Around 180,000 people will be there. Realistically about 270 of them matter to you, and you will meet six of those by accident. Supermeet finds the rest.
Tell us you’re going to VivaTech and we’ll start there.
The problem at this scale
Huge public days and a sprawl of corporate pavilions. The startup or buyer you need is somewhere in there, unmarked.
attendees, roughly — mostly European startups, corporates and investors. The attendee list is the single most valuable document of the week, and almost nobody reads it.
names is about what one person can realistically prepare for and meet properly over a few days.
people here are genuinely worth your time. Finding them by walking the floor takes longer than the conference lasts.
How to work VivaTech
Use the trade days for meetings, as public days get crowded. Look at corporate pavilions to see which teams are running startup programmes.
What we’re building
Live today: see who else is going and get introduced, if you both opt in. Next: eighteen names, ranked, each with one line on why this person and not the 179,982 others.
The VivaTech attendee list, speaker page or exhibitor directory — whatever you have access to.
Three questions, ninety seconds. Hiring, raising, selling, learning — the answer changes the entire list.
Drafted in your voice, sent from your address, with a second nudge to anyone who goes quiet. That second message is the one nobody sends.
Questions
Around 180,000, based on recent public figures. Numbers change from year to year, and VivaTech usually takes place in June.
Mostly European startups, corporates and investors.
Check the speaker and exhibitor pages first, since those are usually public. On Supermeet you can pick VivaTech and see how many others are going. If you both opt in, you can see each other’s name and role. Nobody’s email is ever shown.
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See who else is going to VivaTech right now. The more people fromVivaTech who join, the sooner it gets a full shortlist.
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