FreiGeist Web & StartUp Conference in Cologne
May 3, 2010
FreiGeist award to be issued for the first time – On 6 May 2010, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Thierhoff Consulting and Censet GmbH are hosting the first FreiGeist Conference at Clublounge Nord of Cologne’s RheinEnergieStadion football stadium. Founders, web entrepreneurs, business angels, students, consultants and all who are interested in start-ups, the internet and new media are invited to the Dome capital of Cologne.
The focus of the one-day conference is a framework programme which will feel the pulse of the web & IT scenes – presentations and workshops given by specialists. In addition, testimonials by successful founders and best-practice examples will provide exciting insights. As at last year’s successful “StartUp Camp 2009”, participants will include Microsoft, Google, Sun and others. Forward-looking start-ups and entrepreneurs can request consideration for the FreiGeist award, which is to be given for the first time. Following the conference six young enterprises from North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), selected by the NRW media cluster beforehand, will have an opportunity to present themselves to potential investors at “NRW start-ups meet VCs”.
For more detailed information please go to www.freigeist-conference.de or www.medien.nrw.de.
Conference contact:
Thierhoff Consulting
Ramona Dücker
Phone: +49 221 43075680
freigeist@thierhoff-consulting.de
www.thierhoff-consulting.de
About High-Tech Gründerfonds
The Bonn-based provider of seed finance now has around 180 technology ventures in its portfolio. High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in young, innovative technology firms based in Germany. The fund makes available the required start-up capital and supports founders as they set the parameters for the structures of their business, in terms of both strategy and the direction to take. High-Tech Gründerfonds was established in 2005 upon the initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Business and Technology (BMWi). Alongside the BMWi and the KfW Banking Group, industrial companies BASF, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens as well as Daimler, Robert Bosch and Carl Zeiss have invested in the fund. The public/private partnership fund has a volume of EUR 272 million.
Contact for journalists:
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Gabriela Fricke
Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2
53175 Bonn
Tel: +49 228 96568505
Fax: +49 228 96568550
g.fricke@high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
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