#entrepreneurship #VC #network
Facts
Participants: 4000+
Selected Startups: 100
Investors: 500+
Countries: 80+
Practical Information
Date: October 20 – 22, 2020
HQ: Istanbul, Turkey
Language: English
Registration
startupistanbul.com (95€ – 990€)
Sesame Summit 2026 – application open
FUNDRAISING
Belfast’s Cloudsmith Raises $72M Series C to Secure the AI-Era Software Supply Chain Berlin’s VREY Raises €3.3M Seed to Unlock Rooftop Solar for Multi-Family Buildings € Decade Energy Secures €22M to Electrify European Logistics Depots at Scale UNIVITY Closes €27M Series A to Build Sovereign VLEO Space Connectivity for Telecom Operators Wenite Raises €1.8M to Build Data-Driven Infrastructure for Europe’s HR Service Providers Fundraising of the Week (Week 16): European Startups Pull In ~40M Across Quantum, AI and Deeptech ATMOS Space Cargo Raises €25.7M Series A to Build Europe’s Sovereign Return-from-Orbit Capability Cobl Raises €6M to Automate B2B Sales Proposals with Multi-Agent AI MillTech Raises €51M from Apax Digital to Scale Automated FX and Treasury Platform