DTS Digital Tech Summit 2014

Global Partners
Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Pictet & Cie is today one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and the leading independent asset management specialist in Europe, with CHF 357 billion (EUR 297 billion) in assets under management and custody at June 2012. Pictet & Cie is a partnership owned and managed by eight general partners with unlimited liability for the bank’s commitments. The Pictet Group, based in Geneva, employs more than 3,200 staff. The group has offices in the following financial centres: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Dubai, Florence, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Taipei, Turin, Tokyo and Zurich.
Gide Loyrette Nouel is a premier international law firm and the first to have originated in France. Founded in Paris in 1920, the firm now operates from 18 offices in 15 countries. With 600 lawyers, drawn from 35 different nationalities, Gide offers some of the most respected specialists in all sectors of national and international finance and business law.
 
In each of its offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa, Gide provides its clients with comprehensive knowledge of local markets, regional expertise, and the resources of an international law firm.
BondPR Worldwide is a global communications firm currently managing PR campaigns in over 50 countries for clients such as Autodesk, BroadVision, ClickSoftware, Dell SonicWall and Regus. BondPR offers streamlined, seamless and scalable campaigns through one point of contact, making world-class global PR available to technology and business to business clients without the hassle and overhead typically associated with international PR agencies. This makes it very interesting for Start-Ups that want to roll out internationally with fast results and high ROI. BondPR Worldwide is structured around a “One Team” approach. One Team means one central point of contact, one senior ‘go to’ consultant dedicated to ensuring your campaign is orchestrated and conducted to the same high standards everywhere in the world. The business model is based on developing and delivering PR programmes that achieve the maximum results with the minimum administration
Founded in 1988 by Aletta and Peter Stas and driven by passion, Frederique Constant has grown into one of the larger Swiss watch manufacturers. In 2011, production reaches over 120'000 watches, sold in over 2'700 points of sale in 100+ countries around the globe. Frederique Constant positions itself in the Accessible Luxury segment, with most of its watches selling at CHF 1'000-5'000 retail. The company is expected to continue its annual 25% growth, doubling in size every three years. Over the years, we have earned a reputation as a leading maker of Swiss luxury watches despite the relative youth of our brand. The quality of our watches and the detail involved in crafting each watch is only part of our success story; the rest was driven by watch aficionados and lovers of our brand who saw that we had something different and unique to offer. It is by appealing to this same group of people that we hope to make a difference in the lives of many by soliciting for their support to extend the same affection they have for the brand, towards charities and causes we are associated with.
 

Hosting Partner

Euronext is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with over 1 300 issuers worth €2.2 trillion in market capitalization, an unmatched blue chip franchise consisting of 20+ issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong diverse domestic and international client base. 
Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices.
Euronext also leverages its expertise of running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties.  Its regulated markets are Euronext, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs’ access to capital markets.  Euronext is a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE). 
 
 

Co-Host Networking Dinner
Wayra is a startup accelerator owned by Telefónica. Wayra first launched in Latin America and Spain in 2011 and there are now 14 Wayra academies in 12 countries in Europe and Latin America.
 

Silver Partner

Intesa Sanpaolo is the banking group which was formed by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. The merger brought together two major Italian banks with shared values so as to increase their opportunities for growth, enhance service for retail customers, significantly support the development of businesses and make an important contribution to the country's growth. Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the euro zone, with a market capitalisation of 21.1 billion euro(1) and aims at becoming the benchmark for value creation in the European banking system. Intesa Sanpaolo is the leader in Italy in all business areas (retail, corporate and wealth management). The Group offers its services to 10.8 million customers through a network of approximately 5,500 branches well distributed throughout the country with market shares no lower than 15% in most Italian regions.
 
 

Bronze Partner

JAG Shaw Baker is a law firm dedicated to advising entrepreneurs, companies and investors in high-growth industries, becoming the firm of choice for many top European investors and high-growth companies.  The JAG Shaw Baker team is highly experienced in this sector and comprises UK and US qualified lawyers who advise on transactions, at a market-leading level, between venture firms and companies globally.  JAG Shaw Baker advises on venture capital and other corporate finance transactions, corporate structuring and restructuring, intellectual property, growth and exit strategies, due diligence, and corporate governance. It also acts as general counsel for high-growth companies.
 
 
Mobicap Ventures, the first pan-European seed stage Venture Capital fund focusing on mobile & mobility with local presence in Germany, United Kingdom, France and Belgium. As a specialised seed stage Venture Fund Mobicap Venture addresses the outstanding opportunity for mobile & mobility businesses in Europe. European entrepreneurs face a major challenge in financing during the initial phase of their start-up’s development. Mobicap Ventures provides smart money to the best entrepreneurs. Mobicap Ventures has target size of 60 – 80 M€, with a first closing objective at 45 M€. It is managed by a professional and complementary team: experts in mobile & mobility, seed stage development support and venture capital. The team has an efficient, hands-on and entrepreneurial approach, is actively involved with the management and maintains local presence. In Berlin the team is advertising the investment opportunity and exploring cooperation with other early stage investors and coaches.
 
 

Media & Communication Partner

Founded in1998 GoingPublic Media AG is today one of the leading publishers of magazines on corporate finance, technology, and capital markets. In addition to the monthly issued GoingPublic Magazin and its well known special editions like “Biotechnology” or “Corporate Finance & Private Equity Guide”, the company publishes monthly the VentureCapital Magazin. It stands as a hub for the private equity and venture capital industry in German speaking Europe and addresses investors and entrepreneurs. The monthly issued magazine Smart Investor addresses retail investors. The six times a year published HV Magazin is directed to the GM-responsibles (board members, investor relations managers etc.) of listed companies. The likewise young publication Unternehmeredition, focuses six times a year mediumsized business entrepreneurs. In 2008 DIE STIFTUNG became part of publication programme of GoingPublic Media. The magazine appears with the highest coverage (15.000 recipients) within the foundation and private wealth market in German speaking Europe. In its corporate publishing division “GoingPublic Services” about ten magazines and newsletters are annually produced on behalf of corporate customers as Deutsches Aktieninstitut, the association of German listed companies (“Finanzplatz”). GoingPublic Media is listed in the Open Market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange (WKN 761 210) and in M:access of Munich Stock Exchange. All publications are published in German.
 

Industry Support Partner

 

EBAN - The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage Market Players is a pan-European organization gathering over 100 member organizations from 27 countries, including business angels networks and federations of networks, early stage venture capital funds (investing less than 3 million euros per transaction, and interested in cross-border collaboration with angels). EBAN represents circa 250 angel groups in Europe via direct or indirect membership, reaching out to 20.000 angels and receiving circa 40.000 business plans a year. It was established in 1999 with the collaboration of the European Commission by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe. EBAN’s mission is to enhance the visibility of business angels, business angel networks, and early stage funds and help its members exchange good practices.