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Your chance to meet the key players of the startup scene in Barcelona

In January this year, 17 entrepreneurs and VCs from Cologne flew to London to visit local VCs, startups and meet entrepreneurs. From this trip the idea for an English speaking blog covering startup life in the Rhine Ruhr region came to life. Since February The Pirates Inn is bringing you regular news about startups, entrepreneurs and innovation from the region.

To us the London trip was a great success and we are planning to organize them more regularly. The next one is already in May. On May 7 and 8 we will be visiting Barcelona.

I am very excited that Hermés Pique, Head Robot at Robot Media, will help us put together an arrrsome agenda and meet the key players of the local startup scene. The detailed agenda is currently being set up. As we cannot announce details just yet you can expect two days packed with

  • meeting the best local startups
  • meeting with bloggers and local influencers
  • meeting top local VCs
  • a lot of fun & networking
  • great food (it’s Barcelona after all)

If you are interested in joining then apply until April 15 using this form. Arrr!

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Nice in-depth-interview with Lukasz Gadowski (in German)

In this interview, Lukasz Gadowski from Team Europe Ventures talks about his investment philosophy, incubators, the German internet and VC ecosystem and several other topics. For anybody in the German web and startup scene this interview is absolutely worth watching.

Some background on Lukasz: In 2002 Lukasz Gadowski founded Spreadshirt.com and was the co-founder of the Social Network “StudiVZ”. At the beginning of 2008 Gadowski moved from the Spreadshirt Board of Directors to the Supervisory Board, where he is now chairman.

Lukasz is an active internet investor since 2006 and has a portfolio of over 60 internet companies across geographies and stages.

In September 2008 Lukasz launched ‘Team Europe Ventures’ which combines his existing portfolio. Within the new entity he plans to scale and expand his activities – among other towards investments in later stages and more international focus.

Lukasz was born in Poland and grew up in Germany. Today he lives in Berlin.

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