At the end of this year’s EU-Startups Summit, the founder Thomas Ohr and Farrugia of EU-Startups announced that the next year’s EU-Startups Summit will be held on May 9-10 in Malta. The annual flagship event of EU-Startups originally started in 2014 in Munich, then happened in Berlin for the next three years and since 2018 the event has been held in Barcelona – except for the pandemic times.
EU-Startups founder and Menlo Media CEO Thomas Ohr stated “While being held first in Germany and later in Spain, the EU-Startups Summit was never a German or a Spanish startup event, but already from the very beginning it was a European event, bringing together startup ecosystem players from across Europe. In order to keep the European identity and international mix of our audience alive we’re convinced that it’s the right decision to move on and to host the EU-Startups Summit next year in Malta. It’s a magnificent island with an English and Maltese speaking population, a business and startup friendly environment and we’re super excited for this next chapter of the EU-Startups Summit.”
Malta Enterprise is the country’s economic development agency, tasked with attracting new foreign direct investment as well as facilitating the growth of existing operations.
Malta Enterprise CEO Kurt Farrugia commented “We are delighted to be hosting next year’s EU-Startups Summit in Malta. Malta Enterprise as the Economic Development Agency of the Maltese Government, has established itself as the single point of contact for startups. We administer a strong proposition for innovative startups that targets both the co-founders and their key employees. Our non-dilutive assistance can initially reach up to €1 million. This is complemented with a one to one personalised service that assists you from submitting your application, to setting-up and scaling out of Malta. In the coming days we will launch a start-up framework consultation with our stakeholders. We want our vision and strategic direction to be driven by the startup ecosystem. We look forward to next year’s event and to welcome you to experience first hand – Malta – a fast growing startup hub in Europe.”
The collaboration between Malta Enterprise and EU-Startups will ensure a smooth transition of the event from Barcelona to Malta, and with combined forces the EU-Startups Summit will be taken to the next level, further improving the events’ audience experience, speaker line-up and networking opportunities.
EU-Startups founder Thomas Ohr added “The EU-Startups team is very excited to be hosting the EU-Startups Summit in Malta from 2024 onwards. As a mission-driven media and events company, we’re looking forward to not only increasing our positive impact on the European startup ecosystem, but also our impact on the local startup ecosystem in Malta through increased media coverage and our annual flagship event.”
