A crash course in kickstarting a startup
You’re following the same path as the startups that grew into the world’s largest companies. Take advice from founders, CEOs and investors at Startup University, and see how they got from where you are to where they are.

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Dr. Usman Gambo Abdullahi, Director National Information Technology Development Agency, on Startup University Stage, during day three of Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada

Startup University

No one prepared you for this in school. Welcome to Collision’s crash course on building and growing your startup, with curated content and insights from some of the world’s most famous startup success stories. Your ticket gives you access to all Startup University sessions, as well as roundtables, masterclasses, and invaluable talks on  15-plus other tracks.

What's happening?

No startup has all the answers at the beginning. The biggest success stories will take the stage to share what they’ve learned along the way. We’ll discover which business models and which strategies are taking startups to new geographies and new growth.

From startup to scale-up

The funding landscape has changed dramatically and there’s a new reality for raising money. With inflation and recession on the rise, what are investors looking for in the new market? We will hear from founders, unicorns and investors on the challenges and the opportunities they are facing and what lessons can be learned from the turmoil of recent months. How will Latin America’s startup boom keep its momentum?

Funding landscape in 2024

What’s the next big thing? Where is the new wave of innovation of technology taking us? Who are the coolest technologies that are going to make a difference in the next five years. We find the startups innovating across biotech, crypto, the sharing economy, agritech, healthtech, robotics, and Web3 and more to bring you the next wave of creative change.

Next-gen technologies

Have you got the right co-founder, have you hired the right team, what about a board for your startup? Who you surround yourself with as a founder are some of the most important decisions you can make. Early hiring, recruiting for hypergrowth and leaning on your co-founder are all hugely important parts of the startup journey. Learn from founders who have succeeded &#8211; and failed &#8211; in getting the right people for their company.

The company you keep

Meet some of our past Startup University speakers

Founder & Partner

Garry Tan

Co-Founder & President

John Collison

Founder & CEO

Nik Storonsky

Co-founder & CEO

Melanie Perkins

CEO & President

Adena Friedman

Co-founder & Chief Science Officer

Thomas Wolf

Co-Founder & CEO

May Habib

Chairman

Peter Thiel

Aidan Gomez

Founder

Alexandr Wang

Maëlle Gavet

Christina Cacioppo

Tope Awotona

President

Geoff Ralston

Matt Biilmann

Companies that have joined our events

“What I check during a pitch is who actually will buy or love this product and how big is the market.”

Mike Sigal, Founder, Sigal Ventures

"Before VC’s only cared about growing, now they want startups to be unkillable and have the possibility of growth."

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"We need to create the place for startups to start up."

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