LP/GP IPEM Global 26 Side Event & Rooftop Cocktail : Why Now, Why Global
Join us for an exclusive VC side event and rooftop cocktail 360 view during IPEM, bringing together investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders for an evening focused on building category-defining companies from Europe to the world.
Following welcoming remarks, we’ll host a conversation with four standout unicorns and soonicorns founders from Plug and Play's local portfolio.
Moderated by Plug and Play, this won’t be the usual startup pitch panel. We’ll go behind the scenes to explore what they’re building and why it matters now, what it takes to build from Europe while competing globally, how they approached international expansion, and what comes next.
The conversation will be followed by an exclusive rooftop networking cocktail overlooking Paris, bringing together founders, VCs, LPs, and leaders from across the global tech ecosystem.
Featured companies
Owkin — AI platform transforming biopharma R&D through biological reasoning models and predictive analytics, accelerating drug discovery, biomarker identification, and diagnostics from complex multimodal patient data. $303M raised · Series B
Zama — Pioneer in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), building open-source technology that enables computation on encrypted data and infrastructure for confidential applications and blockchain transactions. $179M raised · Series B
Stockly — Global shared-inventory network enabling e-commerce retailers to seamlessly access and sell each other’s stock, turning unavailable inventory into additional sales. $45M raised · Series B
Spore.Bio — AI-powered rapid microbiological testing platform enabling manufacturers to detect contamination in minutes rather than days, across food, pharma, cosmetics and other industries. $32M raised · Series A
About your host
Plug and Play is a global venture capital firm with $1B+ of assets, consistently recognised among the world’s most active venture investors. Having backed more than 2% of the world’s unicorns at an early stage, Plug and Play combines venture capital with an unparalleled global ecosystem of 550+ corporate partners across 60+ offices worldwide from its Silicon Valley headquarters all the way to Tokyo, helping ambitious founders accelerate commercial traction and expand internationally.