Global Partners


Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Pictet & Cie is today one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and the leading independent asset management specialist in Europe, with CHF 357 billion (EUR 297 billion) in assets under management and custody at June 2012. Pictet & Cie is a partnership owned and managed by eight general partners with unlimited liability for the bank’s commitments. The Pictet Group, based in Geneva, employs more than 3,200 staff. The group has offices in the following financial centres: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Dubai, Florence, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Taipei, Turin, Tokyo and Zurich.
 

Gide is a premier international law firm. Founded in Paris in 1920, the firm now operates from 17 offices worldwide. With 600 lawyers, drawn from 35 different nationalities, Gide offers some of the most respected specialists in all sectors of national and international finance and business law.

In each of its offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa, Gide
provides its clients with comprehensive knowledge of local markets,
regional expertise, and the resources of an international law firm.
 
 

Hosting Partners

 

Rotterdam welcomes entrepreneurs, corporations and investors who are keen to seize the future. Daring to push the limits, and the longing for growth, are written into the city’s DNA. Rotterdam reinvented itself in the past, and is doing it again. With the emphasis on innovation and a can-do approach, things happen in Rotterdam that can’t happen anywhere else. 

Rotterdam is a valuable partner for the market because it offers a short time-to-market. The city is gearing up to offer you high-level service. Investing in accessibility and the logistical quality of region remains a priority. It  also offers access to relevant networks of business partners and knowledge centres and the public/private innovation and development funds relating to them. 

The improvement of living conditions and social climate is also high on the agenda of the city of Rotterdam. This  is achieved by developing quality housing in extension areas, in the city centre and near the riverbanks.

Rotterdam World Port, World City.
 
Rotterdam Partners is the promoter of the Rotterdam economy. Rotterdam Partners serves all target groups that are relevant to the urban economy and city marketing: businesses, business or leisure visitors, local residents and students. Rotterdam Partners acts as the connecting hub between businesses, institutions and the municipal government of Rotterdam. Launched on 1 January 2014, the foundation is a merger between the Economic Development Board Rotterdam, Rotterdam Investment Agency and Rotterdam Marketing.
 
The port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest sea port. The port owes its leading position to its outstanding accessibility for sea-going vessels. And to its intermodal connections and the 180,000 people working in and for Rotterdam’s port and industrial area. A place where unlimited ambitions can become reality.
 
Clean Tech Delta (CTD) is a privately driven cooperation of internationally operating companies, knowledge institutions and local governments. Our private partners take the lead in recognising and developing new clean tech business. Local governments facilitate this cooperation. As a business minded triple helix organisation, officially established in May 2013, we form a new type of public-private partnership in order to realise new business for our members and attract new funding. We believe that clean tech is the key to adapt to and create a new economy. Using the region as an Urban Living Lab, a place where newly applied clean tech solutions can be tested, we can share the solutions and apply them, on a large(r) scale, abroad. Our ambition is to strengthen the clean tech cluster in our region and to make a significant contribution to the regional economy. In 2020 our cluster will count 4.000 companies, SME’s and start-up’s, which will provide 50.000 jobs.
 

 
InnovationQuarter is an initiative of the Province of Zuid-Holland, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden, Delft, Dordrecht, Westland, TU Delft, Leiden University, Leiden University Medical Center and the Erasmus Medical Centre. It aims to ensure that innovative businesses in Zuid-Holland get plenty of opportunities for growth and development.”
 

Programme Partner

 
InvestHorizon is the Investment Readiness Programme designed to increase investments made in Innovative European SMEs through Investment Readiness development and Investor sensitization. Brought forward by 10 qualified and reliable partners, InvestHorizon offers a set of services and training across Europe, to investors and entrepreneurs, from start-up to mid-cap level. The programme is dedicated to maximising entrepreneurs’ chances of successfully obtaining funding, through training and direct access to key European investors.

For additional information about InvestHorizon, visit
 investhorizon.eu.
 

Silver Partner

 

KIC InnoEnergy is a European company that fosters the integration of education, business and entrepreneurship as a means of strengthening the culture of innovation in the sustainable energy field. Within these three key areas, we work to create new and successful start-ups in the sustainable energy field. Through our extensive network of European partners that includes over 150 key players in the energy field, the KIC InnoEnergy Highway® offers a tailored service to entrepreneurs to help them transform their business ideas into successful ventures. We support entrepreneurs in strengthening their technology skills, developing business models, building expert teams and providing access to finance. We are a one-stop shop, a single accelerator with various entry points across Europe that is unique in its specialisation in sustainable energy.
 

Bronze Partner

 


Euronext is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with over 1 300 issuers worth €2.6 trillion in market capitalisation, an unmatched blue-chip franchise consisting of 20+ issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong, diverse domestic and international client base. Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties.

Euronext operates regulated markets, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs’ access to capital markets.

 

Local Support Partner

 

YES!Delft unites the forces of start-ups, coaches, investors, and innovative corporations to fuel entrepreneurial success. We offer guidance and support in building and growing a company and we encourage students, professionals, and scientists on their path of entrepreneurship. By putting the entrepreneurs’ interest first, we help turn promising ideas of ambitious people into solid start-ups and successful companies. 

YES!Delft focuses on entrepreneurs with concrete ideas for technical, innovative and scalable products or processes. We support them in numerous ways. It starts by inspiring the future entrepreneurs to make their dream come true. We introduce them to the opportunities out there and explain them the benefits and possibilities of being an entrepreneur. By means of education we help the students and young entrepreneurs with their development. With high quality training programs the entrepreneurs lay out a solid foundation for their own company. We offer them office space and many (technical) facilities, access to an interesting international network and optimal knowledge sharing circumstances to incubate and make these promising companies grow even further.

Co-Marketing Partner

 
Cleantech Group helps clients accelerate sustainable innovation in a resource-constrained world. The company’s i3 platform allows subscribers to discover companies and explore cleantech trends strategically with proprietary real-time data. Cleantech Forums bring together thought leaders and innovators in the cleantech and sustainability ecosystem. The company’s advisory services leverage expertise in designing and executing corporate strategies for sustainable growth and innovation sourcing. Details at www.cleantech.com