More than 10 Years of ARRR
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT PIRATE SUMMIT
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Lubomila Jordanova
BEN SUFIANI
PIRATE Summit you were absolutely amazing!
At PIRATE Summit it’s all about meaningful connections. Through various formats and activities they’ll ensure your personal networking experience. If you are looking to connect and learn from likeminded founders or are looking for capital/early stage startups, then PIRATE Summit is for you.
Packed with digital nomads, startups and investors PIRATE Summit is buzzing with creative minds.
Best conference ever! From the Plank to the burning Man … and every human connection in between (Karaoke and Party included!!), PIRATE Summit never disappoints and constantly brings the best people together. Can’t wait for the next one!
Winning the pitch competition at PIRATE Summit helped us to close our Series A and opened up many new opportunities for us!
This has been one of the craziest festivals I ever attended!
The Walk the Plank pitch competition´s prize has been one of the most valuable we´ve got as a startup. The opportunity to meet top-tier VCs has been great and has helped us on our way to our series A.
Yesterday night someone asked me what PIRATE Summit is for me. It took me a moment to think but in the end it was pretty simple. It´s like home. Thank you to everyone for creating such a wonderful event once again.
My 7th PIRATE Summit — out of 7 since 2011! Awesome as always!
Easily the best conference for founders in Europe.
It’s been an extraordinary experience.
One of my favourite events!
This is one of the best Startup conferences in Europe (and world).
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
You have written the topic of #FemaleLeadership on the flag and shown: You really live it.
🙏 THANK YOU for that! This is female empowerment. For real.
This conference is ARRRmazing! Nothing to do with those 5000 people corporate conferences where you barely can meet the relevant people you want!
The PIRATE Summit is one of those very few events that can change peoples lives.
Winning the pitching competition at PIRATE Summit accelerated our growth exponentially! The focus of the event on building meaningful connections and the size of it put us on the map of all the investors, corporates and other partners who were there and helped us leave Cologne with a stronger support system and a lot of opportunities! We are honored and grateful! ARRR!
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever. But the band f**kin nailed it!
Looking forward to PIRATE Summit this year. It’s the best startup conference I’ve experienced.
Unforgettably great atmosphere! 🏴☠️
Very refreshing and laid back event dedicated only for startups and VCs. We connected with a banking accelerator there! We would never expect that, taking into consideration that the whole concept of the show was super relaxed and the founders were pitching in shorts and t-shirts.
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.
PIRATE Summit has been one of the most impactful events I’ve ever attended. Thanks to it, I have made lifelong friendships, as well as deep partnerships. I wholeheartedly recommend going!
Best conference I’ve been to in ages.
The Pirate Summit is something special!
HALLELUJAH, what an experience! Kölle you sure do things differently. Who could have known how fun conferences can be.
Love that at PIRATE Summit everyone is a VIP.
What a crazy event it was! Thanks PIRATE Summit for inviting me! Heading back to Paris now with many new ideas to work on.
What a mega event!
Pirate summit is this: overjump issues thanks to a tiny cable-network of innovators, leaving jurassic mindset behind you while flying to the future.
Once you have been in a summit, you think the second time will not surprise you again.
But the Pirate Summit is always unforgettable
PIRATE Summit is such an amazing event. The entrepreneurial dream lives here.
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
A unique experience that I’ll keep in my mind for the rest of my life…
Meaningful speeches, inspiring conversations, and a lot of great quality connections!
Attending Pirate Summit is quite an extraordinary experience — participants from 60 different countries, unique location, interesting expert sessions, well coordinated pirate theme and relaxed atmosphere all add up to make this Europe’s largest invitation-only conference for early-stage startups, investors and corporate executives feel like a festival.
PIRATE Summit once again blew me away!
Officially the coolest B2B event I’ve ever attended.
An epic event full of emotions!
Best venue, excellent catering, impeccable time keeping. Thank you PIRATE Summit!
