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4th pitch training Malmô

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The 4th pitch training in Malmô waw kindly hosted in the Innovation Lab of the Malmô Incubator on Monday the 7^th of May 2011. 3 companies took part in the training with the aim of presenting in Seed Forum Stockholm on the 15^th of May 2012.

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Date of the event: 7^th of May 2012

Venue of the event: MINC (Malmô Incubator), Anchargripsgatan 3, 211 19 Malmô, Sweden

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12th Seed Forum NYC

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The 12th Seed Forum in New York City was kindly hosted in Volvo Hall at Scandinavia House in Mid-Town Manhattan on Thursday the 3rd of May 2012. The forum was kindly opened by deputy consul general Mr. Henrik Width of the Norwegian Consulate General to New York, and key-notes was also given by Mr. Odd Moe of Viking Angels, Mr. Jørgen Flood of JF Financials, Inger Tallaksen of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce and by Mr. Peter Nordberg of Nordberg Capital. The forum presented 5 companies from Scandinavia. The evening reception was kindly hosted in the Residence of the Norwegian Consul General to NYC, HE Sissel Breie.

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Date of the event: Thursday May 3, 2012

Venue of the event: Scandinavia House, Volvo Hall, 58 Park Avenue (# 38 street), 10016 New York City, US

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4th Seed Forum Palo Alto

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The 4th Seed Forum in Palo Alto was kindly conducted in partnership with Silicon Vikings and hosted in the premises of the SNR Denton`s Law Firm in Palo Alto in Silicon Valley on Tuesday the May 1, 2012. The forum was kindly opened by Richard Allan Horning who is the President of Silicon Vikings, and a key-note was kindly also given by Eilif Trondsen of Silicon Vikings. The forum presented 5 companies from Norway and Sweden, and the moderator to the forum was Max Shapiro of People Connect. More than 70 persons took part in the forum.

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Date of the event: May 1, 2012

Venue of the event: SNR Denton's, 1530 Page Mill Rd, Suite 200, Palo Alto, California

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2nd Seed Forum Abu Dhabi

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The 2nd Seed Forum in Abu Dhabi was hosted at the Emirate Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday the 25^th of April 2012. The forum was kindly opened by the Ambassador of Norway to the United Arab Emirates, HE Åse Elin Bjerke, and a key-note speech was also given by Mr. Hans Henrik Christensen of Dubai Silicon Oasis. The forum presented 8 companies where of 2 from Norway, 1 from Lithuania, 1 from the United Kingdom and 4 from the UAE. The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted by the Ambassador of Norway in her Residence in Saadiyat Iceland.

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Date of the event: Wednesday the 25^th of April 2012.

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21st Seed Forum London

The 21st Seed Forum in London was kindly hosted in the Board Room of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Thursday the 19th of April 2012. The forum presented 8 companies from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and from the United Kingdom . The forum was kindly opened by Mr. Allain Piloux, who is the Director of the EBRD for Industry, Commerce and Agrobusiness, and key-notes ware held by Alderman Nick Anstee who was she Lord Mayor of the City of London 2009 / 2010, by Mr. Geoffrey Bond who is the Sherriff of the City of London 2003 / 2004 and by the Deputy Head of the Embassy of Estonia, Mrs. Karmen Laus. The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted at the Estonian Embassy in London.

Date of the event: Thursday the 19^th of April 2012

Venue of the event: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Board Rooms, One Exchange Square, London

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15th Seed Forum Reykjavik

The 15th Seed Forum in Reykjavik was kindly hosted by Arion Banki in the main auditorium of the bank on Friday the 13th of April 2012.  The opening remarks at the forum was given by The President of Iceland, Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, and key-notes was also given by CEO  Joakim Høegh-Krohn of Argentum, by the Vice-President Torkel Ystgaard of SIVA (The Industrial Corporation of Norway), by the President of the Icelandic Federation of Industries. Mrs. Svana Helen Bjørnsdottir, and by Mr. Truls Berg who is the Chairman of NORBAN (The Norwegian Business Angels Network). The forum presented 8 companies whereof 5 from Iceland, 2 from Norway and 1 from the United Kingdom.  The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted by the City of Reykjavik at Høvdi House, and a further networking session was hosted by the company Greencloud.

Date of the event: Friday the 13^th of April 2012

Venue of the event: Arion Banki, main auditorium, Borgartun, Reykjavik, Iceland

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7th pitch training in Reykjavik

The 7th pitch training in Reykjavik was kindly hosted by the KLAK incubator on Thursday the 12th of April 2012.  The pitch training included 5 selected companies from Iceland to be presented in Seed Forum Iceland on Friday the 13^th of April 2012.

