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Highlights
• Presentation
• Raised Capital
• Previous Speakers
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Estoril -
Lisbon
28 October 2007 |
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Concept
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Francisco Banha, President of Gesventure, S.A. |
"In this, yet short, 10 years of life, the Gesventure’s Meetings
have been progressively stating themselves – for their own worth
– winning acknowledgement and dimension increasingly comprising,
through a contribute in the formation of an ecosystem of support
to entrepreneurship in Portugal.
These Meetings are already considered a source of inspiration
and mobilization for all the Portuguese entrepreneurs. Besides,
they have proven to perform a decisive and irreplaceable role in
the creation of an environment that potentiates financing in
springing firms, i.e., of “opportunity” start-ups.
These Meetings are what is marking the real starting point of
important projects that pass through here and that were seeking
financing. To the entrepreneurs of those projects, here is were
it all started, it was here that their dreams started having
shape and it was here that they saw, for the first time, a real
possibility of success to reach their aims!
However, and despite its short life, 10 years is a very long
time, like the poet said. Effectively, if we translate these 10
years that we already went through, in all the energetic actions
and in all the work dedicated, exclusively, to the Portuguese
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, there are no doubts left that were
many months, many days and many hours entirely dedicated to
young Portuguese with the “creative thinking”, being this the
best resource of renewable energy that society can offer.
And, due to that, many projects arrived to Gesventure. In 2007,
we received near 400 projects and, this year, in September, we
already counted with 300 projects." (...)
Opening Speech
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Gesventure’s Meetings are organized since Gesventure’s
creation in 1999. This is the 9th edition and, like the previous, its
purpose is to straighten up the relations between entrepreneurs and
investors, promoting an open dialog and revealing new market
opportunities.
This year’s focus will be Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital with a
strong emphasis on funding alternatives such as through Business Angels.
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Nelson Gray, is the Business Angel of the year
according to EBAN - European Business Angels Network, and he
wil be a keynote speaker at the X
Gesventure Meeting.
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Activities
Conferences
Conferences will bring the audience a wide range of national experts
on programs and tools that are currently occuring as well as case
studies that deserve to be shared. The international element of this
event will be brought by several international speakers, most of them
from the fund raising area and leaders of projects that are currently
looking for capital.
Elevator Pitch
Pitching of 4 to 6 projects is expected during the event as this is
already an activity for what Gesventure is known for.
Private Sessions
Each publicly presented project will have the opportunity to be called
for a private meeting, at the site, with a sponsoring VC.
Small Business Fair
In parallel to the conferences, a few companies will be able to hold a
stand in the coffee break area for promotion.
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