Earlybird is a venture capital investor focused on European technology companies. Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all growth and development phases of a company. Amongst the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources, but also strategic and operational support as well as access to an international network and capital markets. Earlybird manages different funds with focuses on digital technologies in Eastern and Western Europe as well as health technologies. With EUR 1.5 billion under management, seven IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most successful venture capital firms in Europe.

sennder is Europe’s leading freight forwarder offering shippers access to their connected fleet of thousands of trucks. In a traditional industry, sennder is fast-forwarding road logistics, focusing on the digitalization and automation of all road logistics processes. By leveraging proprietary technology, sennder is building an ecosystem that leads the industry into the 21st century with a new degree of transparency, efficiency and flexibility

We are UiPath and we believe in using the transformative power of automation to liberate the boundless potential of people. A world with a robot for every person is our goal. We’re dedicated to delivering the Fully Automated Enterprise™, one where companies use automation to unlock unlimited growth opportunities. UiPath offers an end-to-end platform for automation, combining the leading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution with a full suite of capabilities and techs like AI, Process Mining, and Cloud to enable every organization to rapidly scale digital business operations. We encourage the best minds to contribute and create the next leap in RPA. Developers of all ranks are building upon the UiPath Community Edition, and to support this growing pool of talent, we brought UiPath Academy to the world as the first open online training and certification platform dedicated to RPA users.

Aiven is a cloud technology startup launched in 2016 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Aiven enables businesses to build awesome, data-intensive applications through self-managing data infrastructure on public clouds by leveraging leading open source technologies.

Payhawk is the leading global spend management solution for scaling businesses. Headquartered in London and combining company cards, reimbursable expenses, and accounts payable into a single product; its future-facing technology enables finance teams to control and automate company spending at scale.

Smava is a leading loan portal in Germany. We make personal loans transparent, fair and affordable for consumers. Based on digital processes, smava compares loan offers from more than 20 banks, ranging in value from €1,000 to €120,000. In this way, borrowers can choose and conclude the deal most favourable to them. On average, borrowers pay at smava more than 35 percent less for their loan compared to the national average.

Making the world more awesome by making shopping fun, interactive and social.

Isar Aerospace is a space technology company that aims to lower the entry barriers to space. It develops launch vehicles dedicated to deploying and resupplying satellite constellations and to ensure low-cost space access for small satellites. Based on rocket engineering research, environmentally friendly propellants, and advanced manufacturing, the company delivers small and medium payloads to orbit. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Munich, Germany.

ubitricity has developed a highly efficient solution to make charging and billing of green electricity affordable everywhere.The ubitricity Mobile Charging System offers the first possibility to roll out scalable charging infrastructure everywhere. To this end, ubitricity has developed an intelligent charging cable which entails all metering and billing technology: the SmartCable. The user carries the mobile electricity contract, tied to the SmartCable, along to the charging spot. The technologically lean charging spots produce next to no running costs.

NFON AG is the only pan-European cloud PBX provider – counting more than 15,000 companies across 13 European countries as customers. With Cloudya, NFON offers an easy-to-use, independent and reliable solution for advanced cloud business communications. Further premium and industry solutions complete the portfolio in the field of cloud communications. With our intuitive communications solutions, we enable European companies to improve their work a little, every single day. NFON is the new freedom in business communication.

Getsafe is a digital insurance company that creates a better insurance experience for everyone. Powered by its unique technological platform, Getsafe makes insurance simple, fair and accessible. As Getsafe replaces complexity and manual paperwork with smart bots and automation, customers can file claims or change their coverage in real time with just a few clicks. Since launching in Germany in 2018, Getsafe has become one of the best-rated insurtechs in Europe, serving over 300,000 customers. After having started its UK operations in 2020, Getsafe is now looking to expand in order to serve even more European markets. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, with offices in London and Berlin, the company employs more than 150 people. In 2021, Getsafe received its insurance licence from Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin. With $116 million raised to date, it is one of Europe’s top 10 funded insurtechs.

thingsTHINKING develops a platform designed to understand and processes human language. It captures the meaning of sentences and transfers them to other use cases like Bots, Requirements Engineering, Auditing, LegalTech, InsurTech and many other AI aspects that can be augmented using semantic analysis. It works with suppliers of virtual assistants and other vendors in the AI space, the automotive industry as well as the “Big Four” in the areas auditing and tax.