Hiring Strategies for Early-stage Startups and Small Teams Workshop

Building scalable infrastructures with small teams and in the early stages of entrepreneurship brings along specific talent requirements and challenges. Former CTO and Snr Startup Solutions Architect Chris Adriaensen, together with former Accelerator lead, founder, investor and Startup & Ecosystem Development Lead, Anna C Mallon, will be sharing strategies as well as personal tips (and mistakes) for hiring the right talent and setting up the business to scale. Session flow: - Introduction & Welcome (20mins) - Presentation - Technical Hiring Needs: Building scalable infrastructures with small teams - talent requirements (Chris Adriaensen, Snr Startup Solutions Architect) (30mins) - Presentation - Business Hiring Needs: (Anna C Mallon, Snr. Startup & Ecosystem Development) (30mins) - Common pitfalls and mistakes in the early stages - Strategies to diverse and inclusive hiring for innovation - Hiring the right talent to match your startup culture Q&A & Discussion (30 mins) - Wrap Up: how AWS can help and next steps (10 mins) About the speakers Chris Adriaensen, Senior Solution Architect, Startups (BENELUX) Chris is a former founder/CTO currently supporting early-stage startups at AWS as a senior architect out of Amsterdam. Before joining AWS, he lead the solution architect team at sec/dev-unicorn Auth0 out of London and prior has been an architect at Norwegian scale-up ForgeRock as well as at US telco Verizon where he helped build out a new cloud-security unit. He holds a Master of Computer Science from the University of Leuven and specialized in cybersecurity. Passionate about technology he’s also a former founder/organizer of TEDxAntwerp. Anna C Mallon, Senior Startup & Ecosystem Business Development (BENELUX) Anna has 20 years of experience transforming global startup innovation, education and marketing businesses across Europe and Southeast Asia. She is a former investor and accelerator lead, multiple founder, pitch coach and startup mentor who was based out of Singapore for 15 years. Experienced in B2B, sales, corporate innovation and Angel scouting, Anna delivered dozens of corporate and VC backed innovation and startup programs for companies including Daimler, Facebook, Bosch, Shell, Schneider Electric, MUFG Bank, Hewlett Packard, MunichRE, SCOR, Denstu Aegis, Investible, Seedstars, CSIRO, Credit Suisse, A*Star and more. As a Director of Southeast Asia's first startup accelerator, JFDI.Asia, Anna facilitated corporate venture building with startups and contributed towards a portfolio of over 70 early stage technology startups worth USD 60m.   Startups can SignUp here:

SDG INVESTOR CORNER: HEALTHCARE AND WELLBEING

EBAN and FASE are delighted to invite you to a new webinar series showcasing how promising impact ventures are tackling the SDGs, starting with SDG3: Good Health & Wellbeing  Curious to hear how Careship and Buurtzorg are tackling the challenge of ageing societies while building strong business cases? Discover the agenda and the speakers: 12:30 - Welcome words - Laura Catana, European Investor Relations Manager - FASE 12:35 - Angel Investing in Healthcare: Tips& Tricks - Christine Bjarkby, Chair EBAN Health  12:45 - Pitch & Q&A: Careship (DE) - Brian Plackis Cheng, CEO & Dagmar Bottenbruch, investor in Careship 13:05: Pitch & Q&A: Buurtzorg (DE) - Gunnar Sande, Managing Director & Dr. Stephan Dyckerhoff, investor in Buurtzorg About Careship Careship provides home care as a managed service matching elderly people and families in need of non-medical companionship care with a new category of caregivers consisting of local and vetted high-quality freelancers. With its fully digitised platform, Careship has already served over 6,000 families in Germany and arranged over 90,000 hours of care in 2020 alone. The company is now raising up to EUR 4mn capital (of which EUR 2mn already committed by existing shareholders) to fund its German growth plans, laying the groundwork for future European wide expansion. About Buurtzorg Buurtzorg (i.e. “neighborhood care”) is a German startup with Dutch roots which transforms the outpatient care market with a nurse-led model. Buurtzorg provides holistic elderly care by means of small, self-managed teams of ambulant nurses, thus enabling optimum efficiency, increasing patient satisfaction as well as employee satisfaction, translated into lower turnover and sickness rates. Today, the model creates better working conditions for more than 15,000 employees and is implemented in 24 countries, including Germany. The German startup is now raising EUR 3mn, of which 1mn is committed by existing shareholders.

