Call for companies - Balkan Venture Forum, 12-13 November, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

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Sep 23, 2014, 08:00 ET

Nova Gorcia, Slovenia & Brussels, Belgium (PRWEB UK) 23 September 2014 -- We are pleased to announce the 6th edition of the Balkan Venture Forum – COINVEST Edition, taking place in Nova Gorica, Slovenia on the 12th & 13th of November 2014. The BkVF COINVEST brings together international investors and high-tech entrepreneurs from the wider region of South East Europe and was established to accelerate growth through partnerships and investment.

Rewards for selected companies
Applying companies will be reviewed by the BkVF Selection committee, and 50 companies will be selected to present at the forum. Each company will be invited on stage to present their business and will be reviewed by a Jury of venture capital & corporate investors and business angels. In addition there are scores of networking opportunities, workshops and local and international media exposure presence. The eight best presenters will be awarded and receive a free ticket to participate at the European Venture Summit in Düsseldorf on December 8 & 9.

The Investor Jury already includes many influential investors such as Early Bird VC, New Frontier Group, RSG Capital, Eleven, LaunchHub, Central Europe Trust, ERA Kapital.

Programme
The Balkan Venture Forum’s programme offers a wide variety of business networking including private, pre-agreed one-on-one investor-entrepreneur meetings and includes over 30 top keynote & panels speakers, such as Peter Globokar, Managing Director from Moorland Partners, who will open the forum with topic “Key ingredients for successful VC exit: startup/investor perspective”.
To view detailed programme of the day: http://www.balkanventureforum.org/programme/

Registration:
If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Jitske van Os at jitske(at)e-unlimited(dot)com (direct phone number +32 2643 36 92) or register free of charge directly on the website http://vibeproject.eu/BKVF/ . The registration deadline for presenting companies is on Sunday 28 September.

For more information on Balkan Venture Forum, please see the website http://www.balkanventureforum.org or contact Jitske van Os at jitske(at)e-unlimited(dot)com.

Balkan Venture Forum is one of the main objectives of the SEE Programme project VIBE (Venture Initiative in Balkan Europe) and is being co-financed by European Union.

Tanja Baltus, Europe Unlimited, http://www.e-unlimited.com, +32 26433694, [email protected]