Building European Tech Champions: Winning Internationally in a Changing Landscape

Moderator: Marc Frappier, Partner, Oakley Capital
Speaker: Armand Thiberge, Founder & CEO, Brevo
Additional speakers TBA

Building and scaling a global technology company from Europe has always required more than strong product and growth. Today, it demands navigating a more complex landscape shaped by shifting go-to-market models, increasing global competition, and growing importance of data, infrastructure, and sovereignty.

At this curated gathering in Paris, senior technology leaders will share how they are building and scaling globally competitive businesses from Europe, and what it takes to expand internationally as traditional expansion playbooks are being redefined.

Moderated by Marc Frappier of Oakley Capital, the discussion will bring together complementary perspectives across the technology stack. Armand Thiberge, Founder and CEO of Brevo, will share his experience scaling a European SaaS platform globally, alongside other speakers offering perspectives across infrastructure, AI, and international growth.

The conversation will explore how companies are rethinking international expansion, from evolving go-to-market strategies to navigating regulatory complexity and maintaining control over technology and data, and what it now takes to compete globally while building from Europe.

Key themes include:

• International expansion: How go-to-market strategies are evolving, and what it takes to enter and scale in global markets today
• Rethinking the expansion playbook: Whether traditional models still hold, and how technology is reshaping speed, cost, and execution
• Building from Europe: The opportunities and constraints of scaling a technology company with a European foundation
• European sovereignty in tech: The growing importance of data, infrastructure, and control in shaping long-term competitiveness
• AI in action: Where AI is already driving real change across products, operations, and business models, and what’s working today versus hype