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April 2019 Minister of Finance Visit | Global Venture Summit | Ripple Research with Uni.lu | Autonomous Driving Crossbroder Testbed | SES Constellation in MEO

Welcome to Crossroads Luxembourg - Great to have you!

We had an exciting month starting with the visit of Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna to the Bay Area and new partnerships with Ripple and Parkpine Capital. Back home, a first in a kind crossborder autonomous driving testbed across Luxembourg, France and Germany has been launched.

Should you wish to discuss any developments in further detail, we would love to hear from you sanfrancisco@investinluxembourg.us 

Enjoy the read!

LTIO-San Francisco Team


Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna visit to Silicon Valley

Luxembourg’s Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna and a high-level delegation of Luxembourg’s Fintech, Finance and Investment Fund ecosystems came to the Bay Area early April to explore new tec...

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Parkpine Capital holds Global Venture Summit in Luxembourg

The LHoFT Foundation (Luxembourg House of Fintech) and Silicon Valley based VC Parkpine Capital, have signed a deal in San Francisco to hold the Global Venture Summit (GVS) for the first time in Europ...

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University of Luxembourg works with Ripple on micropayments system

“There’s currently no cost effective, practical way for people to pay per second to listen to music, access quality journalism or watch a film. But micropayments will allow us to pay as we con...

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4 additional O3b satellites complete SES’s first-generation MEO constellation

Four additional O3b satellites roared into space on April 4,  completing SES’s first-generation MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) constellation. Launched by Arianespace, the constellation has positively imp...

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Autonomous cross-border mobility tested in Schengen

Autonomous and connected driving opens up completely new perspectives for mobility of tomorrow. However, there are still hurdles to overcome, in particular for self-driving vehicles travelling in several different countries. On 3 April, top-level politicians, researchers and industry representatives gathered in Schengen to see the first live demos of autonomous cars using the digital cross-border testbed that links the three countries.

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Coming up - Events

2019-05-13 to 2019-05-16

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

2019-05-21 to 2019-05-22

Space Forum 2019

2019-05-21 to 2019-05-22

ICT Spring Europe 2019

2019-05-23

Infrachain Summit Luxembourg

2019-06-18 to 2019-06-19

Fintech Awards Luxembourg

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