(DGAP-Media / 08.05.2013 / 09:08) The Capital On Stage conference will take place for the first time in Germany on Thursday 16 May 2013. The conference, which has already been held in Amsterdam, London and New York, brings together top-tier investors and founders of technology start-ups. This year more than twenty venture capital and business angel investors are expected. They will meet more than 200 invited start-up founders. The investors will present themselves to the start-up founders seeking capital: Their views on the market, what they add besides capital, and what they are looking for in their next VC investment. Arjen Strijker, the co-founder of Capital On Stage, said about the Berlin event: 'I expect the tech start-up scene in Berlin to produce some great companies with global brands in the next 18 months. We are delighted by the great interest in attending in our event.' Malin Gustafsson and Nina Faulhaber from Index Ventures: 'We are very positive about developments in the German start-up scene. Not only the quantity but also the quality of German start-ups is extremely promising. Berlin and other German locations too have an active ecosystem, a growing talent pool, increasing investor activity and experienced start-up teams, so we are really looking forward to Capital On Stage.' Kai-Steffen Scholz, a partner at Hengeler Mueller in Berlin: 'Fast growing tech companies often change shareholders frequently, raise their own capital or borrow money using various instruments. It's important to take this dynamic into account in all the relevant contracts.' The investors attending include: - Pawel Chudzinski, Point Nine Capital - Christian Stein, Creathor Venture - Piotr Kulesza, RTA Ventures - Rob Moffat, Balderton Capital - Andreas Schlenker, Partech International - Christian Thaler-Wolski, Wellington Partners - Kurt Mueller, Target Partners - Thomas Preuss, Neuhaus Partners - Dr Christian Nagel, Earlybird - Eugene Mizin, Mangrove Capital - Dr Tobias Johann, Rheingau Founders - Malin Gustafsson, Index Ventures - Uwe Horstmann, Project A Ventures - Bill Earner, Connect Ventures - Andreas Hoffmann, JMES Investments The conference includes sections on fundraising and open-office meetings, enabling start-ups to arrange 15-minute sessions to get to know all the investors of their choice. Link to the event: http://capitalonstage.com/conference/berlin-2013/ Partner and Press Contacts Kai-Steffen Scholz Christian Seidenabel - Partner - - Director Communications - Hengeler Mueller Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwaelten Behrenstrasse 42 Bockenheimer Landstrasse 24 10117 Berlin 60323 Frankfurt Germany Germany Tel.: +49 30 20 374 118 Tel.: +49 69 17095-207 kai-steffen.scholz@hengeler.com christian.seidenabel@hengeler.com Till Ohrmann Managing Director Events Agoracs GmbH (Capital on Stage) Schipfe 2 CH-8001 Zurich Switzerland Tel.: +41 44 586 93 77 till@capitalonstage.com End of Media Release =-------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Hengeler Mueller Key word(s): Information technology 08.05.2013 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de =-------------------------------------------------------------------- 210241 08.05.2013
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