Last year, Evolution invested in two startups at Web Summit Startup and growth companies come to Web Summit with the primary goal of meeting investors. They’re essentially looking to secure investment so they can develop and expand their business. They achieve this goal through p … | Continue reading

Web Summit will be taking over the Altice Arena from 5-8 November, welcoming thousands of entrepreneurs, tech superstars, media and startups to the stunning city of Lisbon. If it’s your first time in Lisbon, we’re jealous. If you’re an old friend of the city, welcome back! We’ve … | Continue reading

“Four years since volunteering, Web Summit is a different beast. It has something for every industry – this year there will be tech founders, investors, prime ministers, magazine editors, heads of global banks and four person startups all under one roof. This is so unique. The di … | Continue reading

The Wall Street Journal once affirmed Web Summit as the place where “the giants of the web assemble”. We are proud to be a forum where the leaders driving the tech industry join some of the most influential individuals, companies and organisations in the world. In Web Summit’s sh … | Continue reading

Web Summit 2 for 1 tickets go on sale May 17. Get your code here. 2 for 1 Web Summit tickets go on sale May 17. Here’s everything you need to know: – 2 for 1 tickets for Web Summit go on sale May 17,  Thursday at 4pm Lisbon Time (GMT).   – If you have … | Continue reading

Web Summit 2017 will gather over 5,000 CTOs in one place, and about another 11,000 engineers. If you are a first time dev at Web Summit this post should help you think about your trip. | Continue reading

We’ve got a whole range of delicious food vendors joining us at Web Summit, who’ll be catering to your taste and dietary needs at lunchtime. | Continue reading

For many Web Summit attendees, it may be their first time in Lisbon or Portugal. This guide is everything you need to keep you on the right track. | Continue reading

This week we announced plans to hire 40 new employees over the next six months. We’re hiring across a broad range of areas, including engineering, data science, event production, sales and design. | Continue reading

It was at Web Summit 2016, that Michael Pryor is head of product of Trello shared that “magical moment” backstage with Jay Simons, president of Atlassian. | Continue reading

This essay is an attempt to share many of the insights the team at Web Summit have learned on the way from growing to a 50,000+-person conference. | Continue reading

We’re reducing the cost of our ALPHA startup programme by 56 percent as well as reducing the number of places, but not for the reasons you might expect. | Continue reading

Here in our HQ, we don't tend to focus on what's good about Web Summit. Since starting up as a little event in Dublin six years ago, attended by just 400 Irish people, we've grown to a 50,000+ conference that welcomed people from 166 countries to Lisbon, Portugal this November. A … | Continue reading

This year Web Summit attendees will send more than 1 million messages to each other. We’ve looked at our data on how people use our app to figure out the best ways for you to contact the people you need to meet using our app. | Continue reading

When Mark Mullen was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he didn’t reply 'a banker'. But here he is, CEO and Co-Founder of Atom Bank. | Continue reading