“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.
The first CEE unlimited Roadshow in Zagreb held in ZICER
Yesterday, the CEE Unlimited Roadshow was held in the premises of ZICER, organized by the Austrian Business Angels Network – AAIA in cooperation with the Croatian Business Angels Network – CRANE. Welcoming speeches were held by the director of ZICER, Frane Šesnić and Lisa-Marie Fassl, the coordinator of the CEE Unlimited project, and CRANE President
CRANEbrunch: Members hanging out in the new distillery
CRANE members gathered at CRANEbrunch this weekend, on a gathering of old and new members in Bestovje, more precisely in the Nimco brands and liqueur distillery of our member Nikola Serdar. The members had a chance to see what the plants look like and got to see the entire process of alcoholic beverage production. Nimco has
The 22. National Business and Entrepreneurship Advisory Forum starts tomorrow!
This year, the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts is organizing National Business and Entrepreneurship Consulting as one of the activities promoting economy and entrepreneurship, with the aim of creating a stimulating environment for the development of entrepreneurship and crafts as well as the economy as a whole. This year’s 22nd National Economy and Entrepreneurship
EBAN’s Strategic Meeting held in Cambridge
The European Network of Business Angels – EBAN, whose member is CRANE, held the first strategic meeting of the new leadership at the British Cambridge. Two-day events were dominated by the theme of future investment and the development direction of EBAN, which is the world’s largest organization of this kind. EBAN President Peter Cowley, who