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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, November 15

The State of Fin-Tech: What's coming Next?

Fireside Chat

They say London is the fin-tech capital of the world. It's time to prove it. We invited three companies that we think represent the future of fin-tech: CEO of Monzo, Tom Blomfield, Chief Platform Officer of Starling Bank, Megan Caywood and CEO of Cleo, Barnaby Hussey-Yeo. Our guests will be interviewed by TechCrunch journalist and fin-tech expert, Steve O'Hear.

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Wednesday, December 13

Christmas Party with Tom Hulme, General Partner at Google Ventures

Fireside Chat

We are delighted to invite you to celebrate Christmas with us and General Partner at Google Ventures, Tom Hulme. We will be talking about venture capital investing, how to find great companies to invest in, how to spot great startups, how Google invests and why.

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Past Events

Building & Selling Companies with Debu Purkayastha, 3rd Eye (ex-Google M&A)

Building & Selling Companies with Debu Purkayastha, 3rd Eye (ex-Google M&A)

 Building world-class companies with Joel Spolsky (Stack Overflow, Trello)

Building world-class companies with Joel Spolsky (Stack Overflow, Trello)

 Bryan Dove, CTO at SkyScanner

Bryan Dove, CTO at SkyScanner

 Summer Startup Party with Robin Klein (UK's godfather of VC) & Steve O'Hear (TechCrunch)

Summer Startup Party with Robin Klein (UK's godfather of VC) & Steve O'Hear (TechCrunch)

 Startup Grind Conference

Startup Grind Conference

 How to grow your startup: Reshma Sohoni, Founder & CEO of Seedcamp

How to grow your startup: Reshma Sohoni, Founder & CEO of Seedcamp

 Gerard Grech (CEO at Tech City UK)

Gerard Grech (CEO at Tech City UK)

 Jeff Lynn & Jeff Kelisky (Seedrs)

Jeff Lynn & Jeff Kelisky (Seedrs)

 Reggie Bradford (ORACLE, EX-VITRUE, EX-WEBMD)

Reggie Bradford (ORACLE, EX-VITRUE, EX-WEBMD)

 Alexander Zacke (Auctionata)

Alexander Zacke (Auctionata)

 Andy Shannon (Startupbootcamp)

Andy Shannon (Startupbootcamp)

 Scott Harrison (charity: water)

Scott Harrison (charity: water)

 Kristo Käärmann and Thorold Barker (TransferWise & WSJ)

Kristo Käärmann and Thorold Barker (TransferWise & WSJ)

 Summer Party with Ophelia Brown and Mike Butcher (LocalGlobe & TechCrunch)

Summer Party with Ophelia Brown and Mike Butcher (LocalGlobe & TechCrunch)

 Nick Hungerford (Founder of Nutmeg)

Nick Hungerford (Founder of Nutmeg)

 None (None)

None (None)

 Eileen Burbidge, Passion Capital (with Sarah Wood, Suranga Chandratillake & Harry Briggs)

Eileen Burbidge, Passion Capital (with Sarah Wood, Suranga Chandratillake & Harry Briggs)

 Juraj Vaculik, CEO & Co-Founder (Aeromobil.com)

Juraj Vaculik, CEO & Co-Founder (Aeromobil.com)

 Brian Rose (London Real)

Brian Rose (London Real)

 John Harthorne (Founder & CEO of MassChallenge)

John Harthorne (Founder & CEO of MassChallenge)

 Jean Oelwang (President of Virgin Unite)

Jean Oelwang (President of Virgin Unite)

 Jenny Tooth (CEO, UK Business Angels Association)

Jenny Tooth (CEO, UK Business Angels Association)

 Matt Barrie (Founder/CEO of Freelancer.com)

Matt Barrie (Founder/CEO of Freelancer.com)

 Sarah Wood (Unruly)

Sarah Wood (Unruly)

 Paddy Cosgrave (Web Summit)

Paddy Cosgrave (Web Summit)

 Mike Butcher (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher (TechCrunch)

