Rise Europe

Rise Europe is a European network of leading start-up ecosystem builders and brings together outstanding individuals and innovation drivers of Europe’s most dynamic entrepreneurship hubs. The network unites representatives from 14 European countries* in their mission to empower European start-ups to make a positive global impact.

Addressing transitions and global challenges such as climate crisis and scarcity of resources demand a joint effort to support start-ups to create a safe, prosperous and future-oriented society.

* Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom

The Rise Europe members are committed to combine their strengths to jointly accelerate start-up teams, thus contributing to European technological sovereignty. The ambition is to match the innovativeness of countries like USA and China by helping European start-ups to scale and become sustainable global market leaders.

Rise Europe was launched in May 2023 by UnternehmerTUM and its close partners DTU Skylab and Agoranov at the Elmau Entrepreneurship Summit in the Bavarian Alps.

Members

Alexander Ilic, Executive Director and a co-founder of ETH AI Center
Ben Mumby-Croft, Director of Entrepreneurship at Imperial Enterprise Lab at Imperial College London
Bruno Martinaud, Director at École Polytechnique
Diyala D’Aveni, Co-Founder and Program manager at Vento
Erik Puura, Vice Rector for Entrepreneurship at TalTech
Helmut Schönenberger, Founder and CEO at UnternehmerTUM
Ikhlaq Sidhu, Dean at ie University
Irene Fialka, CEO at INiTS / Health Hub Vienna
John Bell, CEO at HighTechXL
Kalle Airo, Head of Entrepreneurial Mindset at Aalto University
Kenneth Finnegan, CEO at Tangent at Trinity College Dublin
Leah Thompson, Entrepreneurship Hub Lead, EnSpire Oxford at Oxford University
Lisa Ericsson, Head of KTH Innovation/CEO KTH Holding AB at KTH Innovation
Michael Hähnle, Managing Director AplusB SCALEup & Investment at INiTS / Health Hub Vienna
Oliver Hanisch, CEO / Managing Director at Campus Founders
Pär Hedberg, Business Coach and Founder of Sting
Ricardo Marvão, Co-Founder of Beta-i
Tomas Brenner, Head of Venture Programs & Strategies / Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab at ETH Zürich