Date of the event: Thursday 12^th of April 2012

Venue of the event: Klak Innovation Centre, Ofanleiti 2, 4^th floor, Reykjavik, Iceland

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1st pitch training in Dubai

The 1st pitch training in Dubai was kindly hosted in the premise of the Dubai Silicon Oasis on Monday the 9th of April 2012. The training included 4 companies from the United Arab Emirates to be further selected to present in the upcoming Seed Forum in Abu Dhabi on the 25^th of April. A lecture about the investment process was kindly held by Mr. Patrick Campos of BWG.

Date of the event:  Monday the 8th of April 2012
Venue of the event: Silicon Oasis headquarters, Board Room, Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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9th Seed Forum Kyiv

The 9th Seed Forum in Kyiv was kindly hosted in the Coliseum Hall in the headquarters of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday the 3rd of April 2012. The forum was kindly opened by Dimitri Podoliev of Seed Forum Ukraine, and key-notes was thereafter given by the Ambassador of Norway to Ukraine, HE Jon Fredriksen, by Viktoria Tigipko on behalf of TA Venture, by Sergey Tsjupko, by Sergej Teplov of the Strogino Science Park in Moscow and by Mr. Christian When of Scandinavia House. Scandinavia house was the kind sponsor of the event. The forum presented in total 8 companies where to 6 from Ukraine, 1 from Norway and 1 from Estonia.  The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted by the Ambassador of Norway in his Residence.

Date of the forum: Tuesday the 3^rd of April 2012

Venue of the forum: Coliseum Hall, 4^th floor, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Velyka Zhytomyrska 33, Kyiv, Ukraine

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27th Seed Forum Oslo

The 27th Seed Forum in Oslo was kindly hosted by PwC in the 12th floor of the PwC Building in Bjørvika in Oslo on Thursday the 29th of March 2012. The forum presented 7 companies whereof 6 from Norway and 1 from Sweden to more than 30 investors. The forum was kindly opened by Partner Gorm Nymark of PwC, and key-note was given by Tone Ringstad of the Silicon Vikings Oslo Chapter, by Åsa Roth of Gründernes Hus in Oslo and by Truls Berg of NORBAN. The evening networking session to the forum was hosted at Hotel Continental.

Date of the event: Thursday the 29^th of March 2012

Place of the event: PwC headquarter, 12^th floor, Dronning Eufemias gt. 8, Bjørvika, Oslo

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8th pitch training in Kyiv

The 8th pitch training in Kyiv was kindly hosted in the Educational Department of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday the 26^th of March 2012. The training included 10 ukrainian start-up companies to be further selected to be presenting in Seed Forum in Kyiv and in Seed Forum in Donetsk spring 2012.

Date of the event: Monday the 26^th of March 2012

Venue of the event: Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 4^th floor Education Department, Velyka Zhytomyrskaya 33, Kyiv, Ukraine

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5th Seed Forum Vilnius

 
The 5th Seed Forum in Vilnius was kindly hosted in the headquarters of Swedbank in Vilnius on Thursday the 22nd of March 2012. The forum was opened by the British Ambassador to Lithuania, HE Davit Hunt, and key-note speakers were given by the CEO of Swedbank, Mr. Antanas Danys and by the CEO of Enterprise Lithuania, Paulius Lukauskas. The forum presented 7 companies from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway, and the evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted at the British Embassy.
 
Date of the event: Thursday the 22nd of March 2012
Venue of the event: Swedbank, Ground Floor Auditorium, Konstitucijos ave. 20 A, Vilnius

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6th Seed Forum Helsinki

The 6th Seed Forum in Helsinki was kindly hosted by Nordea in the bank headquarters in Helsinki on Tuesday the 20st of March 2012. The forum presented 8 companies where to 5 from Finland, 1 from Estonia, 1 from Norway and 1 from Sweden. More than 60 persons took part in the forum which was opened by the Ambassador of Norway, HE Leidulv Namtvedt. Key-notes was also given by Mr. Jussi Mekkonen of Nordea, by Mr. Pekka Viljakainen of Skolkovo and MP Mr. Lasse Mannistô. The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador to Finland in his Residence.

Date of the forum: Tuesday the 20st of March 2012

Venue of the forum: Nordea, Aleksanterinkato 36 B, Helsinki

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24th pitch training Oslo

 
The 24th pitch training in Oslo was kindly hosed by PwC in Bjørvika in Oslo  on Monday the 19th of March 2012.
 
The pitch training included 14 companies from Norway and Sweden who will be presenting in Seed Forum in Oslo and overseas. The training was kindly opened by Mr. Gorm Eide on behalf of PwC, and lectures was also held by Mr. Tord Eide of DLA Piper and Mr. Trond Gustad of the Oslo Patent Bureau.
 
