Monday, April 23
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Cocktail & Registration
Tuesday, April 24
07:30 – 08:15 Breakfast & Registration
08:15 – 08:30 Opening Comments, Alex Vieux
08:30 – 9:15 Finding the Right Financing in 2012: Should entrepreneurs go for it alone? Should they eschew the traditional VC and select institutional money? And by the way, is Venture Capital going comatose in Europe? What are the odds of finding the most appropriate backers?
- 360 Capital Partners, Emanuele Levi
- Go4Venture, Jean-Michel Deligny
- The Spark Investments, Terence Bruyn
09:15 – 10:00 Vintage 2012: Selecting Winning Start-ups and Premier Entrepreneurs: The VC’s Journey: What are the companies that are chosen on Monday partners meeting across Europe? What are the new requirements and developments? How do the VCs look at this new era?
- Sofinnova Partners, Olivier Sichel
- Runa Capital, Andre Bliznyuk
- Sunstone Capital, Jimmy Fussing Nielsen
- Friday Ventures, Joerg Sievert
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 Going to the Well: From Seed to Growth Capital; Pitfalls, Horror Stories and, Nevertheless, Opportunity: In today’s environment, sources of money abound. Some institutions provide support all along, some others focus on a single stage. Who to work with and when; knowing that IPO are seldom an option for the European entrepreneurs, how to optimize funding rounds?
- Kahn & Associes, Daniel Kahn
- Prime Ventures, Sake Bosch
- StartUp Bootcamp, Patrick de Zeeuw
- Veturi Venture Accelerator, Jussi Harvela
11:00-11:40 Lessons From Building a Successful Global Tech Company: An exceptional CEO will share his experience in growing his company from a small startup to a leading tech company with offices in Asia, Europe and the USA.
- Netoptics, Bob Shaw
11:40-12:00 Get Your Passport Ready: Tech companies routinely expand beyond their homeland and venture out to larger market. International execution often keeps the best start-ups apart and gives them the necessary critical mass. How do they achieve that?
- Flogs, Toon Timmermans
12:00 – 13:20 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 Presentations: Red Herring Europe Finalists
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Presentations: Red Herring Europe Finalists
19:15 – 21:00 Cocktail & Dinner Party
07:30 – 08:15 Breakfast & Registration
Wednesday, April 25
07:30 – 08:15 Breakfast & Registration – Admiralty Room
08:15 – 08:45 Opening Comments, Alex Vieux
08:45 – 9:45 Corporate Funding and Partnering: Choosing the Right Corporate to Work With: Why to lean over and build ties with larger (and often slower) organizations? How to leverage their size and footprint? How to get connected with the “right one”?
- Cisco Systems, Frederic Rombaut
- Orange Ventures, Dennis Barrier
9:45 – 10:30 Grey Hair and Entrepreneurship: Closing the Round: What do CEOs miss during the round up phases and how can it catch up with them? What are the common mistakes entrepreneurs make in the funding phase how can they be avoided?
- HassoPlattner Ventures, Yaron Valler
- Truffle Venture, Bernard-Louis Roques
- Wellington Partners, Bart Markus
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00- 11:30 The Dangers of Geographic Schizophrenia: Go east or go west? Some companies still value the U.S market and are seeking interest across the Atlantic. Good for them. Others have breakfast in Beijing and Bangalore, Silicon Valley or Chindia.
- Open Ocean Capital, Tom Henriksson
- Canatu, David Brown
- Excico Group, Pierre Naudin
11:30 – 12:00 Hitting the “J” Curve: Inflexions point happen at different times and lead start-ups to reconsider how to adapt their execution plans. Companies cross invisible lines with visible effects. What are some of the key elements that are critical to achieving success? When do you reach for outside help? When do you need to bring on new talent? When do you take the plunge and spend your hard earned money on PR and marketing? Where do bankers fit into the picture?
- Calibre One, James Brocket
- Doughty Hanson, Nigel Grierson
12:00 – 12:30 Where is the Exit? Not long ago, the bells were tolling for the IPO. But the recent $100 billion IPO filing of Facebook and impressive IPOs of Groupon, LinkedIn, Zynga, and Yelp leave investors singing a different tune, with much of the coin returned to their pockets that was lost in the 2008 financial collapse. Where does Europe fall in this equation? Why IPO in Europe in the first place? What are there alternatives to the NASDAQ and NYSE? When do you make a choice?
- Bulger Partners, Rory O’Sullivan
- GP Bullhound, Guillaume Bonneton
- TLcom, Mauro Pretolani
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 Presentations: Red Herring Europe Finalists
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Presentations: Red Herring Europe Finalists
19:15 – 21:30 Red Herring 100 Global Award Ceremony & Dinner