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Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg
Germany
The BPW supports founders in Berlin and Brandenburg in drawing up a business concept (business plan or business model canvas). The BPW takes place every year from October to July of the following year and comprises numerous offers such as seminars, workshops, networking events and advisory services. The business can submit their concepts in three phases and get feedback from industry experts. In each competition phase, the best concepts are determined and prize money is awarded. The firm awards more than euros 50,000 in prize money over the entire competition.
Accelerator
Incubator
California Technology Council
United States
California Technology Council is an accelerator based in Santa Clara, California and was founded in 2013. The firm serves the technology community in California. The Council offers networking opportunities, business development opportunities, and classes that help to educate and lead entrepreneurs. There is a membership that provides discounts to all of the CTC events. The affiliates of the CTC include: California Business Incubation Alliance, California Cybersecurity Information Sharing Organization (CalCISO), Technology Councils of North America and CompTIA.
Accelerator
Incubator
Candy Obourn
United States
Mr. Salil Pradhan is an Angel Investor. He served as Venture Partner at Draper Nexus. He served as Chief Technology Officer at Parus Holdings. He is also a Board Member at Chirp Microsystems. He served as an Advisor at Vicicit. An advisor to corporate LPs on product strategy, partnerships with startups, and M&A, his current focus in on seed/early stage startups in verticals including retail, healthcare and agriculture with an emphasis on IoT (Internet of things). Previously, he spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard in a variety of roles, including CTO of HP's Enterprise RFID/IoT business where he helped create and grow the nascent IoT solutions business to $100m in revenue. He served on the Board of Momentfeed Inc., is a mentor at the Plug & Play Tech center and Cincinnati based Brandery and an advisor to a number of tech startups. He is also an advisor to Washington DC based Govonomy, which helps technology startups growth into government markets. He has also served on the advisory boards of UCLA's WINMEC and UCSD's Center for Wireless Communications. A founder of two startups, His all round experience as a entrepreneur, venture capitalist, product executive and corporate strategist makes him a sought after panelist and judge at venture pitch events. He has been frequently quoted by leading publications. He has been issued 54 US patents, in areas related to sensors, IoT and computer systems. He has an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University in Boston and a B.E. (Computer Engineering) from the University of Pune, India.
Individual/Angel
Capital Sports Ventures
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Capital Sports Ventures seeks to invest in sports and lifestyle events and properties.
Finance
Financial Services
Sports
Venture Capital
Catapult Events
Canada
Mr. Jose Vizquerra Benavides serves as President, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at O3 Mining. Mr. Jose Benavides served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Braeval Mining. Prior to his appointment at O3 Mining, Mr. Vizquerra was Executive Vice President of Strategic Development for Osisko Mining Inc. (Osisko Mining). Mr. Vizquerra joined Osisko Mining from Oban Mining Corporation (Oban), where, as President and Chief Executive Officer, he played a leading role in the combination of Oban, Corona Gold Corporation, Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation, and Ryan Gold Corporation to form Osisko Mining. Through ambitious drilling and prudent capital raising, Osisko Mining has become the highly valued proponent of the world-class Windfall gold project. Before that, Mr. Vizquerra was Head of Business Development for Compania de Minas Buenaventura. Previously, he was a production and exploration geologist at the Red Lake gold mine in Ontario.
Individual/Angel
Center For Innovation
United States
Mr. Greg Glenday serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Lightbox OOH Video Network. Previously he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Shazam. He also serves as an Advisor at CorwdFlik. At Shazam he oversees all global revenue including direct sales, programmatic, music partnerships, live events, augmented reality, and branded content. He served as Chief Revenue Officer at Undertone Networks. He joins the company following 18 years at Clear Channel Communications, where he was most recently President of Clear Channel's Connections division. In that role, he led ad sales strategy for all large advertisers across national and local spot, network, mobile, digital, live events, venues and branded content, and was responsible for developing integrated go-to-market strategies across all Clear Channel Media and Entertainment assets, including the iHeartRadio property. In his new role, Glenday will oversee Undertone's global revenue strategy and all customer support groups including sales planning and client services. He serves as Advisor at CrowdFlik. Mr. Glenday also serves as Board Member at Music Audience Exchange.
