their company.

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Official Global LinkedIn page for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, …

Sectors: IT services

Creando Oportunidades At BBVA we are leading the transformation of banking worldwide, united in pursuing our goal of bringing the age of opportunity to everyone. Firmly focused on the future, our on-going digital transformation is already producing disruptive innovations that power our vision of banking. Every one of our 121,486 employees, from branch staff to senior leaders, plays an essential role in giving our 71.5 million customers the cutting edge banking solutions that they deserve. Building on 166 years of history we know the importance of constant development, which is why we place so much confidence in the collaborative working …

Sectors: Bank

Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting people. STARTUPGRIND Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. It is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in 500 cities and 125 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Startup Grind is a connected online and offline network of vibrant startup communities to help fuel innovation, economic growth and prosperity at the local level. While Startup Grind was founded in Palo …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Listen Talk Act We are the leading financial group in the Spanish market, comprised of banking business, insurance activity and investments in international banks and leading companies in the services sector. CaixaBank is a financial group with a socially responsible, long-term universal banking model, based on quality, trust, and specialisation, which offers a value proposition of products and services adapted for each sector, adopting innovation as a strategic challenge and a distinguishing feature of its corporate culture, and whose leading position in retail banking in Spain and Portugal makes it a key player in supporting sustainable economic growth. Savings banking, …

Sectors: Bank

Luxembourg’s dedicated Fintech centre where finance and technology interact to shape the future of financial services. The LHoFT is a new public-private sector initiative that will be dedicated to advancing Luxembourg’s ambitions in financial technology (fintech). The LHoFT aims to foster innovation and develop solutions that shape the future of financial services. It will connect and create value for the entire Luxembourg financial ecosystem; financial institutions, fintech startups & trailblazers, IT industry, research and academia as well as the regulatory and public authorities. Its founding private sector partners are: BGL BNP Paribas, Clearstream (Deutsche Börse Group), BCEE, Deloitte, Foyer Group, …

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. global digital payments/commerce, technology, innovative …

Sectors: Finance

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Learn more at Visa.com. Global payments technology company

Sectors: Finance

👋 We're Salesforce, the customer company. CRM + Data + AI + Trust. 👋 We're Salesforce, the customer company. CRM + Data + AI + Trust. Privacy Statement: http://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/ Enterprise Cloud Computing and Customer Relationship Management

Sectors: IT services

Offering talent leaders the reach of a marketing leader, forecast of a sales leader, and insight of a finance leader. Lever is a leading Talent Acquisition Suite that makes it easy for talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever is the only platform that provides all talent acquisition leaders with complete ATS and robust CRM capabilities in one product, LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to scale and grow their people pipeline, build authentic and long-lasting relationships, and source the right people to hire. Lever Analytics provides customized …

Sectors: Consumer Goods Food