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From Hype to Reality - The $500Bn IIoT Revolution is here. 🚀 With Gartner predicting that 25% of large global industries will invest in IIoT by 2025, and McKinsey projecting a staggering $500Bn in spending, the tipping point is here… Could IIoT be living up to its promise, finally? We encourage you to read our latest article, where we unpack how innovative startups and AI, are unlocking the true potential of IIoT. Don’t miss out—discover how these advancements are driving the industry forward. https://lnkd.in/dg2KhTtP Platform Science HiveMQ ClearBlade Oden Technologies VerneMQ -- the MQTT solution for Industrial use cases Particle Blues Connectitude Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc. Zyfra Company EMQ Technologies Wirepas OctaiPipe PTC RabbitMQ Davra Vanti TwinThread Claroty Ayla Networks Sight Machine SPREAD AI ThingsBoard Zerynth

Activant’s SoHo office recently enjoyed our third edition of Poker Night with investors, founders, and engineers. Thank you to all who joined! We’ll be hosting several more throughout the year. If you’re interested in attending the next one, please contact John Matheson and Marc W.. cc: Charlie Kleinsmith, Keshav Reddy, Ethan Ding, Russell Yue, Jerry Fung, Marshall Cao, Jesse Bloom, Allison Kiang, Max Li, Julius Stener, Tianming "Tex" Xie, Samuel Garcia, Wenz Xing, Jerry Wang, Fred Asare-Konadu, Vic Yeh, Alvin Zou, Justin Bassey, Jay Gao

GET READY to hear from a curated lineup of speakers at the Genesis Summit in Munich! Today’s Speaker Spotlight highlights Gesa Miczaika, Felix Plapperer, Helmut Schöenenberger and Simon Hennes. 🇩🇪 🔑 Dr. Gesa Miczaika is co-founder of Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund. She has held the deputy presidency at the German Startups Association and co-founded the Evangelistas network. 🖇 Felix Plapperer is the founding GP of BOOOM💥 Venture Capital, investing €100-400k in early-stage European B2B SaaS companies at pre-seed and seed. He was previously a Partner at SquareOne Ventures. 🔦 Helmut Schoenenberger, formerly a founder, aerospace engineer and venture capitalist, is co-founder and CEO of UnternehmerTUM, the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at TUM. 🎫 Simon Hennes is revolutionizing the future of ticketing as co-founder and CEO of vivenu. Vivenu specializes in API-first ticketing for event organizers and venues. ⭐ CLAIM YOUR TICKET and learn more ➡ Genesis Website: https://lnkd.in/gf-SqM8e

Last week, our Berlin team co-hosted an Industrial Software Dinner in Borchardt with General Catalyst. Thank you to Maximilian Mayer and Paula Wehmeyer (Hübner) for organizing this insightful evening for founders and investors!

SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: We are thrilled to have Filip Dames, Robert Lacher, Frederic Court, and Raj Ganguly alongside our other speakers at the Genesis Summit! 🎉 📐 Filip Dames, a founding member of Zalando, is the Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures. He was named "Investor of the Year 2022" and was featured on Forbes Midas List Europe. Filip also serves on various boards and lectures at top business schools. 👁️🗨️ Robert Lacher is Founding Partner of Visionaries Club. Once Founding Partner of La Famiglia, he continues to manage their independent fund with more than 30 portfolio companies. He is also a Founder of the fashion platform AMAZE (sold to Zalando in 2016) and worked for Boston Consulting Group. 🔗 Frederic Court is Founder and Managing Partner of Felix Capital. Previously a VC-backed tech entrepreneur and General Partner in London, he was named “Investor of the Year” at the 2012 and 2019 Investor All Stars event. Frederic has been on Forbes’ Midas List Europe every year since 2017. 🔌 Raj Ganguly is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of B Capital . Raj is a Senior Advisor to BCG, a strategic partner to B Capital that provides a unique value-add to founders in each stage of the investment lifecycle. Raj previously was at Bain Capital investing in technology-driven companies across the US and Asia. ⭐ REGISTER to join this incredible group, among other experienced founders, GPs, LPs, and industry leaders. Learn more ➡ Genesis Website: https://lnkd.in/eTgWcq7r

