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STARTUP SESAME TECH EVENTS ANNUAL REPORT

1ST EDITION2017-2018

Extract from Atomico’s “The State of European Tech 2017“ survey results(3,480 responses)

1Atomico: The State of European Tech 2017Europe's growing and highly-engaged tech communities

WHY TECH EVENTS

MATTER

TECH EVENTSARE ON THE RISE

STARTUPS ALREADY KNOW THEY MATTER

SURVEY PARTICIPANT SEGMENTATION*

*¼ Women - ¾ Men

Founder

Employee at a private tech startup or scale-up

Employee at a private company that is not

a tech startup/ scale-up

Venture capitalist

Employee at a publicly listed tech company

Student

Other

Employee in the public sector

Other investor

Employee at a publicly listed non-tech company

Angel investor

32.6%

16.0%

10.4%

10.0%

6.4%

5.9%

5.1%

4.3%

3.8%

3,0%

2,6%

There are over 62.0001 Tech meetupsevery year in Europe alone.

This number has almost doubled since 2015 and shows no sign of slowing down; fueled by new digital landscapes, making it easier for events to attract high-profile speakers and attendees from all over the world.

These events are bringing startups, investors, corporates and media together; offering opportunities for collaboration, demonstration and business development.

As the volume of startup events continues to expand, organizers are battling to build more value for entrepreneurs looking to tap into industry-leading experts, thought-leaders and investors.

OF PARTICIPANTS AGREE THAT TECH EVENTS GENERATE BENEFITS FOR THEM

91%

ATTENDED 6+ TECH EVENTS THIS YEAR!

21%

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71%

16%

3% 2%

TECH EVENTS PER YEAR

• PA G E - 2 • • PA G E - 3 •

FUELING THE “TECH EVENT GENERATION“

Back in June 2015, we had this crazy idea to unite event organizers looking to help entrepreneurs expand within the European Tech ecosystem. Slush, Pioneers Festival, Webrazzi Summit, Arctic15, Tech Open Air and Challengers were the first events to trust in our vision and support this initiative. Since 2015, we have grown this ecosystem to 30 official partner events and are currently working with 100+ events worldwide.

As a member of the Tech event generation, we believe entrepreneurs can change the world if they attend the right event, at the right time. Unfortunately, the lack of verified and transparent information about events makes it hard for these entrepreneurs to decide which events to attend, and when.

We decided to change this and co-create with our community a world where professional meetings have a sustainable and positive impact on our society. No more time lost at useless conferences, no more money wasted on poorly-organized tradeshows.

If informed and accurate decision-making fosters innovation, this annual report is our humble contribution to a stronger innovation ecosystem in Europe.

Ben Costantini

Co-Founder & CEO, Startup Sesame

STARTUP SESAME IS THE LARGEST ALLIANCE OF TECH EVENTS IN EUROPE & THE FIRST COMMUNITY OF TECH EVENT INSIDERS

We connect Tech events in Europe with our growing community

We deliver event strategy to companies looking to efficiently navigate startup and innovation ecosystems

OUR NETWORK

• 30,000 Tech enthusiasts• 1700+ startups• 200+ accelerators and incubators• 30 partner events• a pool of 30+ mentors

WHAT WE DO

We support startups via our Event Acceleration Programs

• PA G E - 4 • • PA G E - 5 •

EUROPE A program for European startups in different industriesCitizenLab (Belgium) - Citron (Paris) - Combyne (Germany)CyborgNest (UK) - Letz.do (Netherlands) - Limitless (UK)

MOBILITY A program dedicated to mobility startupsPOMP (France) - Zify (India/France)

ENTERTAINMENT A program designed for creative startupsGameway (UK) - Look Live Media (Belgium) Soundsgood (France) - WARM (Denmark)

OVERVIEW FROM OUR 2017 CALL FOR ENTRIES

• 200+ CANDIDATES FROM 38 COUNTRIES• 1.9 AVERAGE YEARS OF EXISTENCE• 12 STARTUPS WERE SELECTED FOR STARTUP SESAME SEASON 3

OUR EVENTACCELERATION PROGRAMS

OUR PROGRAMS SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS

LOOKING TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS

INTERNATIONALLY.

