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Speaker Ana Maiques, Co-founder & CEO, Neuroelectrics, on the Startup University Stage during day two of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

Startup University

No one prepared you for this in school. Welcome to Web Summit’s crash course on building and growing your startup, with curated content and insights from some of the world’s most famous startup success stories. Your ticket gives you access to all Startup University sessions, as well as to roundtables, masterclasses and other 24 tracks at Web Summit.

What's happening?

No startup has all the answers at the beginning. Here, the biggest success stories take to the stage to share what they’ve learned along the way. Discover which business models and which strategies are taking startups to new geographies and new growth.

From startup to scale-up

The funding landscape has changed dramatically, and there’s a new reality for raising money. With inflation and recession on the rise, what are investors looking for in the new market? Founders, unicorns and investors discuss the challenges and opportunities they’re facing and debate the lessons that can be learned from the turmoil of recent months.

Funding landscape in 2023

What’s the next big thing? Where is the new wave of tech innovation taking us? What are the coolest technologies that are going to make a difference in the next five years? Meet the startups innovating across AI, biotech, the sharing economy, agritech, healthtech, robotics and more, as they deliver the next wave of creative change.

Next-gen technologies

Have you got the right co-founder? Have you hired the right team? What about a board? Who you surround yourself with as a founder is one of the most important decisions you can make. Early hiring, recruiting for hypergrowth and leaning on your co-founder are all hugely important parts of the startup journey. Learn from founders who have succeeded – and failed – in getting the right people for their company.

The company you keep

Meet our 2023 startup speakers

Maya Noël

Co-founder

Sacha Michaud

Founder & Principal

Sita Chantramonklasri

Founder

Mike Sigal

Eric-Niclas Garsleitner

Silvina Moschini

Co-founder & COO

Sarah Al-Hussaini

Executive Director

Gil Azevedo

Co-founder & CEO

Juan Pablo Ortega

Founding Partner

Jenny Ruth Hrafnsdottir

Hanna Marie Asmussen

Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation

Mário Campolargo

Companies that attend

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

Michele Romanow, Co-founder, Clearco

“You have to deeply care about your mission.”

Juan Pablo Ortega, Co-founder, Rappi