Tech Tour Community
Our Members Make Us Great
We are a thriving ecosystem of entrepreneurs, business and sector experts, active investors, leading corporations, innovation hubs, and governmental, advisory, and cluster partners.
Together, we build and strengthen relationships, drive innovation and growth, and help shape the future of Europe’s tech landscape.
“A powerful network for
talented entrepreneurs”
In entrepreneurship, you realise very quickly that you don’t go very far alone. The first place we pitched was Tech Tour, and the rest is history.
Vincent Bieri
Nexthink Co-Founder
$1.1B Valuation (2021)
Swiss Unicorn
Entrepreneurs
Visionary Heroes
Tech Tour loves entrepreneurs!
Our community is home to visionary founders and the most promising startups and scale-ups who are pushing the boundaries of tech innovation.
Our Entrepreneurs:
- Gain access to funding and receive actionable guidance from experts
- Raise their company’s visibility with key stakeholders
- Build strategic partnerships and gain exposure to new market opportunities and geographies
- Connect with impact investors and venture capitalists through exclusive pitch events
- Benefit from sector-specific peer-to-peer interaction, One2One meetings, and contact exchange
Investors
Value Architects
Investors enable innovation!
Our community attracts top-tier investors and corporate VCs who are actively seeking the next transformative technology.
Our Investors:
- Gain early, in-depth access to innovation trends, emerging tech solutions, and high growth-potential niche sectors
- Discover and align with startups and scale-ups to expand their portfolios and achieve investment goals
- Derisk their portfolios through data-driven insights and co-investments
- Evaluate and select companies, attend pitching sessions, and help founders refine their investment strategy
Tech Tour puts entrepreneurs at the centre of its activities. We like the targeted format of the investment events and have supported Tech Tour for 10+ years.
Claas Heise
Executive Director
NRW Bank
Tech Tour enables us to position Essen as a start-up-friendly city in Europe and gives Essen’s startups the opportunity to pitch to international investors.
Melanie Ilic
EWG – Essen Economic
Development
Partners
Champions of Innovation
Partners Provide Leverage for Success!
Corporate, governmental, advisory, and cluster partners play a crucial role in creating opportunities for advanced economic development.
Our Partners:
- Boost regional and national economic growth across diverse sectors
- Attract new technologies, capital, and talent to their region
- Exercise their considerable reach and influence to empower companies to achieve transformational growth
- Gain visibility and promote local ecosystems at international events
- Help companies and corporate ventures navigate regulatory challenges and penetrate new markets with broader impact
Mentors & Experts
Guidance Gurus
Experts Optimise the Growth Journey!
Our community includes renowned experts who provide mentoring and actionable guidance to founders and scale-ups.
Our Experts:
- Participate in online and in-person mentoring sessions to identify and prioritize company challenges
- Help founders develop strategies to overcome obstacles to growing their business and tech readiness
- Gain visibility and recognition among network members, sponsors, and media
- Bolster their reputation as a thought leader by sharing their knowledge, experience, and insights
- Work with high-potential companies to facilitate Europe’s next unicorns
Managing a company is an art that can be taught and learned through shared experiences.
Sam Guilaume
President
Latitude 45 SAS
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