BlastBeat Selected for Web Summit 2025: Showcasing Global Youth Entrepreneurship to 70,000+ Attendees

BlastBeat has been selected as one of 25 Irish startups to pitch at Web Summit 2025 —Europe's largest technology conference with 70,000+ attendees from 170 countries.

This is more than a conference speaking slot. It's validation from the global startup community that transformative education technology matters. It's a platform to showcase our 20-year proven methodology to investors, government officials, corporate partners, and educators worldwide.

When Web Summit selects companies, they're looking for businesses that will shape the future. Not startups. Not experiments. Companies with proven impact, clear markets, and transformational potential.

BlastBeat's selection reflects our reality:

• 360,000+ students have participated directly across 9 countries
• 50+ million people reached through climate music events
• €4.2 million in corporate sponsorships from leading brands (Coca-Cola, Barclays, AIB)
• Government partnerships across South Africa, Ireland, Namibia, and Rwanda
• 20 years of proven methodology before any digital platform
• 2 international TV series documenting student transformation

We're not a startup pitching an idea. We're a proven movement ready to scale globally with digital infrastructure and institutional support.

Our Web Summit pitch will showcase three converging crises that BlastBeat solves:

Crisis 1: Youth Unemployment
Globally, 1.2 billion young people are unemployed or underemployed. Traditional education doesn't prepare them for real-world economics. BlastBeat teaches authentic business skills through something young people already love: music.

Crisis 2: Climate Anxiety
Youth climate anxiety is at epidemic levels. But BlastBeat channels that anxiety into action—every ESE team invests profits in climate projects they design and manage themselves. Agency over despair.

Crisis 3: Educational Disengagement
Traditional classrooms don't work for 21st-century learners. BlastBeat replaces abstract lessons with real businesses, real money, real consequences, and real impact.

The investor and government attention at Web Summit could accelerate BlastBeat's expansion dramatically. Our current conversations with African governments alone represent potential deployment across 50+ million students over the next 3 years. But scaling requires capital, partnerships, and strategic visibility.

Web Summit provides all three.

If you're attending Web Summit 2025 (November 4-6 in Lisbon), we'd like to see you at our booth and pitch presentation. We'll be showcasing:

• Live student ESE team demonstrations
• Impact metrics and climate outcomes
• Digital platform sneak peek
• Government partnership case studies
• Investment and partnership opportunities

This is a moment to reimagine what's possible when education meets real entrepreneurship, meets climate action, meets music.

Watch for our Web Summit updates and announcements across all channels.