Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital – now say it three times quickly in a row! Let’s think about a bottle of gin becoming a unicorn – together with Alain Wildanger & Laurent Hengesch & OTTO. From pre-seed to series C/D – ain’t the same league; it ain’t even the same sport! Or is it? Why are grandmas important? What can Luxembourg VC bring to Czech and CEE startups? Why does a VC firm own half of the volcano? How is fundraising in the Czech Republic going? All that in the latest podcast/videocast/eruption of motivation with our Katerina Syslova.

Tomas Cironis is the Master Chef of the Startup Kitchen. He and his team are helping first-time founders to raise their first funding rounds and guide them on their journey to build successful startups.

Hostem jedenáctého dílu seriálu CzechInvest Startup Backstage je masterchef Tomáš Cironis! Místo kuchyně ale tvoří divy v Startup Kitchen. A to není vše, také působí jako Director, Head of Community a boří zajeté hranice s Disraptors. Probereme s ním řadu témat, dozvíte se více o Startup Kitchen a Investiční akademii, kterou jsme si pro vás s našimi partnery připravili v CzechInvestu, řeč padne také na Disraptors a změny, kterými si prošel a zjistíte také to, jestli Tomáš má ambice založit si vlastní startup.

Tomas took part in the Podcast of Raiffeisen Bank in the Czech Republic.

Im vergangenen Jahr tauchte ein neuer Investor auf, der mittlerweile an zahlreichen deutschen Fintech-Hoffnungsträgern beteiligt ist. Laurent Hengesch investierte mit Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital bei N26, Solaris, Penta und Element. Wie es gelang, das Portfolio aufzubauen und auf welche Geschäftsmodelle der Wagniskapitalgeber in der Krise schaut, darüber hat er im Podcast gesprochen.

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Laurent is giving a lecture in the Master in Wealth management about how to set up an alternative investment fund.

Discover how managers are exploring and expanding in Luxembourg. Navigating the evolving funds landscape in Europe with updates on the key regulatory developments impacting managers at EU and local levels and the recent upgrading to the Luxembourg Investment Fund toolbox. Join senior asset managers attending this event to understand how to successfully implement operational strategies from a Luxembourg perspective.

Slush is a not-for-profit building the world’s leading startup event and the largest gathering of VC — delivering actionable company-building advice and bringing together the who’s who in the ecosystem. Alain will be speaking at the Luxembourg Side Event.

Daphne will be a mentor at the University of Luxembourg’s flagship event – Ideation Camp – an intensive 4-days long hands-on course for which teams are selected through My Big Idea competition. Some of the young entrepreneurs who were inspired by their Ideation Camp experiences have gone on to create their own startups and are now incubated at the University of Luxembourg Incubator or taking advantage of mentoring through our Venture Mentoring Service.

The purpose of LHoft Fintech Campus Corporate is to help corporates foster intrapreneurial skills introducing them to key players and sectors shaping Financial Services.

Daphne and Quentin attended the second edition of the Empowering Equity event to find out more about EIF’s gender smart investments and how to elevate investment proposals, hear from established diverse teams already backed by the EIF and network with other like-minded GPs.

Workshop České fintech asociace a advokátní kanceláře Havel&Partners na téma: Vyjednávání o investici. Lektoři: IVC FUND – Alan Wildanger (partner and founder) – business;

Fintechový fond, který má zájem na expanzi a investice v CEE. Skvělá a jedinečná příležitost pro startupy, jak se představit novému fintech fondu, který vstupuje do CEE a ČR

An exclusive two-day event featuring an investor conference and a startup fair where you can showcase your startups to business angels and VCs from the region.

Forbes Lepší Česko je supernabitý intelektuální festival, na kterém budeme řešit nejdůležitější témata dnešního Česka. Projekt Lepší Česko dlouhodobě analyzuje ekonomiku, kvalitu života i úroveň svobody v naší zemi. Propojuje politickou, byznysovou, intelektuální a kulturní elitu české společnosti.

