Fondazione E. Amaldi as @ESA Ambassador Platform for Italy and Consorzio di Ricerca Hypatia will be hosting Primavera dell’Innovazione at the Centro Congressi Unione Industriali Torino on 19th May 2022. Primavera dell’Innovazione 2022 will be a unique professional development opportunity, offering an intense mix of purposeful and interactive sessions, business opportunities, and unparalleled networking. This year the programme focuses on the theme: “From Earth to Space: the use cases of the New Space Economy” and will explore the role played by space technologies in enabling new business models to support industrial sectors in the context of the New Space Economy. The one-day conference connects leaders from all over the world, check-out now our programme on PINN’s website to discover our amazing speakers and sessions dedicated to enabling space solutions in support to Agrifood-Tech, Insur-Tech, Energy, Finance and Transportation &Logistic sectors. primaveradellinnovazione.eu AGENDA 09:00 – 09:30 AM| Registration & Reception 09:30 – 10:00 AM| Institutional Session - Welcome and Opening Welcome speech from Unione Industriali Speakers: Stefano Firpo - Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Technological Innovation and Digital Transition Gianna Pentenero – Turin city councilor Dario Gallina - President of the Torino Chamber of commerce and Industry Fabio Grimaldi - Piedmont Region Representative E. Amaldi Foundation Amaldi Lorenzo Scatena - Ambassador ESA Business Applications Flavio Lucibello - President of the Hypatia research Consortium   10:00 – 11:00 AM| Session I – AGRIFOOD-TECH Speakers: Kanira Shah - Investment principal, Astanor Ventures Fabrizio Dominici - Head of AI, Data & Space, LINKS Foundation Guido Gobino - CEO, Guido Gobino Flavio Lucibello - President of the Hypatia research Consortium     11:00 – 11:30 AM|Coffee Break 11:30 – 12:30 PM| Session II - INSURTECH Speakers: Gianluca Lorenzi - Head of Reale Lab 1828, Reale Mutua Raffaele Riva - Head of P&C BM Italy, Swiss Re Paolo Garonna – Secretary General, Federazione Banche Assicurazioni e Finanza Marco Ramadoro - CEO, Stellar Project     12:30 – 01:30 PM|Session III - ENERGY Speakers: Fabrice Testa - Chairman, European Business Angel Network Space Sara Caria - Head of Innovation Intelligence and Partnerships, Enel Paolo Fino - Full Professor, Head of Dpt. Politecnico di Torino Andrea Taramelli - Professor Associate of University IUSS and Remote sensing of ISPRA Flavio Lucibello - President of the Hypatia research Consortium   01:30 – 02:30 PM|Lunch Break   02:30 – 03:30 PM| Session IV – FINANCE Speakers: Giovanni Tesoriere - CEO, LIFTT Patric Gresko - Head of Division Innovation and Technology Investments, European Investment Fund Giuseppe Scellato - Full Professor, President of ESA BIC Turin Stefano Peroncini - CEO, EUREKA! Venture SGR Davide Canavesio -  Vice-president OGR and Director CRT Foundation   03:30 – 04:00 PM|Coffee Break 04:00 – 05:00 PM|TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTIC Speakers: Eugenio Fedeli - Research and Development Manager, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Giuseppe Smeriglio - President, Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A. and Partner Fante Logistics Benedetto Camerana - President, Consorzio Lingotto e MAUTO Enrico Spinelli, ESA BA Officer Fabrizio Arneodo - CTO, 5T   Transportation & Logistic Call for Ideas launch

