TechTour 25th Anniversary – Sara Hubar-Fischer

Sara Hubar-Fischer reflects on her decade-long involvement with Tech Tour, discussing how the European tech investment ecosystem has evolved from imitating Silicon Valley to leveraging its own strengths in impact investing and sustainability. She highlights the increasing role of climate, health, and social capital investments in driving confidence and leadership within the European community. Sara outlines exciting future trends like democratizing venture investing through collaborative funds and micro funds, enabled by technology. She also stresses the importance of diversity as a key strength of the European venture capital community. The video celebrates Tech Tour’s critical role in nurturing collaboration and innovation for 25 years. 0:00 – Introduction and arrival to European tech ecosystem 0:25 – Early focus on mimicking US Silicon Valley culture 1:10 – Shift towards European strengths and impact investing 2:00 – Growth in climate, health, and social impact capital 2:40 – European ecosystem gaining confidence and leadership 3:10 – Differences in collaboration styles US vs Europe 3:50 – Efforts to combine strengths through partnerships 4:30 – Future trends: democratization of venture investing 5:15 – Opportunities for micro funds and technology-enabled investing 6:00 – Diversity as a key strength in European VC community 6:40 – Closing thoughts and celebration of 25 years About Tech Tour: Tech Tour is the largest tech entrepreneurs and investor community in Europe. Every year, over 1,000 of the most promising tech companies are selected by some 1,000 investment, corporate, and cluster experts engaged in 25 specialised Investment Programmes culminating in annual events. All of Europe and all tech sectors are covered — including digital, health, and sustainability — with a focus on growth companies and scale-ups with the best potential to generate returns and impact. 🌐 Website: https://techtour.com/ 📌 Follow us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-tour X: https: https://x.com/TechTourHQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechTourHQ