More than a decade of ARRR
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT PIRATE SUMMIT
Share your experience about PIRATE Summit with the community.
Lubomila Jordanova
I truly enjoyed it!
Just arrived at PIRATE Summit – definitely one of the top tech conferences 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.
PIRATE Summit is such an amazing event. The entrepreneurial dream lives here.
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 an amazing event.
The PIRATE Summit is one of those very few events that can change peoples lives.
Huge respect
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever. But the band f**kin nailed it!
What a blast!
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!!!
This is one of the best Startup conferences in Europe (and world).
Totally unique. An amazing venue!
Unforgettably great atmosphere! 🏴☠️
Loved PIRATE Summit! 1200 startups applied for the pitch competition. Stoked to be in the jury.
Love that at PIRATE Summit everyone is a VIP.
One of the coolest events I’ve ever heard of.
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.
Packed with digital nomads, startups and investors PIRATE Summit is buzzing with creative minds.
What a mega event!
This has been one of the craziest festivals I ever attended!
This event was sensational!
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.
An epic event full of emotions!
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.
PIRATE Summit disrupts the (hierarchy) distance between startups and investors and brings them to eye level.
What an amazing event!
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.
A unique experience that I’ll keep in my mind for the rest of my life…
Officially the coolest B2B event I’ve ever attended.
For me, the PIRATE Summit was probably the most extraordinary startup event I have attended.
The Pirate Summit is something special!
PIRATE Summit once again blew me away!
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!
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.
Amazing atmosphere, speakers, and connections!
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!
Meaningful speeches, inspiring conversations, and a lot of great quality connections!
What a crazy event it was! Thanks PIRATE Summit for inviting me! Heading back to Paris now with many new ideas to work on.
This conference is ARRRmazing! Nothing to do with those 5000 people corporate conferences where you barely can meet the relevant people you want!
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
It’s been an extraordinary experience.
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.
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.
Best conference I’ve been to in ages.
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!
PIRATE Summit you were absolutely amazing!
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
PIRATE Summit is one of the finest tech events in Europe.
One of my favourite events!
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.
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
Once a pirate, always a pirate!
PIRATE Summit for me was a life-changing event!
Thanks PIRATE Summit what an amazing event 👏 I can really recommend this event for startup founders, don’t miss it next year!
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!
HALLELUJAH, what an experience! Kölle you sure do things differently. Who could have known how fun conferences can be.
Easily the best conference for founders in Europe.
Thanks PIRATE Summit for a great event!
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.
So PIRATE Summit absolutely rrrrocked – will be back next year to walk the plank!
We are big fans of this unique conference!
PIRATE Summit is epic proof that the startup world is changing. This is the conference of the future.
Thank you for 7 years of PIRATE Summit, glad to have been at all of them.
Best venue, excellent catering, impeccable time keeping. Thank you PIRATE Summit!
My 7th PIRATE Summit — out of 7 since 2011! Awesome as always!
Just got off the stage at PIRATESummit. Great event!
Winning the pitch competition at PIRATE Summit helped us to close our Series A and opened up many new opportunities for us!
BEN SUFIANI
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever. But the band f**kin nailed it!
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.
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.
I’ve never experienced a conference quite like it.
Best conference I’ve been to in ages.
It was amazing to meet so many like-minded people!
The whole vibe at PIRATE Summit is just awesome!
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.
PIRATE Summit was often called the Burning Man of tech conferences, and it lived up to the hype.
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.
My 7th PIRATE Summit — out of 7 since 2011! Awesome as always!
Thanks PIRATE Summit for a great event!
PIRATE is my entrepreneurial home. It was there that I first came into contact with startups, tech, and entrepreneurship.
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PIRATE Summit is more than a tech conference! It is one of the few events that truly puts people front and center.
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!!!
One of the coolest events I’ve ever heard of.
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.
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
Thanks for PIRATE Summit! It was so warm and inspiring!
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.
Incredible. Inspiring. It was just amazing.
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.
A really cool event and fun to see how the startup ecosystem outside of the Nordics operates.
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.
Easily the best conference for founders in Europe.
One of my favourite events!
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.
Hold on, we’re invited to be vulnerable at a tech conference?!
Thank you so much for organising this great experience – again.
You just cannot compare this to anything else!
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!
Love that at PIRATE Summit everyone is a VIP.
Officially the coolest B2B event I’ve ever attended.
Just got off the stage at PIRATESummit. Great event!
Kudos to the amazing team behind this unique gathering.
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!
Community-led, curated, intimate, not for profit, raw.
Amazing days and culture at 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!
