

Beyond Borders - The Startup Conference for Scaling in Europe and Worldwide
On November 25, 2026, join Rubik Hub’s international startup conference in 📌 Milan, organized in partnership with Smart City Lab Milano and hosted at their hub.
“Beyond Borders - The Startup Conference for Scaling in Europe and Worldwide” is about international growth, European innovation, and what it really takes to move from one market to many.
We’re bringing together a room of startup founders, investors, corporates, mentors, European policymakers, and international ecosystem leaders to exchange perspectives, challenge assumptions, share what actually works, and create connections that can turn into opportunities long after the event.
Building on Rubik Hub’s experience supporting and scaling startups across Europe, the conference aims to strengthen the European startup ecosystem and connect local innovation with international capital, partners, and markets.
If you're building, funding, supporting, or enabling startups in Europe, this is a conversation you want to be part of, not hear about afterwards. Join us!
Agenda Overview
📣 Important note:
The event includes parallel sessions across two rooms, and each room has limited capacity.
Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a session reaches capacity, we may not be able to accommodate additional participants. If seats become available during a session, you may be able to join.
✅ Going Global Panel - How Top Startups Scale
Startups that have already scaled beyond their home market share what actually worked - first hires abroad, go-to-market missteps, what they'd do differently.
✅ EU Innovation Challenges Panel - From European to Local Challenges
A panel discussion about the challenges in the European startup ecosystem. A fair comparison with other markets.
✅ Corporate Innovation Panel
Representatives from large companies will discuss how startups are becoming key drivers of innovation within corporate environments. A discussion about startup–corporate collaboration models.
✅ Rapid-fire Investors Panel
A panel with investors with a rapid series of bold, provocative statements and real founder scenarios.
✅ Rapid-fire Founders Panel
Founders take the hot seat this time, in the same playful, sharp, revealing format as investors.
✅ Startup Pitches
A curated selection of high-potential European startups with strong traction will take the stage.
✅ Investor Reverse Pitches
Investors step into founders’ shoes and take the stage to present their investment thesis, sectors of interest, and the value they bring to founders beyond capital.
More Than a Conference
This is not a traditional conference. It is a space designed for honest conversations, real lessons from founders, meaningful connections, and collaborative thinking about the future of the European startup ecosystem.
Join us!
📍 Smart City Lab Milano, Milan, Italy
📅 November 25, 2026
About Rubik Hub
Rubik Hub is one of Europe’s top startup accelerators as recognized by the Financial Times for two years in a row, with an impressive #13 in Europe for networking, and is home to the Best Coworking Space 2026 in the world.
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📷 *Media Release Notice
By attending this event, you hereby give your free and unlimited consent and permission to Rubik Hub, the event partners, and the event photographer to capture and use photographs, video, or audio of you during the event. You understand these may be published or shared, without limitation, for promotional, marketing, or editorial purposes, with or without identification by name. You waive any right to compensation or claims arising from such use.