Accelerating Action to Achieve Net-Zero As we move beyond the pandemic, it is clear that climate change is the most pertinent and existential crisis facing the world. As the latest IPCC report highlighted it is an all encompassing challenge, impacting all spheres of life and every region of the world. Even with the commitments made at COP26 to phase down coal, cut methane emissions and halt deforestation, some reports suggest the world is still on track for 2.4C of warming by 2030. It is now clear, more than ever, that unless governments, businesses and investors instigate rapid, sustained and large-scale reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C will very soon be beyond reach. FT Climate Capital Live 2022 is a platform for politicians, business leaders and financiers to evaluate the risks and opportunities they face in light of the climate crisis. Providing actionable insights on how regulatory changes, business strategies and innovative financing structures are moving the world forward to achieve net-zero goals and rapidly reduce GHG emissions through action rather than talk. Building on the success of the 2021 event, FT Climate Capital Live is growing to reflect the scale of the climate challenge. Speakers and attendees will be able to join in person in London or virtually online. Register here!

Join NACO for two insightful days, as they bring together some of the most influential leaders at the intersection of innovation, capital and entrepreneurship. Global capital is flowing into Canada, unicorns are emerging, and the Canadian Dream is transforming from vision to reality for entrepreneurs across the country. Find out what’s driving these changes & learn how to get involved. EBAN members can contact EBAN for their special discount code.    For more information and to register go here.

EUROPE'S LEADING STUDENT-RUN CONFERENCE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP & TECHNOLOGY | 24-25 MARCH 2022 START Summit actively promotes innovation by connecting more than 5000 startups, investors, corporates and young talents. For the first time in 25 years, the START Summit 2022 will take place in a hybrid form, both online and physically in St.Gallen. In times of great uncertainty, this structure seeks to enable worldwide exchange and collaboration between all participants. GET YOUR TICKET EBAN Members contact us for your special discount code!

International syndicate of investors DEPO Angels is organizing an online educational workshop about investment syndications. About this event DEPO Team will explain the entire investment process of investment syndications, including documentation and rights, and answer all your questions. This educational workshop is for everyone who would like to learn more about how the syndication of investors works. Register here!

Join us on 29/03 to hear pitches from startups that are realising the EU missions! You are invited to Powering the EU Missions with the European Business Angel Network on March 29th at 16:00-18:00 CEST. We are delighted to be showcasing some of the most promising startups addressing the 5 EU Missions. All of the companies are raising investments to accelerate their growth plans. They have all received grant funding from the EU Commission and are now ready to enter the market or scale-up their businesses. Each startup will have 7 minutes to pitch followed by a a 7-minute Q&A by our expert investor jury. This event is brought to you by the European Commission’s Horizon Results Platform, the European Business Angels Network and VO-Europe. Find out more by reading this Brochure! Register now Which companies will pitch? Peptichip enables accurate, user-friendly, fast  and standardised tumour neoantigen identification from small biopsies. By addressing the major hurdles in the clinical translation of cancer immunotherapies, it helps unleash  their  full potential and paves  the way for truly personalised immunotherapies. Nova Innovation is a pioneering, world-leader in tidal energy. They design, build and operate tidal energy turbines that generate electricity from the natural ebb and flow of the tide. Nova’s turbines have no visual impact on the landscape/seascape and work in harmony with the natural environment. Kitro is harnessing the power of technology and using it for sustainable change. Created by hospitality insiders, Kitro strives to bring back the value of food, so it is appreciated and not wasted. With artificial intelligence as the foundation, Kitro offers an automated food waste data collection and analysis solution. Ranmarine has created WasteShark: the world’s first autonomous drone designed to remove unwanted material from urban water. Modeled on the whale shark, it "eats" its prey with minimum effort and maximum efficiency, without harming other species or disrupting the environment. Signtime is providing semi - automated translations into sign language with avatar technology, along with videos in animated sign language, creating Accessible Resources for Cultural Heritage EcoSystems. Yangi manufactures fiber-based materials in packaging. It uses a technology for dry molded cellulose-based packaging, which is the best alternative to 3D rigid plastic packaging in terms of performance, cost, and environmental impact. Register now