Luxembourg’s leading Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) conference will take place during the Luxembourg venture days in collaboration with Luxinnovation, LBAN and the Luxembourg Startups Association (Startups.lu).

Join this event designed by and for GPs, LPs and which will also be the meeting point for all Private Equity and Venture Capital practitioners.

State of Vaud and Tech Tour are presenting you the first edition of the Tech Tour Sustainable Construction & Infrastructure 2023 event which is going to take place in Lausanne, Switzerland on 17-18 October, 2023 with an exciting live event and additional online sessions. The Programme will focus on the prospects and needs of the Design, Construction, Materials & Infrastructure sectors, bringing together the best 31 impact-oriented companies in these sectors with over 40 of the most active invited-only financiers, corporations, clusters and advisors.

Tomas takes part in the Czech Invest Panel about VC investments in the Czech Republic.

Tomas held a lecture in the British Embassy in Prague about how to evaluate investment opportunities in the early stage and how to assess a good pitch deck.

Building a bridge between Austrian and the Czech business ecosystems! Thanks to CzechTrade Austria, Velvyslanectví České republiky in Austria, CzechInvest, and Pardubický podnikatelský inkubátor, P-PIN and HAVEL & PARTNERS - had the opportunity to foster the connections and partnerships among these two neighbors.

Under the theme “Destined to Outperform”, IPEM Paris (Jardin des Tuileries, Sept. 18-20) is reconvening in the French capital to discuss whether the claim of the private capital industry over the past few decades, that private markets are destined to outperform other asset classes, is still holding true. The claim has been a core selling point of the industry. As the tide of cheap debt and frothy valuations recedes, the next few years will test the conviction of even the most experienced investors. With higher rates, how will GPs update their investment and value-creation playbook? Will LPs rethink their allocations – and which segments and asset classes will benefit from it.

As an influential voice in the worldwide Tech community, the aim of ICT Spring is to encourage emulation and networking between business decision-makers, innovation managers, startups, researchers and venture capitalists on a European scale.

ICT Spring is a centrepiece of Luxembourg’s event calendar and one of the top European tech conferences inspiring delegates across a variety of important topics. The event consists of two days of dense program, an exhibition area, workshops, specific happenings and the ICT Spring party the first evening.

Founders2Lawyers Event: Drag along, tag along, liquidity preference, vesting, anti-dilution, and all these VC terms are not that complicated once they've been explained. That's what #Founders2Lawyers should be here for. Let's demystify the VC industry, especially the stuff in the Term Sheets & Convertible Loans documents. The first edition of F2L focused on the advantages & risks of a first investor jumping into your startup, especially in the FinTech industry.

Attracting more than 80 single family offices from the region, and with a 70:30 ratio of family offices to service providers, our forthcoming European Family Office Summit is the ideal place to raise awareness of your brand among decision-makers looking for the services and products you provide.

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe is a Programme that ranks 50 fast-growing technology companies, public or private, based on percentage revenue growth and includes all related industry sectors – communications, environmental technology, fintech, hardware, healthcare and life sciences, media and entertainment, software.

Teaching a Master Course about the design of Investment Funds, the Luxembourg Fund Environment and Croatian Fund Industry.

FinanceFwd Conference is the leading FinTech Conference in Germany.

An in-person conference that brings together PE & VC investors from Central and Eastern Europe for the 12th time. Meet and build relationships with senior level General and Limited Partners from the VC & PE industry. Network with fund managers, investors as well as leading service providers and other industry professionals from the CEE region.

Flex is the King & coworking event for startups in the Czech Republic.

In cooperation with the city of Amsterdam, 0100 Conferences brings a 3-day pan-european event for the private equity and venture capital industry with 450+ Europe's leading LPs and GPs in Amsterdam in March of 2023.

Tomas takes part in the CzechCrunch Investment Event.

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