Some of the best conversations in venture don't happen over e-mail. They happen in a hallway between sessions, over a coffee that runs twenty minutes longer than planned or at a side-event dinner where nobody's checking their phone. Autumn is when those conversations get easy, because half of European tech is in the same handful of cities within the same few weeks.
Over the next three months, our team is on the road across Europe, from the climate-tech crowd in Malmö to the LP halls of Amsterdam. If you're a founder looking to electrify, automate or fortify the physical world, an LP mapping the markets, or a fellow investor who wants to compare notes, this is the easiest window all year to catch us in person.
Here's where you'll find us, in order.
The Drop - Malmö, September 15-16
Northern Europe's flagship climate-tech gathering, part conference and part community reunion. Director IR & Comms Bryony Cooper and Managing Director UK Burhanuddin Pisavadi are on the ground, and you can catch Bryony's live podcast interview on stage with Mike Butcher.
FD Day - Paris, September 16
France Digitale's annual summit, one of Europe's largest startup and investor meetups. Investment Associate Anaïs Cimbidhi is flying the flag for us.
Symposium Architecture - Zurich, September 24
ETH Zürich's showcase where the next wave of architecture and built-environment startups meets capital. Anaïs Cimbidhi will be scouting the room for what's next.
Bits & Pretzels - Munich, September 28-30
The founders' festival that turns Oktoberfest week into one giant networking floor. Our Partners Anja Rath and Kosta Matsoukas will be there, and we're co-hosting a side event with TUM Venture Labs.
EXPO REAL - Munich, October 5-7
Europe's biggest real estate trade fair, where the whole built-world industry lands in one place. Managing Partners Nikolas Samios and Anja Rath will be in the mix.
unlock VC Summit —-Barcelona, October 7-9
A gathering built around the VC ecosystem, LPs, and the people funding the next generation of managers. Anja Rath and Investment Associate Simran Dodhia are attending.
Istanbul Ignited by Slush'D - Istanbul, October 12-14
A regional spin-off of the Slush franchise, connecting founders and investors across the Turkish and wider emerging-market tech scene. Burhanuddin Pisavadi will be there.
Cityshift - Vilnius, October 15
PropTech Lithuania's conference on the future of cities and the built environment. Anaïs Cimbidhi is attending.
Oslo Innovation Week - Oslo, October 19-22
A week-long, city-wide festival of Nordic innovation and dealmaking. Investment Manager Fabian Koenig and Bryony Cooper are heading north.
SuperReturn Europe - Amsterdam, November 3-6
The largest private equity and venture capital LP conference in the world. Fabian Koenig will be there, so if you're an LP, this is a good one to find us at.
Slush - Helsinki, November 18-19
The Nordic startup event that packs a huge chunk of European tech into two days. Bryony Cooper is attending, and you can catch her at the 'UK & Beyond' side event. Fabian Koenig may also be around.
ZIA Innovationskongress - Berlin, November 24-25
The German real estate industry's flagship innovation congress. Nikolas Samios and Bryony Cooper are closing out the year on home turf.
That's a dozen cities, a stack of side events, and a lot of coffee between now and December. At PT1, we back founders building the technologies that electrify, automate and fortify the physical world, and we're always keen to meet the people doing that work, along with the LPs who want to back them.
If you'd rather lock in a slot than hope for a lucky hallway run-in, reach out and we'll find time. We'll see you out there.