Amazing atmosphere, speakers, and connections!
PIRATE Summit is epic proof that the startup world is changing. This is the conference of the future.
Last week I had the great honour to give the closing keynote at PIRATE Summit, the event at which the Plan A journey kicked off three years ago, and to celebrate 10 years of Pirate Summit.
And such a celebration couldn’t have been possible without the one and only Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️.
I have continuously been impressed by the humility, kindness, dedication he has demonstrated throughout the years, in effort to continue pushing for the tech industry to be more inclusive, diverse and human.
Congratulations on yet another year where the future of tech defined!
PIRATE Summit is definitely the craziest and most ambitious event for startups in EU. If there’s one thing for you in EU, it’s this.
What a blast!
PIRATE Summit for me was a life-changing event!
I truly enjoyed it!
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.
Flying back after PIRATE Summit. Thanks to all – the kind and helpful staff, the organizers, all the attendees I’ve met. One of the best events I have ever attended.
Thanks PIRATE Summit for a great event!
Just got off the stage at PIRATESummit. Great event!
We are big fans of this unique conference!
So PIRATE Summit absolutely rrrrocked – will be back next year to walk the plank!
Just arrived at PIRATE Summit – definitely one of the top tech conferences in Europe.
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.
For me, the PIRATE Summit was probably the most extraordinary startup event I have attended.
This event was sensational!
Totally unique. An amazing venue!
What an amazing event!
Thanks again PIRATE Summit for an incredible experience & ARRRmazing opportunity to discuss our ideas for helping EU UrbanTech start-ups grow. Made great new connections and learned A LOT. Def one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended + certainly the most fun!!!
Once a pirate, always a pirate!
Loved PIRATE Summit! 1200 startups applied for the pitch competition. Stoked to be in the jury.
PIRATE Summit disrupts the (hierarchy) distance between startups and investors and brings them to eye level.
What an amazing event.
One of the coolest events I’ve ever heard of.
PIRATE Summit is one of the finest tech events in Europe.
Thanks PIRATE Summit what an amazing event 👏 I can really recommend this event for startup founders, don’t miss it next year!
Thank you for 7 years of PIRATE Summit, glad to have been at all of them.
Huge respect
Lubomila Jordanova
BEN SUFIANI
It was amazing to meet so many like-minded people!
Thanks again PIRATE Summit for an incredible experience & ARRRmazing opportunity to discuss our ideas for helping EU UrbanTech start-ups grow. Made great new connections and learned A LOT. Def one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended + certainly the most fun!!!
PIRATE Summit disrupts the (hierarchy) distance between startups and investors and brings them to eye level.
We are big fans of this unique conference!
Just arrived at PIRATE Summit – definitely one of the top tech conferences in Europe.
You just cannot compare this to anything else!
Best venue, excellent catering, impeccable time keeping. Thank you PIRATE Summit!
Last week I had the great honour to give the closing keynote at PIRATE Summit, the event at which the Plan A journey kicked off three years ago, and to celebrate 10 years of Pirate Summit.
And such a celebration couldn’t have been possible without the one and only Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️.
I have continuously been impressed by the humility, kindness, dedication he has demonstrated throughout the years, in effort to continue pushing for the tech industry to be more inclusive, diverse and human.
Congratulations on yet another year where the future of tech defined!
It has been funny, intense, amazing.
We met new people, laughed and cried, told our life story over and over again while learning something new each and every time we were in touch with some other person’s humanity.
Thank you for granting us yet another unique experience.
Loved PIRATE Summit! 1200 startups applied for the pitch competition. Stoked to be in the jury.
Thank you PIRATE Summit for the awesome event!
This year’s edition of PIRATE Summit was a blast!
Easily the best conference for founders in Europe.
PIRATE Summit was often called the Burning Man of tech conferences, and it lived up to the hype.
Amazing trip to Germany. Speaking at the amazing PIRATE Summit. Exciting to see EU startups tackling sustainability and also being led by so many awesome women founders.
