INTERNATIONAL DAY
Innovation From
a Stock Exchange
D
eutsche Börse AG (one of the
largest stock exchange organizations worldwide) recently
developed the Deutsche Börse Venture
Network, bringing together new highgrowth companies and investors to improve funding opportunities for young
growth companies. “Young up-andcoming growth companies make a very
important contribution to creating highskilled jobs and securing the competitiveness of our economy in the future as well.
However these companies are often unable to make optimal use of opportunities
because of a lack of funding in the capital-intensive growth phase,” said Sigmar
Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic
Affairs and Energy.
This week, Deutsche Börse Venture
Network brings sixteen of its top German
startups from the Biotech, Fintech, SaaS,
Internet and eCommerce sectors to be
part of a three day roadshow in the US:
from New York to Boston and then west
to Palo Alto.
COMPANIES PARTICIPATING
IN THE INVESTOR TALKS:
• Auctionata (www.auctionata.com)
• AYOXXA (www.ayoxxa.com)
• Blacklane (www.blacklane.com)
• Brillen.de (www.brillen.de)
• Curetis (www.curetis.com)
• eGym (www.egym.de)
• FINANZCHECK (www.finanzcheck.de)
• Home24 (www.home24.de)
• invendo medical (www.invendo-medical.com)
• Mister Spex (www.misterspex.com)
• NFON (www.nfon.com)
• Protagen (www.protagen.com)
• rebuy (www.rebuy.de)
• smava (www.smava.de)
• SumUp (www.sumup.co.uk)
• 004 (www.004gmbh.de)
Please contact Marlene Mehlstaeubler
at [email protected] to meet with companies at the Investor Talks, or visit www.
deutsche-boerse.com/ for information on
Deutsche Börse AG.
Business Leaders,
Invest in Portugal because
it is the right choice
and the right time to do so.
We are not the only ones to say it:
Global Best to Invest Rankings 2014
places Portugal as the
2nd Best Country to Invest and
6th Best Investment Location
among Western European countries.
InvEstInPortugal
right choice.
right time.
Opportunities for
City Collaboration
N
ew York International has conducted a study about the potential of city collaboration in the
area of entrepreneurship, innovation and
startups. Using New York City as a comparison point, we looked at the strengths
and difficulties of starting a business
around the world.
New York International has asked ten
experts ten questions about issues and opportunities of city collaboration in the area
of entrepreneurship. The result supported the assumption that bringing networks
of people in different cities together will
lead to faster and cheaper opportunities
for business expansion. Therefore, providing international platforms of exchange is
one of the most effective business development initiatives a city can undertake.
Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, and others have
already taken the initiative and are collaborating with New York City. According to
the experts interviewed, there is an opportunity for more. We are only at the beginning of a new wave of globalization with the
rapid expansion of ideas. For International
Day we have adapted the study and put it
into the easy to read format of a SWOT
analysis. For 2016 an update of the study
is scheduled. Reach out to New York
International if you are interested in participating or receiving the results.
WEAKNESSES
• International expansion has become significantly easier and cheaper.