On June 4^th in Brussels, Microsoft hosted our 4^th Annual EMEA VC Summit.  This year’s event drew over 200 people from the investment and innovation ecosystem in order to explore opportunities for partnership, insight and investment.

The theme this year was “Small Companies, BIG Ideas!” and as such, we think that the 55 SME Innovation Exhibition partners were an especially valuable component of the day – a sentiment echoed by the feedback we received from the event.  You can download a list of partners that joined us here: VC Summit & SME Day Exhibition Guide.

Other highlights of the event included:

• Executive Keynote: Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, provided insight into the future trends of computing and the opportunities they present. You can watch Craig’s keynote via video stream here.
• Industry Insight: Two great panels focused on ‘investing in innovation’ and ‘industry big bets’. Thanks again to the panellists and moderators for their valuable input.
• European VC Report: Dr Roger Franklin of The Library House shared with us some insightful views on the state of the European VC industry. Download the report, which was sponsored by Microsoft, in PDF from here.
• StartupZone Showcase: 20 of our most exciting high-growth partners who were investment ready had the opportunity to do rapid pitches: then the audience had a chance to vote (with results of the Showcase featured here).

Further content from the day including photos can be found at the event web site.

                http://www.smeday.eu/vcsummit/content/

Thanks to everyone who participated in a great day!