Wolves Summit 2022 will feature a 4-day week full of tech, innovation forums, investment, and recruiting talent. We would like to invite you to join us on 24-27th May in Wrocław, where the worlds of talent, digital and innovation converge on a mega-tech festival, Wolves Summit 2022. Get your tickets now!  Why is it worth coming to Wrocław for Wolves Summit 2022? So far during 14 editions we have facilitated 37716 well-fitted 1:1 meetings for attendees from 80 countries via our AI-driven matchmaking platform that is always available 2 weeks before the festival so that you could make the most of your time at Wolves Summit. 4 days of knowledge-packed intensive agenda of pitching competitions on stage, keynotes, workshops, lectures and panel discussions by industry experts. The Great Pitch Contest & Expo Pavilions - discover the most exciting talent and ideas from the region and scout for the investment deals that fit your current strategy Meet a community of like-minded tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs during our famous networking parties and VIP private events because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (or girl). What to expect? Wolves Summit 2022 is where festival meets conference. Corporations meet talent. Startups go beyond borders. International investors dip their toes into CEE. Academia and science take centre stage. The Great Pitch Contest 100 Startups carefully selected from 1000+ applications will be pitching on stage in front of the audience and Jury of Investors and industry experts. HR Tech Track Where companies find good talent and good talent find the right companies to work for. Join lectures, expo and 1:1 meetings via Talent Mixer. 1:1 B2B Matchmaking Schedule dozens of well-matched 1:1 meetings on-site and online and meet Startups, Investors and Corporation at Matchmaking Arena to make connections that matter. Networking Parties & Chillout Zone Attend VIP Investor evening or our famous Networkin party to meet like-minded people in a less formal atmosphere and unwind after an intensive day of mega-tech festival. 4 days of intensive agenda & side events Join +60 hours of tech-oriented lectures, keynotes, panel discussions and learn from the first-hand experience of our Speakers. Expo Pavilions Area This edition of Wolves Summit we are excited to invite you to visit the exciting Expo Pavilions presenting the most up-to-date tech trends. To purchase your ticket go here.

Investor Camp in Vilnius is the event for business angels and VCs to learn, discuss, connect, network and get to know each other. Investor Camp takes place on May 25th, a day before Startup Fair 2022 - the largest annual startup event in Lithuania. Let's meet the most relevant people investing into startups in the region, the local community, and learn more about the booming startup scene. The first part of the event will happen at the brand new AeroCity Tech Valley with a Bombardier CRJ 200 jet placed inside: - 12.30 arrival - 13.00 - 14.00 lunch - 14.00 - 17.30 program (TBA) The second part of the event will take place at Pachamama Dinner Club: - 19.00 - 00.00 dinner, drinks, and networking The event is organized by LitBAN, LT VCA, and Startup Lithuania, as well as co-hosted by EstBAN, LatBAN, EST VCA, and LV VCA. If you an EBAN Member contact us for the link to register.

Are you ready for the largest startup pitch competition in the world?  With support of AustrianStartups the Austrian Angel Investors Association brings the Startup World Cup, hosted by Pegasus Tech Ventures, to Austria as part of the ViennaUp in May 2022! Use the chance to see interesting pitches in four relevant categories, meet Austria’s best early stage startups and connect with many other investors at the event! Get more information here: https://www.startupworldcup-austria.com 

Come discover Business Model Canvas with us! Find out how to best use Business Model Canvas with EBAN and Bionanopolys! We're glad to be organising this free 2-part workshop on how to benefit from this tool for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. You are all invited to register and get your business off the ground with us! REGISTER "Business Model Canvas - part 1" on May 30th at 2.00 PM CEST   In this first session we will cover the "right part" of Business Model Canvas! Our expert speaker, Zdenek Fred Fous, will give you the tools to create the best value proposition and to develop the ideal Customer Relationship Management framework to bring revenue to the business. Join us to enhance your knowledge on Business Model Canvas and to take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey. The event is led by Zdenek Fred Fous, Co-Founder of Encubate and will be recorded. REGISTER About the Project and Speaker About Bionanopolys Bionanopolys has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme to develop an Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) environment. The aim is to manufacture innovative bionanocomposites from sustainably sourced feedstocks in Europe as well as bio-based nano-products for packaging, textile, agriculture, cosmetics, pharma or food. About Zdenek Fred Fous Zdenek Fred is the Co-Founder of Encubate, a company aiming  to make entrepreneurship more accessible and inclusive, to maximise everybody’s entrepreneurial potential, and to help people fulfill their dreams and goals. The company is tapping into a large, underserved, and growing £24 billion market. Similar to Headspace or Duolingo, he wants to build Encubate into a global leader. We look forward to seeing you there!