Incredible. Inspiring. It was just amazing.
This was not a conference, it was an opportunity to reconnect, learn & grow!
Thank you dear PIRATE Summit for more than a decade of passion for the start-up scene and entrepreneurship.
For leaving such a positive and lasting mark on the Cologne start-up ecosystem and on me personally. Always in tune with the times and always authentic.
Such a smooth organization and an incredible time!
Hold on, we’re invited to be vulnerable at a tech conference?!
Thank you for 7 years of PIRATE Summit, glad to have been at all of them.
One of my favourite events!
it is (was) the coolest startup event to attend, but also because it is a symbol of doing things differently, being rebellious, and going against the mainstream.
Just got off the stage at PIRATESummit. Great event!
PIRATE Summit is one of the finest tech events in Europe.
Attending Pirate Summit is quite an extraordinary experience — participants from 60 different countries, unique location, interesting expert sessions, well coordinated pirate theme and relaxed atmosphere all add up to make this Europe’s largest invitation-only conference for early-stage startups, investors and corporate executives feel like a festival.
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever. But the band f**kin nailed it!
Best conference I’ve been to in ages.
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.
Community-led, curated, intimate, not for profit, raw.
Yesterday night someone asked me what PIRATE Summit is for me. It took me a moment to think but in the end it was pretty simple. It´s like home. Thank you to everyone for creating such a wonderful event once again.
What a crazy event it was! Thanks PIRATE Summit for inviting me! Heading back to Paris now with many new ideas to work on.
It was my first time at PIRATE Summit and it was amazing.
Thank you, PIRATE Summit for this experience. I’ve never been to a business event, where networking was that easy and where l could literally wait in line for a massage and get in contact with startups from all over the world.
My favorite startup conference because the community and the team are incredible!
I haven’t missed a single PIRATE Summit since the beginning. The spirit of the people at this arrresome event is what helped me stay my course as
a founder for the past 12 years.
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.
The Walk the Plank pitch competition´s prize has been one of the most valuable we´ve got as a startup. The opportunity to meet top-tier VCs has been great and has helped us on our way to our series A.
Thanks PIRATE Summit what an amazing event 👏 I can really recommend this event for startup founders, don’t miss it next year!
Very refreshing and laid back event dedicated only for startups and VCs. We connected with a banking accelerator there! We would never expect that, taking into consideration that the whole concept of the show was super relaxed and the founders were pitching in shorts and t-shirts.
One of the edgiest and most community-focused conferences out there!
So PIRATE Summit absolutely rrrrocked – will be back next year to walk the plank!
Love that at PIRATE Summit everyone is a VIP.
Huge respect
PIRATE is my entrepreneurial home. It was there that I first came into contact with startups, tech, and entrepreneurship.
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Flying back after PIRATE Summit. Thanks to all – the kind and helpful staff, the organizers, all the attendees I’ve met. One of the best events I have ever attended.
PIRATE Summit is more than a tech conference! It is one of the few events that truly puts people front and center.
Holy cow!
That was a premiere, and a very nice one!
My 7th PIRATE Summit — out of 7 since 2011! Awesome as always!
At PIRATE Summit it’s all about meaningful connections. Through various formats and activities they’ll ensure your personal networking experience. If you are looking to connect and learn from likeminded founders or are looking for capital/early stage startups, then PIRATE Summit is for you.
Amazing days and culture at PIRATE Summit!
We ARRR Founders.
We GiVE, Give, Give, Ask.
We are ALL in the same Boat.
We are boldly TRUE to Ourselves.
We are the IMPACT needed in this World.
Entrepreneurship is all about authenticity and no better conference than PIRATE Summit to highlight it.
It’s more than a conference actually.
It’s a festival where we celebrate the bold and audacious, the crazy and the daring.
More than anything though, we celebrate amazing human beings.