SELECTED STARTUPS BECOME “SESAMERS” AND

JOIN A COMMUNITY OF TECH EVENT INSIDERS.

THEY GET PREMIUM ACCESS TO CONFERENCES

AND TRADESHOWS, VISIBILITY, GUIDANCE

AND MENTORING SESSIONS WITH A POOL OF

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS.

Startup Sesame has been extremely valuable for us as an early stage startup. The mentors have helped us tremendously - kicking down doors for us at very important events.

Jesper SkibsbyCo-Founder & CEO, Warm

Given Startup Sesame’s expertise in knowing and interacting with tech/startup events, they were the perfect fit for us.

Chedy RiahiInnovation Associate, BNP Paribas

Thanks to Startup Sesame’s expansive network of European tech influencers and ecosystems, we were able to scout the very best mobility and transport startups in Europe!

Karima DelliChairwoman of the Transport and Tourism Committee, European Parliament

It’s exciting to see an organisation that is by the startup community, for the startup community, go from strength to strength. We are proud to support what we view as a key grassroots organisation working tirelessly to support founders and Tech events across Europe.

Bryce KeaneHead of Communications, Atomico

It’s all very simple, but also extremely valuable in my opinion, as (especially first-time) entrepreneurs don’t always know which event will provide the best bangs for their (limited) bucks.

Robin WautersFounding Editor, Tech.eu

Startup sesame has a special place in our hearts for embracing us and our campaign by providing unparalleled access to top events across Europe. What stands out most however, and makes Startup Sesame truly special, is the passion of the incredible team behind it.

Soumyadip RakshitCo-founder,Mystery Vibe

VOICES

• PA G E - 6 • • PA G E - 7 •

EVERY YEAR, WE HANDPICK THE

BEST EVENTS TO JOIN OUR PARTNER

NETWORK, WORKING WITH THEM

SIDE-BY-SIDE TO DELIVER MORE

VALUE, ENERGY AND CONNECTIONS.

THIS ANNUAL REPORT SERVES AS

A USEFUL REFERENCE TO QUICKLY

GAUGE THE VALUE OF EACH EVENT

FROM OUR NETWORK.

WHAT WHERE

WHEN

FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

February 9-10Riga

February 27March 1

Barcelona

April 11-12Paris

May 3-5Helsinki

May 18Tel Aviv

May 17-19Gdansk

June 6-7Lisbon

June 7-9Nantes

June 8-9Sofia

June 1-2Vienna

June 6-15Stockholm

JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

June 14-17Barcelona

June 29July 2Clermont-Ferrand

July 11-14Berlin September 6-7

Cologne

September 26Paris

September 4Stockholm

September 13-17Frankfurt

October 18Istanbul

July 31August 1Hollywood

October 4-10Madrid

October 11-12Amsterdam

October 17San Fran-cisco

October 26-27Paris

October 19-21Paris

November 30December 1Helsinki

November24-26Tallinn

1 TECHCHILL

2 4YFN

3 LEADERS

4 ARCTIC15

5 INFOSHARE

6 ECOMOTION

7 PIONEERS

8 LISBON INVESTMENT SUMMIT

9 SYMPOSIUM

10 WEB2DAY

11 DIGITALK

12 SONAR +D

13 EUROPAVOX FESTIVAL

14 TECH OPEN AIR

15 WORLDZ

16 STHLM TECH FEST

17 PIRATE SUMMIT

18 NEW MOBILITY WORLD

19 FRANCE DIGITALE DAY

20 MONDIAL TECH

21 SOUTH SUMMIT

22 WORLD SUMMIT AI

23 SF MUSIC TECH

24 WEBRAZZI

25 AUTONOMY

26 HELLO TOMORROW

27 ROBOTEX

28 SLUSH

• PA G E - 8 • • PA G E - 9 •

Date: 09 - 10 Feb. 2017Next Date: 08 - 09 Feb. 2018Location: Riga, Latvia

1,100 participants

70 investors

56 speakers

26 countries

200 startups

10 startup pitches

Website: techchill.co

STARTUP SESAME ACTIVATION:

