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11-12/ October,2007

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Entrepreneurisal environment and investment

capacity are both growing in Portugal.

In the last years, more entrepreneurs are finding

their way with the support of many entities,

development programs (FINICIA), venture capital funds (e.g. InovCapital)

and business angels clubs.

SOME KEY FIGURES (2006)

- Booming Business Angels acivity;

- From 1 BA network in 2004 to 6 BA networks in 2007;

- €24 millions invested in seed and start-up capital;

- Available funds growth of 14%;

- 4 new VCs;

- Private VC investment growth of 83%;

- Strong public investment program (FINICIA).

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Why Portugal?

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Inovcapital

Creating Innovation Partnerships

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101 companies

• Venture Capital Society focused onsupporting SMEs and entrepreneurs• Countrywide focus• Increased investment capacity• Focused on start-ups, innovationand international ventures• Originating new projects throughpartnerships with entities thatpromote entrepreneurship andBusiness Angels networks

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EU Presidency

Portugal will be helding European Union

Presidency from July to December 2007,

responsability that will naturally bring to Lisbon

the discussion of european wide topics.

Why Portugal?

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Entrepreneurship financing events

taking place in Lisbon area:

16 16 -- 17th April17th April

EuropeanEuropean EBAN EBAN CongressCongress

8 8 -- 9th May9th May

VentureVenture Capital ITCapital IT

8 8 -- 9th October9th October

PortuguesePortuguese EU EU CouncilCouncil PresidencyPresidency ForumForum

FinancingFinancing InnovationInnovation -- FromFrom IdeasIdeas to to MarketMarket..

10th October10th October

GesventureGesventure MeetingMeeting

11 11 –– 12th October12th October

EASIEASI Investment ForumInvestment Forum

Why Portugal?

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8 8 -- 9th October9th October

PortuguesePortuguese EU EU CouncilCouncil PresidencyPresidency ForumForum

FinancingFinancing InnovationInnovation -- FromFrom IdeasIdeas to to MarketMarket..

With the participation of:

Durão Barroso (European Comission President), José Sócrates

(Portuguese Prime-Minister), Anthony Clarke (EBAN President),

Jaime Andrez (IAPMEI) and Esko Aho (President of SITRA).

Why Portugal?

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8 8 -- 9th October9th October

PortuguesePortuguese EU EU CouncilCouncil PresidencyPresidency ForumForum

FinancingFinancing InnovationInnovation -- FromFrom IdeasIdeas to to MarketMarket..

Why Portugal?

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8th October - Morning SessionsDurão Barroso (European Comission President)José Sócrates (Portuguese Prime Minister) Jaime Andrez (IAPMEI) António Capucho (Cascais City Hall)Carlos Costa (Vice-President of BEI)Francis Carpenter (Ceo of European InvestmentFund)Javier Loizaga (President of EVCA)European Mutual GuaranteeErnest Selliere ( Business Europe)Jeff Skinner (President of ASTP)Gordon Murray (University of Exeter)

8th October – Afternoon SessionsWorkshops:From Ideas to MarketInvestment ReadinessThe Right EnvironmentSavings for Growth

9th OctoberEstoril Letter (Outputs)Esko Aho (President of SITRA)

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Available facilities in Lisbon:

HOTELSHOTELS

5* - 10

4* - 34

CONGRESS SITESCONGRESS SITES

- Lisbon Congress Center

- FIL – International Fairs

- Culturgest

- Taguspark

- Lispolis

- Estoril Congress Center

- Universities

- ...

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Lisbon’s Airport

With an airport 15 minutes away from the city

center, it’s the chosen place for hundreds of

economic and cultural events, some of them

with amazing international impact such as:

EXPO 98 (1998), Euro Football Cup (2004),

Cow Parade (2006), Rock in Rio (2004,2006), 7

Wonders of the World (2007)

» easy access

» modern facilities

» hi-tech support

» plenty tourist attractions

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150 – 200 participants

Presentation of 12-16 companies

Poster sessions for every interested

participating company

Goals for the Forum

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1/10 Presentation material deadline10/10 Company presentations at Gesventure Meeting (Portuguese Entrepreneurship and VC conference

11/10 Company Presentations12/10 Investment Meetings18/10 Investment Negotiations

Event Calendar

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3–21/09 Pre-event Coaching Sessions

12/07 Selection of companies and coaches16/07 Company descriptions, instructions and invitations19/07 Nomination of Investors

14/06 Evaluation of SITRA’s Investment Forum27/06 Sponsors and partners selection29/06 Website launch

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EASI partners

- Nomination of companies & coaches (EASI selection criteria)

- Delivery of company descriptions (Guidelines from Gesventure)

- Nomination of Investors (online registration)

- Pre-event coaching sessions with companies (Guidelines from Gesventure)

- Delivery of company presentations

- Leading the investment meetings

OrganizationResponsabilities

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Gesventure

- Event framework

- Publication of company descriptions

- Registration of participants

- guidelines for pre-event coaching sessions

- Coordination and print of Forum summary

- Coordination of investment meetings (during the Forum)

- Delivery of contact data of potential investors

- Raise partners

- Logistics

FNABA

- Raise partners

OrganizationResponsabilities

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Gesventure

Gesventure was created in 1999 by Francisco

Banha (Gesbanha) and Christophe Chausson

(Chausson Finance). This partnership gathered

Francisco Banha determination in supporting

Portuguese entrepreneurs and Chausson’s

expertise in catalysing projects with venture

capital.

Intervention AreasCompanyIncubation

Mergers & Aquisitions

FundRaising

In this 7 years of activity, Gesventure has largely contributed to the awareness of

entrepreneurship in Portugal, in result of the annual events realized, books and

articles publishing and conference participation.

As a result for all these efforts, Gesventure as so far raised 16,2 million euros.

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Gesventure

425.000€

Seed Capital

Biotech

480.000€

Seed Capital

LocalisationSystems

485.000€

Seed Capital

Distribution

confidencial

Acquisition

Watercoolers

GlucoPrime

175.000€

Seed Capital

Biotech

confidential

MBO

Hardware - Distrib

364.570€

Seed Capital

I.T./ Infrastructures

1.3M€

Seed Capital

Biotech

518.000€885.000€

Seed Capital

Video Jogos

MOVEInteractive

1.3M€

Projects supported

MTBMarcas, Trade

& Branding

495.000€

Seed Capital

Trade

775.000€

Seed Capital

Publicity

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FNABA

Projects supported

National Federation of Business Angels Associations was created in the beginning of 2007 by 5 different clubs.

FNABA objective is to foster Business Angel activity in Portugal, organizing national innitiatives as the national Business Angels week and supporting regional clubs.

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Contacts

Gesventure – Fund RaisingBusiness Angels Club

CEO - Francisco Banhafbanha@gesbanha.pt

Partner – Sérgio Póvoasspovoas@gesbanha.pt

Rua 7 de Junho de 1759, Nº 1Lagoal - 2760-110 Caxias

Tel: (+351) 21 441 64 60Fax: (+351) 21 441 73 87

www.gesventure.ptwww.businessangelsclub.com

FNABA – National Federation of Business Angels Associations

President - Francisco Banha

www.fnaba.orginfo@fnaba.org