Searching for the future leaders in Digital Tech!
Call for Applications for 2014 Digital Tech Summit held in London, April 23-24, 2014: Deadline February 16 Geneva, December 18, 2013 – Tech Tour and the International Venture Club announced today that the 2014 Digital Tech Summit to be held in London on April 23-24 is open for company applications. Companies in the sectors of Gaming, Search, Fintech, Security, Electronics, Entertainment, Cloud, DaaS, Mobility, Big Data, SaaS, Cloud Software, Mobile Media, Intelligence, e-Finance, e-Advertising, e-Commerce, Infrastructure and more are invited to apply by February 16, 2014.
Co President of the Summit, Baruk Pilo from ICON Corporate Finance in London said: “We will be focusing on four
major sectors within the Summit where we foresee new disruptive technologies emerging: Financial Technologies;
Security and Cyber security; Web, Mobility and Cloud, SaaS and Big Data. Digital Tech is a very exciting sector and in
the future we will be seeing new huge business opportunities in very different fields such as: connected consumer
objects, civilian drones, mobile payments, new remittance services – the list is endless. Our goal for this event is to
select the top 20 European startups in these four hot sectors and invite corporate companies and Strategic Investors
to deliver their perspectives for disruptive technologies and new business opportunities. It will be an opportunity for
Entrepreneurs to meet tier one investors and potential strategic partners and for large enterprises and VC’s to
engage with the best in class European, Israeli and Russian start‐ups.” Company Registration – why should you register?
• No charge to apply
• No charge for selected companies to attend the event and present – selection is merit only based • Companies are selected by an expert selection committee, according to their potential market impact
• Selected companies will present to a group of 100+ global investment professionals, advisors and corporates. • Companies regardless of selection will be seen by a group of top level investors (the selection committee) and have the opportunity to be included in the delegate binder to further promote their offering.
Registration
Applicants can register for the Summit at http://www.digitaltechsummit.eu
As part of the process applicants must submit a corporate presentation together with the registration form. The deadline for applications is February 16.
Selection Criteria
Applicants will be assessed on the uniqueness of their technology, the strength of their business model, vision, and capability to execute on the business plan and the quality and track record of their management. Submissions will be reviewed by the selection committee, which is comprised of senior business leaders from various backgrounds including venture capital, technology, research and economic promotion.
Rewards for Finalists
The selected 20 finalists will each have an opportunity to present their business plans to senior partners, vice presidents and CEOs from the global venture capital and technology industry, as well as service providers and academics. In addition, they will benefit from networking opportunities, local and international media exposure and potential opportunities to secure funding.
Previous Summit attendees have included senior representatives of most major investment firms and corporates:
Almaz Capital, Ambient Sound Investments, Anecova, Atlantic Bridge Investments, Balderton Capital, CDC Innovations, Clipperton Finance, Conor Venture Partners, DFJ Esprit, DN Capital, eBay, Endeavour Vision, EQT, FDI Internet & Mobile, Fidelity Growth Partners, Finnvera Venture Capital, GIMV, Goetz Partners, Google, Growthpoint Technology Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Idinvest Partners, iGlobe Partners, Index Ventures, Intesa Sanpaolo, IQ Capital Partners, Iris Capital, Kreos Capital, Nauta Capital, Northzone Ventures, Open Ocean Capital, Open Text, Opera Capital Partners, Partech, Pictet, Quantam Wave Capital,
Restoration Partners, Richmond Park Partners, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Runa Capital, Sardis Capital, Schroder & Co Bank, Scottish Equity Partners, Seed Capital Management, Serena Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Sony Ericsson, Spintop Ventures, Startup.co.uk, Sunstone Capital, Ventech, Vodafone Ventures, Wellington Partners.