Simply terrific!
Packed with digital nomads, startups and investors PIRATE Summit is buzzing with creative minds.
Winning the pitch competition at PIRATE Summit helped us to close our Series A and opened up many new opportunities for us!
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.
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.
It was an unforgettable experience!
Holy cow!
That was a premiere, and a very nice one!
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.
This year’s edition of PIRATE Summit was a blast!
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.
What an incredible experience!
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!
We are big fans of this unique conference!
Amazing meeting so many incredible people and catching up with old friends, talking about the startup ecosystem, our work, and our impact.
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!
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.
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.
Looking forward to PIRATE Summit this year. It’s the best startup conference I’ve experienced.
Just arrived at PIRATE Summit – definitely one of the top tech conferences in Europe.
PIRATE Summit disrupts the (hierarchy) distance between startups and investors and brings them to eye level.
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.
Thanks for creating great memories and connections!
One of the edgiest and most community-focused conferences out there!
What a crazy event it was! Thanks PIRATE Summit for inviting me! Heading back to Paris now with many new ideas to work on.
This was not a conference, it was an opportunity to reconnect, learn & grow!
The PIRATE Summit in Cologne has been the coolest event I was able to participate in.
PIRATE Summit is such an amazing event. The entrepreneurial dream lives here.
So PIRATE Summit absolutely rrrrocked – will be back next year to walk the plank!
The most unbelievable entrepreneurship conference.
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.
Best venue, excellent catering, impeccable time keeping. Thank you PIRATE Summit!
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!
Thanks PIRATE Summit what an amazing event 👏 I can really recommend this event for startup founders, don’t miss it next year!
It was my first time at PIRATE Summit and it was amazing.
The hopeful expectations of my first participation in the PIRATE Summit were blown up excessively!
PIRATE Summit is one of the finest tech events in Europe.
This conference is ARRRmazing! Nothing to do with those 5000 people corporate conferences where you barely can meet the relevant people you want!
What an extraordinary and inspiring event, filled with a touch of enchantment!
Huge respect
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.
PIRATE Summit is truly an experience to remember.
Carefully crafted for connection, inspiration, and learning, this summit is just a different breed.
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.
What an amazing event!
I was particularly pleased to see the large number of female founders.
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.
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!
Thank you for 7 years of PIRATE Summit, glad to have been at all of them.
This experience reminded me of what’s super important: creating and sharing.
Loved PIRATE Summit! 1200 startups applied for the pitch competition. Stoked to be in the jury.
Such a smooth organization and an incredible time!
Thank you PIRATE Summit for the awesome event!
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.
Lubomila Jordanova
Two amazing days with great connections, inspiring sessions, and a deep dive into ourselves.
Participated at the PIRATE Summit and met some great minds having pure startup entrepreneurial spirit.
Their mission is to create meaningful connections and grow the startup ecosystem. They celebrate true entrepreneurship and the startup culture and are known for their curated, authentic and somewhat different approach to events.
Awesome event! Enjoying the german startup ecosystem!
A really great event. I liked it so much that the No BS rule was adhered to really well and you had great and above all real conversations. I am happy about every new contact I have made and now follow the respective journeys very excitedly.
I was excited to meet so many founders from all over the world.
Had a lot of fun sharing growth tips at PIRATE Summit and also met some amazing people.
Thanks PIRATE Summit for some ARRRsome days in Cologne.
PIRATE Summit is truly an experience to remember. Carefully crafted for connection, inspiration, and learning, this summit is just a different breed.
The event provided valuable connections and reaffirmed our commitment to positive change.
Our family member Tilman went to PIRATE Summit in Cologne yesterday. He enjoyed a very welcoming crowd, the campfires and clinics, and on top of that met many interesting teams. Until next time! 👋🏼
The atmosphere, the talks, the networking, everything was perfect.
Thank you to the amazing PIRATE Summit team for hosting us and all your hard work. Such a great event!
The mix of innovative ideas and unique welcoming atmosphere – thank you PIRATE Summit for a great tech event.
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!
I feel inspired by this unique conference specifically designed for entrepreneurs on their journey.
Yesterday’s legendary Burning Ceremony 🔥 at PIRATE Summit ☠️. What a stunning event!!! Great pitch competition, inspiring talks, cool people for networking and so much love for details 🖤
Pitching Fuel, promoting Ukraine & first time crying on the stage
On the first day of @piratesummit, I was pitching Fuelfinance. 3 minutes for pitch and 2 min for questions from investors. It was a great new experience for me.
Hell yeah!!! 🔥🔥🔥 PIRATE Summit 2022.
