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EDP, one of Europe's major electricity operators is currently looking for startups for their new EDP Starter Acceleration Program. If you are a startup looking at; energy storage, clean energy, smart grids, client focused solutions, digital innovation and innovative internal processes this program could be for you.  Energy sector focused startups will get the chance to work together with EDP...
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The Startup League is just back from Web Summit 2017 where they supported over 50 startups. Here, they gave us their take on their experience of this years event..."The Startup League is just back from Web Summit, Lisbon. In it’s 7th edition, the conference saw 3 crazy days and over 60,000 people walking into the event. Hosted at the same venue in Lisbon as last year, the event has definitel...
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The growing reputation of the French tech scene is clearly under the spotlight at this year’s Web Summit in Lisbon, with more than 140 French startups exhibiting and 52 top-calibre French speakers on the conference stage during the event. Keen to find out more about the French tech scene, and what you might expect to see at La French Tech Web Summit booth, Startacus took some time to do jus...
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  Earlier this year, the Startup League, a unique startup support program partnered with Web Summit 2017 to create a very special offering for 5 startups - a chance to get a coveted ALPHA booth at the event, at 100% sponsorship! Web Summit which started in Dublin in 2009 as a technology meet up of around 100 enthusiastic startup founders, bloggers and experts has now become a huge ev...
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As we reflect on the journey of Web Summit over the past five years, and the unfortunate circumstances which have unfolded in recent times, we find ourselves disproportionately troubled. Some will think it is fanciful to lament something so trivial as the movement of an event from one country to another, as though our lives will be hugely impacted… but we are not apologetic to say it troub...
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Once again we’re giving away 2 tickets to the hottest tech show on the face of the planet. Web Summit is fast approaching and with the launch of our latest ticket giveaway, we decided to take a look at some of the things that this year's attendees will have to look forward to. Craic It goes without saying that if Web Summit 2015 is any way akin to its predecessor, excellent craic is prett...
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Web Summit is by far our favourite technology / startup themed event on the planet. The Summit 2013 - Picture by Dan Taylor - Heisenberg Media - http://www.heisenbergmedia.com Here’s why... Most of the time, the hype, and bluster surrounding global technology conferences raise expectations which cannot possibly be met… except in the case of  Web Summit.  It is cool, ...
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As I write this, I am sitting in a wooden half-pipe, in a rather dilapidated looking warehouse, dotted with technicolour furniture, lots of clever looking folks and not a tie in site…it can only mean one thing… I’m at a Web Summit event. Not in Dublin this time (Web Summit has burst far and beyond the city of its birth), this time we are in Belfast, down by the docks (home of ...
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Some truly outstanding news for the people of Belfast now, as Web Summit announces that this June (2015) it will be bringing its unique brand of technological celebrations to your fair city, with the first ever stand alone conference in its history. Speaking of Web Summit history, let's quickly recap on some of the details WebSummit began in 2010 as an informal meet-up of 450 members of Dublin&r...
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Now that Web Summit 2014 is slipping away into a hazy (but very happy memory) we decided to take a look at some of the impressive figures that have arisen over the past week as a way of demonstrating its incredible size ….and to put a stopper on it so to speak. Billed as Europe’s biggest tech event, Web Summit certainly matched the expectations of everyone involved. The People 22...
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