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Searching for the future leaders in Digital Tech; Call for Applications for 2014 Digital Tech Summit held in London, April 23-24, 2014: Deadline February 16

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Geneva, Switzerland – Brussels, Belgium – London, Great Britain (PRWEB UK) 18 December 2013

Co President of the Summit, Baruk Pilo from ICON Corporate Finance in London said: “We will be focusing on four major sectors within the Summit where we foresee new disruptive technologies emerging: Financial Technologies; Security and Cyber security; Web, Mobility and Cloud, SaaS and Big Data. Digital Tech is a very exciting sector and in the future we will be seeing new huge business opportunities in very different fields such as: connected consumer objects, civilian drones, mobile payments, new remittance services – the list is endless. Our goal for this event is to select the top 20 European startups in these four hot sectors and invite corporate companies and Strategic Investors to deliver their perspectives for disruptive technologies and new business opportunities. It will be an opportunity for Entrepreneurs to meet tier one investors and potential strategic partners and for large enterprises and VC’s to engage with the best in class European, Israeli and Russian start-ups.”

Company Registration – why should you register?

No charge to apply
No charge for selected companies to attend the event and present – selection is merit only based
Companies are selected by an expert selection committee, according to their potential market impact
Selected companies will present to a group of 100+ global investment professionals, advisors and corporates.
Companies regardless of selection will be seen by a group of top level investors (the selection committee) and have the opportunity to be included in the delegate binder to further promote their offering.

Registration

Applicants can register for the Summit at http://www.digitaltechsummit.eu

As part of the process applicants must submit a corporate presentation together with the registration form. The deadline for applications is February 16.

Selection Criteria

Applicants will be assessed on the uniqueness of their technology, the strength of their business model, vision, and capability to execute on the business plan and the quality and track record of their management. Submissions will be reviewed by the selection committee, which is comprised of senior business leaders from various backgrounds including venture capital, technology, research and economic promotion.

Rewards for Finalists

The selected 20 finalists will each have an opportunity to present their business plans to senior partners, vice presidents and CEOs from the global venture capital and technology industry, as well as service providers and academics. In addition, they will benefit from networking opportunities, local and international media exposure and potential opportunities to secure funding.

Previous Summit attendees have included senior representatives of most major investment firms and corporates:

Almaz Capital, Ambient Sound Investments, Anecova, Atlantic Bridge Investments, Balderton Capital, CDC Innovations, Clipperton Finance, Conor Venture Partners, DFJ Esprit, DN Capital, eBay, Endeavour Vision, EQT, FDI Internet & Mobile, Fidelity Growth Partners, Finnvera Venture Capital, GIMV, Goetz Partners, Google, Growthpoint Technology Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Idinvest Partners, iGlobe Partners, Index Ventures, Intesa Sanpaolo, IQ Capital Partners, Iris Capital, Kreos Capital, Nauta Capital, Northzone Ventures, Open Ocean Capital, Open Text, Opera Capital Partners, Partech, Pictet, Quantam Wave Capital, Restoration Partners, Richmond Park Partners, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Runa Capital, Sardis Capital, Schroder & Co Bank, Scottish Equity Partners, Seed Capital Management, Serena Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Sony Ericsson, Spintop Ventures, Startup.co.uk, Sunstone Capital, Ventech, Vodafone Ventures, Wellington Partners.

Many companies that have presented at previous Summits have either been acquired or raised more significant funding. Some notable examples include:

    Shutl acquired by Ebay (2013)
    Aloqua acquired by Motorla (2010)
    Brands for Friends acquired by Ebay (2010) for €150million
    Procedural acquired by Esri (2011)
    MexAd acquired by DataXu (2012)
    Sapato.ru acquired by OZON.ru (2012)
    More than $ 300million raised in funding for companies including:
        iZettle, badoo, Klarna, Mister Spex, Silk, StrikeAd, Wrapp,…

About the Tech Tour

The Tech Tour was founded in Geneva in 1998 in response to the growing interest in emerging technology companies in various European regions. The Tech Tour is an independent, not-for-profit organization composed of key contributors to the high technology industry. The organization recognizes that continued prosperity in Europe lies in its ability to transform today’s innovative projects into tomorrow’s global technology leaders.

http://www.techtour.com

About the International Venture Club

The International Venture Club was founded in 2011 as the collaborative platform of leading venture investors promoting successful international investments. Its objectives are to 1) share better practices, 2) build co-investor trust and relations, 3) foster new funding and investment opportunities through joint actions and PR, 4) grow promising companies with corporate partners and co-investors and 5) keep a smart window and support to emerging innovative companies.

http://www.iventureclub.com

Media Contacts:

Tanja Baltus

International Venture Club

+32 (0) 2 643 36 94

tanja(at)iventureclub(dot)com

Laurian Harry

Tech Tour

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laurian(at)techtour(dot)com

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Aarki Releases Update to Its Multiscreen Creative Platform

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Mountain View, Calif. (PRWEB) December 18, 2013

Aarki, a leader in rich media and creative advertising technology, today released the latest version of its multiscreen creative platform Aarki Studio, an HTML5 design and advertising suite.

“We’re thrilled about this update,” said Aarki CEO Sid Bhatt. “This truly gives advertisers and creative teams around the world a one-stop digital advertising platform — allowing them to create rich media ads with Aarki Studio and make real time changes as needed across all devices — mobile, tablet and desktop.”

With Aarki Studio, advertisers can create advertisements across multiple screens and make real time changes to creative assets, which will simultaneously be applied across all ad sizes. These advertisements are designed to be responsive and adjust to the display size on the fly. Aarki Studio supports all IAB Rising Star ad units, as well as easy-to-use rich media animations usable across mobile and desktop. With the latest release, Aarki Studio also provides a single, universal advertising tag. With these combined features, advertisers can run multiple tests across devices in real time to ensure the highest performing ad units rise above the rest.

For more information or to sign up to use Aarki Studio, visit http://www.aarki.com/.

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About Aarki

Aarki is a leader in interactive and creative advertising technology for brands, agencies, ad networks and premium publishers. Aarki (pronounced ar-key) is a Sanskrit word meaning to rise above or elevate. The company’s goal is to ensure customers can rise above their competition through cloud-based technologies that deliver highly engaging, interactive advertisements across all devices. Based in Mountain View, with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Beijing and Manila, Aarki is backed by Walden Venture Capital. For more information, please visit http://www.aarki.com or follow us on Twitter: @aarkimobile.







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