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How to build and scale a tech company — Quinten Selhorst (Partner @EWOR) | EWOR x CUE x Oxbridge AI X

  • in-person
  • free

Quinten scaled Felyx to €80M and 500 people, then sold it and started backing founders at EWOR. he's talking infrastructure, fundraising, and what actually works when you're growing—free, cambridge, friday night. if you're thinking about starting something, this is the one.

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How to build and scale a tech company Join Quinten, a successful, exited founder from the Netherlands who scaled the tech hardware startup Felyx to European levels. Learn from him as he talks about how to scale a tech company, what infrastructure you need and how you can raise funding for your startup. He will include the lessons he learned not only from his time at Felyx but also his time at EWOR as a partner. After his talk you will have time to ask him your own questions. About Quinten Selhorst Before joining EWOR, Quinten founded Felyx, a mobility company that he successfully sold to the company Cooltra, after raising over €80 million and scaling it to 500 employees. During his stint at Felyx, Quinten grew the company to 8000 e-mopeds on the road, scaling it from the Netherlands towards Belgium and Germany, executing both company acquisition strategies as well as launching in new markets directly. After selling his venture, he founded two investment vehicles which invest in startups and scaleups from the pre-seed to pre-IPO phase. About EWOR EWOR is a fellowship for outlier founders building transformative tech. We back the top 0.1% founders globally with up to €500,000 and battle-proven support, incl. weekly sparring with unicorn-founders (SumUp, Felyx, Adjust) who are committed full-time to EWOR. Among peers, our fellows break records: from a €13M pre-seed round to achieving a $3B valuation. About Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) Cambridge University Entrepreneurs is Cambridge’s largest student-run entrepreneurship society, supporting students, staff and alumni in developing new ventures. It offers startup competitions, mentorship, workshops and opportunities to connect with entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts. Founded in 1999, CUE reports awarding over £750,000 in prizes to more than 75 startups, which have collectively raised over £250 million in investment. Website About Oxbridge AI X Oxbridge AI X is a community supporting AI founders from the Oxford and Cambridge ecosystems worldwide. It provides mentorship, masterclasses, co-founder and intern matching, and development weekends to help founders build and grow their ventures. Its annual Oxbridge AI Challenge combines a pitch competition with an incubation programme for AI startups up to and including seed stage, with eligibility extending to teams whose founding or leadership members include an Oxford or Cambridge student, staff member or alumnus.

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