DAY 0: WEDNESDAY 19TH OF MARCH

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While START Summit 2025 will start at 8.30 am on Thursday, the first exciting side events will take place on Wednesday Evening.

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PRIVATE SITDOWN DINNER

🕐 Wednesday Evening

📍 Communicated Upon Acceptance

Hosted by Balderton x Redalpine

FOUNDERS DAY ZERO

🕐 15:00 - 19:00

📍 Communicated Upon Acceptance

Hosted by The Delta

INVESTOR NIGHT

🕐 Start: 20:00

📍 Communicated Upon Acceptance

Hosted by Swisscom Ventures

LP & GP DINNER

🕐 Start: 19:00

📍 Communicated Upon Acceptance

Hosted by Founderful & Merantix

DAY 1: THURSDAY 20TH OF MARCH

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The first day of START Summit 2025 will start with the glorious opening ceremony followed by insightful workshop from international corporates and investors as well as ask me anything sessions with industry experts like Matt Cohler. Additionally this years Summit provides you with impactful speeches from people like Eric Schmidt or Jeanette zu Fürstenburg. In the evening you will then have the chance to attend exclusive side events like the START Forum or the Summit Afterhours.

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OPENING CEREMONY

🕐 8:30 - 10:15

📍 Summit Stage

Hosted by START

EUPHORIA: TURNING EUROPE'S STRENGTHS INTO FUTURE POWER MOVES

🕐 10:25 - 10:45

📍 Summit Stage

Featuring Jeanette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia, General Catalyst)

B2VENTURE: HOW THE FOURTH WAVE IS CHANGING STARTUPS

🕐 10:30 - 11:15

📍 Workshop Room 1

Hosted by B2Venture

YTTRIUM: INVESTING INTO EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY LEADERS

🕐 10:50 - 11:35

📍 Workshop Room 5

Hosted by Yttrium

NORTHZONE: SPOTIFY UNWRAPPED - BREAKING DOWN A BILLION-DOLLAR BET

🕐 12:20 - 13:05

📍 Workshop Room 2

Hosted by Northzone

TIME IS TICKING: WHY WE HAVE TO INVEST INTO DEFENSE TECH NOW

🕐 13:40 - 14:00

📍 Summit Stage

Featuring Dr. Klaus Hommels (Lakestar, NATO innovation fund)

INVESTOR UBS: PLAN, PITCH, CLOSE - A GUIDE TO FUNDRAISING

🕐 15:20 - 16:20

📍 Workshop Room 4

Hosted by UBS

Summit After Hours

🕐 Start 20:00

📍 Augustinergasse, 9000 St.

DAY 2: FRIDAY 21ST OF MARCH

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The second day of START Summit 2025 will kick off with pitching competitions, speakers and special activities. In the afternoon there will be the prestigious START Summiteer Pitching Competition Final as well as the other Pitching Competitions like SaaS, DeepTech and Swiss Sustainable Impact Award.

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SPEEDDATING UBS

🕐 10:30 - 12:00

📍 START Summit, UBS Booth

Hosted by UBS

MONEY TALKS: THE STATE OF EARLY-STAGE INVESTING IN EUROPE

🕐 10:40 - 11:05

📍 Summit Stage

Featuring Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and Founders Club

HOW TO MAKE YOUR STARTUP MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS

🕐 13:15 - 14:00

📍 Workshop Room 4

Hosted by Osborne & Clarke

STELLAR IDEAS: IGNITING THE FUSION REVOLUTION FOR A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

🕐 15:55 - 16:15

📍 Opportunity Stage

Featuring ERC Systems & Proxima Fusion

START SUMMIT CLOSING CEREMONY

🕐 TBA

📍 Summit Stage

START Global

HUBSPOT FOR STARTUPS: CRM MASTERY FOR SCALEUPS

🕐 12:10 - 12:55

📍 Workshop Room 1

Hosted by Hubspot