Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE) welcomes three new members

Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE) welcomed three new, prominent members, expanding its influence outside Croatia.

Many CRANE’s activities are directed towards developing a start-up ecosystem in Croatia, and one of the first steps towards achieving that goal is also increasing the number of investors. At the last CRANEbrunch, plans for the development of the start-up ecosystem were presented in front of the potential members, and the first results are already visible. Numerous applications were sent to CRANE, and among the newly received members are Dario Marenić, Aljoša Domijan and Dražen Turujlija.

“CRANE continues to grow and I am happy that we can welcome respectable individuals and outstanding entrepreneurs as our new members. All of this is a result of CRANE’s good work in the last period and I also want to use this opportunity to thank all the members that are actively making an effort. I am glad that we also got a foreign member which confirms CRANE’s influence outside Croatia. For 2016 we have prepared even more substantial and ambitious plans, which we will refer to soon. Higher number of members also means higher probability for investments, which is our common goal, and we are continuing in full force” – stated Davorin Štetner, President of CRANE.

Dario MarenicDario Marenić is an entrepreneur with 34 years of experience and the founder of Elda Ltd., company specialized in the production of liquids for electronic cigarettes, with 24 employees and exporting to over 80 countries worldwide. Dario is also the recipient of many awards recognized worldwide. In 2000/2001 his company Elda Ltd. was in the top 7 % of the overall trade in Croatia, and in 2001 and 2002 Mr Marenić was included in the Golden Book of the most successful Croatian entrepreneurs. Elda satisfied the strict financial criteria and became the carrier of the AAA Solvency Excellence Certificate for 2014 and 2015, and in the same year Croma named Dario Marenić best project manager in Croatia.

aljosaAljoša Domijan is a well-known Slovenian investor, entrepreneur and business angel with expertise in automotive industry, internet media, marketing and start-up sales. With his online store enaA.com he earns more through sales and publication than he spends on Facebook, Google, Twitter, marketing, SEO, viral agencies and taxes. In over 20 years of business he has acquired more than half a billion euros of traffic without losses. He is a frequent lecturer at many conferences and gatherings, and is regularly published in different media and magazines – Finance, Delo, Dnevnik, Podjetnik and DNE Tehno.

dražen turujlija slikaDražen Turujlija is a highly qualified lawyer with rich experience gained by working in some of the most prestigious international corporate law firms. He began his career in 2005 as a tax consultant in KPMG in Paris, and continued in Gide Loyrette Nouel where he mostly worked as a tax consultant in complex cross-border transactions. In 2008 he starts working for the firm DLA Piper in Vienna, where he consulted many international clients on investments in central and Eastern Europe. In 2014, Dražen joins Reyl Private Office as a tax planner.

Apart from investing, members of CRANE are actively involved in supporting entrepreneurship through organizing Startup Wednesdays, CRANEbrunch, participating in different conferences as mentors, advisors and lecturers, and cooperating with many national and foreign organizations. Croatian Business Angels Network is the national representative of Croatia in the European Business Angels Network and a member of the Global Business Angels Network, and since 2015 Davorin Štetner, President of the Croatian Business Angels Network, is representing CRANE in the Council for Economic Affairs of the President of the Republic.