EUROPEAN MEDIATECH INVESTMENT FORUM - NANTES MAY 19th 2010

The Investment Forum will take place in Nantes on Wednesday May 19th, 2010. This forum is part of a collaboration between the European ECCE Innovation Project run by Nantes Métropole and the StartWest Investment Forum.

The event will involve 7 companies from the creative industries. Media Deals will source 5 international early-stage companies from the creative industy.

Participants:
2 French early-stage companies from the creative industry will be sourced by StartWest and 5 international early-stage companies which will be sourced by Media Deals will have the opportunity to present their investment opportunity to private equity investors of the Media Deals European network (BAs, VCs and funds). The main selection criteria are mediatech sector relevance, European/International focus, a strong entrepreneurial and leadership spirit and previous interest won for the project (e.g. prize, investment, subsidies).

Selection criteria:

The criteria to participate at the training event are the following:

• Project linked to the mediatech sector (Cinema, Internet, TV, games, digital music, new distribution platforms, technology-related media…)

• European/International focus

• Strong entrepreneurship spirit

• Interest has been demonstrated to the project (prize, investment, subsidy…)

CLICK HERE to access the submission form.

Structure of the forum:
The event will last for one day for the participants. Entrepreneurs are offered pre-training and feedback from experts which will provide them to improve the impact of their presentation and the way they present their company. In the morning May 19th, the entrepreneurs will have a test pitch in front of the experts before presenting their project in front of the investors in the afternoon. After the test pitch the entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to fine tune their presentations, while the investors have an interactive session, sharing their views on international investment strategies, opportunities and personal experiences in the mediatech industry.
After the interactive session a short informal roundtable between entrepreneurs and investors  is organised where there is time for Q&A’s on how investors source projects, and what they look for when assessing an investment opportunity. After lunch,  the actual pitches to the investors take place, each followed by a short Q&A.

Benefits:
Both entrepreneurs as investors are able to develop valuable relationships and their understanding about investment in the European mediatech sector. It is important to note that not only the development of relationship between entrepreneurs and investors is highly beneficial, but also the development within each group of links between people operating in different European countries.

Pre-Event Schedule:

Wednesday April 14th: Deadline for applying to event for entrepreneurs

Friday April 16th: Selection of companies

Sunday April 25th: Deadline to send the pitch presentation for feedback

Friday May 7th: Feedback on presentations

PROGRAMME FOR THE FORUM:

Legend:

The StartWest continues on May 20th with a focus on technology (biotech, pharmatech...)

EUROPEAN MEDIATECH INVESTMENT FORUM

NANTES, May 19th 2010

in partnership with peacefulfish and StartWest