Date of the event: Monday the 19th of March 2012
Venue of the event: PwC, 12th floor, Dronning Eufemias street. 8, Oslo

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15th Seed Forum Tallinn

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9th Seed Forum Riga

 
The 9th Seed Forum Riga was kindly hosted in the Citadele Conference Hall on Thursday the 8th of March 2012. The forum was kindly opened by the Ambassador of Norway HE Jan Grevstad., and key-notes was given by Mr. Kaspars Cikmac`s of the Citadele Bank, Mr. Vilis Bruveris of the Kurzemes Business Incubator and Mr. Gints Vins of Seed Forum Latvia. The forum presented 8 companies where to 6 from Latvia and 2 from Norway. The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted by the Ambassador of Norway in his Residence.
 
Date of the event. Thursday the 8th of March 2012
 Venue of the event: Citadele Confernece Hall, 3rd floor, Republikas laukums 2A, Riga, LV-1010

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2nd pitch training in Helsinki

 
The 2nd pitch training in Helsinki was kindly hosted in the Alto University Small Business Center on Friday the 17th of February 2012. The training included 11 companies whereof 10 from Finland and 1 from Estonia to be further selected to be presenting in Seed Forum Helsinki on the 20st of March 2012. The training included coaches from the Alto Small Business Center, Seed Forum Estonia and Seed Forum Latvia.
 
Date of the event: Friday the 17th of February 2012
Venue of the event:  Alto Small Business Center, 2nd floor, Arkadiankatu Str. 28, Helsinki, Finland

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2nd Seed Forum Malmô

 
The 2nd Seed Forum in Malmô was kindly hosted in the headquarter of Swedbank in Malmô City on Tuesday the 14th of February 2012. The forum was kindly opened by the director of Swedbank in Malmô, Mr. Martin Johansson, and a key-note was also kindly given by Dag Westberg of MINC –The Malmô Incubator. The forum presented 6 companies where of 5 from Malmô and 1 from Norway. The evening networking to the forum was kindly hosted in Cafè Rasoir downtown Malmô.
 
Date of the event: Tuesday the 14th of February 2012
Venue of the event: Swedbank, Gustav Adolfs Torg, Malmô 

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3rd pitch training in Vilnius

 
The 3rd pitch training in Vilnius was kindly hosted in the premises of the Borenius Law Firm on Friday the 10th of February 2012. In total 7 companies took part in the training where of 6 from Lithuania and 1 from Latvia. A guest lecture was given by the representative of the Law Firm Borenius.
 
Date of the event: Friday the 10th of February 2012
Venue of the event: Law firm Borenius, J. Jaskinskio g, 16 A, 8th floor, LT 01112 Vilnius, Lithuania

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1st pitch training in Moscow

 
The 1st Seed Forum pitch training in Moscow was kindly hosted at the Skolkovo Technology Park on Thursday the 9th of February 2012. The pitch training included 8 companies nominated by Skolkovo, and 3 coaches of Skolkovo took also part in the training.
 
Date of the event: Thursday the 9th of February 2012
Venue of the event:  Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Novaya ul. 100, Skolkovo village, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Region, 143025, Russia

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5th pitch training in Tallinn  

 
The 5th pitch training in Tallinn was kindly hosted at Tallinn Technopol on Friday the 3rd of February 2012. 9 companies from Estonia took part in the training which to be further selected to be presenting in Seed Forum Tallinn in March 2012.  Coaches from Tallinn Technopol, DnB Bank and Seed Forum took part in the training.
 
Date of the event. Friday the 3rd of February 2012
Venue of the event:  Tallinn Tehnopol, Akadeemia road 19, Tallinn 12618, Estonia

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1st pitch training in Liepaja

The 1st pitch training in Liepaja was kindly hosted by the Kurzemes Business Incubator in the Promenade Hotel in Liepaja on Friday the 27th of January 2012. The pitch training included 8 Latvian companies from Liepaja, Venstpils,Ôgre and Riga where to 4 of the participating companies will be further selected to present in the upcoming Seed Forum in Riga in March.

Date of the event: Friday the 27th of January 2012
Place of the event: Promenade Hotel, 2nd floor, Veca Ostmala 40, LV-3401 Liepāja

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 4th Seed Forum Singapore

The 4th Seed Forum in Singapore was kindly hosted at PLUGIN@BK71 in the heart of the Singapore innovation community on Tuesday the 17th of January 2012. 5 companies where to 5 from Norway and 2 from Singapore presented at the forum. The forum was kindly opened by Siow Hwee Tay from Innovation Norway, and key-notes were given by Mr. Cato Gullichsen of Seed Forum Singapore and Mr. Gang Gem Sun of PLUGNI. The evening reception to the forum was kindly hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador in Her Residence.

Date of the event: Tuesday the 17th of January 2012
Venue of the event: PLUGIN@BK71, Ayer Rajah Cresent #02-18, Singapore 139951