EMERGE CHALLENGE Pitching competition for early stage and growth startups with a global product visionChallenge! EMERGE – an international conference on technology and startups will take place in Yerevan on 1-2 June. 2,000 participants are expected. For startups and investors: until 28 April, you can apply for a startup contest and win $250k investment and prizes from AWS. Last year startups raised more than €5m of investment at the event. This year's investors include Speedinvest, Runa Capital, a delegation of investors from the Czech Republic (Presto Ventures, Depo Ventures), Startups accelerators Wise Guys, Rockstart, and other 150+ investors. STARTUPS: apply for pitch competition before 28 April to get $250k investment and AWS credits. . The agenda includes: – future tech trends; – founders’ stories (previous years were Miro, PicsArt, PandaDoc, EPAM etc.); – EMERGE CHALLENGE startup contest with an investment of 250K and prizes from AWS; – networking and a lot of parties. To feel the vibe check out the EMERGE 2019 aftermovie from Minsk EBAN Members can contact us for their special discount code!

We are excited to invite you to a webinar dedicated to unpacking investment opportunities as part of Africa’s CleanTech Ecosystem. This is the 2nd webinar in a series of conversations leading up to the annual Africa Early-Stage Investor Summit in November, #AESIS2022.  Following the hugely successful session on Smart Climate Agriculture, ABAN is hosting an engaging session with Founders, Investors, and Supporting Institutions part of Africa’s CleanTech Ecosystem. This is an opportunity to connect with like-minded colleagues, hear about different investment opportunities, and to further define the roadmap for digital innovation in the CleanTech sector across Africa. Organised by VC4A and ABAN in collaboration with AEDIB|NET, our objective is to provide the platform for exchanging best practices and sharing lessons learned in order to strengthen and support Africa’s digital innovation and startup ecosystems.  The webinar is scheduled as follows: Date: June 6, 2022 Time: 6PM (WAT) Venue:  REGISTER HERE Be sure to block your agenda to connect with industry leaders in the early-stage investment space, and access the latest investment methods and best practices. Stay tuned for more information coming your way on #AESIS2022 and all pre-summit activities!

The key matchmaking startup conference in the Nordics and Baltics! Arctic15 connects people with our traditional matchmaking and networking focused mindset and welcomes everyone who supports innovation and entrepreneurship, to be part of it. For startups Need to find investors to launch a startup? Do you want to scale your business? CONNECT We have hundreds of investors looking for startups to invest in our Arctic15 matchmaking event. Prepare to meet investors in our matchmaking platform. You can check the details of your potential investors. LEARN You’ll find dozens of industry experts to help you to scale your business up or been-there-done-that founders to share their experiences. Get concrete, actionable advice with clear cause and effect. GROW There will be corporations and other startups to buy your product or services. Find piloting opportunities. You can utilize our networking platform cheaply, quickly and effectively in our event. People are looking for deals. BUY TICKETS EBAN Members can contact us for their discount code!  Are you a venture fund ? Find investment targets Meet the people behind the most amazing startups of the Nordics, the place where a high number of tech unicorns are born and raised. On average 30% of the startups who attend Arctic15 are looking for A-B round investments. Acquire your LP If you are looking to acquire your next LP, then the LP Summit program discussions, workshops and round tables are a perfect opportunity for you to dig in deeper into how LP’s think and act in today’s new environment. Connect M&A People You will find corporate acquirers looking for companies to buy in our event. Exits Track sets the tone. BUY TICKETS EBAN Members can contact us for their discount code! 

