Pirate Summit 2018 | Pirate Summit | 3 July 2018 | Odonien, Hornstraße 85, 50823 Köln, Germany

We had never organized events before and some of the basics like catering or registration were terrible. One thing that we did well — so we believe — was to get the right people together and set a context for them to meet in an authentic, intimate and non-transactional way. Over the years, as the group of participants got more diverse — that special atmosphere got kind of diluted.

As every event has its own focus, we want to embrace the original Pirate Summit spirit again. We see Pirate Summit as a platform that enables three main activities:
• Meaningful exchange and the fostering of connections among like-minded entrepreneurs
• Receiving support and learning from experts and especially from peers
• Raising capital or finding early stage investment opportunities

2018 Speakers

Arne Bassez
CEO, Skedify

Slobodan Vuckovic
Founder & CEO, AirDB

Philipp Nette
CEO, Cutnut

Peter Poehle
CEO, SponsorMyEvent

Arne Bassez
CEO, Skedify

Slobodan Vuckovic
Founder & CEO, AirDB

Philipp Nette
CEO, Cutnut

Peter Poehle
CEO, SponsorMyEvent

Ulrich Schmitt
Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds

Tatsiana Zaretskaya
Founder & CEO, Laava Tech

Andris Merkulovs
Founder & CEO, Monetizr

Fabian Heilemann
Partner, Earlybird VC

Sergiy Grushko
Founder & CEO, Litnet

Jonathan Sistonen
COO, DotLoyalty

Philipp Dreisen
Founder, SoJ

Felipe Millan
Community Builder & Evangelist, SendGrid

Florian Richling
Founder & CEO, ForTunes

Dominik Faber
Founder & CEO, Granola Studios

Gabriel Dombri
CEO & Product Strategist, Tapptitude

Johannes Rohde
Principal, Capnamic

Marina Ekroos
Founder & CEO, Frameright

Jan Miczaika
Partner, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures

Stephan Schubert
Managing Partner, STS Ventures

Jeffrey Dungen
Founder & CEO, reelyActive

Joao Cardoso
CEO, Lovys

Jörg Binnenbrücker
Founding Partner, Capnamic

Aleksandrs Švaikovs
CEO, OROCON

Teddy Funger
CTO, ProctorExam

Maria Wagner
Investment Director, Beringea LLP

Michael Hall
CEO, Digital Grass

Wabwire Joseph Ian
Founder, KQ HUB AFRICA

Loic Le Pichoux
Founder & CEO, Klear

Alan Gallicchio
Founder, Ecomate

Alain Rodermann
Managing Partner, Expon Capital

Ben Lee
Founder & CEO, Rootstrap

Florent Barre
CEO, Quorum

Tomasz Kopera
CEO, Ignico

Kumardev Chatterjee
CEO, Unmanned Life

Ksenia Belkina
Founder & CEO, Cardiomo

Louis Papaemmanuel
Director, The European Young Innovators Forum

Isabel Bescos
Investor, Balderton

Peter Haas
Associate Director, Brown University Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative

Norm Kvilis
Founder & CEO, Digipulse

Till Haunschild
Magician & CEO , incautio Systems

Alexander Lüttge
Investment Professional, coparion

Marcin Fejfer
Investment Manager, SpeedUp Venture Capital Group

Mathias Ockenfels
Partner, Speedinvest x

Wili Miettinen
Principal Hacker & Serial Entrepreneur, Varjo

Ryan Nelson
COO & Community Manager, Talent4gig

Marko Rant
Founder & CEO, Invoice Exchange

Claudia Lang
Founder & CEO, Community Life

Galo Vargas
CEO, Inkspired

Martina Yazgan
Business Development Partner Manager, Cognigy

Razvan Suta
Founder & COO, Polisensio

Judith Gampe
Founder & CEO, NOVA

Annemieke Frank
Founder, EduHeroes Club

Yannick Müller
CEO, everlean

Eric Larsen
Founder & CEO, Inkdome

Meeri Rebane
Founder, INZMO

Stylianos Chiotellis
CEO, Factor-E Analytics

Anna Lukasson-Herzig
CEO, Nyris

Carlo Daffara
Founder & CEO, NodeWeaver

Marco Botticelli
Founder & CEO, OPIÑON

Paweł Cichocki
Founder, Nebula Networks

Nikolina Zeljko
Founder, blablaDev

Marcela De Vivo
Digital Marketing Strategist, SEMrush

Vinay Solanki
Head of Commercial Growth Fund, Channel 4

Felix Gessert
Founder & CEO, Baqend

Nikolai Skatchkov
Founder, Circula

Matthias Riedl
Founder & Chief Growth Officer, DCMN

Brendan Jones
Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, Konsentus

Razvan Girmacea
Founder & CEO, Competitors.app

Ansis Lipenitis
Founder & CEO, Motivio

Vahagn Grigoryan
Founder & CEO, Currencii

Zhanna Jah
Founder & Songwriter, Ninja Founders

Thomas Schranz
Founder, Lemmings

Armand Brahaj
Founder, Zana

Bharat Lad
Founder & CEO, DadShed

Taher Mestiri
Founder & CTO, Seabex

Antonio Plasencia
CEO, SPORT.Guru

Simon Janicki
Founder & CEO, HCM Deck

Hans-Christian Stockfisch
CEO, Flexvelop

Tristan Littlejohn
CEO, Based Global

Alexander Bojer
Founder & CEO, Anivo 360

Christian Sauer
CEO, Webtrekk

Elizabeth Osterloh
Product Evangelist, DCMN

Zbigniew Wojna
Founder, TensorFlight

Michael Münnix
Partner, Target Partners

Eugene Greenberg
CEO, Click-ins

Žiga Vajdič
Founder & COO, Procurean

Peter Šimún
CEO, YesElf

Andrew J Scott
Founding Partner, 7percent Ventures

2018 Sponsors and Partners

COMMUNITY PARTNER:
.• City of Cologne

SAILING MASTER:
• KPMG
• SMART START

MASTER GUNNER:
• FACEBOOK
• GOGLE

FIRST MATES:
• NRW.BANK
• Iexoffice
• DWNRW
• Deutsche Bank
• WIRECARD
• Mediennetzwerk-NRW
• capnamic

SAILORS:
• NRW.INVEST
• DCMN
• IHK KoIn
• MERCK
• Corporation