Marketplace Conference
The Marketplace Conference is an annual event focused on all things marketplaces and unites marketplace entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts. It provides a platform for exchanging knowhow and best practices and attracts marketplaces entrepreneurs and investors of all stages.
The event series was initiated by Speedinvest Marketplaces & Consumer who premiered the first The Marketplace Conference in San Francisco in early 2018 followed by a European edition in fall of the same year. Battery Ventures, Point Nine Capital and Market One Capital are among the early supporters and partners of the conference.
Today, The Marketplace Conference is an annual event in Berlin that gathers over 500 marketplace aficionados each year. It is supported by smaller, ancillary The Marketplace Meetups events across different cities in the world.
Best of the MPC 2024
Jan Thomas (Startup Insider) & Mathias Ockenfels (Speedinvest): Investments & Exits: Podcast Live
Meera Clark (Redpoint) & Cecilia Zhao (Kinnevik Capital): The Tea on Gen Z
Jack Greco (Far Out VC): Battle-scars from the once and future founder
AI-powered Marketplaces: Transforming the Future
The integration of AI within marketplace businesses
Why the MPC?
Panel: The future of Logistics, with Byrd, Liefergrün, Loady and Handelsblatt:
State of Fundraising with Speedinvest, Cherry Ventures, Battery Ventures and Marketplace Capital
Best of the Marketplace Conference 2023
Panel: State of fundraising for Marketplace Companies
Daniel Krauss (Flix SE): Decarbonizing the bus market
Jeroen Arts (Speedinvest): Shifting gears and navigating change in the marketplace landscape
The Marketplace Stack - Layers on top: BlaBlaCar, Selency, Ankorstore, Speedinvest
Jeroen Arts (Speedinvest) & Chris Bourdeu (Byrd): Highly managed Marketplaces: A Fireside Chat
Panel: Financial Services for Marketplaces (with NFX, Eurazeo, Malt, Ondorse/Anthemis)
Irene Gentili (Speedinvest): Overview of Marketplace Stacks and scaling possibilities
When Marketplace Businesses should turn on Monetization
The best monetization options for marketplace businesses
How do you solve the Cold Start problem?
Where to start new marketplace businesses today
Maximilian Lehmann, Joëlle Böhme (Adyen) & Theo Golditchuk (Buycycle): Monetisation lessons learned
Jose Marin (FJ Labs): Marketplaces - What the Future holds
Sameer Singh (Breadcrumb.vc): Why Tokens are not Magic
Jambu Palaniappan (OMERS Ventures): Leadership Lessons from scaling Uber
Regina Ye (Topsort): How to break through monetization in uncertain times
Luca Bocchio& Varun Purandare(Accel):5 things early-st. founders should focus on in B2B Marketplaces
Nick Fulton (trustshare): Marketplaces: The banks of the Future!
James Currier (NFX): Disguised Marketplaces
Henry Ward (Carta): Liquidity Network Effects