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TOP AI & DEEP TECH STARTUP Pitch Competition at Web Summit realiza-se a 10 de novembro de 2026, em Lisboa.
Invite-only pitch competition for early-stage AI and DeepTech startupsA Bay Area–caliber room in Lisbon during Web Summit. Every seat is hand-picked: standout pre-seed and seed AI founders, top-tier VCs, and frontier tech operators.APPLICATION FORM FOR STARTUPS: https://forms.gle/oULUuvfJBqHxwJkUAJURY Anand Chandrasekaran — Managing Partner @ Celesta Capital- Deep tech VC with $1.1B AUM and 100+ early-stage investments, specializing in semiconductors and AI infrastructure- Ex-Partner at General Catalyst- Experienced operator: co-founder of Crescendo AI, ex-Meta, ex-Yahoo, and former CPO of Airtel and SnapdealBen Joffe — Senior Partner @ SOSV- Global VC firm focused on early-stage deep tech- $1.5B+ AUMPhilip Braddock — Head of Startups @ Atlassian- Leads Atlassian for Startups, the program that has onboarded 5,000+ startups globally since launching in June 2024- Partners with 215+ VCs, accelerators and incubators, including Y Combinator, 20VC and a16zRoman Bunin — AI Adoption Lead @ Nebius- Nasdaq-listed AI infrastructure company building full-stack AI cloud for model developers and enterprises- Leads AI adoption across Nebius; previously Head of Data at Nebius GroupTilman Ehrbeck: Co-founder & Managing Partner @ Flourish Ventures- Global fintech VC with ~100 startups backed including Chime, Neon, Unit and Kin- $850M AUM; previously 10+ years as Partner at McKinsey and CEO of CGAP (World Bank–hosted)Igor Ryabenkiy — Managing Partner @ AltaIR Capital, Founder @ Altalab- 100+ portfolio companies, 10+ unicorns backed, primarily at seed stage- Notable investments include Miro, Deel, OpenWeb, Turing- $600M AUMStepan Gershuni — Investor @ cyber•Fund- AI-native VC fund from the Lido and P2P.org co-founders- Serial web3 founder (ex-Bitfury); author of a AI Telegram channel with 63k+ subscribersMore jury members and speakers to be announced. Space is limited and by application only.HOSTED BYSobremesa Events, the agency curating executive events for B2B leadgen in any city in the world. We are the team behind top events at SF Tech Week and Web Summit — past guests have included senior leaders from Waymo, OpenAI, Zipline, and Khosla Ventures.PARTNERS AND SPONSORSMedia partnerpsy. agency is LLM visibility-first global PR & comms for founders, tech companies & VCs — from day one to IPO.Ecosystem and venue partnerUnicorn Factory Lisboa is a powerhouse startup ecosystem transforming Lisbon into the innovation capital of Europe. It has supported over 1,100 fast-growing companies and supercharged over 350 startups and scaleups annually by plugging them into an elite global network of over 160 venture capital firms. Its explosive impact caught world attention, landing the #24 spot in the Financial Times' Europe's Leading Start-up Hubs 2026 ranking.
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When is TOP AI & DEEP TECH STARTUP Pitch Competition at Web Summit?
It takes place on 10 November 2026.
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It takes place at Lisbon, Portugal.
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