Follow the money, idea to IPO
What is being born at the early stage, what VCs are backing, what PE acquires and what gets pushed onto the public markets.
Ideas, capital, people and the economies behind them, from bootstrapped to IPO. A reference portal and a study companion, open to everyone.
What is being born at the early stage, what VCs are backing, what PE acquires and what gets pushed onto the public markets.
By institution or by yourself: the universities that feed the ecosystem, the paths for what is easier to learn alone, and the hackathons to practice on.
The clubs and networks where ideas are exchanged, and the fellowships and residencies that take you to the next room.
The macro of every country in scope, the top companies of every sector, and the pools of capital that ultimately own them.
Honest introductions to the careers behind the deals, from banking and consulting to quant desks and big tech.
News, books, films and papers for the brain. Hikes, courts, festivals, food to try and recipes to cook for everything else.
open data, refreshed monthly, every event linked to its source. Read to know why this exists.
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filing e annunci concreti di quotazione imminente (S-1, F-1, SPAC, prospetti) — niente rumor
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acquisizioni, merger e buyout con target in EU · US · HK · IL · SG — il valore è spesso non dichiarato
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* total size of the rounds the investor joined — not their own check, which is rarely public. A $100K follower in an $80B round still counts the full round here. Click an investor to see their deals.
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* "raised" = round successivi a YC tracciati nel nostro DB (following automatico a ogni /ingest)
manually curated founder programs: always check the official application page and terms before applying
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curated startup, VC and private-capital conferences from official sources; dates move, so always verify the official page before booking travel
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ranking baseline: QS World University Rankings 2024 (including accurate QS Subject Rankings 2024); city, website and geo enrichment from OpenAlex plus manual fixes for unmatched institutions
recruiting dates move by office and region: use this as a tracker, not as a substitute for each firm’s careers portal
recruiting dates move by office and region: use this as a tracker, not as a substitute for each firm’s careers portal
recruiting dates move by office and region: use this as a tracker, not as a substitute for each firm’s careers portal
S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, global leaders, ETFs and bonds explained as companies and instruments, not tickers to chase.
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educational profiles only — no live prices, no trading signals; financial links point to issuer pages or company filings where available
analysis, essays and debates picked from our sources — the rounds live in the funding tabs; this is the thinking around them
curated library — opinionated picks for VC, PE, IB and quant; the weekly brief is auto-generated from the equityflow database
questa sezione diventerà community-driven: proponi un posto, entra in review.
starter picks personali — la lista cresce con i suggerimenti della community (in review prima di apparire)
there is no single ladder. Some paths are pure hard study and nothing else, some are environment and network, some are a portfolio of shipped things. Pick where you want to go: the path tells you what it actually costs, and which mix of campus, self-study and leaps gets you there.
curated, opinionated, mostly free. Do the projects: certificates expire, repos don't
recruiting dates move by team and region: use this as a tracker, not as a substitute for each company's careers portal
the organizations behind the hackathons, the conference delegations and the side events at Slush and VivaTech — many are networks with chapters across cities and universities (gold dots on the map).
community layer in costruzione: segnala il tuo club — diventerà parte della pipeline community-driven
Every startup here comes from a structured funding event, with country, sector, investors and source links kept connected to the rest of the map.
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Each country now works like a compact wiki tree: macro context, startup layer, VC/PE flows, M&A, incoming IPOs, major holdings, public assets, universities and ecosystem events.
not the global top 500 by market cap — the top companies of every sector: how they make money, how they work, and where they sit. From oil majors to luxury houses.
sovereign wealth funds, pension giants, family holdings and state vehicles — the pools that ultimately own the companies in every other tab. From Norway's oil fund to the Agnellis' Exor.
Perché non si vive di soli pitch deck. Prendi una padella, versa un drink e divertiti a provare queste ricette essenziali.
Enrico Yu. Everything I've learned and seen from my high-school years through university: the failed projects, the friends I travelled with, the defeats and the glories. Shared.
Almost everyone I've met is building on something that was already a big part of their life. People who love music try to become better singers, musicians, producers. The ones who grew up on computers and games end up in software. Someone with a family business joins it, and maybe layers software on top to make it better. It's natural: you improve what you have. That's the point.
And yet many people walk away from their dreams, not for lack of talent, but because they don't know enough. Society rewards the lucky, born in the right environment at the right time, and it rewards the explorers, the ones who expect more from themselves and keep jumping into new challenges. Both deserve it. What I don't accept is what happens to everyone else: being quietly written off. Where there are enough resources and enough space, more opportunity grows the economy for everyone. Fights break out in narrow rooms, not open ones.
With this project I'd like, call it hubris, to help people do what they're actually good at. Maybe you hate travelling, so you never show up at the big hackathon. But if you can connect with the right people, or spot the one side event worth the trip, that extra step is suddenly within reach. The internet is already big enough, and AI is making everything more accessible; this site just tries to bring a little order.
It's a piece of my personal brain, shared: events I've been to and events I want to join, companies and stocks I check from time to time, VC and PE deals I follow for the simple joy of watching ideas get the resources they need. Sometimes you have to be smarter; sometimes you just follow the flow. Thinking outside the box is great when you need the solution nobody else sees. But first look inside the box: what resources do you have, to build what, for whom.
One more thing: balance. If you love what you do, "it's not just work". But that's a lie you can tell your brain for only so long. The athletes who became entrepreneurs all teach the same lesson: follow what your body needs: movement and interesting, even funny, input for neuroplasticity, real social life, for the right kind of dopamine. We can't have everything, and having all three is already a privilege, but we can help our body as much as possible. A sentence from biology stuck with me: you lose what you don't use. That's why this site also holds communities, hiking, volleyball, the occasional run, good food with good people, and the odd cocktail bar worth the detour.
Every section accepts suggestions, tickets are open for improvements, and the data is public, refreshed monthly, and always linked to its sources.
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If a page here saves you one wrong turn, it has done its job. If you've walked a road that isn't on the map yet, add it.