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Welcome to Connect2Capital 2022 in February!
Connect2Capital, the West Nordic Venture Capital and Entrepreneur meeting arena, is sending a strong message from the tech scene that West Sweden is open for business as usual by inviting investor and entrepreneurs from across the globe to the Connect2Capital 2022 hybrid event.
Connect2Capital, launched in 2014, was Sweden’s and the Nordic’s fastest growing event for investors and entrepreneurs to meet and do business. Connect2Capital 2022 will be bigger than ever and brought to you as a hybrid event, a shared experience - together but in several places.
GU Ventures, an investor and incubator based in Gothenburg, is proud to be managing and bringing Connect2Capital 2022 to you in collaboration with entrepreneurs on the tech scene, industry players, innovation ecosystem actors and Region Västra Götaland in Sweden.
- ”Gothenburg and West Sweden is one of the most interesting and innovative regions in the world with world class universities and a vibrant industrial and startup environment. It’s all happening in West Sweden and it’s happening now! Transformation and innovation are leading us forward”, Sophia Litsne, Regional developer at Region Västra Götaland.
West Sweden offers a unique opportunity through Connect2Capital 2022 to take advantage of an environment renowned for its well established collaboration network and its healthy startup and investor ecosystem.
- ”To remain Sweden’s most active startup investor with a portfolio of almost 350 companies in various industries, including one national GreenTech fund, it’s important for us to be an integral part of the startup community, hence a partner of Connect2Capital!” Henrik Jansson, Fund Manager, Almi Invest West Sweden.
Connect2Capital 2022’s virtual platform allows participants to join a range of panel discussions and keynotes presenting trends and success stories; as well as access to an online match-making tool. So don't wait to book these three days, 9-11th of February.
- “As the pandemic hit the tech scene, our companies have raised more capital than ever, so we know that going digital works and the hybrid scene is now here to stay. We are happy to open the Connect2Capital 2022 arena in a hybrid setting and on a global scale for investors, startups, scaleups and peers to come back or discover it for the first time”, Klementina Österberg, CEO GU Ventures.
Dates: February 9 – 11, 2022
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You are also welcome to contact Connect2Capital event organizer Sofia Hjelmberg, investor relations manager at GU Ventures.
Proud partners to Connect2Capital 2022:
GU Ventures, Almi Invest, Business Region Göteborg, Näringslivsgruppen Göteborg & Co, Almi Väst, Västra Götalandsregionen, Connect Sverige, Uni3 by Geely, West Swedish Incubators, Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (SVCA), European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and some more to come.
From left: Sofia Hjelmberg, Sophia Litsne, Henrik Jansson and Klementina Österberg.
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About GU Ventures AB
GU Ventures builds businesses out of groundbreaking ideas that help shape a better tomorrow and is top-ranked by UBI Global Index as one of the world's 20 leading university-run incubators. We finance and develop new innovative business ideas with connections to the University of Gothenburg, which is one of northern Europe's largest universities. Our mission is commercialize the innovations, which leads to the utilization of research and skills, renewal of the business community, job creation and sustainable growth. Our passionate team of company builders, financial experts, IP and legal talent are dedicated supporters of our companies and ensure their successes. Since our starting point in 1995, GU Ventures has developed over 200 new business ideas of which 130 are in business today and of which 14 are listed. Our portfolio consists of 70 holdings and some projects. In the latest survey, 87% of companies match the global sustainability goals set by the UN. GU Ventures is wholly owned by the Swedish state and managed by the University of Gothenburg. Feel free to read more at: www.guventures.com.