Many companies that have presented at previous Summits have either been acquired or raised more significant funding. Some notable examples include:
Shutl acquired by Ebay (2013) Aloqua acquired by Motorla (2010)
Brands for Friends acquired by Ebay (2010) for €150million Procedural acquired by Esri (2011)
MexAd acquired by DataXu (2012) Sapato.ru acquired by OZON.ru (2012)
More than $300million raised in funding for companies including: o iZettle o badoo o Klarna o Mister Spex¨ o Silk o StrikeAd o Wrapp
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The International Venture Club was founded in 2011 as the collaborative platform of leading venture investors promoting successful international investments. Its objectives are to 1) share better practices, 2) build co-investor trust and relations, 3) foster new funding and investment opportunities through joint actions and PR, 4) grow promising companies with corporate partners and co-investors and 5) keep a smart window and support to emerging innovative companies.
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*Source/Author: Quentin Carruthers, News Editor
IS CORPORATE VENTURING THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL TECH?
FIND OUT AT THE 2014 DIGITAL TECH SUMMIT AND SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR INNOVATIVE COMPANIES.
Geneva and Brussels, March 17, 2014 – With three of the world’s leading corporate venturing investors, Google Ventures, Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures making over 160 new investments between them and achieving at least 44 exits in 2013* it seems that corporate partnering might well be leading the charge in tech investments. The Digital Tech Summit, to be held in London on April 23-24th at Euronext will be addressing the entire investment ecosystem, bringing together 20 of Europe’s best Digital Tech investment opportunities with investors and for the first time presenting opportunities for both entrepreneurs and investors in the corporate sector.
Industry leaders from major corporations will be presenting their vision, future direction and their activities for partnering with innovative companies followed by interactive Q&A session. The summit will also feature an opening panel on “Corporate Partnering and high- growth Entrepreneurship” and closing panel on “Financing Trends and Tech Entrepreneurs”
Speakers include:
Avaya, Laurent Philonenko, VP Corporate Strategy & Development Alcatel Lucent, Paul Adams, Director Strategic Marketing
CISCO, Maciej Kranz, VP Corporate Technology Group Check Point, Thierry Karsenti, EMEA Technical Director Euronext, Albert Ganyushin, Head of International Listing Gemalto, Martin McCourt, Executive VP Strategy and M&A Google, Rob Easton, Head of Google Cloud Platform
GE Global Research, Stefan Bungart, European Software Leader Inside Secure, Remy de Tonnac, CEO
Mastercard, Zak Khan, Head of Strategy & M&A Microsoft, Jean Ferré, Director Development
Oracle, Neil Sholay, Senior Director of Products & Industries, EMEA VMWare, Joe Baguley, CTO Europe
The Digital Tech Summit will be held at Euronext and will have parallel tracks with 20 presenting companies in the sectors of Web & Mobility, Cloud & Big Data, Financial Tech and Security & Cyber Security. Echoing the current investment trends of the Digital Tech industry the selected companies are strongly represented in the Web & Mobility sector with over 43% of companies applying falling into that category. Cloud and Big Data follows a close second with 36.5% of companies and Financial Tech 15.5% and Security & Cyber Security 5%.
With over 130 companies applying to present at the event from countries including: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Egypt, France, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom investors can expect to see the best of Europe’s digital tech as well as a raft of undiscovered gems.
*Source/Author: Quentin Carruthers, News Editor Delegates attending include: (as of March 14)
360 Capital Partners, Accel Partners Alcatel Lucent, Adara Venture Partners, Almaz Capital, Aspen Worldwide, Avaya, Caixa Capital, Check Point, CISCO, Cotton Hall Asset Management, Creathor Ventures, Endeavour Vision, Entrepreneurs Fund Management, Euronext, Finnvera Venture Capital, GE Global Research, Gemalto, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Go4Venture, Google, Greater Geneva Berne Economic Development Agency, GrowthPoint Technology Partners Icon Corporate Finance, Intesa Sanpaolo, Iris Capital Management, Inside Secure, JAGShaw Baker, Kreos Capital, MasterCard, Microsoft, Monterro, New Frontier Group, Newion Investment Management, Oracle, Pathena, Pictet, Robolution Capital, Serena Capital, SRIW, Vaeksfonden, Verisign, VMWare, WTW Advisors, Xandas New Media Ventures.
