PIRATE

Making Business More Human

Twelve Years of ARRR

MEMORY WALL

Meaningful Connections, Magic Moments, and Memories that last a lifetime. Footprints of a community that showed up, stood for something, and ignited the fire each year.

500+ Voices

From the community, for the community

I was rewarded with a fantastic event.
- Jürgen Walleneit
Jasmin Bauomy
So much love for this event. Stage fright or not, I learned a lot, met amazing people who’re all working hard to make their dream happen.
- Jasmin Bauomy
ARRRsome
- Dean Johnson
Sure
It’s difficult getting back to reality after such a great PIRATE Summit!
- Sure
Ewa Treitz
Just arrived at PIRATE Summit – definitely one of the top tech conferences in Europe.
- Ewa Treitz
Intouch.com
Amazing tech conference PIRATE Summit!
- Intouch.com
I had heard a lot of positive things about this event but nothing could have prepared me for how awesome it really was, and how awesome all the PEOPLE were!
- Jessy Brughmans
Edlira Kasaj
I am enjoying the vibe and the quality of people! Really cool! Well done guys 💪
- Edlira Kasaj
I am so thankful for all the experiences, the fun, and the connections that were initiated by this amazing event.
- Ingo Stefes
Simply terrific!
- Sophia Fischer
Meaningful speeches, inspiring conversations, and a lot of great quality connections!
- Stefka Stojanow
Epic win for the planet and female entrepreneurship!
- Lubomila Jordanova
It has been funny, intense, amazing. We met new people, laughed and cried, and told our life stories over and over again while learning something new every time we were in touch with some other person’s humanity.
- Engjell Rraklli
My first time at PIRATE Summit has been amazing. Met so many kind and skilled people who told me their stories, and who gave me support and inspiration. I met an old friend, and found new ones! It’s been great ♥️ See you next yeARRRR! 🦜🏴‍☠️
- Gabriele Ianiro
The 🏴 ☠️#PIRATESummit is by far the most extraordinary startup event in NRW, which impresses me every year again. A real exchange takes place here in a special atmosphere. And at #Impact the large number of #10YearsOfArrr and startups in the area #Sustainability and #FemaleFounders was very noticeable, this shows a very clear positive trend! 🌱👏🏽 🥞 The @xdeck.de hosted by #Capnamic, @neoteqvc, & #BREAKFASTFORCHAMPIONS, was also a great opportunity to exchange with other investors and VCs. 🚀
- Sophia Tran
Sad that this might be the last PIRATE Summit, since the format and people behind it are outstanding.
- Thorsten Havemann
Many thanks for this spectacular start-up event in NRW!
- Scale-up.NRW
The Last BURN?! Really? How could I have missed PIRATE Summit so many times in a row?
- Julia Wadehn
Ralf Reichert
My first time as a PIRATE, I did not really know what to expect, and I am shocked…. In the best possible way. It was a fun, social, extraordinary, beautiful experience. Great people, great content in the most relaxed atmosphere you can think of. I’m sure I will be back.
- Ralf Reichert
Other start-ups pitching at the PIRATE Summit finally gave me the necessary impulse to sit down on my own slides and become more visible. So much inspiration and exciting new contacts.
- Basim K. Mirza
Jordan Fried
Had a lot of fun sharing growth tips at PIRATE Summit and also met some amazing people.
- Jordan Fried
Inverse
PIRATE Summit is a fitting reminder that people are here to make their startup dreams come true.
- Inverse
Trevor Evans
One of the coolest events I’ve ever heard of.
- Trevor Evans
Frank Thelen
Huge respect
- Frank Thelen
Wow! The PIRATE Summit 2022 really was an awesome celebration of entrepreneurship. I honestly feel inspired and empowered by the spirit of the event and its attendees.
- Florian Merkel
This was not a conference, it was an opportunity to reconnect, learn & grow!
- Kristine Nagle
The Pirate Summit never fails to ignite my innovation spirit and it’s always sad when a great event like that comes to an end!
- Elliana Jensen-Abieva
Maciej Litwiniuk
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever. But the band f\*\*kin nailed it!
- Maciej Litwiniuk
FoodSurplus
Great experience, excellent organisation! We’re glad to been there and met so many fellow pirates at PIRATE Summit. ARRR!
- FoodSurplus
Hell yeah!!! 🔥🔥🔥 PIRATE Summit 2022.
- Dr. Tilman Floehr
refutura GmbH
Thank you very much for the invitation! It was an inspiring journey!
- refutura GmbH
A really cool event and fun to see how the startup ecosystem outside of the Nordics operates.
- Nea Harjanne
The PIRATE Summit was an excellent reboot for the mind(set)! Such events connect you to the people who think, look and act differently. And you learn from them. C’mon, when you listen to a strip dancer who is an investor now – that’s awesome! You hear other people’s ideas and they bring new ones to your own head. You can’t get this sitting in your own shell. Even when you have an established business, opening your mind to new opportunities and living a startup life is always a breathtaking idea.
- Anton Perkin
What a blast!
- Alesia Kunts
One of the best events I have ever attended.
- Carlo Daffara
The PIRATE Summit was inspiring.
- Dominik Jahn
Amazing vibe at the PIRATE Summit in Cologne, together with founders and VCs around the world. From NFC to Web3 and human approach on leadership, I learnt how people across the world are doing great things using technology and having great impact in this wonderful world we are living. Met great people with great mindset. Couldn’t be more exiting to see what future holds!
- Gentiana Mehmeti
Jordi Llonch Esteve
Great atmosphere at PIRATE Summit!
- Jordi Llonch Esteve
It’s been incredibly exciting to be a #WalkThePlank finalist at @piratesummit and spend two days networking with curated innovators, creators, and backers in what is one of the most unconventional events and inspiring venues in Cologne. Should I say 4 out of 5 finalists pitching were Female Founders? Thank you to the team for hosting and for putting us in the spotlight on the 10th edition of the summit!
- Film Chai
Marvin Liao
This is one of the best Startup conferences in Europe (and world).
- Marvin Liao
Pirate Summit was not the regular tech conference we are used to see. It was a cool event that brings together awesome entrepreneurs, investors, and tech folks from all over. The vibe was amazing, and it made me think differently about my career.
- Ana Xhepa
I was impressed by the quality of all the pitches, as well as the number of women joining in.
- Paulina Wardęga
This was my first time at the PIRATE Summit 🏴‍☠️ in Cologne. Here are my key learnings: 1\. Authenticity is key: In business we often learn to put on our professional persona, but especially for young companies it can be of so much value to show your employees your personal passion. 2\. How are you, really? 3\. Rap is like founding a company.
- Daniela Schumacher
🚀 I continued with the PIRATE Summit where I had the chance to talk together with Gabriel to our #Minister of #Economics Mona Neubaur about the state of #digitization in #Germany’s SMEs. I furthermore met with inspirational investors like Marvin Liao and the incredibly smart people from anny, NOMOO and the PIRATE Summit. 🤝🏭📲
- Cristina Popa
Thank you PIRATE Summit for the awesome event!
- Raimonds Kulbergs
We came full of inspiration, knowledge, and willpower. A strong human connection raising itself!
- Silicon Luxembourg
I had an absolute blast conducting a Masterclass today at PIRATE Summit.
- Jaysri Thangam
Andrew Scott
Always heard good things about PIRATE Summit and finally washed up on these shores. Great weather, great venue!
- Andrew Scott
Gjergj Mero
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
- Gjergj Mero
Felix Schmitt
Fantastic event.
- Felix Schmitt