Join us on 31.03 for a session on Agri-Tech Financing!  Take your Agri-Tech game to the next level with EBAN and AgTech7! We're delighted to invite you to join the special event "Level-Up in Agri-Tech: Know your Market and Get Financed" on March 31st at 14:00-15:30. Register while you can! During this event, an overview of AgTech7 Module 5, “Financial Innovation in agri-food systems”, will be presented along with the reasoning behind its content. You will be guided from the key market figures to the trends and European Strategy to land on the financial instruments available. Join us and discover why you should go through the full module. The event is led by Natalia Costanzo, EU Project Manager at EBAN, the European Business Angels Network. Register here: https://www.agtech7.uns.ac.rs/registration_sakai/

  We are only 2 days away from LatBAN's Investor of the Year 2021: conference and award ceremony. Our members LatBAN (Latvian Business Angel Network) have put together an amazing program and now all that's missing is your presence. The event will happen Online, Thursday, March 31st from 16:00 - 19:30 (Riga, Latvia time zome). The program is attached below.    In response to the war in Ukraine, we know you want to find out how will the sanctions influence the economy in Europe. LatBAN's conference Investor of the Year 2021 will look at the situation from Latvia's perspective on macroeconomic changes and how can we help Ukraine recover as this war is not only horrible news for mankind, it will also influence the economy of the whole of Europe in the coming months and years. Latvia and the Baltics are safe thanks to NATO and other international treaties. However, Latvians feel that the attack on Ukraine is an attack on democracy and the economy of the whole of Europe (think about travel, logistics from Asia, etc.) and so they want to look at the macroeconomic forecasts and learn from Georgias and Israel's war experience, how can we help Ukraine become stronger and recover after the war.    Speakers will represent high-level experts from the Latvian Business Angel community, Latvian VC funds, Latvian National Bank “Latvijas banka”, SEB Bank, Ukraine's, Georgias, and Israeli experts.    Why Georgian expert? Because Georgia had war in 2008 against Russia and now their economy is flourishing, but it's not a miracle, it took a lot of decisions and financial support from the EU to make it happen. Why Israel? Simply because they are all the time living in a military conflict but the entrepreneurs continue doing business and the world calls Israel the startup nation. Of course, their case and strength are very different from Ukraine's, there's still a lot to learn about how are they managing their economy.   After the conference part, there will be an award ceremony announcing the best investors and VC funds of 2021.   The event will happen in English. Live streaming YouTube link: https://youtu.be/1zPzrYyWU-Y   More updates in LatBAN's Linkedin event: https://www.linkedin.com/events/6912805860909957120/about/   See you Online on Thursday, March 31 from 16:00 - 19:30 Riga, Latvia time (+3h from Meridian hour)!

REVERSE PITCH is a unique event where investors get on stage. Organized by the international syndicate DEPO Angels. About this event All founders looking for business angels are welcome to the unique event where the roles will be reversed. Ten active business angels from Central and Eastern Europe will pitch founders themselves, their expertise, their focus. This event is an excellent opportunity for networking and fundraising. Register here!   Agenda 5:00 PM - Door opening 5:05 PM - Pitch of 10 investors 3min pitch 2 min Q&A 6:00 PM - Networking 6:15 PM - The end   Investor Selection Active business angels that are not well known who prefer cross-border investing will be selected to pitch.   The Jury The jury will be consist of experienced founders who will ask relevant questions to selected investors. It will be released soon. Organizer DEPO Angels is an international syndicate of active business angels looking for exceptional early-stage startups. This investment platform makes startup investing easy and accessible. Register here!

