Invest Forum
Berlin 20.02.24

Investment Forum from YBC Berlin on 20.02 in Berlin

I want to go!

For whom?

Entrepreneur

looking for investment;
you want to learn how to attract investment;
find out what investment programmes are available;
you want to meet potential investors and partners.

Investor

learn about the best investment opportunities and find out how to look for projects for investment;
find ideas for investment among Ukrainian startups;
network with startups;
listen to presentations of investment projects.

Startup

you will have the opportunity to pitch your project and network with investors.

Newcomer to the investment market, looking for ideas

you will get new ideas on where to go next, gain an understanding of the investment market, be inspired by ideas and new contacts.

What's coming up?

lectures from 5 TOP speakers on investments and grants

Business speed dating

Startup pitching

Pitching of business ideas

Venture Capital Trends discussion panel

Active networking dinner

INVEST FORUM 20.02 Berlin AGENDA

11:00 - 12:00

Welcome Drinks

STARTUPS

12:00 - 12:10

Opening Speech

12:10 - 12:50

Panel 1 - Berlin’s startup ecosystem: Ben Wilkening, Ferdinand Mühlhäuser, Markus Facklam, Jeff Katz - Moderator Viktor Diordiiev

12:50 - 13:20

Startup Pitching Part 1 - 4 Startups / 5 minutes

13:20 - 13:40

Networking coffee break

13:40 - 14:20

Panel 2 - Global VC Trends: Jag Singh, Borys Musielak, Robert Grygorowicz, Erwin Feldhaus - Moderator Viktor Diordiiev

14:20 - 14:50

StartUps Pitching Part 2 - 4 Startups / 5 minutes

14:50 - 15:15

Journey of Legal Nodes: 5 Years of Business and Personal Insights, Margaryta Sivakova, Legal Nodes

15:15 - 15:35

Networking coffee break

15:35 - 15:45

Christoph Raethke Panel 3 entering speech

15:45 - 16:30

Panel 3 - Ukrainian startup landscape: Valeriy Bykanov, Margaryta Sivakova, Yaroslav Krempovych - Moderator Christoph Raethke

16:30 - 17:00

Startup PitchingPart 3 - 4 Startups / 5 minutes

17:00 - 17:20

Networking coffee break‍

BUSINESS + STARTUPS

17:20 - 18:00

Speed dating - Format 1 to 1

BUSINESS

18:00 - 19:00

Speakers
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Urs Unkauf - Federal Managing Director of the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA Global Economic Network) - Opportunities for Ukrainian entrepreneurs in Germany

Sylwia Bislimi - Senior Business Client Advisor, Deputy Head of Department, Commerzbank AG - Short road map to a Bank loan: what is Important to Receive a loan from a Bank

Hans Witkowski - Consultant for medium-sized companies and start-up projects, BürgschaftsBank Berlin

Roman Pimonov - Investment Manager at IBB Ventures - one of the oldest and most active VCs in Germany, with a focus on Berlin-based Startups

19:00 - 20:00

Business Ideas Pitching

20:00 - 21:00

Dinner

21:00 - 23:00

Networking + Afterparty‍

* meals are included in the ticket price

Speakers:

Leading European and Ukrainian venture capital funds and top start-ups, including:

Jag Singh

Managing Partner Angel Invest Ventures - one of the most active European angel funds.

Ben Wilkening

Partner, Earlybird Vision Lab, the first incubator and fund for migrant founders in Germany.

Borys Musielak

Founding Partner SMOK.vc - US venture capital fund investing 100k-1M USD in early stage startups in Central & Eastern Europe and diaspora.

Markus Facklam

Head of Unit International, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology - offers business and technology promotion for companies, investors and science institutes in Berlin.

Ferdinand Mühlhäuser

Managing director at Founder Institute Berlin - Based on his extensive experience in consulting, travel and internet business, as well as his knowledge of business processes, effective startups, e-commerce, IT strategies, digital transformation and radical innovation, Ferdinand has been coaching and advising early-stage founders for over 6 years and has funded or launched over 60 startups.

Viktor Diordiiev

Angel investor, token economist, mentor at Techstars, Chief Commercial Officer at Arweave in 2018-2021, PhD in Economics.

Sylwia Bislimi

Senior Business Client Advisor, Deputy Head of Department, Commerzbank AG.

Urs Unkauf

Federal Managing Director of the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA Global Economic Network) since 2022. He has been working for the association since 2019, initially as a diplomatic advisor, following the promotion as Director of Government Relations until he took his current position in the association’s leadership.

Yaroslav Krempovych

Principal at Movens Capital. Experience: 15+ direct investments (1 exit), 8+ years of VC and interim CFO experience in Enterprise software, AI, MedTech, CyberSec, Energy, and other sectors; 4+ years expert for EIC, 3+ Assistant Professor at Kozminski University.

Robert Grygorowicz

Investment Manager at SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, one of the most active VC investors in Poland. He closed 10 investments during his over 6 years of experience in VC.

Erwin Feldhaus

Venture Partner at Loyal VC, Senior Advisor at Growth Capital, Executive Coach.

Christoph Raethke

Investor, Author, Mentor, Founder, Lecturer, Angel in Residence. Founder of Berlin's boutique accelerator program Berlin Startup Academy and have been a startup founder, investor, writer, speaker, and mentor.

Margaryta Sivakova

CEO & Co-founder of Legal Nodes - legaltech startup born in Ukraine based in London building a network-powered tech platform helping businesses to set up and operate internationally. Built for the next generation of entrepreneurs creating global businesses from day one. Margaryta received a European Women of Legal Tech Award 2020 in the Entrepreneurship category and made the Forbes Ukraine list of The Top 25 women in IT and Forbes 30u30.

Jeff Katz

Partner at 1.5° Ventures; Founder and Managing Director JK Ventures & Consulting GmbH; Strategic Advisor Bearcover - Serial entrepreneur, having founded companies in a wide variety of industries including security, finance, and IT. His 'niche' is data-driven businesses, from collection (typically connected devices) through transport, aggregation, and the products and services which sit on top.

Valeriy Bykanov

Co-Founder & CTO at Prodigy Network, AI-powered algorithmic recruitment automation infrastructure. Angel Investor and member of 2Hearts Angels Collective. Has technical background (MSc CS, 3x CTO) and an entrepreneurial experience (3x Founder, 2 exits). Born in Ukraine, moved to Berlin in 2016.