IVA 2022, APPLY NOW! International Venture Academy is AN INVESTOR PROGRAM for startup and scaleup companies, who 1. want to improve their investment readiness 2. are looking for investment of 200,000€–1,000,000€ 3. are planning on market-entry to Nordic & Mediterranean area What? International Venture Academy connects first-class entrepreneurs and investors from Finland, Catalonia (Spain) and Sophia Antipolis (France) and Estonia. It helps growth ventures improve their investor pitches, bring their businesses to a state of “investment ready” and plan their market-entry to Europe. For whom? Program is targeted for European growth ventures that have desire to improve their investment readiness, are looking for investments or/and are planning on market-entry to Nordic or Mediterranean area. Participating growth ventures must have ready product or service, clear vision and proof of concepts. We have 10-12 seats available at this year’s the programme. The program is free for participants, but it requires a strong commitment from May to June.   Program 2022 MARCH 2022 APPLY FOR IVA 2022 Application period opens March 18. IVA WEBINAR Launch webinar in March 31. at 4pm (EET) Register here!   APRIL 2022 SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY THE END OF APRIL You can submit your application here.   MAY 2022 KICK OFF & MENTORING Kick-off event for start ups entering the program JUNE 2022 IVA BOOTCAMP June 7 to 10 @Jyväskylä. Innovative Blue ocean, VSEM, finance and GoToMarket workshops. FINAL PITCHING  June 10 Bootcamp ends with an IVA pitching contest. AUTUMN 2022 FINAL PITCHING at EBAN event Submit your application here Apply to the program via Dealum. The application period opens on 18th of March and is open until the end of April. Launch webinar Thu March 31 | 16:00-17:00 EET | Online | Register here! Join our IVA 2022 webinar and find out how the program can boost your international growth and investment readiness! 16:00 About the IVA 2022 program 16:10 Nursie’s success story & IVA learnings 16:25 IVA 2022: How to build your investment readiness? 16:40 Wrap up and final Q & A from the start-ups Meet the previous International Venture Academy companies Nursie and Secapp! “The program helped us especially in clarifying the business model. We understood the value of good references better and gained new confidence for investor discussions: the significance of a good story, what themes are important to investors, and how credible business figures are produced.” Timo Airaksinen, Development Director, Nursie Health, IVA Alumni 2021   “The organizers of Venture Academy have tremendous personal business skills and, above all else, plenty of networks directly with potential partners. We have had tangible introductions to the wider world through them.” Kari Aho, CEO, Secapp, IVA Alumni 2020   Apply now Meet the Mentors 2022 Lead Coach Marcel Dridje   Marcel is a member of EBAN Board and the emeritus president of Sophia Business Angels. He is the Lead Angel and mentor of International Venture Academy 2022. Audra Shallal   Audra is an expert in Women Entrepreneurship and Angel Investment in the EMEA region. She promotes Entrepreneurship and Angel Investing through programs, mentoring, business plan competitions, Business Angel Networks and Women Economic Empowerment within the EU and MENA region. Jean-Louis Brelet   Jean-Louis is a member of France Angels Board, lead of EuropIA Capital and emeritus president of Sophia Business Angels. He is an executive coach of innovative entrepreneurs, investors in 15 companies, and trainer at Business Schools, incubators and Business Angels Networks within France, EU and North Africa regions. Lev Dolgatsov   Lev has been an entrepreneur for more than 25 years, in IT retail, Visual Media Production and Investing areas. He has more than 20 startups in his portfolio and he is one of the go-to mentors for the investor readiness topics. Lev is also working as the President of the Estonian Business Angels Network. Annukka Mickelsson   Annukka got excited about startup investing during the financial crisis when there was a lack of financing for potential ideas and competent teams. She saw a need for an ecosystem where brainpower meets capital/funding to build new growth. She became a FiBAN member in 2015 to learn in practice about startups’ growth paths. Annukka’s background is in the real-estate and financial sector as well as politics. She has long experience in team leading and board work.   Further questions? Contact Nina! Nina Rautiainen, Ecosystem Lead, nina.rautiainen@jyvaskyla.fi, 050 413 7028 International Venture Academy is part of the Hhub ecosystem work of promoting physical activity, wellbeing, and health in cooperation with universities. The is funded by ERDF funding in accordance with the ecosystem agreement signed between the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the City of Jyväskylä a year ago, with the aim of developing the operating environment for companies. The project involves the ecosystems of renewable industry and exercise, health, and wellbeing (Hhub). International Venture Academy is organized by BUSINESS JYVÄSKYLÄ EBAN FIBAN SBA BANC MDBAN ESTBAN

The Swiss Fintech Investor Day is the largest Fintech funding event in Switzerland. SICTIC organizes this conference once a year and it will be held in its 7th edition on June 14th, 2022. The audience includes: angel investors, venture capitalists, corporate VCs, and family offices that want to invest in fintech startups.      Selected startups undergo a Get-investment-ready training program to prepare for their funding journey. Following the event, startups are matched with investors and through a structured follow-up process, SICTIC helps startups and investors get the deal over the finish line.    At the Swiss Fintech Investor Day event you can expect to meet your next smart money investors and to receive media attention.   Submit your application in four steps: Check the SICTIC investment criteria. 2. Complete the SICTIC Startup Factsheet. 3. Have your pitch deck ready. 4. Submit the Startup Funding Application Form. If you don't meet the criteria fully, please reach out to us at startup@sictic.chand we can have a closer look at your case.   Application deadline: May 8th, 2022 (23:59 CET)