Be authentic – Talk about how you really feel, what you really think and want to achieve! 🔥
Thanks to the whole 🏴☠️ Pirate Team🏴☠️
PIRATE Summit – the weirdest tech conference!
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!
Thank you for accumulating such brave, mindful souls in one place.
Thank you for doing it differently — for having conversations that we all need to have, for breaking open doors that we need to if we not just only want to raise ourselves, but use our leadership to improve communities around the world.
The burning pirate at PIRATE Summit: a mix between a tech conference and the burningman
It was a pleasure meeting & exploring collaboration opportunities with hundreds of tech entrepreneurs, thought leaders at PIRATE Summit, Cologne. Thanks to the entire PIRATE Summit Crew for organizing the brilliant event.
Very delighted to join the pirate summit 2022 in cologne! A great experience for Melodizr! 🎶🎤
One of the best tech conferences in the world.
Extraordinary event. One thing is for sure: Once a pirate, always a pirate! AYE!
Great connections, inspiring sessions, good conversations, and the opportunity to network in an ever-growing ecosystem.
This week brought a lot of first-time experiences.
I attended PIRATE Summit not as seasoned data industry professional but in a totally new capacity.
I recorded the first live podcast interview with a fantastic speaker – in a former scrapyard!
Finally, I shared publicly the bold vision that’s forming in my head. And it felt astonishingly good.
“Give Give Give Ask. It’s a superpower.” Let’s keep this spirit and “let the flames be the witness.” Thanks for an incredible event PIRATE Summit. See you next year!
Unique experience at PIRATE Summit!! We new it was going to be great but it exceeded all expectations.
It was a hell of an event with a bunch of awesome people! Aye!
What an amazing summit thus far meeting and hearing stories from startup founders. I’m looking forward to meeting more people well into the night. 🏴☠️🚀
We had a blast at the #PIRATEsummit 2022 🚀🏴☠️!!
Two amazing days of authentic connections, real life experiences from people who love to solve real problems, peer learning and hot topics from a business perspective.
‘It’s all about people, it’s all about the community’ was one of the most common things we could listen from the attendees and during those two days, people just follow the rules of the house and treated vulnerability as the major pirate strength!
From standing on the plank, burning insecurities and doubts on a gigantic scarecrow bonfire to meeting VCs and founders, We could say that, is the coolest and authentic B2B event for entrepreneurs with festival vibes.
Thank you PIRATE Summit for this great experience! ARRR! 🏴☠️🙌🦜
I was rewarded with a fantastic event.
Thanks for the inspiring insights and valuable connections.
We definitely found our inner pirate – ARRR! 🏴☠️🔥
Very thankful to be part of the event.
Great conference, great people and a lot of fun!
It was a great opportunity to mingle in a special location.
What an amazing event! It was great to talk to so many dedicated startups, business angels, investors, and multipliers yesterday and to meet so many new, interesting people.
I was particularly pleased to see the large number of female founders and investors.
This week part of our team had two adventurous days in the Odonien in Cologne where PIRATE Summit took place.
These exciting days once again brought us great connections, inspiring sessions, good conversations and the opportunity to network in an ever-growing ecosystem.
Thanks PIRATE Summit for a very cool event and community of Pirates.
One last burn with PIRATE Summit!
While it is sad to know that this is the end of the Summit it is not the end of spirit that was created!
A big thanks to Manuel and the team for one last amazing summit.
PIRATE Summit is the craziest conference made with love and the right attitude to support entrepreneurs and the innovation ecosystem. Simply ARRRmazing!
PIRATE Summit: learning, networking, having fun, burning the burning man
PIRATE Summit itself was the event just like everybody has described it and more. I think it all came from the people participating. The PIRATE spirit of celebration was all around. There were a lot of laughs, people looked so relaxed, connected. You could see people talking to each other not like they just met but like they knew each other for years and now they were exchanging memories. So many talks happened in parallel sharing ideas from all the fields of human activities. Everybody who participated at least once will surely miss this event.
Thank you for all you have achieved and done for all the stakeholders, involved with striving for a better, more humanized business world.
Thanks for wonderful, inspiring, encouraging and enlightening days and events.
For me a perfect combination of adventurousness, humour, and new insights.
Good energy, meaningful conversations, and a very chill, casual vibe overall.
PIRATE Summit is an incredible opportunity to get up close and personal with a great audience.
We have ARRRived at PIRATE Summit and are discovering the surreal Odonien venue! The long journey from Montréal was surely worth it!
