Startups
Sifted Summit 2026
Sifted Summit is Europe's leading event for high growth startups and scale ups, bringing together founders, investors and innovators to shape the future of tech.
132Speakers
40Sponsors
43Exhibitors
205Sessions
168Companies · in total
Speakers
Programmed at Sifted, in alphabetical order.
Abhi Thanendran
Cofounder and CEO · Tilt
Adriana Vitagliano
Partner - firstminute capital · firstminute capital
Alexis Robert
General Partner - Kima Ventures · Kima Ventures
Anas Biad
Partner - Sequoia Capital · Sequoia Capital
Andreas Cleve
Cofounder and CEO · Corti
Anisah Osman Britton
Sifted Summit Director · Sifted
Anna Kaye
Chief of Staff · Sana Labs
Anne Sraders
Senior Reporter · Sifted
Avril McArdle
Senior Director · Sage
Azadeh Pak
VP of Product · Pipedrive
Ben Mekie
CEO · The Acuity Method TM
Camilla Bergman
Founder · Impact Loop
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
CEO - Nu Quantum · Nu Quantum
Chad West
CMO · Aspora
Charlotte Lawrence
Managing Director, Direct Equity · British Business Bank
Chloé Poisbeau
COO - Alice & Bob · Alice & Bob
Chris Adelsbach
Partner - Outrun Ventures · Outrun Ventures
Christopher Penfold
Commercial Director · ForrestBrown
Cole Bittel
Founder - Walt · Walt
Damisola Sulaiman
Fintech Reporter · Sifted
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Senior Tech Reporter - Sifted · Sifted
David Reger
Founder and CEO - NEURA Robotics · NEURA Robotics
Sponsors
The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agenda
Selected from 205 sessions.
- 01 Oct 2026Workshops
AEO: Get found by AI, get chosen by buyers
AI answer engines are changing how startups get discovered. Increasingly, buyers are using AI to research vendors, compare options, and build shortlists before they ever visit a we…
- 01 Oct 2026
Competing for talent with the big dogs
- 01 Oct 2026SUL
Creators: the most important marketing channel in tech?
- 01 Oct 2026Stage 2
Fireside with the founder of HelloFresh
- 01 Oct 2026Stage 2
From Cursor to Claude: The future of engineering
- 01 Oct 2026Roundtables
From noise to noticed
- 01 Oct 2026Stage 2
Growth, but not at all costs
- 01 Oct 2026
Harry Stebbings fireside
- 01 Oct 2026AI/Deeptech
How do you land government contracts?
Company intelligence
What does it mean when 168 companies show up, and 27 bet on three roles at once?
168 companies. 27 are betting more than once.
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