Kudos to the amazing team behind this unique gathering.
Winning the pitch competition at PIRATE Summit helped us to close our Series A and opened up many new opportunities for us!
This conference is ARRRmazing! Nothing to do with those 5000 people corporate conferences where you barely can meet the relevant people you want!
Looking forward to PIRATE Summit this year. It’s the best startup conference I’ve experienced.
It was an unforgettable experience!
This is a place with such a concentration of people who want to give back. Give your knowledge, your experience, share your innermost, and do not be afraid that you will be ridiculed or misunderstood.
Amazing meeting so many incredible people and catching up with old friends, talking about the startup ecosystem, our work, and our impact.
Thanks for creating great memories and connections!
The conference format was a breath of fresh air. No rigid schedules or scripted presentations, but instead, an open platform where ideas flowed freely, discussions sparked, and collaborations formed organically. The level of engagement and authenticity was unparalleled, allowing for genuine connections to be forged and knowledge to be shared in a truly unique way.
I had the privilege of witnessing awe-inspiring pitches from some of the most innovative startups I’ve ever encountered. Beyond the business side of things, the Pirate Summit also provided an opportunity to celebrate our shared journey.
We laughed, danced, and toasted the unforgettable memories created during this event. It was a reminder that entrepreneurship is not just about the destination, but also about the people we meet and the relationships we build along the way.
Once a pirate, always a pirate!
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!
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
The PIRATE Summit in Cologne has been the coolest event I was able to participate in.
This experience reminded me of what’s super important: creating and sharing.
A really cool event and fun to see how the startup ecosystem outside of the Nordics operates.
PIRATE Summit is definitely the craziest and most ambitious event for startups in EU. If there’s one thing for you in EU, it’s this.
PIRATE Summit is not just a conference. It’s not just an event to network or look for investors or meet other entrepreneurs. It’s a place for true friendship, for opening, for learning for sharing, and for burning what needs to be let go. Such a great concept!
What an extraordinary and inspiring event, filled with a touch of enchantment!
The hopeful expectations of my first participation in the PIRATE Summit were blown up excessively!
PIRATE Summit is such an amazing event. The entrepreneurial dream lives here.
Thank you so much for organising this great experience – again.
Officially the coolest B2B event I’ve ever attended.
All sorts of emotions going through my mind thinking about this being the very last PIRATE Summit.
It was here, at the very first one in 2011 we introduced the world to” Gauss – The People Magnet”, the very first Social Discovery app for the iPhone (see video below).
It was here in 2011 I got my German and European network of entrepreneurs and investors kickstarted.
As one of my favourite songs goes; “Maybe it’s better to burn out, than fade away”… so let’s celebrate the Last Burn tonight – and be happy and grateful that it happened (and kept it happening for so long!) not saddened that it’s over! #ARRR!
Forever grateful for the safe harbour Manuel and the rest of the band of pirates managed to create for us over these many years.
It’s going to leave a hole in the region. But that’s OK. It’s a testament to what the Pirate Summit was and is and forever will be; Irreplacable.
Packed with digital nomads, startups and investors PIRATE Summit is buzzing with creative minds.
PIRATE Summit is truly an experience to remember.
Carefully crafted for connection, inspiration, and learning, this summit is just a different breed.
Winning the pitching competition at PIRATE Summit accelerated our growth exponentially! The focus of the event on building meaningful connections and the size of it put us on the map of all the investors, corporates and other partners who were there and helped us leave Cologne with a stronger support system and a lot of opportunities! We are honored and grateful! ARRR!
One of the coolest events I’ve ever heard of.
Best conference ever! From the Plank to the burning Man … and every human connection in between (Karaoke and Party included!!), PIRATE Summit never disappoints and constantly brings the best people together. Can’t wait for the next one!
Pirate summit is this: overjump issues thanks to a tiny cable-network of innovators, leaving jurassic mindset behind you while flying to the future.
Once you have been in a summit, you think the second time will not surprise you again.