• Opening keynote: “How to Hack Tech

Events”

Date: 27 Feb. - 01 Mar. 2017Next Date: 26 - 28 Feb. 2018Location: Barcelona, Spain

19,500 participants

600 exhibitors

544 corporates

700 investors

748 journalists

275 speakers

160 countries

600 startups

1,800M of media reach

200 startup pitches

Website: 4yfn.com


• Sesame Dinner with 25 participants

• Startup Sesame Booth

• Panel: “Hacking Events like a Viking“

• Telegram group with over 100 members

EVENT ACCELERATION PROGRAM:

Sesame startups on-site: TOPDOX

(Portugal) / We Farm (UK) / Talent.io

(France) / 30min MBA (Sweden) /

OpenBack (Ireland) / Mystery Vibe (UK)

We Farm won the “Disrupted by

Mobile“ competition

Date: 03 - 05 May 2017Next Date: 30 - 31 May 2018 Location: Helsinki, Finland

1,500 participants

150+ corporates

300+ investors

60+ countries

450+ startups

30 startup pitches

Website: arctic15.com


• Telegram group with 30 members


Sesame startup on-site: Letz.do

(Netherlands)

Date: 11 - 12 Apr. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: Paris, France

1,200 participants

16 exhibitors

350 corporates

55 investors

65 journalists

100 speakers

50 countries

90 startups

Website: paris.leade.rs


• Startup Sesame Summit with 13

international event organisers

• Telegram group with over 60

members


Sesame startup on-site: Talent.io

(France)

• PA G E - 1 0 • • PA G E - 1 1 •

Date: 18 May 2017Next Date: 23 May 2018 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

1,500 participants

70 exhibitors

300 corporates

25 journalists

45 speakers

23 countries

200 startups

40 startup pitches

Website: ecomotion.org.il


• Key information shared with clients

• Sourcing for New Mobility World


Sesame startups on-site: POMP

(France) / Pzartech (Israel) / Faraday

Motion (Germany)

Date: 17 - 19 May 2017Next Date: 22 - 23 May 2018 Location: Gdansk, Poland

5,500 participants

180 exhibitors

2,700 companies and organizations

100 investors

150 journalists

133 speakers

45 countries

250 startups

3,3M of media reach

4,741 social media mentions

270 publications

120 startup pitches

Website: infoshare.pl


• Invitation for mentors

Date: 06 - 07 Jun. 2017Next Date: 06 - 07 Jun. 2018 Location: Lisbon, Portugal

1,000 participants

37 corporates

200+ investors

100 speakers

40 countries

300+ startups

Website: lis-summit.com




Sesame startups on-site: CitizenLab

(Belgium) / POMP (France) / Zify

(France) / Faraday Motion (Germany)

Date: 01 - 02 Jun. 2017Next Date: 24 - 25 Feb. 2018Location: Vienna, Austria

2,500 participants

39 exhibitors

600 corporates

300 investors

200 journalists

80 speakers

100+ countries

500 startups

1,071 articles

9M€ media equivalency of online

articles

80 startup pitches

Website: pioneers.io/events


• Startup Sesame booth


• Sesame Dinner with 30 participants


members


Sesame startups on-site: Gameway

(UK) / CitizenLab (Belgium) / Combyne

(Germany) / Limitless (Netherlands) /

Zify (France) / Pzartech (Israel) /

Faraday Motion (Germany)

• PA G E - 1 2 • • PA G E - 1 3 •

Date: 07 - 09 Jun. 2017Next Date: 13 - 15 Jun. 2018 Location: Nantes, France

5,000 participants

25 exhibitors

50 corporates

300 speakers

75 startups

19,036 livestreams

49 startup pitches

Website: web2day.co


• Moderation of 2 panels



(France) / Zify (France) / Citron (France)

