How To Pitch Your Company Or Idea To Investors
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*** THIS IS A PAID EVENT ***
You must register on Eventbrite (here (https://pitching-to-investors.eventbrite.com)) to attend. (And please also click 'Yes' to RSVP here on the Meetup page.)
Only 80 people will be allowed to attend, so this event will sell out!
Join us at this special event where our EVENT PANELISTS will include:
Gustaf Brandberg - Investor at Gullspång Invest
Fredrik Cassel - General Partner at Creandum
Jessica Nilsson - Investment Manager at Northzone
Anette Nordvall - Angel investor, member of Stockholm Business Angels (Stockholms Affärsänglar (http://www.stoaf.se/))
Event to be moderated, in English, by Peter Fosso (from USA; Founder of Global Music Project, NetMusic Entertainment Corp, and Stockholm Entrepreneurs)
This event will be in two sections:
Part 1: Hear from our panel of investors to see how to best position yourself or your company to get investors involved, get funded, and get moving. Learn what you need to do to receive funding for your startup or your idea. Our panel is a group of successful investors/VCs, dedicated to the formation and growth of startup companies. Plus, an opportunity to get your questions answered.
Part 2: Watch as the 4 entrepreneurs/startups we've selected each do their 5-minute pitch to our panel of investors. Learn from their techniques to help prepare yourself for a future pitch!
- After the pitches there will be a chance to meet the room, with 15 sec. introductions.
SCHEDULE:
18:45-19:15 Check-In/Mingling, 19:15-20:20 Panel Discussion, 20:30-21:15 Pitching + Q&A, then final words from the investors, 21:15-21:45 Meet The Panelists/Mingling. Times are approximate. No food/drinks to be served but there may be an 'after party' at Story Bar (21.30).
PARTNERS:
ESBRI (http://esbri.se) is an organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through a number of different activities. It brings together entrepreneurs, investors, service-providers and policy-makers to further develop entrepreneurship in Sweden and beyond.
SPONSORS:
Elance.com (http://elance.com/) is where people Work Differently™. A pioneer in today’s freelance revolution, Elance is the world’s leading platform for online work, with over 500,000 businesses and 2 million freelancers using Elance in 170+ countries.
Global Music Project (http://globalmusicproject.org/) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help others make a difference through the power of music. Currently launching a branch in Stockholm, so come join the team of volunteers!
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
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Gustaf Brandberg is a Seed Investor and Business Angel bridging the gap between family, friends and fools and institutional investors by providing capital, competence and contacts to startups in exchange for equity.
Gustaf has a background in programming and agile development and was CEO for Citerus when the company brought Scrum to Sweden in 2003. He has worked 5 years at Tieto as Business Advisor, Team Manager and Sales Manager, helping some of Sweden's largest companies and organisations with web migration projects, social media strategies and digital service design.
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Fredrik Cassel - At Creandum, Fredrik has led the first institutional rounds of financing in several companies that have grown to dominate their respective markets, among others Cint, Spotify and Videoplaza. Focusing on digital media b2b- and b2c companies he also leads Creandum’s work with Vint, 13th Lab and Xeneta.
Before Fredrik joined Creandum, in the internet middle ages, he ran the largest online search service in the Nordics at Scandinavia Online. Earlier he was part of the team launching 20 Minuten – a free daily newspaper – in Cologne, Germany.
Fredrik has lived and worked in Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden. He is a Kauffman Fellow, has got a degree in engineering physics but is re-learning programming on codeacademy.
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Jessica Nilsson - Before joining Northzone, Jessica co-founded HelloFresh, the global meal kit delivery service with market-leading operations in six markets. At HelloFresh, Jessica spearheaded the global marketing operation, growing the business from zero to $50 million in 24 months. Being in the fundraising seat no less than three times, Jessica learned a thing or two about VC thinking, believing in your own version of a big vision, but most importantly focus over control.
Jessica comes from a strategy-consulting career and at Northzone she is combining these experiences to find extraordinary entrepreneurs and businesses to invest in. She focuses on the digital and consumer sectors, with a special passion for ecommerce and marketing.
Jessica has lived and worked in UK, USA, Germany and Sweden. She graduated with a masters degree in economics and business from the Stockholm School of Economics.
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Anette Nordvall is a Partner and Investment Committee Board Member with Stockholms Affärsänglar, where she specializes in early stage seed investments in ICT, telecom, music/live streaming, and consumer products. She's also a Venture Advisor for Capital A Partners, a US-based VC firm investing in both US and Nordic, looking for unique technologies or products with a global customer base in the software, industrial, and consumer sectors.
Anette is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in Marketing/Sales and Communication, International Business Consulting in Real Estate, Telecom, ICT, Sales, and M&A. She has spent 17 years on the East coast of USA, before relocating to Stockholm, Sweden in 2010.
Special thanks to Impact Hub Stockholm (http://the-hub.se/)!
EVENT LOCATION:
Impact Hub is located in the building that's straight back through the street entrance (pictured below). Look for "17 Gårdshus" above the entrance (pictured) and then walk to the building and go up to the 3rd floor. If you have a problem getting in, call me at 076 214 8050
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