Event to Take Place at the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park, 5th - 8th December 2015
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LONDON -- (Business Wire)
TechCrunch announced today that the third TechCrunch Disrupt Europe
conference will take place from 5th-8th December at the Copper Box Arena
in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London.
TechCrunch Disrupt brings world-renowned speakers, who have included
Soundcloud founder and CEO, Alex Ljung, chairman and CEO of
Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo, CEO and
Founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, as well as hundreds of
outstanding start-ups to audiences globally, making it one of the most
anticipated technology conferences of the year.
The London conference kicks off with the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon
from 5th to 6th December, followed by two days of
on stage interviews and panels with some of the biggest names in
technology. The speakers will give attendees advice, invaluable insight
and first-hand knowledge on what it takes to build an industry-leading
company. In addition, TechCrunch Disrupt will also welcome Startup
Battlefield and Startup
Alley to London.
Startup
Battlefield competitors pitch to teams of judges, who include some
of the startup world’s foremost investors, innovators and influencers in
the tech community. TechCrunch identifies emerging companies to demo and
compete for a prize of £30,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. The 508
companies who have participated in the Battlefield have raised $4.4
billion in funding post appearing in Battlefield. Battlefield is one of
the most effective event-based launch platforms for startups in the
word. Last year Crate took home the prize, a start-up that makes central
database services obsolete and enables users to build a back end
scalable database in minutes. Previous Battlefield competitions have
launched companies such as Dropbox, Mint.com, Yammer and Fitbit, which
are now heavyweights in the global tech industry.
Startup Alley offers another way for early-stage companies to gain
exposure with a format that encourages both exhibiting and networking,
as well as high visibility. Roughly 150 startups make up Startup Alley
with companies showcasing on the Monday and Tuesday of the event. Startups
can apply for a space at Startup Alley here.
According
to Tech City, London is growing faster than many other digital hubs
including New York. Twenty-seven percent of all job growth in London
comes from the digital market, with approximately 582,000 people now
employed by the tech sector in London. Recent
research supported by Bloomberg suggests the tech and information
sector in London, Southeast and East England – including Oxford and
Cambridge – is growing faster than that of California.
London continues to cement its reputation as a leader in financial
technology. In the recent FinTech
Futures report, the FinTech industry generated over £20bn of revenue
in 2014 with some 135,000 people working in the sector across the
country.
Mike Butcher, Editor At Large of TechCrunch, said: “Last year European
startups raised more money than they did during the dot com boom. Much
of that money and startup activity is coming out of London, as European
entrepreneurs are often using it as a bridge to the Valley. At the same
time, it remains the first beachhead for many US startups looking to
scale in Europe. So there are hard and fast reasons why it made sense
for TechCrunch to return to London with Disrupt. Plus, we set off
a "media atomic bomb" last year, with multiple media outlets covering
the startups that launched on our stage. We aim to repeat it”
Gordon Innes, CEO of London & Partners, said: “TechCrunch Disrupt is one
of the pre-eminent events on the global tech calendar, and I am
delighted that its organisers are bringing it back to London. Our city
is in the midst of a tech boom, producing companies and ideas that are
changing the world and creating jobs and economic growth for the UK, and
hosting this major event here acknowledges London’s success and shows
that global attention is focused on what is being produced here.”
Find all the latest information on the Disrupt Europe website.
Early Bird tickets are available to a limited number of attendees. Click here
to for a chance to buy 2-for-1 passes to Disrupt.
For sponsorship information go here.
Previous sponsors have included General Motors, Ford and KPMG.
To request media accreditation go here.
About TechCrunch Disrupt Europe
TechCrunch Disrupt Europe 2015 is TechCrunch’s third conference in
Europe, taking place in London. The format combines top thought-leader
discussions with new product and company launches. Morning executive
discussions debate technology-driven disruptions in many industries,
while the afternoons are reserved for the Startup Battlefield, where 15
new companies will launch for the first time on stage. TechCrunch
Disrupt will take place at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park, from October 5th-8th December.
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