But the Pirate Summit is always unforgettable
What an incredible experience!
The whole vibe at PIRATE Summit is just awesome!
You have written the topic of #FemaleLeadership on the flag and shown: You really live it.
🙏 THANK YOU for that! This is female empowerment. For real.
Thanks for PIRATE Summit! It was so warm and inspiring!
What an amazing event!
I was particularly pleased to see the large number of female founders.
Thanks PIRATE Summit for a great event!
I’ve never experienced a conference quite like it.
Simply terrific!
PIRATE Summit has been one of the most impactful events I’ve ever attended. Thanks to it, I have made lifelong friendships, as well as deep partnerships. I wholeheartedly recommend going!
PIRATE Summit has made a difference for more than one decade by giving, sharing, connecting, informing, educating, and engaging each one of the actors in the different stages of the start-up environment. The vision, the culture, and the values of this ship will sail over the seas through the mark they left on the lives, roadmaps, and minds of each one of the different attendants and visitors.
Lubomila Jordanova
Love that at PIRATE Summit everyone is a VIP.
Wow what a great event it was, thanks PIRATE Summit!
Thank you so much for creating this special place in the world where true human connections are possible, raw stories can be shared, and being vulnerable is encouraged. Thank you for creating this safe harbor for us, pirates of rough seas.
The Walk the Plank pitch competition´s prize has been one of the most valuable we´ve got as a startup. The opportunity to meet top-tier VCs has been great and has helped us on our way to our series A.
Just arrived at PIRATE Summit – definitely one of the top tech conferences in Europe.
A special and worthwhile event with inspiring conversations, some really nice new connections, and some eye-opening impact-related discussions.
PIRATE Summit is such an amazing event. The entrepreneurial dream lives here.
Just got off the stage at PIRATESummit. Great event!
Easily the best conference for founders in Europe.
The energy and passion from all the startups were truly inspiring. I was happy to make some amazing connections and gain fresh insights from ambitioned entrepreneurs.
ARRRsome!
PIRATE Summit, wow! What a great event!
Everyone could feel the spirit of #RaiseYourself!
I really enjoyed the easy going outdoor atmosphere.
Best conference I’ve been to in ages.
When we were at PIRATE Summit for the first time back in 2015, it was a defining moment for us.
This year, we experienced the last burn, the very last time the summit is organized. Just like expected, it was emotional, powerful, crazy. An epic event that brought together brilliant minds, innovators, and game-changers. Engaging discussions, inspiring keynotes, and incredible connections.
Thanks to Pirate Summit for an exceptional experience! 🏴☠️
It fills me with pride and gratitude for all the opportunities I received from the amazing people around the PIRATE Summit. Thank you! In the end, the beauty of this journey was not just in the pictures taken but in the friendships formed, skills developed, and the doors it opened. I guess most of you don’t even realize how you changed my life’s trajectory. Without you, I wouldn’t be where I am now – thank you for being you!
MIC DROP WITH TEARS OF JOY – PIRATE Summit is gone.
My observation: Mostly everyone I talked to there was certain to be in tears eventually. Yet, the moment came when Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️’s kids thanked their father for PIRATE Summit on stage. A true moment of awe for everyone with a ❤️.
Manuel, in tears, then mentioned that his hardest thing to do while planning to end doing Pirate Summit was talking to his kids about it – because they loved it so much, too. In return, they asked for a final ARRR. The rest is history 🏴☠️.
As a guest from the very first Summit, I initially felt like an alien. Hence, I didn’t ‘ARRR’, as I felt I didn’t belong; didn’t deserve to do so (the pinnacle of this journey came when Pirates burned the Corporate Guy during PS2012 🤣).
Yet, over the years Pirate Summit grew on me. Finally, it was a true homecoming and I HAD TO be there when the mic drops. And I wholeheartedly joined the crowd ‘in ARRR’. Because in a way, we are a family now.
