Step inside SumUp’s London Accelerator, a 12-week programme where talented grads become contributors to real-world features at SumUp. This spring, 4 project teams, guided by dedicated mentors and global experts, delivered real features to drive our roadmap forward 🇬🇧 Hear from participants on what they learned and built during their journey with us 💫
As part of our global Pride Month celebrations, the Berlin team brought the energy to the rooftop. Organised by Pride Club, our LGBTQ+ employee network and ally crew, the evening was all about visibility, joy, and community 🌈 With iconic beats by Yvonne Nightstand, local legend and Drag Race Germany season 1 finalist, we celebrated Pride in true SumUp style.
For the 4th year in a row, we've partnered with the NGO Generation to provide free tech education to unemployed young people in Brazil and Chile 🇧🇷🇨🇱 We're excited to welcome 84 students to this year's cohorts: 🇧🇷 Brazil 67% women 42% Black 24% LGBTQ+ 🇨🇱 Chile 52% women 15% migrants 30% LGBTQ+ 18% Indigenous For 3 months, these students will dive into a full-stack Java course, gaining the skills, confidence, and community to launch their tech careers.
This year, over 100 SumUppers came together at the historic Schloss Beesenstedt, a 19th-century manor in the German countryside, for another unforgettable Hack Week 🏰✨🇩🇪 With the theme “Money, Money, Money”, we challenged ourselves to think beyond innovation and focus on building solutions that deliver real, tangible value for our merchants 🚀
At SumUp, collaboration powers everything we do. Behind every product that reaches the world is a global team working in sync, designing, building, and refining tools that help small businesses manage payments, finances, and customer relationships with ease 💫 Everything we create, from the first idea to the final launch, is shaped by creativity, iteration, and a shared purpose to make entrepreneurship more accessible for everyone.
✨ Get a glimpse into Aleksander’s day as part of our 12-week London Accelerator Programme, where recent grads and junior engineers dive into real-world tech challenges — while soaking up London’s vibes in the Sumup office in Covent Garden.
Hack Week 2024 brought SumUppers from every corner of the business together under one roof to imagine, iterate, and innovate. Through hands-on collaboration, we unlocked bold ideas, built real solutions, and deepened our collective understanding of how we support merchants across the globe 🚀 With Hack Week 2025 just around the corner, we’re already gearing up for another round of creativity, connection, and meaningful collaboration. Want to be part of the next one? Explore our open roles!
Overcoming obstacles tied to education and early parenthood takes more than ambition—it requires resilience, self-belief, and a strong sense of ownership. Ben Fenner, Global Head of IT at SumUp, became a father at 23 while trying to complete his education. With limited resources, he still found a way forward by taking the initiative and building a career rooted in helping others. Today, he leads with that same drive, proving that where you start doesn't have to define where you go.
In partnership with Wilderness International, we helped preserve 300,000 m² of Peruvian rainforest — a thriving biodiversity-rich habitat and a natural carbon offsetter. Over its lifetime, this protected area is expected to prevent the release of approximately 18,000 tonnes of CO₂, marking a significant step in our long-term sustainability journey.
Following Beacon's spark, we kept the momentum going with Beacon Boost ⚡ SumUp's latest sales event gathered nearly 300 of our sales professionals across Europe for a one-day experience designed to energise, align, and empower our go-to-market teams. 🌍 With powerful keynotes from our leadership team, Luke Griffiths, Alex Riesenkampff, and Rishabh Kumar Kumar, plus a session from guest speaker Rebecca Daffeh on resilience in sales — Beacon Boost combined strategy, storytelling, and hands-on training to turn innovation into action. Local workshops across London, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, and Milan helped teams dive deeper into our newest offerings, sharpen their sales skills, and walk away ready to lead with confidence and impact 💪