Zify won the pitch competition

Date: 07 - 15 Jun. 2017Next Date: 06 - 16 Jun. 2018Location: Stockholm, Sweden

530 participants

55 journalists

70 speakers

6 startup pitches

Website: symposium.co



• Discount for mentors


Sesame startups on-site:

Look Live Media (Belgium) /

Soundsgood (France) / WARM

(Denmark)

Date: 14 - 17 Jun. 2017Next Date: 13 - 16 Jun. 2018 Location: Barcelona, Spain

61,000 participants

66 exhibitors

3,242 corporates

32 investors

90 speakers

104 countries

30 startups

30 startup pitches

Website: sonarplusd.com



• Speakers confirmed among our

mentors

• Dinner with 8 participants


Sesame startups on-site: Look Live

Media (Belgium) / WARM (Denmark) /

Combyne (Germany)

Date: 08 - 09 Jun. 2017Next Date: 31 May - 01 Jun. 2018Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

2,500 participants

15 exhibitors

300 corporates

100 investors

20 journalists

60 speakers

20 countries

350 startups

12 startup pitches

Website: digitalk.bg




Sesame startups on-site: Citron

(France) / Combyne (Germany) / Letz.do

(Netherlands)

• PA G E - 1 4 • • PA G E - 1 5 •

Date: 11 - 14 Jul. 2017Next Date: 19 - 22 Jun. 2018 Location: Berlin, Germany

20,000 participants

106 exhibitors

75 corporates

450 investors

200 speakers

40 countries

1,200 startups

200 international media outlets

22 media partners

25 startup pitches

Website: toa.berlin



members



Sesame startups on-site: Look

Live Media (Belgium) / Combyne

(Germany) / POMP (France) / Zify

(France)

Zify won the pitch competition

Date: 29 Jun. - 02 Jul. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: Clermont-Ferrand,

France

50,000 participants

25 countries

27 startups

6 startup pitches

Website: europavoxfestival.com

A partnership with digital startup

incubators, a space for experimentation

offering a selection of startup to test

their prototypes on each dimension

of the cooperation project and in an

international environment, a space

for creativity bringing together

professionals, startups and journalists

in order to stimulate the expression of

new needs, identification of new uses

and innovative devices.

Date: 04 Sep. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: Stockholm, Sweden

4,000 participants

120 exhibitors

100 investors

35 journalists

60 speakers

20 countries

100 startups

Website: sthlm-tech-fest-2017.confetti.

events


Sesame startup on-site: Combyne

(Germany)

Date: 11 Jul. - 01 Aug. 2017Next Date: 17 - 18 Oct. 2018Location: Hollywood, USA

1,720 participants

16 exhibitors

50 investors

80 journalists

20 countries

640M of media reach

Website: worldz.us



• Tickets sold via promo code

• PA G E - 1 6 • • PA G E - 1 7 •

Date: 13 - 17 Sep. 2017Next Date: TBD Location: Frankfurt, Germany

250,000 participants

2.013 exhibitors

25 corporates

2,000 journalists

200 speakers

19 countries

40 startups

75,000+ page views

430M of media reach

150 startup pitches

Website: newmobility.world


• Startup sourcing

• Partner of the startup competition



(France) / Zify (France)

Date: 06 - 07 Sep. 2017Next Date: 03 - 05 Jul. 2018Location: Cologne, Germany

1,000 participants

60 exhibitors

100 corporates

250 investors

25 journalists

100 speakers

79 countries

500 startups

10,000 newsletter reach

10,000 social media reach

70 startup pitches

Website: piratesummit.com



members

• Moderation & speaking at 4 sessions


Sesame startups on-site: Combyne

(Germany) / POMP(France) / Zify

(France)

Combyne was the finalist of the pitch

competition

Date: 01 - 04 Oct. 2016Next Date: 01- 06 Oct. 2018 Location: Paris, France

1,250,000 participants

245 exhibitors

10,000 journalists

30 speakers

19 countries

26 startups

8 startup pitches

Website: mondial.tech


• Startup sourcing

• Partner of the startup competition


Sesame startups on-site: EverCharge

(USA) / SmartUp Cities (Spain) /

Faraday Motion (Denmark) / Pzartech

(Israel)

