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Click here to find out more about EIB activities at the 2019 Web Summit.

As a leading supporter of start-ups, innovation and the digital economy, we will be sponsoring the “Growth lounge” at Web Summit 2018. Described as “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”, Web Summit gathers 70,000 participants from over 170 countries, including the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how technology can improve lives.

You will find us from 9.30am to 4pm each day at the “Growth lounge”, where we will give presentations on our financial products and meet new clients.

Find out more about the programme

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Elevator pitch challenge

7 November 2018

Pitch me your idea: Ultimate.ai

Ultimate.ai is a customer service automation platform where artificial intelligence helps reduce average handling time by 30%. Can their COO Sarah pitch Ultimate.ai in 42 seconds or would she need help from artificial intelligence herself?
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Technology Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation
7 November 2018

Pitch me your idea: GenePlanet.com

Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of all deaths but 75% of those could be prevented with a personalized action plan. How does GenePlanet.com plan to do it? Watch their elevator pitch to find out!
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Technology Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation
7 November 2018

Pitch me your idea: Kuzzle

Kuzzle is a next generation open source back-end platform for mobile and Internet of Things with a mission to boost their clients’ mobile and IT innovation. Will they manage to explain it all in 42 seconds?
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Technology Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation
7 November 2018

Pitch me your idea: Tokenbox

Tokenbox is a platform for crypto investors, funds and traders who decided to take on the elevator pitch challenge. Will they make it before the elevator door open?
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Technology Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation
7 November 2018

Pitch me your idea: SmartGovernance

Smart Governance is all about simplifying decision-making ecosystems. So Managing Partner Pedro Serrano shouldn’t have a hard time pitching SmartGovernance in a 42-second elevator ride, right?
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Technology Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation
9 November 2018

Pitch me your idea: Behind the scenes

How many people can fit in an elevator? How does pitching your company feel like when you know you are pressed for time? Let us take you behind the scene of the elevator pitch challenge!
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Technology Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation

Pictures Gallery

Web Summit 2018 Portugal Growth Lounge
Web Summit 2018 Portugal
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Web Summit 2018 Portugal Growth Lounge
Web Summit 2018 Portugal
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Web Summit 2018 Portugal Growth Lounge
Web Summit 2018 Portugal
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Web Summit 2018 Portugal Growth Lounge
Web Summit 2018 Portugal
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Web Summit 2018 Portugal Growth Lounge
Web Summit 2018 Portugal
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Web Summit 2018 Portugal Growth Lounge
Web Summit 2018 Portugal
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Described as “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”, Web Summit gathers 70,000 participants from over 170 countries, including the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how technology can improve lives.
Web Summit 2018
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Described as “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”, Web Summit gathers 70,000 participants from over 170 countries, including the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how technology can improve lives.
Web Summit 2018
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Videos

5 February 2018

EIB Group support for small businesses

Discover in this video animation the main EIB Group products to facilitate access to finance for small businesses. Our offer (loans, guarantees and equity) help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all over the EU benefit from favourable conditions through our network of over 1 000 local partner banks.
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SMEs Finance SMEs
30 October 2018

EIB’s venture debt: Innovative ventures

Imagine you own an innovative company with a great product idea, but you have no sales or assets and you need money to bring your product to the market. Where would you go? The EU bank’s venture debt might be the answer.
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Venture capital & equity Venture capital Venture debt Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation

Stories

8 November 2018

Starting up is so hard to do

At the Lisbon Web Summit, start-ups say attracting customers and talent are the biggest challenges
Venture capital & equity Start-ups Venture capital SMEs Digital and telecoms SMEs Digitalisation and technological innovation
15 June 2018

Don’t fear AI

Artificial intelligence will soon have an impact on jobs. Here's how European policymakers can reject doomsayers and create a workforce equipped for a new technological age of work.
Digital and telecoms Artificial intelligence Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation
14 February 2018

Fitness in the cloud: EGym wants the masses to start working out

EGym’s advanced digital strength machines, software and apps pull the gym experience out of the 1970s and into the future
SMEs Technology InvestEU EFSI impact Germany European Union Innovation SMEs Digitalisation and technological innovation
3 May 2018

How to double investment

An economic experiment shows how even a small shift in financing conditions can double the investment a firm choses to make
Infrastructure SMEs Economics Econ stories Investment SMEs Infrastructure
14 December 2017

Peanut bars and payment systems

iZettle, a Swedish fintech company, gets financing from the EIB to help small businesses who previously had to rely on cash only – and deal with the “foregone purchases problem”.
Fintech SMEs Digital and telecoms InvestEU EFSI impact Sweden The Netherlands European Union Digitalisation and technological innovation
5 December 2017

Molecular diagnostics save lives and money

Three European start-ups are developing automated molecular diagnostics tests that slash the time it takes to detect and treat serious gastro-intestinal and respiratory diseases for patients admitted in emergency departments and intensive care units.
Health and life sciences Spain Germany Finland France European Union Digitalisation and technological innovation Social infrastructure
23 May 2016

Academic spinouts: From Paris universities to the market

European Investment Fund backs France’s first academic spinouts fund
Health and life sciences Universities Education and training France European Union Innovation Digitalisation and technological innovation Social infrastructure
13 February 2017

Supercapacitors and coconuts: A better way to store energy

The key ingredient in powerful devices for storing energy has been charred coconut. Now a company in icy Estonia has figured out how to make a supercapacitor without tropical fruit.
InvestEU EFSI impact Estonia European Union Digitalisation and technological innovation Energy
14 November 2018

At Lisbon Web Summit, 8 things to know about technology

Big-name technology firm’s have a lot say, but it’s not always worth hearing
Start-ups Technology Information technology Venture capital SMEs Digital and telecoms SMEs Digitalisation and technological innovation Digital and telecoms

 

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