🗣 "The dynamics of competing as a public company vs. a private company are completely different, and private companies will always be at a competitive disadvantage especially when it comes to customers." In July's issue of the Greene Street Observer, our Founder and Partner, Steve Sarracino, discusses performance in public versus private companies, emphasizing the value in going public at the earliest, most feasible opportunity. And - continued updates on the Genesis Summit! Be sure to subscribe to get the latest research, events, and insights delivered to your inbox. ✉️ https://lnkd.in/eK_m_Vqb

We can’t wait for Activant’s Genesis Summit happening in Munich! Join leading LPs, GPs and Founders for a day of networking, panels and Oktoberfest celebrations! 🇩🇪 🔹 Our Speaker Spotlight for today includes Bastian Nominacher and Carsten Thoma. ⚡ Bastian Nominacher is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Celonis, the pioneer and global leader in process mining. Celonis has earned decacorn status, completed a $1 billion Series D round in June 2021, secured an additional $1 billion in liquidity in August 2022 and is currently valued at $13 billion. Prior to founding Celonis, Bastian worked for Ernst & Young, Accenture and IBM. He is also the author of several scientific papers on IT carve-outs and post-merger integration. 🧩 Carsten Thoma, former co-founder of Hybris, is celebrated for pioneering B2B and B2C omni-channel e-commerce solutions and leading SAP’s transition to cloud services post the acquisition of Hybris. He leverages his extensive experience in guiding hyper-growth companies to drive corporate strategy and development as President of Celonis. ⭐ SECURE YOUR TICKET and learn more ➡ Genesis Website: https://lnkd.in/gf-SqM8e

Love seeing Sushanth, Andrew, and the Pallet team featured in The Generalist's inaugural Future Fifty list. Building system of record software is hard, but ultimately it comes down to great people creating moments of magic for the customer. Mario put it best: "Startups operating in unsexy spaces occasionally struggle to attract talent. Pallet seems to have no such problem. The company highlighted its talent density, noting that it had successfully recruited employees from companies like Ramp, Watershed, Scale, Figma, and Rippling. One investor dubbed it a “Navy SEAL” engineering team." Take a read and for more on our path to partnering with Pallet: https://lnkd.in/e83PFqDY https://lnkd.in/eNQjZVJX

In less than THREE MONTHS, attendees will be able to network and increase visibility at the Genesis Summit in Munich 🎉 🔹 Today, our Speaker Spotlight focuses on Wesley Chan! Co-founder and managing partner at FPV Ventures, Wesley is recognized for his pivotal role in founding Google Analytics and Google Voice during his 14-year tenure at Google, where he also developed 17 patents. His notable venture capital career includes early investments in over twenty unicorns and five decacorns, such as Canva and AngelList. ⭐ SECURE YOUR SPOT by applying to register here ➡ Genesis Registration: https://lnkd.in/eTgWcq7r

72 DAYS until our Genesis Summit in Munich! Leading LPs, GPs and Founders will gather for a curated day of networking, panels and Oktoberfest celebrations! 🎉 🔹 Our Speaker Spotlight for this week includes Dan Westgarth, Anu Gupta and Peter Smith. 🌐 Dan Westgarth, COO of Deel, brings his rich experience from Revolut as its General Manager for North America to steer Deel's business, operations, FinTech and compliance, aiming to revolutionize how remote businesses and workers globally are served. 💼 Anu Gupta leads strategic growth initiatives for Signet Jewelers. She also serves on the Board of Directors of H&R Block, Inc. and was recently Chief Revenue Officer of Better Home & Finance. Anu has driven profitable growth across Fortune 50, private equity and early-stage entrepreneurial ventures. 💡 Peter Smith is CEO and co-founder of Blockchain.com, which offers crypto services to over 85M wallets globally and operates a prominent exchange and institutional desk. He is also a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer as well as a respected authority on cryptocurrencies. ⭐ SECURE YOUR TICKET by applying to register here ➡ Genesis Registration: https://lnkd.in/eTgWcq7r