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𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭? Before TechBBQ 2026, The TechBBQ Signal kept asking four questions. 👉 Will European capital back European ambition? 👉 Can Europe keep the value its founders create? 👉 On whose terms will it build its technology? 👉 Can its ecosystems work together? Two days on the stages in Copenhagen gave us different answers. And one pattern underneath all of them. Nº06 is out today. Three signals: 1 · 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬. Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Fabrizio Del Maffeo and Meredith Whittaker on why independence is a budget question, not a slogan. 𝟐 · 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞. Jens Wiese, Nicholas Sando and Ted Persson on later-stage capital, liquidity and exits. 𝟑 · 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞. Dennis Green-Lieber, Kalle Hansson and 🦔 james hawkins on judgment, taste, trust and distribution. 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞. Which of the three is Europe furthest from fixing? Read Nº06 → P.S. TechBBQ 2027 is 8–9 September. Priority members get first access to private releases → https://lnkd.in/ewv9CA3D #TechBBQ #TechBBQ2027 #EuropeanTech

This is not a recap. It’s a signal. 10,000+ founders, investors and builders came to Copenhagen to ask one question: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭? Somewhere between the meetings, stages, booths and late-night conversations, one thing became clear: 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Now we need to turn that ambition into companies, technologies and momentum. This was TechBBQ 2026. 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. Watch the official aftermovie ↓ And if you want to be part of what comes next: Register for TechBBQ 2027 → https://lnkd.in/ewv9CA3D Become a partner → https://lnkd.in/en5g9Uev Nicholas Sando Meredith Whittaker Trine Hoffensetz Winther Avnit Singh Benjamin Rej Notlev Jutta Ruusunen Thomas Ebdrup Sadia Beg Sanne Gjedsted Sørensen Stephan Evon Nadja Schwabach Andrei Ratcu Auri Baciauskas Mikkel Schiott Roxy Dat Rune L. Søndergaard Marie-Louise Nielsen Mette Baastrup Keyvan Thomsen Bamdej Mikael Hansen Mischa Dannerup Marais Charlotte Esmann Jean-Jacques DJONGA Rares Bagyo Sille Hassert Alev Jensen Mikkel Schiott CHARLES KINGA®™ Ida Nørgaard Harsha K Alixe AVERTY Jan Thordsen David Cabezon Egurrola 🟢

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲. TechBBQ 2027 tickets are now available at 50% off for a limited flash sale. Only 200 tickets are available. Ends Sunday 23:59 or when sold out

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲: 𝟓𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐁𝐁𝐐 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕. We’ve released a limited flash allocation for the next TechBBQ. Only 200 tickets are included in the offer. Ends Sunday 23:59 or when sold out.

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲. TechBBQ 2027 tickets are now available at 50% off for a limited flash sale. Only 200 tickets are available. Ends Sunday 23:59 or when sold out.

𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐁𝐁𝐐 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 𝐀 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. To our team, volunteers, partners, speakers, photographers, creators, ambassadors and everyone who stepped in when something needed to happen: 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮. For the long days. ⭐ The last-minute fixes. ⭐ The introductions. ⭐ The energy. ⭐ And all the things nobody saw. Now one small challenge: 𝐓𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐁𝐁𝐐 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. Someone you met. Someone who helped you. Someone who introduced you to the right person. Someone who made you laugh. Someone who made the whole thing work. Let’s see how far this chain goes. TechBBQ 2026 was built by people. That is what we want to remember.