European Tech Investment Forum
15 November 2004 - 15 November 2004
Netherlands
More than 200 international executives, investors, policymakers and journalists are expected to attend and to promote investment and partnering opportunities. Its highly interactive programme is sponsored by Ernst & Young, ABN AMRO, Vaekstfonden and EUREKA.
According to Soren Hovgaard, a Partner of the Danish Investment Fund (VaekstFonden): "The European Investment Forum successfully provided us with an excellent opportunity to present our new direct investment strategy to the international venture capital investment community and gave us further insight into the development of several very interesting technologies and opportunities for investment. Since then we have progressed on several of these opportunities."
Dr Marc Breitfeld, Investment & Finance Director of AdAstra Venture GmbH says: "The European Tech Investment Forum provides excellent sessions for high quality early- and later-stage technology companies, on current technology and VC topics with high-caliber keynote speakers and panellists as well as valuable networking opportunities.", ,The Forum's objective is to bring together at a cross-border European level technology entrepreneurs seeking growth capital and corporate and venture capital investors.
Different topics will be covered in panel discussions, company review sessions, and workshops that explore:
· Exits: IPO or M&A?,· Partnering with the Giants Enterprise Software,· Partnering with the Giants Telecoms Industry,· Follow-on funding: protecting your wealth
More than 430 companies from 29 different countries have presented their business cases at the ETIF in the last 5 years. A recent survey assessing the impact of the 10 first editions of the Forum concluded that 80 companies had raised finance as a result of contacts made at the Forum. It is known that 66 of these companies have raised 308 million Euro in growth funding.Established in 1998, Europe Unlimited has assembled a vast database of Europe's technology and investment contacts, and acquired a reputation for staging excellent investment and networking forums across Europe. For more information please visit http://www.e-unlimited.com(opens in new window)
According to Soren Hovgaard, a Partner of the Danish Investment Fund (VaekstFonden): "The European Investment Forum successfully provided us with an excellent opportunity to present our new direct investment strategy to the international venture capital investment community and gave us further insight into the development of several very interesting technologies and opportunities for investment. Since then we have progressed on several of these opportunities."
Dr Marc Breitfeld, Investment & Finance Director of AdAstra Venture GmbH says: "The European Tech Investment Forum provides excellent sessions for high quality early- and later-stage technology companies, on current technology and VC topics with high-caliber keynote speakers and panellists as well as valuable networking opportunities.", ,The Forum's objective is to bring together at a cross-border European level technology entrepreneurs seeking growth capital and corporate and venture capital investors.
Different topics will be covered in panel discussions, company review sessions, and workshops that explore:
· Exits: IPO or M&A?,· Partnering with the Giants Enterprise Software,· Partnering with the Giants Telecoms Industry,· Follow-on funding: protecting your wealth
More than 430 companies from 29 different countries have presented their business cases at the ETIF in the last 5 years. A recent survey assessing the impact of the 10 first editions of the Forum concluded that 80 companies had raised finance as a result of contacts made at the Forum. It is known that 66 of these companies have raised 308 million Euro in growth funding.Established in 1998, Europe Unlimited has assembled a vast database of Europe's technology and investment contacts, and acquired a reputation for staging excellent investment and networking forums across Europe. For more information please visit http://www.e-unlimited.com(opens in new window)