VentureConnect

Entrepreneurs meet your investors!

• Who am I?

• What is VentureConnect?

• VentureConnect 2011

• Why should you come to VentureConnect?

Agenda

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME

@AlexOanaDumitru

A traveler A volunteer

A Digital Communicator Project Manager for VC

BACKGROUND VENTURECONNECT

VentureConnect Board Members

Biriş Goran is the counsel of choice for heavyweight international investors and local entrepreneurs alike. The firm’s primary areas of expertise are: Tax, Real Estate, Corporate/M&A, Competition, Litigation/Arbitration and Intellectual Property.

A seasoned attorney who firmly believes that action — and not chance — determines progress.

A lawyer by training and profession, Dan has been doing his best to bring out the entrepreneur in him.

VentureConnect Board Members

Radu Georgescu

Marius Ghenea

Orlando Nicoara

Peter Barta

Dragos Roua

VentureConnect 20th June

Number 3 Romanian hashtag for the day, over 1.500 visitors on the website and social media channels.

Over 30 local and international investors, business angels, investment funds.

38 project submissions from Romania, Check Republic, Bulgaria and Belgium.

The first Romanian pitching event to bring national and international startups and VCs to Bucharest.

More than 40 VCs, business angels, international funds.

42 projects from Macedonia, Great Britain, Israel, Croatia and Romania. We selected 11 lucky entrepreneurs.

VentureConnect 23rd November

OBJECTIVES SET FOR SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

2011

Increase brand awareness in order to progressively receive

competitive businesses

Build preference for VentureConnect conference

Communication Objectives

Entrepreneur Investor

We’ve gone national: Cluj & Timisoara

„VentureConnect presents the young generation of tech entrepreneurs”

Full house in Cluj and Timisoara, 4 lucky winners for the final session in Bucharest.

Doug Richard was in Cluj and Timisoara to address the entrepreneurial community.

We started from the idea….

Results?

11 pre-selected start-ups presented their business plan in front of the VentureConnect

Board – Cluj and Timisoara.

See for yourself…. (part 1)

See for yourself…. (part 2)

See for yourself…. (part 3)

ANY MEDIA ATTENTION OUT THERE?

A few digits (part 1)

CLUJ

25 individual news (online and printed)

5 printed interviews

2 interviews for Radio Romania Cluj

Display advertising on 5 local websites

15 individual news (online)

Printed advertising in 4 local publications

Display advertising on 3 local websites

3 video interviews (Marius Ghenea & Peter Barta)

1 printed interview (Doug Richard)

TIMISOARA

A few digits (part 2)

68 individual news covering VentureConnect

10 printed interviews with board members

7 printed layouts

Display advertising on 10 local websites

Romania International Exposure

TechCrunch US, Europe and Japan coverage

4 articles on tech blogs

Being here with you

WHY SHOULD YOU COME TO VENTURECONNECT?

Seed and Venture investments

50.000 Euro from VentureConnect – GECAD Group

collaboration

Possibility of raising more than 250.000 EURO

Goodies from the VentureConnect sponsors!

Public Speaking trainings

International Boost

Where is Horatiu Mocian from SociaLook as we speak?

Raise your hands

In the office At home

Enjoying early holidays

Answer….

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