How to build a  decacorn - The Story of SumUp (w/ Petter Made, SumUp Co-founder) - EWOR x UCL Entrepreneurs

​Want to build a unicorn or decacorn? It might be a good idea to take advice from the few who actually did.

​Join SumUp co-founder Petter Made who will share the real story behind SumUp’s early days and the hard truths of building a decacorn company in Europe. He’ll break down:

• ​What actually matters in the first years of building a fintech startup

• ​The specific decisions that unlocked scale, and the mistakes he made along the way

• ​How to think about building not a decacorn in today’s market

• ​What most founders most underestimate from  Europe’s startup ecosystem  

​The evening ends with a Q&A session, where you can ask Petter your most pressing questions about founding, scaling, leadership and more.

​About EWOR: 

​EWOR is a fellowship for outlier founders building transformative tech. We believe that entrepreneurs shape the future – yet only a few create generational impact. This is why we support the top 0.1% of founders with up to €500,000 in funding and weekly 1:1 mentorship from unicorn founders (Adjust, ProGlove, SumUp) who now work full-time at EWOR. 
Our approach is virtual-first and modular so that it can suit each founder's non-linear journey, no matter where in the world they are. No standardised playbooks or rigid programming.

​Building alongside proven peers, our fellows break records – from raising a €13M pre-seed round as a first-time founder to achieving a $3B valuation within 2 years of joining EWOR.

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​In collaboration with Imperial AI Society, UCL AI Society, Imperial Entrepreneurs, IdeaForge Incubator and Kickstart Global!