Individual/Angel
Chicostart
United States
Chicostart is a startup incubator that is based in Chico, California. It provides resources to startups in the form of office space, mentoring, tech talks, workshops and networking events. It was founded in 2013.
Accelerator
Incubator
Christopher Lavenson
United States
Startup Scaleup is an accelerator program that specializes in internet of thing startups. The programme is a mix of events and resources both online and at the hubs underpinned by a foundation of unique services, experienced mentors, internet of thing experts, developers and facilities.
Accelerator
Incubator
Claus Sendlinger
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sendlinger began his career in the travel industry in 1987 with the founding of an agency specializing in sport and music events. Only four ...
Individual/Angel
Cornelius Boersch
Switzerland
Dr. Cornelius Boersch serves as Chief Executive Officer & Director at Mountain & Co. I Acquisition. He is also the Co-Founder of Conny & Co. He serves as Board Member at Destinus. He serves as Angel Investor at Cornelius Boersch. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Mountain Partners. He serves as Board Member at Lingoda. He also served as Advisor at Ideabox Ventures. He is also the Founder of ACG AG. After ACG he became a shareholder and investment partner of a large German-Swiss investment group. He received a Diploma from EBS University of Business of Law and a Degree from the University of Duisburg-Essen. He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen. He is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. He initiated the Entrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee 16 years ago and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 400 companies since 1995 and was voted "European Business Angel of the Year" in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that the EIF matches his startup investments 1 to 1. For his activities he was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2000. Conny has authored several books on topics ranging from digitalization to happiness and lifelong learning. His latest publication "Missed the future", which he wrote together. He became a bestseller and was translated into 8 languages. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.
Individual/Angel
Daniel Pepper
United States
Mr. Philip Sanderson served as Managing Director at Ridge Ventures. He served as General Partner at Walden Venture Capital. He joined IDG Ventures USA as a managing director in September 2006. He was responsible for WaldenVC investments in VitalStream (VSTH), Bamboo.com (IPIX), NIKU (NIKU), Sina.com (SINA), Adknowledge and People3 (IT) and IDG Ventures investments in Funzio (GREE). Phil served on the boards of TuneUp Media, Simply Hired, Telltale Games, Vivox and Midverse and lead investments in Root Music, Leap Commerce and Iddiction. Prior to WaldenVC, he worked as an investment banker in Robertson Stephens' New Media and Information Technology Groups. At Robertson Stephens, Phil managed initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions assignments for CBT Systems, Computer Learning Centers, Electronic Arts, Fritz Integrated Logistics, Spectrum HoloByte, Sierra On-line, and Vantive, among others. Prior to Robertson Stephens, he worked in Goldman Sachs' corporate finance group. Phil has also founded and operated three companies in the retail, non-profit, and manufacturing industries. He is also a Co-Chairman/Founder of the VCNetwork and the YVCA; two non-profit organizations consisting of over 1,000 venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Each year Phil manages social networking events which include the participation of 50% of the Valley's General Partners. In addition, Phil serves on the Board of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC) and is the CFO. He served as Board Observer at Kixeye. Phil received his Master of Business Administration with Honors from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Honors from Hamilton College. Phil is also a board member at nWay Inc.