🏴☠️ I represented APX at PIRATE Summit 2022, Europe’s largest invitation-only conference for early-stage startups, investors and corporate executives
🔥An archery range, a massage booth and a giant bonfire (some call it the “Burning Man” of the startup conferences)
⭐Key takeaway: #GenZ VC investors are changing the VC industry, not accepting the status quo, being values-focused and unafraid of breaking into untapped (emerging) markets
Last week, I spent two days in Cologne on the PIRATE Summit discussing business models, ideas and visions with founders, investors and networkers. I am still enthusiastic about the different impressions and look forward to the next events in the Cologne ecosystem.
But also the view to Europe. how we deal with data in various projects for stakeholders from different industries has led to interesting discussions at GXFS Connect 2022 as part of the Gaia-X funding projects in Berlin.
I am very much looking forward to the next events, impressions and encounters!
ARRRmazing. What a blast PIRATE Summit – yesterday we walked the plank and pitched Complero! Great to connect with other founders and investors and reach out to the community.
Above all, what made Pirate Summit truly special was the sense of camaraderie and community. We sailed together, weathering the storms and celebrating each other’s victories.
Loved the experience!! Thanks for the opportunity.
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.
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.
The PIRATE Summit offered an exceptional setting for an intensive exchange with like-minded people: An intimate and warm atmosphere – simply unusual!
Excited to share that Numo was selected for the Walk the Plank pitch competition at PIRATE Summit in Cologne. Awesome opportunity to speak up about the massive ADHD problem 💛💙
It was the last big dance, the last burn. It was great, fantastic, sometimes freezing cold and always loud.
I am taking so much from this experience and will carry the spirit of the PIRATE Summit with me. Wherever we meet again, I look forward to it. Until then, hoist the sails and go on an expedition!
Until the next adventure, captains!
Great event PIRATE Summit – thanks to all fellowpirates.
PIRATE Summit is the only event I enjoyed taking part in since… well, ever. Here is why: minimal waste, the „Odonien“ vibe, well being.
Sad to see you go, PIRATE Summit!
Epic win for the planet and female entrepreneurship!
It’s been incredible sharing the burning man experience. Meeting investors and hearing their challenges and opportunities. Learning from founders about their creative businesses and focus on raising funds for the next stage of growth. Getting lessons on mindfulness and how to be a more caring entrepreneur. Creating a better and more sustainable world through business…
Yesterday I had my first burn at PIRATE Summit. It is oddly ritualistic and teaches you: Give give give, ask!
An event where you can pitch in front of well-known investors wearing shorts is rare, but there is one place where it is common, the PIRATE Summit
What fascinated me, even more, was the amount of climate tech startups, such as the well-deserved winner We Do Solar, and the diversity of founders. Most specific, the number of female founders, who came to pitch their great ideas.
🚀 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. 🤝🏭📲
To describe it in a few words: shrill, bizarre in places, and with a lot of serendipity. Impressive what you have built.
THE highlight of the event season!
PIRATE Summit was awesome! It was a great celebration of female entrepreneurship and real problem solvers!
What a stunning event!!!
Fiery energy, great food, perfect setup. Thank you PIRATE Summit team for ARRR-some days.
A special and worthwhile event with inspiring conversations, some really nice new connections and some eye-opening impact-related discussions. Thanks PIRATE Summit
The PIRATE Summit was inspiring.
ARRR they make it happen! Big up guys for this amazing PIRATE Summit.
It’s truly inspiring to be part of a gathering where entrepreneurship thrives, ideas collide, and boundaries are pushed. The energy and passion in the air are contagious, reminding me of the endless possibilities that lie ahead in the world of startups.
Best. Startup. Summit. Ever.
not only technical contents but real emotions and meaningful connections
We are now at PIRATE Summit and once again we think that it is one epic event!
Our time at the PIRATE Summit in Cologne was an unforgettable adventure!
It has been incredibly inspiring to see how you grew our little makeshift event into a movement! You touched us and many entrepreneurs from around the world with your passion and craziness. And with your sad sad message that this time the mofo will burn for the last time. He has burnt thoroughly. He has burnt loudly. His fire has sparked many ideas, ignited new friendships, and fired up lots of innovation. Shall his flame rest in peace, his spirit remains. Arr! Forever your loyal co-pirate.
ARRRsome conference! Loved every minute of PIRATE Summit.
Brilliant content, great company and superb organisation.
The pictures speak for themselves… #PirateSummit
PIRATE Summit offered an excellent mix of start-ups, corporates, investors, a captivating internationality and intimacy in industrial romance: a bit hippie, a bit alternative, and always close to the basic idea of ”meaningful exchange”.