The GALACTICA Hackathon is open to start-ups and SMEs as well as to university students based in European Union or United Kingdom. GALACTICA seeks innovative solutions to combine the aerospace and textile sectors with advanced manufacturing is expected, in order to re-shape value chains and business models, fomenting cross-sectoral and cross-border partnerships. All participants from the first round will be invited to three ‘free-to-access’ workshops from experts on technological and business topics. The ten finalist teams will also be invited to an additional workshop and mentoring during the two-day Hackathon. The first round will take place from February 9th to February 25th, 2021 as an online virtual challenge on open innovation. The GALACTICA hackathon will award 50.000€ in prizes, distributed in 25k€ for wining SME/Start-up team and 10k€ for the runner-up. On the other side, winning team of students receive 10k€ and the runner-up 5k€. The registration for the GALACTICA Hackathon is now open through the website until January 29th, 2021.

Baltic Tech Ventures is excited to invite you to the investor pitching session where you will have a chance to hear from SIZZAPP, another brilliant company from their portfolio. The session will be joined by a famous MotoGP racer Karel Abraham who actively uses SIZZAPP and supports the company's growth. SIZZAPP is a simple smart device that connects your vehicle to an app and allows you to track its location and technical condition while staying connected to the community of drivers and service providers. SIZZAPP is about building a complete ecosystem for drivers around the world and has already attracted 500 active users in 31 countries.  The company has generated revenue of €5,000 and has partnerships with the largest dealerships such as BMW, Harley Davidson, Toyota, Lexus, Yamaha, etc. SIZZAPP is raising €250k at the discounted valuation of €2 million for BTV investors. Another €250k funding is already committed by other investors. Contact lm@baltictechventures.com in order to get the pitch deck.

DEPO Ventures would like to invite you to the online event Transatlantic Startup Pitch scheduled for next Tuesday, February 9, and moderated by Shawn Flynn - amentor, speaker, and host of the Silicon Valley Podcast.. This is the only event that brings the American and European startup ecosystem together and creates place with no boarders. Thanks to the unique partnership between two business angel networks, the Bay Angels from San Francisco and the Depo Angels based in the Czech Republic, the event can help Business Angels with an international co-investment. Eight early-stage startup companies from Europe and the US with global ambitions and big potential were selected.  This event is for all Business Angels, VCs, family offices, corporate investors, mentors, and partners of the startup ecosystem from all around the world that are considering investment across the Atlantic.

  EBAN Data, an initiative aimed at elevating the quality of business angel investment research, is delighted to invite you to the upcoming webinar discussing how make best use of the 2020 Guidebook to measure your angel community's investment data. Join us on Wednesday, February 10th at 12:00 PM CET to hear keynote speaker Prof. Colin Mason, world renowned professor and researcher in the area of entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurial ecosystems at the University of Glasgow, and members of the EBAN Data Committee discuss the guidebook in detail to learn how to use its contents effectively, whether you are an individual angel investor, affiliated to a business angel network or a national business angel association.

Jyväskylä Business Rally, EBAN Investor Day 2019. Photographer Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen Are you running a scale-up company in the field of digital health and well-being? Do you want to grow your business to new markets? Are you interested in international angel funding to boost your business? International Venture Academy is an investor program for companies looking for international growth and investments. During the program, companies will engage with European angel investors in group as well as personal sparring sessions to sharpen their own growth plan, products or services and network in international markets. This year, the theme of the program is Smart Health – how to utilize the opportunities offered by data and AI in providing innovative health and well-being solutions. At the event, you will meet the program Lead Angel, member of EBAN Board Marcel Dridje, as well as other angels running the program. You will also hear the experiences of CEO Kari Aho (Secapp), who participated in last year’s program.

Angel investors are high net worth individuals who invest their own money into seed stage startup companies, providing much-needed capital to bring new companies to market.  Join us for a dynamic panel discussion with leading experts to explore the basics of angel investing, including three reasons to consider angel investing as part of your well-balanced portfolio: opportunity to make a difference, chance to make money, and it is fun! Spend 60 minutes with ACA and you will walk away with a solid understanding of this exciting, game-changing investment class.

Digital Transformation should be seen as essential to keep industrial companies competitive, promote new business models, and drive new value chains. However, if not well managed, this may be an expensive and risky process. Therefore, it is necessary to guarantee that companies, mainly SMEs, have the tools to implement this digital evolution effectively, strongly focused on the return of investment. Thus, this webinar will explore the tools and methodologies that should be used to drive, in the best way, the digital evolution towards industry 4.0. Finally, successful use cases of 4.0 emergent technologies adoption with business impact in textile and aerospace industries will be presented.   Speakers Ph.D António Henrique Almeida, Senior research (Tec4Industry, Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering)

EVPA’s most successful course continues in 2021. Join EVPA together with Social Value International to learn more about measuring and managing impact according to the Social Value Intl standards and the EVPA 5-step framework. The 94,4% satisfaction rate of this online course speaks for itself as do the speakers Adam Richards (Social Value International), Karen Wilson (GV Partners, OECD), and Astrid Laake Paaske & Henriette Skretteberg (FERD Social Entrepreneurs), and Lara Vida (Creas).

EVPA’s most successful course continues in 2021. Join EVPA together with Social Value International to learn more about measuring and managing impact according to the Social Value Intl standards and the EVPA 5-step framework. The 94,4% satisfaction rate of this online course speaks for itself as do the speakers Adam Richards (Social Value International), Karen Wilson (GV Partners, OECD), and Astrid Laake Paaske & Henriette Skretteberg (FERD Social Entrepreneurs), and Lara Vida (Creas).