EU-South Asia Investor and Start-up Internationalization Focus

Online by Zoom

The European Union in collaboration with stakeholders has initiated the EU-South Asia
Investor Networking Platform to connect the three major angel and investor networks of
Europe, India and Sri Lanka/South Asia with the objective to explore cross border
collaboration and connect opportunities.

DEPO Startup Pitch | Blockchain & FinTech

A special edition of regular DEPO pitch events is here. This time FINTECH & BLOCKCHAIN edition with corporate partners and experts - FREE access for EBAN members About this event 🤔 Why is Fintech and Blockchain attractive for investors? How can Europe become in Blockchain giant? What is the future of Blockchain and Fintech and what are the current issues? You will find out during the panel discussion at the DEPO Startup Pitch - Fintech & Blockchain edition. 🦄 You will also see 10 promising startups that we selected from Central and Eastern Europe, mainly the early stage funding round. Each startup will pitch for 3 minutes. This time we are using the HOPIN platform and you may schedule 1on1 meeting, thus you can use this event more efficiently. Agenda WELCOMING PANEL DISCUSSION Viktor Gresek - Business Development CEE from Mastercard Jiri Skopovy - Lead of CS Seed Starter program Jaroslav Horvath - Innovations & Insights at Raiffeisenbank Jiri Kobelka - founder of TATUM Juraj Kralik from Fintech Hub Slovakia Michal Ciffra - co-founder of DEPO Ventures PITCH SESSION 5 blockchain startups, 5 fintech startups 3 min pitch Q&A Jury feedback NETWORKING The Jury consists of Viktor Gresek from Mastecard Jiri Skopovy from CS Seed Starter Jaroslav Horvath from Raiffeisen Bank Jiri Kobelka from Tatum Michal Ciffra from DEPO Ventures Juraj Kralik from Fintech Hub Slovakia Patrik Juranek from Startup Disrupt 👇 Details Thursday, September 30, 2021 4 PM (CET) Online HOPIN platform Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/depo-startup-pitch-blockchain-fintech-tickets-169900933265 EBAN members have free access - reach out to us for the code. 

Jyväskylä Business Rally Investor Day

Jyväskylä

We are pleased to invite you to the Jyväskylä Business Rally Investor Day on 1st – 2nd of October 2021! The event is a hybrid event organized in Jyväskylä but also online via stream. Central Finland will once again play host to one of the biggest annual events in the Nordic countries, the Finnish round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally Finland. Business Rally brings innovative startup and growth companies face-to-face with corporates, VC’s, angel investors and other business partners. This year’s Business Rally Investor Day is taking place at the Startup Factory premises located in Kangas - the Smart City area and living ecosystem of innovative companies and educational institutes in Jyväskylä, Finland. Join us for pitches, rally races, and networking, as well as insights from experienced investors and major industry players! You are most warmly welcome to Jyväskylä! Business Rally Investor Day programme 1-2 October - Friday, 1st October Mayor’s brunch at the City Hall Investor Day – company pitches round 1 Networking In the afternoon, the VIP rally programme features classic city center Special Stage” Harju” - Saturday, 2nd October Keynote speech Investor Day – company pitches round 2 Networking & lunch. The event is hosted by the City of Jyväskylä/Business Jyväskylä, The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early-Stage Market Players EBAN and Finnish Business Angels Network FiBAN in co-operation with The Startup Factory. The Rally Finland VIP programme is organized by the City of Jyväskylä/Business Jyväskylä. Invitation is personal. REGISTER HERE Find out more on the Investor Day Programme:Jyvaskyla Business Rally Investor Day 2021 program   Discover the 2019 Edition:  

