VIPNET SUPPORTS EBAN WINTER UNIVERSITY 2016 AS GENERAL SPONSOR
- 27. listopada 2016.
- Posted by: Zimo Digital
- Category: Nekategorizirano @en
On Monday, 24th of October on official press conference Vipnet was announced as general sponsor of the biggest European business angels conference – EBAN Winter University 2016, which is taking place on 29th and 30 of November. It is organized by Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE) with cooperation of The City of Zagreb. Conference is going to be made of lectures, panels and workshops held by the biggest professionals in the field of investments, which will give information and insights in the latest trends in the world of startups to all participants.
Some of the most prominent business angels Johann Hansmann, best early stage investor, Peter Cowley, UK business angel of the year and Riku Asikainen, founder of Slush and startup sauna already confirmed their participation on the conference. Along with them, lectures are also be given by Bruce Dickinson, frontman of Iron Maiden, commercial pilot and entrepreneur, Dov Moran, inventor of USB stick, Lorenzo Grimaldi, strategical manager of Sony and many others.
„We have recognized EBAN Winter University conference as the place that will be the source of new ideas, and as a incentive to people to start their own projects, and for entrepreneurs and startups to improve their operations. I am glad that Vipnet through cooperation with CRANE and The City of Zagreb continues to be a support for all inovations and entrepreneurs which are the grounds od our economy development.“ – said Mislav Galler, executive director for business users segment in Vipnet.
While in the world there is an emphasize on investing into startups, Vipnet joining with its campaign is a great indicator that in Croatia the importance od the development of startup ecosystem is recognized.
„I am very glad that Vipnet has recognized our efforts and this conference, and that we connected such a big name to this event. The fact that we agreed to this cooperation just month before the end of the year is a great indicator of importance of this event. Also, I am very happy that this cooperation is not only based on one event, but we will continuously cooperate on the events that will change the business climate in Croatia.“ – said Davorin Štetner, the president of CRANE and the main organizer of the conference.