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European startup events
Which European startup events are worth the ticket, the flight and the two days - costed and compared.
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IFA 2026: the twenty startups who pitched, and the one who won
A company that prints implantable human tissue won a pitch competition at…
Sep 10 · 7 min
AI events in Europe: the conferences that matter
Research conferences, industry expos and festival AI stages do different jobs -…
Aug 28 · 7 min
Startup events in Paris: the scene, the seasons and the rooms that matter
How the Paris event year really works: VivaTech in June, the rentrée…
Aug 28 · 7 min
What exhibiting at a tradeshow really costs
Nobody publishes real tradeshow costs - here is the 2.5x rule, the…
Aug 28 · 7 min
Half the Slush 100 builds hardware
Fifty-two of the 100 companies Slush selected for 2026 sell something that exists in the physical world: a battery, a robot, a…
Ben Costantini · September 16, 2026 · 11 min