Events

Pitching Sessions EVC

Company Profile Sheet submission

Registrations closed
Complete the Company Profile Sheet, a summary of your company’s business.
Based on these Profiles, the Selection Committee will handpick companies for the Pitching Sessions.

Program
18 companies. Audience of experts: Venture Capitalists, Corporate Finance Managers

08.45
Registration opens
09.00
Welcome. Presentation of the European Venture Contest
Claudine Faleo, Torino Wireless
Sien Luyten, European Venture Contest Manager
09.15
Boost your Company on an International scale: What you Need to Know
Roland Nobels, Managing Director of Europe Unlimited
09.45
Elevator Pitches
Each entrepreneur will make a one-minute elevator pitch of his venture. The goal is simple: generate interest in the company and its ambitions.
11.00
Coffee Break
11.30
Presentation Session
Each entrepreneur will make an 8-minute presentation introducing the company and its objectives followed by a 7 minutes evaluation. During the evaluation fellow entrepreneurs and experts will provide feedback on the strengths and weaknesses.
13.00
Lunch & networking
14.00
Individual sessions
Entrepreneurs and experts discuss face-to-face the issues raised during the presentations in the morning
15.00
Presentation Session
Companies will have the opportunity to give a second presentation with improvements incorporated during the day
16.30
Closing of the Session: lessons to take home
Roland Nobels, Managing Director, Europe Unlimited
17.00
Experts only: evaluation of the presenting companies

Eligibility Criteria

Established private companies (no projects, plans, ideas);
Breakthrough innovation in technology or services (your product or service tackles a big problem in the market, or an opportunity that has not been exploited and you are offering an elegant solution that creates substantial value);
International ambition and potential (to change your industry and market);
Linked to Europe (location, founders, funding, expansion plans…).