 M. Jacobsen, E. Jones (Dirty Dancing, Enterp Nation)

M. Jacobsen, E. Jones (Dirty Dancing, Enterp Nation)

 Andrej Kiska (President of Slovakia)

Andrej Kiska (President of Slovakia)

 Divinia Knowles (Mind Candy)

Divinia Knowles (Mind Candy)

 Brent Hoberman (LastMinute.com / Made.com)

Brent Hoberman (LastMinute.com / Made.com)

 Brent Hoberman (LastMinute.com - LIVE streaming)

Brent Hoberman (LastMinute.com - LIVE streaming)

 Guy Kawasaki (Canva/Ex-Apple)

Guy Kawasaki (Canva/Ex-Apple)

 David Buttress (Just Eat CEO)

David Buttress (Just Eat CEO)

 Ben Medlock (SwiftKey)

Ben Medlock (SwiftKey)

 Sarah Drinkwater (Google)

Sarah Drinkwater (Google)

 Jon Bradford (Techstars)

Jon Bradford (Techstars)

 Alastair Stewart (Etc Venues)

Alastair Stewart (Etc Venues)

 Vernon Hill II. (Metrobank)

Vernon Hill II. (Metrobank)

 Mike McGee (Framestore)

Mike McGee (Framestore)

 Pankaj Chaddah (Zomato)

Pankaj Chaddah (Zomato)

 Renaud Visage, Kevin and Julia Hartz (Eventbrite)

Renaud Visage, Kevin and Julia Hartz (Eventbrite)

 Jacqueline Gold (Ann Summers)

Jacqueline Gold (Ann Summers)

 Richard Reed (Innocent Drinks)

Richard Reed (Innocent Drinks)

 Richard Moross (MOO)

Richard Moross (MOO)

 Caprice Bourret (By Caprice)

Caprice Bourret (By Caprice)

 Michal Stencl (Sygic)

Michal Stencl (Sygic)

 Bernhard Niesner (Busuu)

Bernhard Niesner (Busuu)

 Giles Palmer (Brandwatch)

Giles Palmer (Brandwatch)

 Russell Hall (Hailo)

Russell Hall (Hailo)

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Marian Gazdik

London Director

MD, Europe at Startup Grind. Marian is also Founding Partner at IPM Growth, a VC company investing in technology scale-ups from the Central & Eastern Europe. He is an advisory board member at T-Mobile Czech Republic & Telekom Slovakia. Ex-Orange, ex-Reebok. Marian was featured in New Europe 100 (organised by Financial Times, Google, Respublica and Visegrad Fund), the list of outstanding challengers who are leading world class innovation from Central and Eastern Europe.

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Tim Elder

London Co-Director

London Co-director at Startup Grind. Co-founder & CEO of Fromigo, changing how people explore new cities. As a Product Manager, I delivered products to global markets with Google, Skype, and Rolls-Royce Aerospace. Make sure to talk to me about travel, digital products, hardware products, UX, and interesting metrics.

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Petar Savic

London Co-director

London Co-director at Startup Grind. Co-Founder of Supreme Factory. Serial Tech Entrepreneur with a key interest in project management within a Digital Media and Internet environment, bridging the gap between technical (hacker), creative (hipster) and commercial (hustler) requirements.

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Avichag (Avi) Seneor

Startup Grind Ambassador

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Diego Jenzer

Startup Grind Ambassador

London Ambassador at Startup Grind. Co-founder & COO of Fromigo, changing how people explore new cities. Previously founded an award-winning tour company in London, and ran a charity which fought LGBT prejudice. Before this, I taught languages across 3 continents.

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​Why did Qualtrics co-founder and COO Jared Smith make the fundamental mistake of going into business with his family? At the Startup Grind Europe 2016 Conference, Smith stated that family is a benefit for their founding team. “The benefit of being brothers is since we were little kids we could beat on each other and have the hardest arguments, then still be buddies 10 minutes later.”
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Prezi CTO Halacsy: Silicon Valley is a Good School But Lacks Extra Sense of Purpose

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