Nelson Gray
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GESVENTURE MEETING, 28th October
Cascais has hosted the 10th edition of Gesventure Meetings. This
event is an annual meeting dedicated to present and discuss new
concepts and trends of the portuguese entrepreneurial
environment.
With over 20 speakers, including the EBAN awarded Nelson Gray -
Business Angels of the Year - and over one hundred guests from
multiple sectors, we are proud to record that, once more, we
were able to gather Portugal's key players in an interesting and
constructive meeting.
Nelson Gray, as the keynote speaker, brought us a positive
insight of how to make money in the current recession period,
based on his own experience, successes and failures. Acting to
survive was Gray's call for investors and entrepreneurs in the
room.
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Along the event, an opportunity was given to 7 entrepreneurs
who had the chance to present their business plans to the
audience, and privatelly to Nelson Gray, looking for
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Opening
Speech
Francisco Banha
CEO of Gesventure |
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"We cannot
have wealth creation and distribution without entrepreneurs.
There is no social cohesion, development, industrial renovation
without entrepreneurs."
Luis
Filipe Costa
President of
IAPMEI |
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"All of those
who has a great idea has in Cascais the opportunity to present
it. [...] We are already moving abroad creating local
development angencies in Cape Verde."
Carlos
Carreiras
Vice-President of Cascais Municipality |
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Photos of the 10th Gesventure Meeting
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ELEVATOR PITCH
Curious about what type of projects are being presented in Portugal?
Read the 3 pitches below and contact Gesventure (lgalveias@gesbanha.pt)
for more detailed information.
Joao Taleco
Luis Rodrigues
AnyData
Digital safe for keys
[presentation]
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João Casteleiro
Nuno Nobre
Dr. Help
New technologies applyed to medicine
[presentation] |
Bruno Rodrigues
Sacks Mania
Export, retail and brand management of white lupin
[presentation] |
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RECENT PROJECTS FINANCED WITH
GESVENTURE'S SUPPORT
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Key 4 Kids
95.000€ |
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Ortik
100.000€ |
Key 4 Kids is a project lead by Isabel flores, an english
teacher who have seen an opportunity in the recent english
subject being delivered from the 1st grade.
With an investment of 95.000€ by the entrepreneur, the public VC
(InovCapital) and 3 business angels, Isabel Flores aims to
develop an e-learning platform for parents and teachers and to
sell boxes of pedagogical materials in retail stores.
English subject is the first being developed but the business
model allows much more subjects.
www.key4english.com
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Ortik start up is about to raise additional 100.000€ from the
public VC (InovCapital) and a new Business Angel.
The company is focused in developing hi-tech innovative products
(tents, mountain stoves apliances, sleeping bags, etc) for
mountain climbers and trekkers.
The current investment will support the company in proceding
with the first order of Heat It product.
www.ortik.net |
CONTACTS
lgalveias@gesbanha.pt
address: R. 7 de Junho de 1759, n.º1, Lagoal
2760-110 Caxias, Portugal
Tel: +351 21 441 64 60
Fax: +351 21 441 73 87
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EVENTS
EASY Investment Forum
20-21, November, Nice, France
Nice will be hosting next EASY Investment Forum in association
with Sophia Business Angels and their partners. 200
International investors will have the opportunity to see 20
selected entrepreneurs from across Europe pitch from the MedTech,
CleanTech, Satellite Applications and ICT sectors. Additionally,
a further five entrepreneurs from France’s Poles de Competivites
will present at the event. To register for the event, please
contact your area EASY partner.
[Early Stage
Investors]
NEWS
Portuguese Business Angel exits university chemical spin out
Jose Albuquerque has presented
at the 10th Gesventure Meeting his successfull exit from
Micropolis, a chemical spin out of Minho University (Braga,
Portugal). Albuquerque invested, together with InovCapital - the
public funded VC, around 1 million euros for the past 2 years.
Both investors now exit with a profit margin of 200%. Micropolis
develops microcapsules for PSM (phase change materials) to be
incorporated in textiles and other surfaces. The business was
sold to Devan Chemicals, a belgium group.
"The true entrepreneur is the one who
believes that the benefits from success are greater than the
fear of failure"
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Gesbanha, SA
is a PME Leader.
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