“Brainport Venture Day – 23rd May 2014, 13.00h”
“High Tech Campus Eindhoven”
“Brainport Venture Day, a one of a kind event focused on high potential start-ups (HPSUs), formal and informal investors and other stakeholders, who co-create exceptional entrepreneurial ecosystem in Brabant region. The investment climate in Brainport Eindhoven region is, after London and Helsinki, the best in Europe. The Financial Times puts Eindhoven in the overall ranking of its 2014 Foreign Direct Investment Index (fDi index) in third place. The heart of the Brainport high-tech region is according to the British financial authority an excellent place to”
“invest in the future.”
“Brainport Venture Day”
“Venture Day aims to gather and connect high-potential start-ups, different types of investors”
“(informal investors, seed and venture capital funds) and facilitate networking and exploring opportunities for future syndication and investment cooperation. The first keynote speaker, Prof. Erik Vermeulen, professor of Business and Financial Law at Tilburg University will dip into the latest trends on venture capital market and VC financing and also address the necessary environmental factors for creation of sound financial ecosystem for high potential start-ups. The second keynote speaker Arthur van der Poel, investor of Point-One Starter Fund will elaborate on investment climate in the Brabant region also with the focus on high potential start-ups. Later on, you will witness short and interesting business pitches of 10 selected high potential start- ups, who will also get the chance to catch an eye of the participating investors in subsequent individual meetings. Last but not the least, the Walking Dinner will provide you with an unique chance to interact and network with the representatives of all target groups. Brainport Venture Day is organized with the support of TESLA, project part-funded by European Development”

“Fund under INTERREG IVB North West Europe Program.”

“Program:”
“13:00 -” “13:30″ “Registration + Welcome by Joep Brouwers, director of Brainport Development”
“13:30 -” “15.00” “Presentation by Prof. Erik Vermeulen (Tilburg University) Presentation by Arthur van Poel (Investor of Point-One Starter Fund)”
“15:00 -” “15:30″ “Elevator Pitches of 10 HPSUs (high potential start-ups)”
“15:30 -” “16:45″ “Meet & Match, Individual meetings of investors and HPSUs”
“16:45 -” “17:00″ “Closing of the session”
“17:00 -” “18.30” “Walking Dinner with Rob van Gijzel, Mayor of Eindhoven”