A big, big THANK YOU to everyone involved making Pirate Summit happen for over more than a decade! The spirit will live on, somehow.
It was really much fun! Can only recommend this cool event to others.
It was a mega experience!
Attending Pirate Summit is quite an extraordinary experience — participants from 60 different countries, unique location, interesting expert sessions, well coordinated pirate theme and relaxed atmosphere all add up to make this Europe’s largest invitation-only conference for early-stage startups, investors and corporate executives feel like a festival.
Winning the pitch competition at PIRATE Summit helped us to close our Series A and opened up many new opportunities for us!
So much startup spirit at the PIRATE Summit with a great atmosphere, exciting input, inspiring stories, old acquaintances, and many startups.
Unique location, great atmosphere, and authentic exchange – the PIRATE Summit is a great startup conference! 🏴☠️
One of the best pitching, startup, and investor events that I know.
A really refreshing and unconventional startup conference in Cologne with lots of interesting insights and connections.
Pirate summit is this: overjump issues thanks to a tiny cable-network of innovators, leaving jurassic mindset behind you while flying to the future.
Once you have been in a summit, you think the second time will not surprise you again.
But the Pirate Summit is always unforgettable
The BURN🔥 What a show!!
It’s hard to explain what attracts me to PIRATE. It’s definitely the community and all those amazing people that I have met.
Oh, the energy, the perspective, the wild method. I had wished for each of you to be there, to cast your stifling troubles and growth barriers into the flames. Last night, we burnt ourselves and were reborn anew.
Will miss this awesome event. So many great memories here!
Thank you for 7 years of PIRATE Summit, glad to have been at all of them.
PIRATE Summit is the place for meaningful connections, openness, and lasting friendships.
Besides the location, it’s the special, valuable community that makes it outstanding!
It’s a festival celebrating how business should be done!
What an epic Last Burn it was!
it’s not just about CREATING your own, it’s about CREATING something bigger than you.
PIRATE Summit has been the best and most meaningful startup and investor gathering for years!
One of the coolest events I’ve ever heard of.
Huge respect
Winning the pitching competition at PIRATE Summit accelerated our growth exponentially! The focus of the event on building meaningful connections and the size of it put us on the map of all the investors, corporates and other partners who were there and helped us leave Cologne with a stronger support system and a lot of opportunities! We are honored and grateful! ARRR!
A truly unique entrepreneurial event.
How are you doing….really?
This was one of the most deep inputs of PIRATE Summit for me.
Best conference ever! From the Plank to the burning Man … and every human connection in between (Karaoke and Party included!!), PIRATE Summit never disappoints and constantly brings the best people together. Can’t wait for the next one!
I only had the pleasure of going once in 2019. It was still the most memorable tech event I have ever been to out of over 40 and the most fun.
The Event is amazing for all the founders out there.
Thank you for your passion!
Last week I had the great honour to give the closing keynote at PIRATE Summit, the event at which the Plan A journey kicked off three years ago, and to celebrate 10 years of Pirate Summit.
And such a celebration couldn’t have been possible without the one and only Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️.
I have continuously been impressed by the humility, kindness, dedication he has demonstrated throughout the years, in effort to continue pushing for the tech industry to be more inclusive, diverse and human.
Congratulations on yet another year where the future of tech defined!
Watching Burning Man was a very special moment.
Loved PIRATE Summit! 1200 startups applied for the pitch competition. Stoked to be in the jury.
Coming here with so much uncertainty of entrepreneurial life, I become part of the beautiful, perfectly directed life movie, starting with sincere talks where I have recognized myself, aspirations, and the burning of all bad emotions, and then being human, making connections and exploring opportunities.
You have written the topic of #FemaleLeadership on the flag and shown: You really live it.
🙏 THANK YOU for that! This is female empowerment. For real.
This conference is ARRRmazing! Nothing to do with those 5000 people corporate conferences where you barely can meet the relevant people you want!
