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CES Unveiled Europe

October 28, 2025
Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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At CES Unveiled Europe, selected startups will have the unique opportunity to join exclusive mentoring sessions with seasoned investors, industry leaders, and innovation experts. These sessions are designed to provide practical insights, strategic guidance, and tailored advice to help founders refine their business models, sharpen their go-to-market strategies, and scale globally.

  • Jessica Adams - Principal, Otway

    Mentor Session: Scaling teams and culture across borders

    Jessica is an experienced MedTech business leader and advisor with expertise in scaling organisations and building high-performing cultures. In her role as COO, Jessica led the international expansion across Europe and the US. Today, she advises startups on aligning strategy, people, and culture to drive sustainable growth and long-term performance.

  • David Beckett - Pitch Coach, Best 3 Minutes

    Mentor Session: Pitching to Investors: Crafting Investor-Ready Narratives

    David Beckett is an international pitch coach, who has trained over 2800 Startups and Scaleups to win over €490Million in investment. He's also trained more than 38,000 professionals at companies such as Vodafone, Cartier, PwC and Netflix in 32 countries, as well as over 30 TEDx speakers. David is the creator of The Pitch Canvas©, and author of the books Pitch To Win and Blue Moon Pitch.

  • Daniel Gebler - CTO & Co-founder, Picnic

    Mentor Session: Tech-Enabled Growth: building scalable infrastructure from day one

    Daniel Gebler is CTO of Picnic, the world’s fastest growing online supermarket that makes grocery shopping simple,fun, and affordable for everyone. Previously, he was Director R&D of Fredhopper, responsible for the product and technology roadmap, and led engineering teams located in Amsterdam and Sofia. Daniel holds a PhD in Computer Science and an MBA. He published papers, edited journals, and chaired international workshops on software correctness.

  • Zeynep Ilgaz - General Partner, Cross Ocean Ventures

    Mentor Session: Fundraising Best Practices: An Investor’s Perspective

    Zeynep Ilgaz is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and venture capitalist with 25+ years in strategic growth, acquisitions, and business transformation. She is General Partner at Cross Ocean Ventures, investing globally in MedTech, SaaS, AI, and data-driven technologies, and serves as Entrepreneur in Residence at Yale Ventures and mentor with Berkeley SkyDeck and SelectUSA. Previously, she co-founded Confirm Biosciences, scaling it to a national leader before its nine-figure acquisition. A contributor to Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Fortune, she has earned honors including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year and champions future leaders through her work with SDSU’s Campanile Foundation Board.

  • Aaron Linnane - Benelux Lead, Beachhut PR

    Mentor Session: Why PR is key for international scale

    Named among Business & Finance’s 40 Under 40 and recognised by The Next Web as a Rising Star in Tech, Aaron is a communications leader deeply embedded in the European tech and business ecosystem. As Head of Beachhut PR’s Amsterdam office, Aaron partners with startups, scaleups, and industry leaders to craft clear messaging, secure high-impact media coverage, and build influence with investors, founders, and policymakers.

  • Michael Musandu - Co-founder & CEO, Lalaland

    Mentor Session: The M&A journey: lessons from a founder's perspective

    Michael was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, where he met his first love in school: technology and building low-level expert systems. Inspired to learn more, Michael moved to the Netherlands to study computer science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Next, he jumped on the ‘hype train’ and did a graduate program in Artificial Intelligence at Utrecht University. While shopping for clothes online, he had the experience of never seeing someone like himself, as many of us do. As a result he founded his company, Amsterdam-based Lalaland.

  • Ingrid Tappin - Founder & CEO, Diverse Leaders in Tech

    Mentor Session: The Identity Advantage: Turning What Makes You Different into Scalable Growth

    Ingrid Tappin is leadership strategist, movement builder, and author on a mission to redefine what leadership looks like in a complex, AI-driven world. As founder of Diverse Leaders in Tech, Europe’s fastest-growing community of diverse leaders, she has scaled the organisation from spin-out to independence, building strategic partnerships with global companies including Booking.com, Mews, and Remote. Ingrid is the creator of Identity Intelligence™️ (IdQ), a breakthrough leadership framework that shows how owning your identity becomes a source of creativity, resilience, and innovation. Launching her book Exceptionals end of 2025, Ingrid equips founders and teams to stop performing for permission and start leading from the power of who they are.

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