International Venture Capital Forum Series in Greece since 1999
  • 8th International Venture Capital Forum
    Athens, Grande Bretagne Hotel, 3-4 July 2007

The 8th event of the series was also organised by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE), the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO) and the Innovation Relay Centre HELP-FORWARD with the cooperation of the Hellenic Venture Capital Association and under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It took place in Athens, in Hotel Grande Bretagne, on 3 & 4 July 2007. The Forum was once again a unique opportunity for conducting approximately 200 prearranged meetings among businesses and investors as well as an informative and educational event in terms of Domestic and International trends in PE/VC, Trendy Investments and Refocusing Business, Investment Readiness and Corporate Governance in SMEs, as well as Exit Strategies. In total 54 Business Plans were submitted to the Forum and the total amount of capital requested for investing exceeded the 130 million euro. More than 450 investment professionals, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers attended the speeches and shared their views and experiences, while for the first time in the Forum's history, the Minister of Economy and Finance in Greece, Mr. George Alogoskoufis, gave a keynote speech.

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  • 7th International Venture Capital Forum
    Athens, Grande Bretagne Hotel, 28-29 June 2006

The 7th event of the series was also organised by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE), the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO), the Innovation Relay Centre HELP-FORWARD with the cooperation of the Hellenic Venture Capital Association and under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It took place in Athens, in Hotel Grande Bretagne, on 28 & 29 June 2006. The Forum attracted over 400 investment professionals, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers. In total 79 Business Plans of 541 million euro were submitted and more than 200 prearranged meetings among businesses and investors took place.

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  • 6th International Venture Capital Forum
    Athens, Grande Bretagne Hotel, 14-15 June 2005

The 6th event of the series was also organised by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE), the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO), the Innovation Relay Centre HELP-FORWARD with the cooperation of the Hellenic Venture Capital Association and under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It took place in Athens, in Hotel Grande Bretagne, on 14 & 15 June 2005. The Forum attracted over 400 investment professionals, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers. In total 52 Business Plans of 356 million euro were submitted and more than 200 prearranged meetings among businesses and investors took place.

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  • 5th International Venture Capital Forum
    Athens, Grande Bretagne Hotel, 16-17 June 2004

The 5th event of the series was organized by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE), the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO), the Innovation Relay Centre HELP-FORWARD with the cooperation of the Hellenic Venture Capital Association and under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It took place in Athens, in Hotel Grande Bretagne, on 16 & 17 June 2004. Businessmen, researchers, policy makers from SouthEast Europe and East Mediterranean (and in particular from Bulgaria, Cyprus, FYROM, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro), attended the event, presented their business ideas and discussed venture opportunities in dedicated bilateral meetings.

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  • 4th International Venture Capital Forum
    Chalkidiki, Porto Carras resort, 14-16 May 2003

The 4th event of the series was organized by the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO) and the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE) with the cooperation of Innovation Relay Centre HELP FORWARD under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It took place on 14-16 May 2003 at the Porto Carras resort in Chalkidiki. The event was dedicated to raising financing for new technology-based firms in Southeast Europe and provided a forum for institutional and other investment professionals to meet with policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers for an open exchange of views and ideas.

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  • 3rd Venture Capital Forum for the New Economy
    Athens Intercontinental Hotel, 29-30 January 2002

The third event of the series was organised jointly by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE SA) and the  New Economy Development Fund (TANEO). It took place on 29 & 30 January 2002 at the Athens Intercontinental Hotel. The Forum attracted over 900 delegates, of whom 200 were entrepreneurs and 100 were from leading investment institutions in the private equity asset class in Europe. Half of the 40 start-ups which took part in the 3rd Venture Capital Forum have proceeded to second round negotiations with the investors.

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  • 2nd Venture Capital Forum for the New Economy
    Athens, Hilton Hotel, 4-5 December 2000

The second event of the series was organised by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE SA) under the auspices of the Ministry of National Economy and the Ministry of  Development. The forum took place on 4 & 5 December 2000 at Athens Hilton Hotel. It was focused at the New Economy firms and presented new government initiatives in mobilising venture capital finance of new technology based firms.

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  • Venture Capital for New Information and Communication Technology Firms (1st Forum)
    Athens, Hilton Hotel, 6-7 December 1999

Organised by the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE SA) and the Ministries of National Economy and Development, the forum took place on 6 & 7 December 1999 at the Athens Hilton Hotel. The aim of the event was two fold: to explore the international experience in the development of mechanisms such as venture capital financing of neew technology based firms and to create partnering opportunities between VCs, researchers and entrepreneurs, active in the filed of information and communication technologies.

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