AI Startups in Europe - Succeeding from Zero to Unicorn

​What does it really take to build a tech company in Europe?

This Founder Roundtable hosted by Ignite and HPI Engine brings together founders from successful German start- and scale-ups Praxipal, Element, Buena, and voize and investors from 20VC, Project Europe, HPI Ventures for an open, honest discussion about building category-defining tech companies in Europe.

Instead of pitches or frameworks, this session is about:

• ​How founders actually got started

• ​The decisions that mattered early — and the ones they’d rethink

• ​What building and scaling in Europe really looks like

• ​How students can best prepare if they want to build one day

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You’ll get direct insights from top founders in an intimate setting, with plenty of room for questions and discussion.
No buzzwords, no slides — just real experiences and candid answers.


Founder Roundtable 1: Getting Started
Project Europe · HPI Ventures · Praxipal · Element
How do founders move from curiosity to commitment? We’ll talk about first ideas, first steps, early doubts, and what helped founders get going.


Founder Roundtable 2: Building & Scaling in Europe
20VC · HPI Ventures · Buena · voize
What changes once things start working? This roundtable focuses on growth, scaling teams and customers, and what makes Europe a unique place to build.