Report of the event that may be relevant for governments, startups, investors and industry leaders.

1. TNW ECOSYSTEM COUCH
CONFERENCE 2020
REPORT BY OLGA LYSENKO

2. SPEAKERS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA/THE NETHERLANDS
GOVERNMENT OF SEOUL/SINGAPORE/LONDON/NYC/MILAN
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
GOOGLE.ORG
STARTUPAMSTERDAM
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
AMAZON
GERMAN STARTUP ASSOCIATION

3. TOPICAL ISSUES
2020
COLLABORATION OF
STARTUPS AND
GOVERNMENTS
- Historic crossroad
- International community
- 25% pre-seed startups are being funded
as normal
- Policies are revised
- Only pre-seed stage is being funded,
while the seed stage - low financial
support from investors
- London, Seol, NYC etc. - local
crowdfunding platforms to support
entrepreneurs
- Governments connect with startups
to seek solution together to fight the
corona virus

4. TOPICAL ISSUES
2020
COLLABORATION OF
STARTUPS AND
GOVERNMENTS
- Women in business (5,9% of
startups are female led) + women
duties/work duties
- Minority founders should be
supported
- Digital access to all
- Leverage of digital literacy
- Green entrepreneurship:
clean tech deals are closing faster
- Investments in green technology
- Focus of deployment/effective
usage of resources

5. TOPICAL ISSUES
2020
COLLABORATION OF
STARTUPS AND
GOVERNMENTS
- EU vs Virus competition
- Google fights against
misinformation
- Italy, Germany - national corona
apps (information and prevention
aims)
- Hospitality industry is crushed
- Future office - a place to gather,
need of physical interactions, but not
to stay for the whole day

6. TOPICAL ISSUES
2020
COLLABORATION OF
STARTUPS AND
GOVERNMENTS
European talent challenges -
Ukraine, Poland tech resources are
cheaper, well-trained. Supply chain
for now.

7. The event itself

10. VALUE
Relevant LinkedIn connections Connection to powerful and C-
level people with strong startup
networks
Knowledge of the current state of
startups international ecosystem,
problematic issue, challenges
they face