Michael Schuster

Better Stack’s mission is to help developers in building a better internet by making powerful observability tools that are beautifully designed and a joy to use. Making it easier to ship better and more reliable software faster.

ContextSDK is designed to enhance mobile app engagement and revenue by leveraging real-world user context with machine learning. ContextSDK collects more than 200 signals from the modern smartphone to assess a user’s real-world context instantly - whether theyre commuting, walking or relaxing - and use this for intent detection. This allows for the delivery of precisely timed, context-aware notifications and content that enhance user satisfaction and drive conversions. Its on-device processing ensures privacy by avoiding cloud transfers, which preserves user trust. ContextSDK’s vision is to establish real-world context data as the new gold standard in mobile app engagement, providing product owners and CMOs with a powerful tool to continuously optimize user experiences.

Every year, 200 million Europeans go through tax preparation hell. Its a needlessly complicated process that can scare the living daylights out of you (actual words from our customers). Let’s be honest . Doing taxes is a massive pain. While many other industries – from banking to transportation – have seen huge disruptions over the years, tax preparation has not. Were here to fix that. TaxScouts was founded in 2017 by early employees and alumni of Europe’s leading startups (TransferWise, Skype, MarketInvoice), and we are always on a lookout for like-minded people to join us. In 2020, we secured Series A funding and we now operate in both the UK and Spain. Were partnered with over 20 businesses from Monzo Business to Nutmeg to Airbnb who are all on a similar mission to ours of making the world of traditional finance simpler and more fair.

Clausematch helps companies meet regulatory obligations and strengthen governance in a complex business landscape by providing a single source of truth to host, manage and disseminate all policies and procedures across the organization, in real time, with a full audit trail.

Bitmovin is the Emmy award-winning category leader in video streaming infrastructure. The company has been at the forefront of industry innovation and all major developments in the online video streaming industry. Bitmovin built the world’s first commercial adaptive streaming player and deployed the first software-defined encoding service that runs on any cloud platform. Its cloud-native technology offers the most flexible and scalable media encoding, playback, and analytics solutions available, with unparalleled device reach, ease of integration, and world-class customer support. Today, the company’s solutions are used by over 400 customers worldwide, including the BBC, ClassPass, Discovery, fuboTV, Hulu and many more. For more information, visit www.bitmovin.com.

We invest in, start, & accelerate forward thinking ventures. We help entrepreneurs secure investment, accelerate growth, and forge an exit strategy; while providing access to our operational capability across marketing & sales, IT & product, governance, and finance. Our goal is to help companies move faster while avoiding the pitfalls. We believe that good people, operational efficiency, and clear strategic direction are instrumental to success. As experienced entrepreneurs and operators, we know it can be a long, hard, sometimes lonely journey and just how important it is to partner with people who aren’t just aware of the challenges, but have faced them themselves.

Adventure Simplified. TourRadar makes exploring and booking organized adventures effortless. Whether through our mobile app or website, we streamline your booking experience, so you can focus on what truly matters: your next great adventure. Adventure at Your Fingertips The TourRadar mobile app puts adventure in your pocket. Explore thousands of trips, receive real-time updates, and manage bookings effortlessly. Your next adventure is just a tap away. What is TourRadar? TourRadar is the Organized Adventure Platform, offering the world’s largest selection of multi-day organized adventures worldwide. TourRadar connects travelers and travel agents with over 2,500 multi-day operators, offering 50,000+ adventures in 160+ countries. We pride ourselves on a seamless, user-friendly experience. With offices in North America, Europe, and Australia, TourRadar’s global travel experts are available online 24/7 to support the entire booking and travel experience.

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Bitmovin is the Emmy award-winning category leader in video streaming infrastructure. The company has been at the forefront of industry innovation and all major developments in the online video streaming industry. Bitmovin built the world’s first commercial adaptive streaming player and deployed the first software-defined encoding service that runs on any cloud platform. Its cloud-native technology offers the most flexible and scalable media encoding, playback, and analytics solutions available, with unparalleled device reach, ease of integration, and world-class customer support. Today, the company’s solutions are used by over 400 customers worldwide, including the BBC, ClassPass, Discovery, fuboTV, Hulu and many more. For more information, visit www.bitmovin.com.

AllRise is an organisation that uses the power of climate litigation to hold accountable those who knowingly and recklessly cause significant and widespread harm through environmental damage and to ensure that future acts of destruction are prevented or prosecuted. Yes, we are passionate environmentalists. But above all, we are strategists and tacticians striving to protect the climate through the use of existing legal tools and frameworks, and within a timeframe that actually matters. AllRise is made up of recognised lawyers, scientists and environmental experts, communications specialists, financial engineers and entrepreneurs, all of whom have many years’ experience in their respective fields of expertise and are committed to taking responsibility for the future of our planet. We are transforming AllRise from being a donation based NGO into a self-sustaining ecosystem that drives both impact and commercial cases, and will also launch the AllRise Incubator, which also develops the tools needed to pursue these cases. This collaborative and entrepreneurial approach will enable us to respond quickly and flexibly by using the law when it comes to tackling todays urgent climate violations.

Cathay Innovation is a multistage venture capital firm, affiliated to Cathay Capital, investing in founders building transformative businesses across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Its platform connects founders with investors and its ecosystem of leading Fortune500 corporations to help startups scale and transform industries with consumer to enterprise and AI solutions in commerce, fintech, digital health and mobility / energy. Founded in Paris in 2015, Cathay Innovation now manages over €2.5B AUM with additional offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Madrid, Shanghai and Singapore and has invested in over 120 startups including Chime, Pinduoduo, Glovo, Wallbox, Owkin, Getaround, Ledger, ZenBusiness, Alma, Descartes Underwriting and more.

Seedcamp is a European seed fund, investing early in founders building the companies that define the next decade. Since 2007, Seedcamp has written the first check into more than 500 companies across Europe and beyond, including Revolut, Wise, UiPath, Synthesia and Fluidstack. Seedcamps seven-person investment team backs founders from first check through Series B and beyond, with a transatlantic presence spanning London and New York.

Better Stack’s mission is to help developers in building a better internet by making powerful observability tools that are beautifully designed and a joy to use. Making it easier to ship better and more reliable software faster.