The summit brought together 150 founders of European scale-ups, policymakers, investors, and influential players from the tech ecosystem to discuss strategies for enhancing European tech sovereignty.
A panel, including Niklas Zennström Founder and CEO of Atomico and ex-Skype, Antoine Bordes VP of Helsing and ex-Meta AI, and Thibaut Kleiner Director from DG Connect at the European Commission, explored strategies for establishing 10 global tech giants, each valued at €100 billion, by 2030 — a key priority for President Emmanuel Macron.
The Summit celebrated the accomplishments of the Scale-Up Europe initiative and the European tech sector, also proposing strategies for further growth. A closing speech was delivered by Mrs Laurence Boone, Secretary of State in charge of Europe. Over the last decade, France has seen a surge in its unicorn companies from zero to 27, and the European Union has witnessed an increase from 30 to over 150 unicorns.
Nataly Veremeeva, the Director at TechUkraine shared her thoughts after the European Tech Sovereignty Summit, the Viva Technology Pre-launch:
“We in Ukraine should be aware of the global agenda and challenges that our partners are solving. Ukrainian participation can reinforce the technological leadership of Europe to secure its spot among the leading innovation locations in the world.
The summit and the ideas voiced were super impressive. The very fact that the event was organized in the next hall to the one, where the EU creation papers were signed, was already symbolic. High level conversation about the challenges of catching up and keeping the global leadership as a region sounded powerful. We in Ukraine should be aware of the global agenda and challenges that our partners are solving. Ukrainian participation can reinforce the technological leadership of Europe to secure its spot among the leading innovation locations in the world.”
What distinguishes Europe most is the humanistic approach. Technology with a human face, solving problems instead of creating them – this is the distinguished feature of Tech from EU and traditional focus. The biggest challenge is beaurocracy, but we hope with Ukrainian walls-breaking passion the structures, that are outdated and not working anymore, will fall apart, to unveil new healthy, flexible and resilient structures, nourishing heathy ecosystems. We are super excited to join this dialogue.”