SpaceUp Final Event

Brussels

    The conference will present the main project results to the wider public. The visibility of the 60 start-ups which participated in the Space Academies will be maximized thanks to a dedicated poster exhibition and hearing success stories, best practices and the lessons learned. The event will provide policy recommendations and will reflect on the follow-up of the initiative, its integration into the broader European ecosystem of support for start-ups and the long-term sustainability. There will be plenty of opportunities for further networking between the start-ups, the project partners, investors, policy makers and EU and ESA officials. Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory. The event/venue will be fully Covid-compliant. The venue is the Manos Conference Centre, located in Brussels, Chaussée de Charleroi 135

Invest Austria

The Austrian Angel Investors Association and Austrian Private Equity and Venture Capital Organization (AVCO) are merging their strengths and their main events AVCO Annual Conference and aaia Investors Day. United they will host the flagship event for Angel Investing, Venture Capital & Private Equity! They want to connect the entire private funding life cycle and promote investments in innovative companies, together. The conference is held in English in order to reach a broad audience from DACH, CEE and beyond. The leading event to connect Angel Investors, Venture Capital and Private Equity. Covering the entire funding cycle of innovative companies. On October 6th, leading experts will discuss the entire funding cycle of innovative companies. Get ready for keynotes, panel discussions, roundtables and quality networking! Check out the website for more information, speakers and the agenda: https://www.invest-austria.com/  

INVEST AUSTRIA

The leading event to connect Angel Investors, Venture Capital and Private Equity. Covering the entire funding cycle of innovative companies. About this event On October 6th we will connect Angel Investors, Venture Capital and Private Equity. Leading experts will discuss the entire funding cycle of innovative companies. Get ready for keynotes, panel discussions, roundtables and quality networking! Agenda and speakers will be announced at invest-austria.com! GDPR: By signing up to this event, you are agreeing to give the organizers the permission to be contacted with the e-mail address used for the sign-up. Of course, your contact data is handled with care and will not be passed on to third parties. You can request not to be contacted at any time. Date and time Wed, 6 October 2021 08:00 – 19:00 CEST Add to calendar Location Park Hyatt Vienna Am Hof 2 1010 Wien Austria View Map SIGN UP HERE https://www.eventbrite.at/e/invest-austria-tickets-155627543171

Big Angels Day in partnership with Euroquity – BPI

EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN BUSINESS ANGELS NOW HAVE A DEDICATED YEARLY FLAGSHIP EVENT! This event puts a spotlight on the role of BAs in supporting early-stage entrepreneurial ecosystems. It will take place on October 7th, 2021, as part of Bpifrance Inno Génération, the largest entrepreneurial event in Europe, which brings together more than 40,000 entrepreneurs every year. PROMOTING EARLY STAGE INVESTMENT IN EUROPE AND AFRICA CONTEXTEuroQuity, Bpifrance’s online matchmaking platform, and France Angels, the federation of  French business angels, have been organizing business meetings between business angels and  entrepreneurs for the past four years. On average, 70 business angels are invited to engage in a  total of 400 to 600 one-on-one meetings. This year, the event is scaling up to bring together the business angels who matter in Europe and Africa. To support this BIG Angels Day, several key  actors have joined France Angels & EuroQuity: Invest’I (Tunisia), Sowalfin (Belgium), EBAN and  BAE (European countries and some African countries). EVENT OVERVIEW• Virtual meetings between Business Angels and qualified entrepreneurs. • Workshops: Why and how to become a Business Angel, Business Angels networks in Europe and Africa, Cross-border investment, Women Business Angels, etc. • Special track for Women Entrepreneurs - Women Business Angels meetings. ARE YOU A EUROPEAN OR AFRICAN BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORK?JOIN US AND BECOME ONE OF OUR PARTNERS! • Are you a Business Angels network based in Europe or Africa? • Can you mobilize at least 4 business angels in your network on October 07, 2021 to have online meetings with early-stage start-ups?• Can you commit to promoting the program to your start-up ecosystem? If you meet these requirements, contact us now: marie.dolle@bpifrance.fr

European Business Angels Network is the pan-European representative for the early stage investor community gathering over 100 member organizations.

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