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The Tech Tour was founded in Geneva in 1998 in response to the growing interest in emerging technology companies in various European regions. The Tech Tour is an independent, not-for-profit organization composed of key contributors to the high technology industry. The organization recognizes that continued prosperity in Europe lies in its ability to transform today's innovative projects into tomorrow's global technology leaders.
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About the International Venture Club
The International Venture Club was founded in 2011 as the collaborative platform of leading venture investors promoting successful international investments. Its objectives are to 1) share better practices, 2) build co-investor trust and relations, 3) foster new funding and investment opportunities through joint actions and PR, 4) grow promising companies with corporate partners and co-investors and 5) keep a smart window and support to emerging innovative companies.
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°Source/Author: Go4Venture newsletter February 14 “European Venture & Growth Equity market bulletin” *Source/Author: www.digitalbuzzblog.com “Global Digital Statistics 2014”
THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL TECH ON SHOW AT THE 2014 SUMMIT AS THE TECH TOUR ANNOUNCES
EUROPE’S TOP 20 INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECH ENTREPRENEURS
Geneva and Brussels, April 23, 2014: The investors agree – Digital Tech is the way of the future!
The latest statistics show that the European market is becoming even more skewed towards internet and mobile: 13 of 14 large HTI transactions in February were internet related°.
With the current world population, as of January 2014, at 7,095,476,818 – the statistics around internet and mobile penetration are staggering:
· Internet penetration is at 35% globally
· 26% of the global population are active social network users · 93% are mobile subscribers
· 91% of all people on earth have a mobile phone · 56% of people own a smart phone
· 50% of mobile phone users, use mobile as their primary Internet source · 80% of time on mobile is spent inside apps
· 72% of tablet owners purchase online from their tablets each week*
So how does this translate for entrepreneurs and investors? There has also been considerable activity in fund-raising for venture funds in early 2014. It is noticeable how the investment strategies reflect the changing landscape and the growing importance of Corporate Investors. This will be featured at the 2014 Digital Tech Summit at Euronext in London.
Co-Presidents of the Digital Tech Summit, Baruk Pilo, SVP at Icon Corporate Finance and Jean Ferre, Director of Development and Platform Group, Microsoft, today announced the names of the top 20 European Digital Tech companies as selected by an expert committee to present at Euronext, London on April 24th. Baruk commented on
the selection process saying, “The selection committee members were impressed with the huge diversity of
applications. It clearly shows that Web, Mobility, Internet of Things, Financial Technologies, Big Data, Cloud, Security and Cybersecurity are driving innovation. The continually growing base of companies, their growth perspective and market traction make me believe in a strong future for investments in those domains. The number of Corporate Investors attending the Summit and presenting is testimonial to the changing landscape and growing importance of Corporate Investors.”
20 of Europe’s most promising entrepreneurs seeking funding will present to global corporates and VC’s at the 4th annual Digital Tech Summit in London, April 23-24, 2014 and the presenting companies are:
°Source/Author: Go4Venture newsletter February 14 “European Venture & Growth Equity market bulletin” *Source/Author: www.digitalbuzzblog.com “Global Digital Statistics 2014”
AlertMe.com Anubis Networks AdaptiveMobile ATOSHO
Certivox CoreNetix Crowdcube EVRYTHNG
Five Degrees GoCardless Import.io LoopUp
Massive Analytic Ontoforce OP3Nvoice Sedicii
Shopa SynerScope The Currency Cloud TransferGo Ltd
The companies have been selected from all across Europe including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal and the UK.
A delegation of 130 leading global industry players and representatives from cross-venture capital and global investment firms are attending the event. Estimated investment capabilities of attending investors are estimated at €7 billion+. For more information please visit: http://www.digitaltechsummit.eu
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2014 PRESENTING COMPANIES OVERVIEW
Our technology puts the home and its devices and services in the cloud to provide consumers with
visibility, insight, control and automation for a more efficient life.
Stage : Expansion Location: London, UK CEO: Mary Turner
AdaptiveMobile is the world leader in mobile security, protecting over one billion consumer and enterprise subscribers worldwide, and the only mobile security company offering products designed to protect all the services on fixed, Wi-Fi and mobile networks.
