Beyond Borders: The Startup Conference for Scaling in Europe

Rubik Hub, the Romanian accelerator ranked among Europe's top startup hubs by the Financial Times, brings its scaling conference to SmartCityLab Milano. The day runs two rooms: an Auditorium for panels on EU innovation challenges, startup-corporate partnerships and how top startups scale, and a Tech Aggregator room for rapid-fire investor and founder panels. Speakers include Giorgio Ciron (InnovUp), Simone Molteni (Primo VC Impact), Alina Georgescu (Catalyst Romania), Tommaso D'Onofrio (TIH NYC) and Vlad Gliga (Rubik Hub). Five startups pitch at 15:00, among them Latitudo 40, Vitesy and volvero. Registration is approval-gated, seats in each room are first come, first served, and networking runs from 17:30. Why go: the investor reverse pitches and the rapid-fire panels are where people say what they actually think. Best for founders planning a second market and investors who want a cross-border view.