Inspiring exchange, exciting pitches, and positive vibes!
Once you have been to a Summit, you think the second time will not surprise you again.
But the Pirate Summit is always unforgettable.
Light, easy, open-minded, and creative. The organizers created a completely different atmosphere than it is usual at any other business conference.
We are big fans of this unique conference!
One of my favourite events!
PIRATE Summit disrupts the (hierarchy) distance between startups and investors and brings them to eye level.
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.
Great location, wonderful people, and insightful conversations.
It is the most honest and authentic “no-bullshit” event of its size that I have had the pleasure of getting to know. Thank you for the years of passion and the many positive traces and connections you have left behind.
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
The PIRATE Summit is by far the most extraordinary startup event in NRW, which impresses me every year again and again. Here a real exchange takes place in a special atmosphere.
It was an immersive experience that pushed boundaries and reminded me of the importance of daring to be different.
Flying back after PIRATE Summit. Thanks to all – the kind and helpful staff, the organizers, all the attendees I’ve met. One of the best events I have ever attended.
The memories and inspiration gained will fuel my entrepreneurial journey long after the summit’s end.
Yesterday night someone asked me what PIRATE Summit is for me. It took me a moment to think but in the end it was pretty simple. It´s like home. Thank you to everyone for creating such a wonderful event once again.
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.
At PIRATE Summit it’s all about meaningful connections. Through various formats and activities they’ll ensure your personal networking experience. If you are looking to connect and learn from likeminded founders or are looking for capital/early stage startups, then PIRATE Summit is for you.
So PIRATE Summit absolutely rrrrocked – will be back next year to walk the plank!
It’s been incredibly exciting to be a Walk The Plank finalist at PIRATE Summit and to spend two days networking with curated innovators, creators, and backers in what is one of the most unconventional events and inspiring venues in Cologne.
An Unforgettable Journey at Pirate Summit!
My 7th PIRATE Summit — out of 7 since 2011! Awesome as always!
It was one of the first conferences that created a space for people who care about building ecosystems, communities, and programs. It’s where I connected to people from all over Europe who showed me that it’s actually possible to get paid for doing the things you love.
Very refreshing and laid back event dedicated only for startups and VCs. We connected with a banking accelerator there! We would never expect that, taking into consideration that the whole concept of the show was super relaxed and the founders were pitching in shorts and t-shirts.
Thanks PIRATE Summit what an amazing event 👏 I can really recommend this event for startup founders, don’t miss it next year!
Officially the coolest B2B event I’ve ever attended.
This was my third time at PIRATE Summit and there’s never a dull moment!
This was a truly unique event!
PIRATE Summit has been one of the most impactful events I’ve ever attended. Thanks to it, I have made lifelong friendships, as well as deep partnerships. I wholeheartedly recommend going!
Best venue, excellent catering, impeccable time keeping. Thank you PIRATE Summit!
What a bombastic event with many incredible impressions and great moments!
Looking forward to PIRATE Summit this year. It’s the best startup conference I’ve experienced.
Thanks again PIRATE Summit for an incredible experience & ARRRmazing opportunity to discuss our ideas for helping EU UrbanTech start-ups grow. Made great new connections and learned A LOT. Def one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended + certainly the most fun!!!
Networking is so easy when you’re a pirate. We look forward to the second day at the PIRATE Summit with even more adventures and stories from from Pirates all over the world.
Thanks PIRATE Summit for a great event!
A colorful event where founders, investors, and Co. were able to have exciting conversations and network.
PIRATE Summit is one of the finest tech events in Europe.
Manuel, what you created here is truly extraordinary. It was a great pleasure to be part of the last BURN. Congrats to the entire team behind the scenes to a truly unforgettable PIRATE Summit.
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever. But the band f**kin nailed it!
Being part of an event that fuels entrepreneurship and ignites groundbreaking ideas was an amazing experience!
Once a pirate, always a pirate!