Date: 26 Sep. 2017Next Date: 25 Sep. 2018Location: Paris, France

2,000 participants

35 exhibitors

200 corporates

40 investors

200 journalists

60 speakers

800 startups

13,000 newsletter

55,000 social media

Website: francedigitale.org


• Moderation of 1 panel



Sesame startups on-site: Soundsgood

(France) / CitizenLab (Belgium) / POMP

(France) / Zify (France)

• PA G E - 1 8 • • PA G E - 1 9 •

Date: 11 - 12 Oct. 2017Next Date: 10 - 11 Oct. 2018 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

2,800 participants

30 exhibitors

390 corporates

360 investors

51 journalists

136 speakers

72 countries

360 startups

Website: worldsummit.ai




Sesame startup on-site: Letz.do

(Netherlands)

Date: 04 - 06 Oct. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: Madrid, Spain

12,500 participants

46 corporates

650 investors

325 journalists

460 speakers

3000 startups

95 startup pitches

Website: southsummit.co



members

• Event Hacking & Brand Activation for

OpenUp BNP Paribas


Sesame startups on-site: WARM

(Denmark) / Combyne (Germany) /

Limitless (Netherlands) / Zify (France)

Date: 18 Oct. 2017Next Date: 22 - 23 May. 2018 Location: Istanbul, Turkey

1,500 participants

65 exhibitors

650 corporates

100 investors

50 journalists

38 speakers

20 countries

200 startups

10 national newspaper coverage

5 magazines

10 startup pitches

Website: summit.webrazzi.com


• Moderation of 1 panel

• Information shared with client


Wildcard invitations

Date: 17 Oct. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: San Francisco, USA

800 participants

78 speakers

20 startup pitches

Website: sfmusictech.com


• Jury of the startup competition

• PA G E - 2 0 • • PA G E - 2 1 •

Date: 26 - 27 Oct. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: Paris, France

4,000 participants

160 exhibitors

18 corporates

300 investors

113 speakers

10 countries

72 startup pitches

Website: hello-tomorrow.org


• Tickets sold with our promo code

Date: 19 - 21 Oct. 2017Next Date: 18 - 20 Oct. 2018Location: Paris, France

10,000 participants

220 exhibitors

200 journalists

110 speakers

30 countries

80 startups

2,5M € of media reach

342 press

33,6000 social media mentions

Trending topic in Paris on October,

2017

39 startup pitches

Website: autonomy.paris


• TweetChat organised with our

mentors on the future of urban mobility

• Event Hacking for clients


Sesame startup on-site: POMP (France)

Date: 30 Nov. - 01 Dec. 2017Next Date: 04 - 05 Dec. 2018 Location: Helsinki, Finland

20,000 participants

350 exhibitors

60 corporates

1,500 investors

610 journalists

176 speakers

131 countries

2,600 startups

49,800 tweets

100 startup pitches

Website: slush.org



members

• Event Hacking & Brand Activation for

OpenUp BNP Paribas

• Event Hacking for clients

• Sesame Workshop

• Dinner with TOA/Opnrs

• Tickets sold with our promocode

• Support of the State of European Tech

Report by Atomico & Slush

• Jury for the Slush competition


Sesame startups on-site: WARM

(Denmark) / Soundsgood (France) /

Cyborg Nest (UK) / Combyne

(Germany) / Limitless (Netherlands) /

POMP (France)

WARM and Soundsgood won the Slush Music competition

Date: 24 - 26 Nov. 2017Next Date: TBDLocation: Tallinn, Estonia

20,000 participants

84 exhibitors

10 investors

25 journalists

16 speakers

35 countries

300 media

12 startup pitches

Website: robotex.ee

• PA G E - 2 2 • • PA G E - 2 3 •

www.startupsesame.com

[email protected]

Thank you to our community and team for their help with this report.

In particular, thank you to Maxime-Jean Guibbert, Ando Razafindrainibe, Jonny Yin and Suzanne Newman. Thank you Dan Taylor for providing us with the visual story

of our network of events.

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