Frequently Asked Questions

PIRATE Summit is Europe’s unique conference for early-stage startups, active investors, corporate execs and ecosystem builders (“movers & shakers”). Besides the well-selected mix of approx. 1.000 participants, we feature 60+ pitches, participants from 70+ countries, and more than 50 masterclasses, roundtables & workshops.

Ultimately, PIRATE Summit’s mission is to create meaningful connections and to celebrate authentic entrepreneurship.

This year’s PIRATE Summit will take place in Cologne from Junes 27th to 29th.

PIRATE Summit will take place at Odonien in Cologne, Germany. The address is Hornstraße 85, 50823 Köln, Germany. The closest train station is Nippes. 

If you arrive by plane: from Cologne-Bonn airport take the train to Hansaring train station, then take the bus number 127 to Köln-Nippes (34 min).

If you arrive by train: from Cologne Central station take the train to Köln-Nippes train station (11 min).

Early-stage tech-related startups, investors, corporate executives, service providers and “movers & shakers” of digital ecosystems. 

To ensure the high quality of participants, we check every purchase and reserve the right to refund tickets. You can buy your ticket here.

The event’s official language is English and all sessions + activities are in English.

Yes. It is. This will be the last PIRATE Summit. It is time to set it free and celebrate one last time with all of you. We have written about the context and the decision for the Last Burn.

No one knows what the future will bring. Perhaps someday a new era of pirates will emerge.
But for us, this is the last one. And we intend to make it epic.

You should arrange and organize your travel and accommodation yourself. Here is a list of potential hotels/hostels: Click here.

Food and drinks are included with your PIRATE Summit ticket. All you can eat, all you can drink, all day long.

You can find an overview here.
The Call for Content is open! This means we are looking for fascinating speakers to build up our agenda for this year. Would you like to contribute? 
As soon as we have all the speakers we will publish the agenda.

On June 27th and 28th the party will start just after the official program. The party will take place in Odonien as well (where PIRATE Summit takes place) and you don’t need an additional ticket. You just need to get some drinks and enjoy. There is no dress code, just come as you ARRRe.

Whatever you like! It will probably be quite warm, so most wear relaxed summer clothes. Because of that you will probably feel a bit overdressed if you come in a Suit, but you do you. These Pirates don’t juge. Here you can find some PIRATE swag.

You want to suggest a session for this year’s Summit or know someone else who should definitely become a Spaker?  Follow this link. We will contact you in case your application is successful. 

CxO’s & Senior Executives from corporations with >100 employees are considered Corporates. 

Institutional Investors like VCs, Family Offices, Corporate Venture Capital Fonds or similar should buy the “VC” ticket.
“Business Angel” tickets are just for individuals investing their own resources.

Someone whose main activities is to invest in startups. E.g. someone from Google Ventures will be an investor while someone from Google will be a corporate. 

Executives from accounting & law-firms, consultancies, recruiting agencies, other agency models, freelancers and other service providers (incl. those who don’t fall under the startup, corporate & investor category).