“To be an entrepreneur means to live a few years in a way that nobody wants in order to spend the rest of your life in a way that most can’t.”
CRANE is a non-profit association which brings together private investors interested in investing in innovative companies in their early stages of development. The association was founded in 2008 as a joint initiative of partner institutions Agency for Export and Investment Promotion, Poteza Ventures, Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Association for promoting software and online entrepreneurship “Initium” and of successful entrepreneurs Damir Sabol and Hrvoje Prpić. Up until 2015, members of Crane have invested over 20 million Kuna in Croatian companies.
CRANE President in a Roundtable with World Bank Vice President Antonella Bassani
On the occasion of the visit of Antonella Bassani, Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia, to Croatia, a roundtable was held at the institution’s headquarters, bringing together the World Bank and a group of selected Croatian stakeholders from the business and investment ecosystem.
Diplomatic Breakfast of the Croatian Investors & Business Angels Association and the British Ambassador
The second Diplomatic Breakfast of the members of the Croatian Investors & Business Angels Association – CRANE was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb.
President of CRANE Appointed to the Economic Affairs Committee of the Croatian Parliament
At its fifth session held on February 21, 2025, the Croatian Parliament unanimously adopted, with 107 votes, the Decision on the Appointment of Members to the Economic Affairs Committee of the Croatian Parliament, among whom is Davorin Štetner, President of the Croatian Business Angels Network and Investors – CRANE. Štetner’s candidacy, proposed by CRANE, was
Digitalization of the Judiciary and Green Transition Take Center Stage at the Largest CRANE Brunch
The largest CRANE Brunch to date was held at the Green Hills Estate in the village of Tihočaj, located in the Žumberak – Samoborsko gorje Nature Park. Notably, the estate’s last resident, 98-year-old Mare Gvozdanović, passed away just ten days ago. The event, organized in partnership with the Žumberak – Samoborsko gorje Nature Park and