In Search of Europe’s Best

ReinRaumTechnik 3/2015 Englische Ausgabe:
HighTech Startbahn and SEMI Seek Start-ups and High-Growth Companies for Strategic Partnering

SEMI, the worldwide association for suppliers in the chip industry is expanding its program Innovation Village at Semicon Europa 2015 together with its German partner, the incubator network HighTech Startbahn. Teaming up, the two innovators are seeking Europe’s 60 best start-ups and high-growth companies to give them the opportunity to connect with strategic partners and investors.
By doing this, HighTech Startbahn changes its established investor-matchmaking forum ‘Hightech Venture Days’ into an international event.
Banded together, Hightech Venture Days and Innovation Village will be Europe’s largest innovation platform for high-tech start-ups and high–growth companies that are seeking international investors. The event offers European start-ups the opportunity to present their business model to investors and industry partners.
Hightech Venture Days focuses on six key technology fields: micro-and nanotechnology, information and communications technology, environmental and energy technology, the automotive industry, material science, machinery and plant engineering, as well as medical technology and life science.
“Our global Innovation Village was very well received by the European industry partners last year in France,” Heinz Kundert, president of SEMI Europe says. “The Higtech Venture Days are enriching Semicon Europa and the European high-tech industry. We are getting closer to realizing our goal of supporting new technology-based products to reach the industry, and contributing to more investment for production in Europe.”
“Europe needs increased and more active venture capital so that technology-based, innovative start-ups can become successful and international enterprises,” Bettina Voßberg, Managing Director of HighTech Startbahn Network says. “By presenting the best ventures with our partner SEMI, we are aiming to make Europe’s enormous innovation potential visible on the international investors scene in 2015.”

SEMI Expands the European Program Innovation Village
On 5 and 6 Oct., 2015 the 60 best high-tech enterprises will have the opportunity to present their work with two short presentations to international investors in Dresden. Afterwards, and through Oct. 8, the new technology enterprises can showcase their products and services at Innovation Village to an estimated 6,000 visitors and 400 exhibitors at Semicon Europe.
Along with a booth at the exposition, the start-ups will have the opportunity to present their business models in short presentations. In addition, experts and founders will discuss technology trends and their potential for new business models.

Semicon Europa 2015 to Feature New Topics and Formats
Semicon Europa is the largest annual event for technologies and solutions for microelectronics production which includes semiconductors, MEMS, printed and organic electronics, as well as photovoltaic, high-performance electronics and other new and similar electronics markets. The event is not only the leading European exhibition for the semiconductor industry, but also an indicator of the newest technology trends and developments in the industry. Six-thousand visitors from all over the world are expected to attend the three-day event.