Istanbul, Turkey, 19 February, 2010. Boot Camp Ventures (BCV), a boutique advisory firm which provides critical business resources to facilitate the capital raising process for innovative technology companies, will host its Third Annual Istanbul Innovation interactive “Boot Camp”, www.istanbulinnovation.com on 3 March 2010 at the law offices of ELIG in the Besiktas section of Istanbul. The unique event which brings the investor road show experience – in a boot camp, drill like setting – to Turkey, signals an optimistic investment mood by providing a platform for technology companies from a broad range of sectors to present before an intimate, sophisticated group of investors, business executives, seasoned entrepreneurs and potential strategic partners.
Investors and partners hail from leading international and Turkish Venture Capital firms, ranging from Dubai to Eastern/Central Europe, Turkey and the U.S. and include strategic and financial players such as Texas Instruments, Microsoft, Neveq, Dogan Holdings, and others. Additionally, leading angels from Turkey leading business executives have confirmed their attendance.
The rigorous morning of previewing innovative Turkish technology companies and providing on the spot feedback will be followed by an afternoon of investor panels discussing “Cultivating the Start-up Ecosystem in Turkey” and “The Outside View: Investment Forecast for Emerging Markets”
Testimonials about previous Boot Camp events from global investors included
“Bootcamp provides an excellent platform for startups to distill their messages and presentation to investors while getting am immediate professional feedback with actionable follow up from investors. This is an excellent venue to meet young and promising startups.”
“Boot Camp Ventures provides a stimulating environment for entrepreneurs to hone their investment positioning within a dynamic and interactive backdrop. The forum can stir potential investor interest, setting the stage for future in-depth dialogue”
Final Spot Left
Boot Camp Ventures received a record number of technology companies applying to present within the unique BCV format and is in the process of filling the final spot: only six innovative companies are selected to deliver a 30 second elevator pitch and an eight minute investor presentation during an intense, dynamic and intimate forum. Those wishing to be considered for the FINAL SPOT should submit their executive summary to [email protected] by end of day Friday, 19 March, 2010.
Boot Camp Ventures global sponsors include RHEA Investments and Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s. Partners in Turkey include the ELIG law firm and Endeavor. Boot Camp Ventures is the exclusive partner in Israel Turkey and Central & Eastern Europe for technology companies with the European Venture Market.
Boot Camp Ventures invitation only executive investor audience is part of an intimate and interactive setting whose function is to provide on-the-spot feedback and advice to the presenting companies. Sample investors attending our events have included Ericsson, Orion Investments, Norwest Venture Partners, NEVEQ, Turkven, Blumberg Capital, and Lightspeed as well as corporate investors such as HP, EMC and Intel Capital.
Boot Camp Ventures (BCV), www.bootcampventures.com works with promising
technology companies, by focusing their business models, challenging their business assumptions and projections to better prepare them for the capital raising and strategic partner process. To date global funds representing a total of over $6 billion in investment capital have attended Boot Camp Ventures events. There have been 10 Boot Camps in Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Berlin since May 2008.
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