Startup  Investor’s  Guide  How  to  Surf  with  the  Best 

On 1 and 2 October in Málaga, you will discover first-hand how to invest in startups, guided by people who have been investing in them for decades...

At Gateway Summit 2026, Finanziaconnect offers a unique opportunity, whether you are an investor looking to enter the startup ecosystem or professionalise your investment criteria, or an entrepreneur seeking to better understand how these investors think, hearing directly from them and gaining practical knowledge, real-world experience and insights that are difficult to find in entrepreneurial literature.

Through a series of live conversations, which will be recorded for anyone interested to watch, we will address fundamental topics such as opportunity discovery, founder-team analysis, the metrics that really matter, startup valuation, portfolio construction, common investment mistakes and the keys to identifying exceptional startups before the rest of the market. The goal is to bring the world of startup investing closer both to smaller investors who want to learn, start investing or professionalise their criteria, and to startups that want to better understand how investors think and what they really expect from them. We will answer 20 questions about the key aspects of startup investing —dealflow, team analysis, metrics, valuation, common mistakes, portfolio construction, follow-ons, exits, investment theses and more— through 20 live conversations with 20 leading investors, in an agile format of approximately 20 minutes each. Whether you are taking your first steps as an investor or leading a startup and want to understand what investors look for when making decisions, this series will give you access to the perspectives, criteria and experiences of people who analyse hundreds of opportunities every year.

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