Organization · Event Organizer
Velvet Ventures
Velvet Ventures is a Hamburg-based organization that focuses on creating innovative B2B events and platforms connecting business leaders and digital innovators. Founded in 2010, it is known for organizing major conferences and trade fairs.
Overview
What Velvet Ventures does
What Velvet Ventures is
Velvet Ventures is a Hamburg-based organization that focuses on creating innovative B2B events and platforms connecting business leaders and digital innovators. Founded in 2010, it is known for organizing major conferences and trade fairs.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Event Organizer
- Founded
- Founded in 2010
- Approximate age
- About 16 years
- Structured capabilities
- Event host
- Last reviewed
- March 6, 2026
Official channels
Find Velvet Ventures elsewhere
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Capability profile
Velvet Ventures as an event host
Event focus
Velvet Ventures organizes various event formats, including leading B2B trade fairs and conferences. Their notable events include the d3con, the largest conference on Programmatic Advertising, held annually in Hamburg since 2011, and the Spielmacher, a conference focused on the football business, which has been taking place since 2017.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- conference
- Recurrence
- annual
- Modality
- in-person
- Startups can present
- No
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
- Next event location
- Hamburg
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Regions
- Europe
Common questions
What to know about Velvet Ventures
Upseed classifies Velvet Ventures under the Event Organizer organization type. Its current public profile includes event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 6, 2026
Known limits
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