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The festival for startups

shaping how the world learns and works

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7-8 October 2025  |  Online

Past
Speakers

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Jon Lexa

President, Sana

Matti Niebelschütz

CEO and Co-founder, CoachHub

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Gina Gotthilf

Co-founder, Outsmart College & former VP of Marketing and Growth at Duolingo

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Roxana Dobrescu

Chief People Officer, commercetools

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Bernhard Niesner

Co-founder & former CEO, Busuu

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Jenny Coogan

Co-Founder, Newsela

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Erika Batista

Venture Partner, Intuition & Board Member, On Deck

Kirsten Campbell-Howes

VP of Learning, Elsa & ex-Chief Learning Officer, Busuu

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Ben Wirz

Founding Partner, Brighteye

Alex Latsis

Founding Partner, Brighteye

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Ranbir Arora

CEO & Co-Founder, Oneday

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Gunnar Windsand Sem

Co-founder, Installer.com

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Emilia Molimpakis

CEO & Co-Founder, thymia

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Workshops

The
Sessions

Day 1
7 Oct 2025

Introduction 

14:00 - 14:20 BST

Welcome to the Festival

We will announce specific speakers and focuses soon!

Session #1 

14:20 - 15:00 BST

How to raise a Series B in 2025

We dive into what it takes to raise a successful series B round in 2025, featuring founders that have done it and investors that led the round. 

Session #2

15:00 - 15:40 BST

Product Market Fit

We will dive into how companies can reach PMF faster and more efficiently, using a data-driven approach to run and understand rapid experimentation.  

Session #3

16:00 - 16:40 BST

B2B Sales

Sales leaders will discuss how to build, lead and motivate world-beating sales teams, so that you can smoothly scale your contracts.

Day 2
8 Oct 2025

Session #4 

14:00 - 14:40 BST

Customer
Success

We will address how to train and manage your customer success teams using your  own best practice and function best practice - from your leaders to managers to junior team members. 

Session #5

15:00 - 15:40 BST

International Expansion: Marketing

Leading marketers and expansion experts will walk through how to localise and experiment with your marketing messages in new markets. 

Session #6

16:00 - 16:40 BST

Funding/Investment:
PR Focus

PR leaders will walk through how to maximise the reach and impact of your media work, including funding announcements, marquee deals, product releases and others. 

Our Festival Partners

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TBC

TBC

Come Join Us

7-8 October 2025  |  Online

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