Individual/Angel
David Barron
Switzerland
Mr. Severin Jan Rüegger serves as Managing Partner at Numbrs. He is an Angel Investor. He served as Managing Partner, Chairman & Group Chief Financial Officerat Central Ventures. He also serves as the Chairman at Solosso. Before joining Centralway, he co-founded Sandbox in 2008 - the foremost global community for talented individuals under the age of 30 - uniting members from over 50 countries at 100+ events across the globe. Severin is also founder of the mass customisation firm Solosso, which was incorporated in 2009. It is a young fashion label that sells its products in over 20 countries across Europe and Northern America. Previously, he invested in and co-founded Dealicious - a leading social-commerce venture in South East Asia - which he exited to a stock market-listed investment fund in 2012. Prior to 2007, Severin worked for international corporations in Europe and Asia, particularly in the field of business development and consulting. Severin wrote and published a book on entry strategies into the Chinese banking market in 2009. He was also named 'Founder of the week' by The Financial Times in 2010. Severin holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of St. Gallen and a master of science degree from the London School of Economics. Severin is a mentor at the leading incubator JFDI in Singapore.
Individual/Angel
David Farquhar
United States
Mr. Mark Patricof serves as Board Member at Hornblower Cruises & Events. He is a Co-founding Partner of MESA Ventures. He also serves as Operating Executive at Crestview Partners. He served as a Board Member at Piano Software. He also serves as Board Member at Broad Sky Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at Hornblower Yachts. He is a digital media pioneer, technology investor and seasoned investment banker, he has advised and invested in a wide range of leading traditional and digital media and entertainment companies and transactions. He is the Founder of Patricof Co, a highly specialized merchant bank designed to meet the needs of a select group of athletes and sports professionals and backed by J.P. Morgan Private Equity Group (PEG). He previously served as managing director and co-head of Houlihan Lokey's technology, media and telecommunications group, following Houlihan Lokey's acquisition of MESA Global. Before joining Houlihan Lokey
Individual/Angel
Deficom Group
Belgium
Deficom Group is a Bruxelles, Belgium based private equity firm. The firm was founded in 1989 and seeks to invest in the media and telecom, events, entertainment and communication sectors.
Family Investment Office
Democenter-Sipe Foundation
Italy
Democenter-Sipe Foundation is a national reference point for the search, selection and acceleration of innovative startups, with extensive experience and dedicated services. It has its own incubator to manage the whole process of birth and emergence of new business ideas. The firm organizes organizes promotion events of startup and spinnoff, especially in relation and in collaboration with public and private investors.
Accelerator
Incubator
DMOND Accelerator
Tehran, Tehran, Iran
DMOND Innovation Group offers business accelerator programs and events for startups.
Venture Capital
Accelerator
eChai Ventures
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
eChai helps you discover and connect with the startup ecosystems across the world thru offline events and online social network.
Social Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Ed Butowskty
Dallas, Texas, United States
Ed Butowsky, managing partner of Chapwood Investments, LLC has the unique ability to recognize how current events affect investment portfoli...
Individual/Angel
Enry's Island
Italy
Enry's Island is an accelerator based in Pescara, Italy. It provides seed capital, mentoring, training and events to the companies. The firm was founded in 2012 and seeks to invest in companies operating in the retail and software sectors.
Accelerator
Incubator
Eric Golubitsky
United States
Mr. Cyril Ebersweiler serves as General Partner & Managing Director, HAX at SOSV. He serves as Board Member at Amber Agriculture. He served as the Board Member at Nextly and Leap Motion. A hardware investor, visionary and serial entrepreneur, he was SOSV's first general partner to run an accelerator, starting Chinaccelerator, the first mentorship-driven seed-funding program in China. He then went on to found HAX - the world's first and largest hardware accelerator - in 2012, along with HAX China and HAX Growth. He is a mentor to Techstars and 500 Startups, and a founding member of the Global Accelerator Network. He is one of the world's most prolific investors in the hardware space, with 80+ investments. He is a frequent speaker at events such as TechCrunch Disrupt, Makercon, Solidcon, Pioneers, The New Context Conference, AdTech, GMIC, and many others. He is an occasional guest writer at Techcrunch and has been featured in The Economist, Popular Mechanics, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Wired and more. He serves as Board Member in Formlabs. He serves as Advisor at ViaBot.
Individual/Angel
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