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The German Tech Tour 2008

For its 28th edition, the Tech Tour will visit Germany for the third time and showcase its rich culture of technology and innovation. The German Tech Tour will highlight this enormous potential and depth during its unique two-day tour across the country.

Participation will be limited to 60 privately invited international professionals featuring a broad spectrum of senior representatives from VC funds, leading corporations and institutional investors. The German Tech Tour will meet a double agenda, first to showcase 25+ of Germany's most promising technology companies for potential investment or partnership and for you to extend your local network in Germany.

Furthermore, the agenda will include interactions and meetings with a range of key figures from various disciplines – venture capital, corporate, entrepreneurs and academia.

Objectives

To identify the upcoming and leading top 25+ high-growth privately held technology companies in Germany to introduce them to key European, US and Asian investors and professionals who can assist in their global expansion.

For delegates, the Tech Tour is a unique platform to gain first-hand knowledge of a selection of Germany's most advanced and innovative high-technology companies looking to expand globally.

For presenting companies, the Tech Tour presents a unique platform to introduce their companies to a group of 60+ high level professionals and executives.

Preliminary Program

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 (Munich)
Opening dinner with 250+ guests with keynote speech by Lars Hinrichs, CEO & Founder of XING (by invitation only)

Thursday, June 5, 2008 (Munich & Berlin)
Company presentations at GE Center & Gategarching and special evening event in Berlin

Friday, June 6, 2008 (Berlin & Potsdam)
Company presentations at SAP, Hasso Plattner Institute, Adlershof and Closing Cocktail

Selection Committee

A group of highly regarded professionals have undertaken the responsibility of screening and selecting the companies to the presented at the German Tech Tour. A selection committee has been set up to ensure the independence of the selection process. It is composed by experienced and highly regarded senior professionals, from relevant backgrounds and industry expertise, such as venture capital, technology industry, investment banks, academic & research.

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German Tech Tour Team

Boris Anderer
Booster Ventures, German TT 08 President
James Hook
Climate Change Capital, German TT 08 Vice President-Selection Committee
Jörg Sperling
Altos Advisors, German TT 08 Vice President-Sponsoring

Selection Committee:

Uwe Albrecht
Siemens Venture Capital
Stefan Behr
ABN AMRO Bank
Michael Boshammer
T-Ventures
Christopher Cobbold
TVM
Eran Davidson
Hasso Plattner Ventures Management
Alex Frankenberg
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management
Mark Gazecki
Jürgen Habichler
Mountain Cleantech
Michael Hochholzer
BayTech Venture Capital
Olaf Jacobi
Target Partners
Paul Jozefak
Neuhaus Partners
Dirk Kanngiesser
Polytechnos Venture Partners
Erkan Kilicaslan
Iris Capital
Klaus Konrad
Intel
Wolfgang Krause
Seventure
Robert Lang
Achim Lederle
3i
Bart Markus
Wellington Partners
Maximilian Niederhofer
Atlas Venture
Julian Ostertag
Jupiter Capital Partners
Joern Pelzer
Pinova Capital
Wolfgang Seibold
Earlybird Venture Capital
Andreas Schlenker
Partech
Bernhard Schmid
XANGE
Olivier Schuepbach
Wellington Partners
Jörg Sievert
SAP Ventures
Stefan Tirtey
Doughty Hanson
Andreas Von Richter
GE Energy Financial Services, Venture Capital
Christoph Wedegaertner
Cipio Partners

Advisory Board:

Jan Bomholt
BrainsToVentures
Claudia Blumhuber
GlobalFinance Beratung
Rosemary Forsyth
Forsyth Group
Oliver Jung
Adinvest AG
Marc Samwer
European Founders Fund Management
Trudi Schifter
FF & P Private Equity

Presenting Companies

A list of the companies that are selected to present during the German Tech Tour will be available 2 months after the tech tour takes place.

 

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