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Venture Capital Events & Conferences in December 2020 – Selected

Operating Partners Technology Forum Virtual Experience 2020

PEI is now pleased to bring the Operating Partners Technology Forum to uncover deep dive discussions, strategies and initiatives to achieve value creation through technology.  In an increasingly digital world, the Forum will gather an elite crowd of technology value creators in PE & VC portfolio operations.

When? December 1st – 2nd

The Big Score 2020

In 2020, The Big Score is an online investor & corporate innovation sourcing event that will help you boost your deal flow on 1-2-3 December. On Day 1, The Big Score welcomes 25 CIOs & CTOs to present some operational issues where they search tech solutions worth the contract. They host open sessions and welcome all relevant B2B tech startups & scale-ups. On Day 2 & 3, The Big Scores welcomes exclusively 50 VC nominated, best in class startups & scale-ups.

When? December 1st – 3rd

Web Summit 2020

Web Summit brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry. Why will thousands gather online? Three reasons: incredible speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities, and proprietary software that will maximise your experience. Join them for one incredible online event this December.

When? December 2nd – 4th

Ecosummit Zoom December 2020

The mission is to maximise our impact until 2030, the global deadline for carbon neutrality. At the end of this challenging year, Ecosummit wants to celebrate a very special online event together with you featuring some of the best founders and investors in Ecosummit community.

When? December 2nd

SWITCH 2020

Asia’s leading technology, innovation and enterprise festival is back from 7-11 December 2020 in Singapore! The Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) is the one-stop platform where innovation meets enterprise, with access to global startups, investors, corporates, innovation community and ecosystem players. Last year, SFF x SWITCH saw a record 60,000+ participants from 140 countries, 1,000 exhibitors and 569 global luminary speakers.

When? December 7th – 11th

GCV Symposium 2020

Join 400+ business leaders from the corporate venturing and wider high growth business ecosystem for Global Corporate Venturing’s 10th annual Symposium. Taking place at London’s County Hall, this year’s event will develop the industry’s ‘2020 Vision’ – a chance to look at how venture has grown and professionalised through corporate venture capital (CVC) over the past decade and what might come in the next on.

When? December 7th – 8th

NVCA VC StratComm Summit 2020

Join your fellow investor relations, marketing, and communication professionals in the VC and startup ecosystem for the (virtual) annual NVCA StratComm Summit. Do not miss this chance to hear from industry leaders and members of the press as we exchange best practices and navigate communications and PR in this “new normal”.

When? December 8th

Odense Investor Summit

Odense Investor Summit aims to connect startups & SMEs in need of funding from investors. Startups get the chance to pitch in front of pre-qualified investors. They have 15 innovative, investor-ready companies, interesting keynote from the Universal Robots’ President – Jürgen von Hollen and the Managing Director at Trumpf Venture GmbH Dr. Dieter Kraft. The companies line-up will be compiled of both Danish and international companies, 15 in total, with 9 of them being the RobotUnion SUPERSTARS. They have been selected from over 400 applicants and went through over a year long acceleration program.

When? December 9th

Wayra l The Funding Cocktail

TFC is a two-day virtual co-investors conference bringing real value to the ecosystem. There are many interesting key Venture Capitalists in Europe to offer exciting keynotes and insightful panel discussions.

When? December 9th – 10th

Tech Tour XR 2020

Tech Tour XR brings together entrepreneurs, investors (individual, corporate, business angel, or VC), corporates, & other stakeholders interested in immersive-technology products & services. The forum will select up to 30 entrepreneurs that have a relevant project with sufficient maturity and seek an additional 0.5 to 2 million € funding to reach the market. The selected entrepreneurs will have the chance to pitch their project to a jury made up of top selected investors, corporates, and other stakeholders, and these get a chance to invest in young companies likely to become the next multi-million €/$ market leaders in the booming area of immersive technologies.

When? December 16th – 17th

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Last week, I spent three days at Bits and Pretzels in Munich — a startup-focused event with a distinctly Bavarian flavor. Think Oktoberfest meets startup conference, complete with dirndls, lederhosen, and more beer than you might expect. As someone building an AI-powered event platform, I went in with a specific mission: Observe how startups actually market themselves at events. Here’s what I discovered: GoodBytz: The power of good demos What they did: Robotics startup GoodBytz set up a booth where its robots prepared kaiserschmarrn (a traditional German dessert) all day long. Why it worked: Nothing beats seeing a product in action. While other booths had brochures and demos, GoodBytz’s robots were actually cooking. The smell, the movement and the end result stirred together an experience that people will remember and talk about. The lesson: If you have a physical product, show it in action. The old writing adage generalizes well: Show, don’t tell.  Let people see, hear and touch the product. WeRoad: The bathroom hack What they did: Posted “Missing Investor” flyers in bathroom stalls with QR codes pointing to their website. Why it worked: Pure genius. Every startup at the event was looking for investors, but the “Missing Investor” headline, while a bit on the nose, proved irresistible. Plus, bathroom stalls are one of the few places where people have 30 seconds to actually read something. The lesson: Think about where your target audience’s attention will remain undivided. Sometimes, the most effective marketing leverages the most unexpected places. Emqopter: Visual impact matters What they did: Designed a bright orange booth that displayed their drone prominently. Why it worked: In a sea of grey, white, beige and brown, Emqopter’s bright orange booth was impossible to overlook. The drone was real, too, and proved a real conversation starter. The lesson: Your booth is competing with hundreds of others. Make it visually distinctive and ensure your product is the hero. Quests: Community building using the product What they did: Created a busy, branded booth with accessories (toy car, traffic cones, a bulletin board) and used their anti-loneliness app to build communities among founders at the event. Why it worked: Quests used their product to solve a real problem right at the event, and the busy booth design generated energy and curiosity. The lesson: Use your product to solve a problem at the event — if it’s possible, of course. Demonstrate your value in real time. Dyno: Event-themed marketing What they did: Distributed branded electrolyte packs with the tagline “Your hangover ends. Your pension lasts – with Dyno.” Why it worked: Dyno aligned its messaging perfectly with the Oktoberfest theme. Every attendee was thinking about beer and hangovers, so Dyno’s goodies were quite relevant. The tagline was clever, memorable, and directly addressed a pain point most people at the event might have to deal with later. The lesson: Tailor your marketing to the event’s theme and culture. The more you tie your messaging and product to the context, the more memorable you become. So, what did I learn? Event marketing is about more than just showing up and setting up a booth; you have to understand your audience and create experiences that people will remember. Here’s what really struck me: most startups and even big companies don’t know how to leverage events properly. They book the booth, show up and hope for the best; maybe they bring some branded pens and a pop-up banner. Then they’ll go back home and wonder why they spent €5,000 in exchange for 50 business cards that never convert. The startups that stood out at Bits and Pretzels understand something fundamental: event ROI isn’t about booth size or location; it’s about strategy, creativity and planning. None of the startups above improvised on-site, or planned something the night before the event in their hotel rooms. They laid everything out 4-6 weeks before the event. A solid pre-event strategy is what separates successful event marketing from expensive booth rental.  But what matters most for early-stage startups is that you don’t need a massive budget to stand out. WeRoad’s bathroom stall hack probably cost €50 to print the flyers. A standard booth package at Bits and Pretzels would go for €3,000 to €5,500. The ROI difference is staggering when you compare the cost per meaningful conversation. That’s the difference between simply spending money and investing smartly. Building Sesamers has taught me that helping startups find the right events is only half the equation. The other half is helping them understand how to maximize ROI once they’re there. Good props aren’t a marketing expense; they’re opportunities to meet customers, investors and partners, and strike up engaging conversations.

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