Stage: Expansion Location: Dublin, Ireland CEO: Brian Collins
We develop advanced IT security solutions for Telcos, Service Providers and large corporations.
Stage: Expansion Location: Porto, Portugal CEO: Francisco Fonseca
Atosho’s proprietary platform for Distributed eCommerce enables consumers to buy a product directly out of a publisher’s editorial content – whether that’s an article, a product review, an image, or any other digital content that creates demand – and the user completes the purchase right on the site.
Stage: Start-up
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark CEO: Simon Goldschmidt
CertiVox's proven expertise in both encryption and authentication means we are the only
company in the global market today that can arm businesses and individuals with easy-to-use, certificate-less security solutions for all things Internet.
Stage: Expansion Location: London, UK President: Brian Spector
CoreNetiX offers wireless communication
technologies and solutions for low-power smart sensor networks.
Stage: Expansion Location: Berlin, Germany CEO: Frank Kuelich
Crowdcube is the next generation of business investment and a new way to fund start-ups and business expansion by crowd funding for equity, giving entrepreneurs a platform to connect with people and raise venture capital.
Stage: Expansion Location: London, UK CEO: Luke Lang
EVRYTHNG is a Web of Things™ software
company, making products smart by connecting them to the Web. EVRYTHNG helps
manufacturers connect directly with customers and partners through their own products, using smartphones and intelligent identities for physical products on the Web.
Stage: Start-up Location: London, UK CEO: Niall Murphy
Five Degrees is a financial technology provider offering The Real Alternative to banks and other financial institutions wishing to serve their customers different: faster, at lower cost, more transparent, from and to any device and with more insight for all parties.
Stage: Expansion
Location: Breukelen, Netherlands CEO: Martijn Hohman
GoCardless makes it incredibly cheap and simple for anyone to take Direct Debit payment online.
Stage: Expansion Location: London, UK CEO: Hiroki Takeuchi
import.io is an app that transforms any website into a table of data or an API in minutes without even writing any code.
Stage: Seed
Location: London, UK CEO: David White
LoopUp is enabling its users to seamlessly turn everyday conference calls into richer
collaboration sessions with one-click screen sharing.
Stage: Expansion Location: London, UK CEO: Steve Flavell
Massive Analytic offers globally scalable business analytics, hyper-fast big data and data movement and access hardware and software solutions for corporate customers that want to manage and derive unique insights from their big data.
Stage: Start-up Location: London, UK CEO: George Frangou
Ontoforce is a Belgian leading company in
semantic technologies with an innovative solution to improve information management.
Stage: Expansion Location: Hasselt, Belgium CEO: Hans Constandt
What search did for text and websites, we all need for video and audio. This is what OP3Nvoice brings. Our platform is already being piloted by some of the world’s largest banks and insurance companies, it’s being used in video learning, HR interview apps and in contact centers…
Stage: Start-up Location: London, UK CEO: Paul Murphy
Sedicii is a method for validating a user’s identity attributes without the need for that user to exchange any personally identifiable information (PII) with the organization performing the
validation.
Stage: Seed
Location: Waterford, Ireland CEO: Rob Leslie
shopa is a social advertising platform, combining personalized shopping feeds with targeted social offers.
Stage: Start-up Location: London, UK CEO: Peter Janes
With the SynerScope data-intensive imaging technology, business end-users can be involved hands-on in data analytics and data wrangling and not just be consumers of pre-prepared BI
reporting.
Stage: Expansion
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands CEO: Jan-Kees Buenen
Currency Cloud built the TCC Payment Engine, an automated, cloud-based service that covers over forty currencies in 212 countries. It’s for
companies – such as payments service providers, banks, remittance, and foreign exchange
specialists – which need to provide international payments services to their customers.
Stage: Expansion Location: London, UK CEO: Michael Laven
TransferGo, a pure-play digital money transfer startup, enables faster, cheaper and more convenient international money transfers than banks, Western Union, MoneyGram and other new players.
Stage: Expansion Location: London, UK
