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.
 

Host Partners

 

The NASDAQ OMX Group is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies.  NASDAQ OMX has a global network with 32 offices around the world. We support the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX is also dedicated to designing powerful, relevant index and benchmark families that are in sync with the continually changing market environment.
 
NASDAQ OMX helps you build your brand through increased visibility. In Europe, we have two decades of experience with outreach and roadshows to international investors. We help you maximize your listing value.
We provide technology for global business communications to support you in identifying, targeting and communicating with stakeholders. Our solutions help increase transparency, maximize efficiency and minimize risk.
 


 


Startup Sauna is on a mission to build a functioning startup ecosystem into Northern Europe.


 


 

Team Finland is a proactive network whose goal is to make Finland a forerunner in a changing global environment. Team Finland promotes Finland's external economic relations and country brand, the internationalisation of Finnish companies as well as foreign investment directed at Finland.

 
Gold Partner  

Egon Zehnder International was founded in 1964 in Zurich and today the firm specializes in Board Effectiveness Reviews, Leadership Strategy Services and Executive Search at the Management and Board levels. The Firm has a distinctive vision and structure aimed at achieving two basic goals - placing clients' interests first and to lead its profession in creating value for its clients through the assessment and recruitment of top-level management resources. The Firm has a structure which is unique in its profession. The Firm's 385 consultants, operating from 63 wholly owned offices in 37 countries, are organized around a single-profit center partnership. This is designed to eliminate competitive barriers between offices. It allows the Firm to operate seamlessly when engagements call for multi-office, cross collaboration and knowledge sharing. Large or small, local or global, clients benefit from this structure by having access to the Firm's most relevant resources and relationships wherever they may reside.
 
Silver Partners  

Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company that promotes Finnish business, employment and economic growth through venture capital and private equity investments. Finnish Industry Investment invests in companies both directly and through private equity funds, together with and on the same terms as private investors. With 900 million euros in assets under management, the company is currently an investor, directly and through funds, in altogether 510 companies.
 

Finnvera provides financing for the start, growth and internationalisation of enterprises and guarantees against risks arising from exports. Finnvera strengthens the operating potential and competitiveness of Finnish enterprises by offering loans, domestic guarantees, venture capital investments, export credit guarantees and other services associated with the financing of exports. The risks included in financing are shared between Finnvera and other providers of financing. We are partners in over a hundred start-ups, which are actively seeking entry to international markets. 
 

Tekes is the most important publicly funded expert organisation for financing research, development and innovation in Finland. We boost wide-ranging innovation activities in research communities, industry and service sectors. 
 
Bronze Partners  


 

Delphi is one of the top commercial law firms in Sweden. We help our clients with mergers and acquisitions. We advise them on matters of banking, finance and capital markets. We represent clients in court and in arbitration and are acknowledged as being extremely competent in public procurement and environmental law.

 

 


M-Brain Group is a leading competitive intelligence company in Europe with offices in 7 countries. We monitor and analyze social and editorial media online as well as traditional printed media and radio and television.
 
  VINNOVA - Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems - is Sweden’s innovation agency. We strengthen Sweden’s innovativeness, aiding sustainable growth and benefiting society. VINNOVA invests around SEK 2.7 billion per year and has about 200 employees, working from offices in Stockholm and Brussels.
Industry Partner  
 
Open Ocean Capital is the MySQL founder's venture capital firm, investing in European early stage software companies with large user-bases and data business models.