» EVENTS
7th Gesventure Meeting
9/Nov/05
Lisbon, Portugal
Venture Capital, Biotechnology and Business Angels
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Hubert
Rampersad returns to Portugal with new book

Hubert Rampersad (TPS International) will speak again at
Gesventure Meeting, next 9th November. His most recent book "Personal Balanced Scorecard - The Way to Individual
Happiness, Personal Integrity and Organizational Effectiveness"
is again dedicated to optimize management models in organizations.
International
speakers confirmed
- Claire Munck
EBAN - European
Business Angel Network, Bélgica
- Claude Rameau
France Angels, França
- Hubert Rampersad
TPS International, The Netherlands
- Raymund Vorwerk
BANSON, Alemanha
- Reginald Vossen
BAN Vlaanderen, Bélgica
» Elevator Pitch opportunity
During 7th Gesventure Meeting,
entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to present their projects to
the audience and to institutional investors (private sessions).
The result of last year's 7th Gesventure Meeting Elevator Pitch is
very positive, since 2 companies have raised €755,3 (Space -
€330.300; BioTrend - €425.000).
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Francisco Banha
Gesventure, C.E.O.
www.gesventure.pt
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How to Develop Business Angels in Portugal
To encourage business angels activity, some Member States introduced tax incentives to stimulate the investment by BA in a more favorable environment to a bigger risk activity. This is even more important to compensate the lack of entrepreneurial spirit and risk aversion in the European
societies...
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» NEWS

Venture Capital cooperation between Portugal and China
Portuguese company specialized in venture capital signs unprecedented agreement with similar chinese
company.
Gesventure, the main portuguese company specialized in raising capital, have recently signed in Beijing, a Memorandum of Understanding with
VCChina (Venture Capital China). To Francisco Banha, CEO of Gesventure, the signed agreement is a result of Gesventure’s international experience in venture capital and intends to work as a bridge for portuguese entrepreneurs to aproach Southwest Asia
opportunities...
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2005 References
Capital Raising:
"type"; "company"; "investor";
"capital raised"
seed; BySat; API Capital; 364.570
start-up; Satellite Newspaper; €485.000
seed; Localiser; PME Investimentos; €480.000
seed; BioTrend; PME Investimentos; €425.000
seed; Gluco Prime; ENERSIS; €175.000
Consultancy:
" type"; "company"; "investor";
"capital raised"
F&A; PMS - Fonte Viva; Grupo Nutrinvest
PME
Capital anounces investment in 17 companies
PME Capital has announced last 24th August the investment of 17
companies with its venture capital funds in a total amount of
€16,4 millions. Projects approved represent a change from previous
policies with an higher priority for start-up projects then
expansion (3) or aquisition (2).
This annoucement is similar to the one realised by PME Investimentos
in last June, when 13 projects were also approved mostly from seed/
early-stage/start-up stages.
Breakfast Elevator Pitch Sessions give
Bysat €365.000.
Michel Amorin and his RED-IF and Mobile Data Registry company is
the first project to raise capital after being presented at
Breakfast Sessions.
With innovative technology, Bysat is an important tool for city
planning as it registers infra-structures like piping, cable
networks, foundations and many other usefull information for
construction projects.
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