Join the next InnoAgora Investing Day on April 4th 10:00 CEST Hellenic Development Bank is pleased to invite entrepreneurs looking for funding and investors interested in innovative ideas, to join InnoAgora Investing Day during the conference Growing Together. Hellenic Development Bank is pleased to invite entrepreneurs looking for funding and investors ready to invest to innovative ideas, to join Growing Together InnoAgora Investing Day, our hybrid event on Monday 04/04/2022, at 10:00am CEST. InnoAgora is the Greek community with the goal to establish the digital place, a modern version of “Agora” that was the principal space for matchmaking in ancient Greece and become the point of reference for Greek enterprises coming from different sectors, investors, and support mechanisms to collaborate, exchange knowledge and create synergies. The pitching session will have the typical structure of 5-min pitch / 5-min Q&A with a panel of Greek VCs and foreign investors and the opportunity for one-to-one meetings in break-out rooms. CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION The program is as follows: BibeCoffee Limited | Transforming coffee machines into smart connected terminals A great percentage of people cannot imagine surviving a day without coffee. A good quality cup of coffee at their favourite café sounds like the perfect getaway. Thus, coffee machines “work” hard to deliver high quality coffee daily. Nevertheless, the question is if the coffee served is the best one it can possibly be. According to BibeCoffee almost half of the branded coffee is being diluted by Coffee Shops as coffee machines are frequently not properly maintained. To resolve this, BibeCoffee has created a platform which allows the user to monitor all coffee machines anytime and has plenty of features to optimise the coffee experience, such as device remote management, sales forecast, and automatic ordering to coffee roasters. Their vision is to become the one-platform-aggregator Approved by the Biggest Coffee Machine Manufacturers Worldwide | Trusted by Coca–Cola | award-winning | TRL9 | €3,5M sought to achieve commercial acceleration InSyBio | Biomedical Data-Analysis and Biomarkers Pharma and Nutrition companies need methods to research on and personalize their products, differentiate them from the competition, increase their sales with more targeted products and get informed-marketing and -sales decisions. Moreover, Pharma companies spend millions on data analyses and biomarkers discovery process following a fragmented and inaccurate approach which requires high amount of resources. InSyBio Suite is a machine Learning-based Software offered over the cloud to streamline the biodata analysis and generate patentable biosignatures, trained prognostic / diagnostic models, comprehensive FDA and scientific journal data analysis-compatible reports and ongoing support. Unique offering for personalizing drugs and nutritional products allowing the identification of responders’ profiles and their usage for clinical research to speed up product time-to-market and target marketing to increase sales. Revenue generating company, technology and business model proven in projects with high-caliber customers | award-winning | 11 paying customers | Trusted by Philips and Siemens |TRL9 | €2M sought to get proof of scalability Brite Hellas | Producing transparent solar panels optimized for use in greenhouses and Agri-PV systems to help sustainable food supply Agriculture consumes 14% of energy globally and almost all of it is based on fossil fuels. Brite’s technology product will provide clean energy in agriculture and thus will reduce CO2 emissions drastically and have a positive impact on climate change. Brite’s low carbon energy solution is a unique, patented solution that combines nanomaterial coating with regular solar cells to deliver a semi-transparent solar panel targeting agricultural applications. Their technology can render greenhouses energy autonomous, and it can be used in Agrivoltaics to produce clean energy while protecting crops against adverse environmental conditions. Red Herring one of the Top 100 Winners 2021 | Finalist Nominated for the GreenTech Award 2020 |Brite’s Solar Glass has been labeled as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution in 2021|14 paying customers | TRL8 | €4,8M sought to get Commercial Acceleration and Industrialization PD Neurotechnology Limited | High-tech medical device company Continuous Objective Monitoring of patients with Parkinson’s Disease in order to achieve telemedical disease management and prompt and proactive interventions, leading to improvement of Patients’ Quality of Life vs the existing treatment paradigm and cost savings for the Healthcare System. Sale as a combination of capital sales and data management subscription models targeting Hospitals, Homecare companies, Major Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device companies with treatment solutions, Healthcare systems and private payors and patients themselves. Fully certified medical device company | Strategic agreements with major MNCs | In Sales in 8 countries | TRL9 | €5M sought to get Commercial Acceleration Loctio | Democratizing precise location capabilities for IoT devices IoT is moving from hype to reality and there are not doubts that billions of connected devices will change industries and influence our lives. Precise location capabilities for IoT devices are key for enabling, managing, and operating such applications and services. Nevertheless, IoT localization is a very complex matter. This is where Loctio steps in. Loctio is a deep-tech provider aimed to disrupt the value chain in IoT devices positioning by leveraging Cloud/Edge processing to furnish Location as a Service frameworks. Technology licensing (recurring revenues) to Module makers & IoT solution providers IP licensing to Chipmakers. Their competitive advantages are that their software requires 20 times less power consumption, it can be positioned even indoors, it is ready to go on existing hardware and it is edge based. Partnered with a Chipmaker (Goodix) | Partnered with an LEO PNT infrastructure and service provider (Xona) | TRL8 | €4.2M sought to get proof of scalability Centaur Analytics | Leading provider of turnkey IoT SaaS solutions for quality and abundance of agricultural products Centaur develops the Internet-of-Crops®, a sustainable supply chain & waste mitigation technology with traction in 30 countries. Clients include Cargill, AB InBev, Heineken, Riviana, CBH, Growmark. We achieved cash flow positive with 60% CAGR 2020-21, on seed funds alone, and are now raising our Series A. Centaur wrapped up 2021 with a bang, closing a 7-figure contract with a leading international grain company for one of the largest scale IoT deployments in Agriculture. Overall, they recorded a 2x YoY increase in booked business. About 40% of the 2022 projections comprise recurring platform fees and backlog, and they are confident they will meet

