International speakers to meet and learn from at B2B Rocks Paris 2019 — #2
B2B ROCKS (www.b2brocks.co) is the most selective European conference for B2B & SaaS startups. On September 12, the top 500 B2B founders in Europe will gather in Paris along with 50 international speakers for an intense day of knowledge sharing and networking with peers.
B2B Rocks is powered by Axeleo and sponsored by Salesforce, RSM France, Personio, Edenred, Intercom, and 2CFinance.
Renaud Visage
Co-founder & CTO, Eventbrite
Fascinated by the Internet for its capacity to constantly evolve, Renaud decided to build his career with this motive in mind. After working for the photo-sharing pioneer, Zing Networks, he joined forces with Kevin & Julia Hartz to found Eventbrite in 2006. Renaud anticipated several fundamental shifts in the way we use the internet — including the arrival of social media, big data analysis, the shift to mobile devices as first screens and the ubiquity of APIs — and leveraged their disruptive power to Eventbrite’s advantage, fueling the company’s growth into the globally leading self-service ticketing platform it is today. As a Board Partner at Point Nine Capital, he now helps others to scale.
Anne de Kerchove
CEO, Freespee
Anne de Kerchove launched a theater company at seventeen years old. This first entrepreneurial experience permanently turned her into a start-up addict.
Anne created several startups in her life, experienced many ups and some downs, and now capitalizes on her experience to advise start-ups and entrepreneurs. Anne is also one of the most active Business Angels investor in Europe and, last but not least, is the CEO of Freespee, a cloud communication platform with call tracking software (24M raised)
Pontus Noren
Co-founder, CloudReach
Pioneer of the “cloud-native” approach, Pontus Noren has been innovating and disrupting the IT space for over 20 years. Pontus strongly believes tomorrow’s leaders in every sector will be those who can make the most of cloud technology. This led him to co-found CloudReach, a cloud computing consultancy that specializes in the planning, implementation and operational support of public cloud services.
Pontus is now active in the investment industry and serves as a Senior Advisor to The Blackstone Group. He also supports other early stage and growth investors around technology-related investment opportunities.
Dan Steinman
GM EMEA, Gainsight
Dan is a true expert in Customer Success, and even more so in a startup environment and in SaaS. His specialties include the strategic and operational understanding of all things customer-related (customer sat, retention, success, support). Dan has a remarkable track record of helping to grow small private companies into public, ready-to-be-public, or acquisition-ready companies, which is particularly impressive in an environment where everything is not yet etched in stone.
