Overview
- NRW Venture Forum 2017 (North Rhine-Westphalia) top 20 companies selected to present at European Venture Contest Final (EVC Final) in Düsseldorf on 11-12 December
- Exposure for entrepreneurs to potential strategic partners and investors through event participation
- Networking opportunities with corporate investors, venture capitalists & fast-growing companies
About
The outstanding entrepreneurship scene in NRW, one of the hottest start-up spots in Germany, makes it the natural place to organize the 5th edition of the European Venture Contest Final (EVC Final). Building on a strong history of the successful NRW Venture Forum 2016 (North Rhine-Westphalia), the 2017 edition will take place on 8-9 November in Cologne.
The two-days event will unify 30 North Rhine-Westphalia innovative companies active in ICT, Life sciences and Clean and Energy technologies, with the ultimate goal to help them raise awareness and detect funding opportunities. This year's edition draws a special attention on the digital industry, with presenters in digital health, digital energy & resource efficiency.
NRW Venture Forum 2017 is one of the 10 Semi-Finals of the European Venture Contest Final 2017 (EVC Final), blossoming with a plethora of start-ups, and attracting over 1,000 innovative companies every year! The NRW Semi-Final will select 20 innovative companies to present at the European Venture Contest Final 2017 (EVC Final), the flagship investment forum and the final of the NRW Venture Forum 2017.
The past three editions of EVC attracted over 350 companies, with 80 presenters from NRW and 13 award winners from the region.
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"Attending both NRW Venture Forum and EVC Final 2016, I can say, that the events provided great opportunities for networking. Along with many interesting investor talks, we even gained new customers! Cognigy will apply to this year’s edition to NRW VF, a fast-track qualifier to EVC Final 2017. If you run a tech Startup in NRW, you should do as well!"
Sascha Poggemann, Founder at Cognigy, Past presenter at NRW Venture Forum and EVC Final 2016
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“The EVC Final 2016 was great event to meet up with several industrial players and investors from many sectors. We had realy good contacts and many interesting duscussions. Also we met contact persons of our first investors at the EVC 2016. We are going to apply for the EVC Final 2017 also, and -looking forward to meet up with interesting people from all over Europe.”
Juergen Resch, Managing director wmoove GmbH & jr.Ventures, EVC Finalist 2016
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- 30 selected innovative companies from the NRW region
- 20+ local and foreign expert investors, recruited to rate the companies’ potential and select the 20 best NRW presenting
- 60 + participants including representatives of the host organization, guests, media and organizers
The NRW Venture Forum 2017 is an initiative of the Tech Tour and co-hosted by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ministry of Economy of the German State of North -Rhine Westphalia,Biocampus Cologne and the IHK Cologne. EVC - NRW is proudly supported by the City of Düsseldorf, and NRW Bank.