Hit the Slopes with Startups and Investors Tahko Ski Lift Pitch, eastern Finland’s biggest startup event, offers an energising skiing experience in snowy Tahko for all business minded people (yup, that's you)! The pitch event itself is the largest SLP Growth Community which consists of business professionals, investors, academic institutions, and civic leaders. We're expecting both Finnish and international EBAN members to meet up on the slopes this spring; see you at the ski lift! Get your ski gear on and let us know you are interested by contacting us to get 40% off the regular price of the ticket for EBAN members only! Tahko Ski Lift Pitch pitching contest is one of a kind pitching competition that takes place in a Tahko Mountain’s ski lift! The two - day contest starts on Wednesday 6th of April with three pitching tracks, which are 1.) Future of Industry 2.) AI & Data in Business and 3.) Crazy track On Thursday 7th of April contest moves to the Tahko slopes, where the best pitchers meet the investors in a ski lift! The best pitcher will ski down with 10000 € cash prize! Depending on the business idea and / or innovation, start-ups can apply to the track, which resonates the most. On Wednesday all start ups will pitch in the stage in the front of Track Jurys. Representatives of partner companies (in Future of Industry-track and AI & Data in Business -track) will rate your pitch and the solutions. In practice this means that participating start-ups will have both a change to close a deal with the partner organisations and to win the 10000 € cash prize at one go! Jury of Crazy track is formed of angel investors and VC’s screening potential investment targets. Future of Industry -track Ideal applicants have a pre-tested product or concept and is looking for potential customers. Jury will also focus on the strength of the mission and business model and team. AI & Data In Business Ideal applicants have a pre-tested product or concept and is looking for potential customers. Jury will also focus on the strength of the mission and business model and team. Crazy track Start ups from early stage to scale ups looking to raise funds or close deals are warmly welcomed to enrol to the contest via Crazy Track! Ideal applicants have a strong mission and scalable business model, strong team and is ready for an investment.   FIND OUT MORE