U-START CLUB ACADEMY

U-Start | U-START CLUB ACADEMY U-START CLUB ACADEMY 24th October 2015 Castello di Cigognola The Academy aimed to develop a clearly defined vision, complemented with pragmatic advices on how to build, manage and exit diversified portfolios of agile, fast-growing tech companies. The Academy gathered high-level professionals to transfer their know-how about early-stage investment dynamics, providing the tools for effective deal origination, screening and valuation.

PAST EVENTS U-Start Club Academy - IV edition 19th October 2018 U-Start is strongly committed to knowledge, competences and network, which we believe are the only keys to navigate the complexity of the Venture Capital industry. In an ever evolving world, it is essential to embrace these values and seek constant exposure to global innovation trends, dynamics and best practices. This is the reason why we organize the U-Start Academy, an invitation-only event reserved to global VC funds and Italian private investors.

Education and networking are the pillars the Academy is built on: global VC funds are called to share their expertise and insights on the innovation market with influential leaders and professionals from Southern Europe. The fourth edition of the U-Start Club Academy will take place on Friday October 19th among the rolling hills and vineyards of the beautiful Relais L’Albereta in Franciacorta, just one hour away from Milan city center. Same as last year, the Academy will welcome on stage several selected professionals from some of the most important international Venture Capital funds.

Previous participants include Holtzbrinck Ventures , Firstminute Capital , Magma VC, 500 Startups , ProFounders, Project A, Frog Capital. For this year edition, we are also glad to announce our collaboration with ScaleIT, a platform that connects top scaleups in the digital and software space from Italy and Southeast Europe with International investors to raise growth capital and scale internationally. If you are interested to join, please contact our team at info@u-start.biz .

U-Start Club Academy 19th October 2018 The Academy is a full-day private event exclusively reserved to the U-Start Club Members and friends. Through a real full immersion into the VC world, Club Members will have the chance to hear, discover and discuss about the latest trends in innovation and technology, under the guidance of real industry experts coming on purpose from all over the world.

VC funds from Europe, Israel and US will in fact participate into panels and case studies at the benefit of the audience. The aim for everybody is to enlace new business relations, embrace a better understanding of VC and eventually create new business opportunities, always in a nice, diverse, charming and friendly environment. All values strongly supported by U-Start. Thanks everyone who attended the U-Start Academy at L’Albereta Relais & Châteaux and made this edition so unconventional and exciting!!

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A special thanks goes to our speakers, to our Club Members and to our partners Montblanc Italia , Lamborghini Bergamo, Beyond Meat , Culti Milano, ARTPIQ , ARTEMEST and ScaleIT. U-Start Club Portfolio Day - III edition 13th June 2018 The 3rd edition of our annual U-Start Club Portfolio Day will take place on June 13th, 2018 from 2pm to 8.30pm at Garage Italia, viale Certosa 86, Milan.

The U-Start Club Portfolio Day is an event dedicated to U-Start Club Members’ portfolio companies and their investors. Several founders will personally tell us their entrepreneurial journey, presenting the latest achievements. There will be also space for networking amongst U-Start Club Members and international guests. The event is also a good chance to be updated about the latest VC industry trends.

The U-Start Club is an invitation-only event. If you are interested in participating, please contact Gaia Zoccoli at gaia.zoccoli@u-start.biz . U-Talk at MissoniHome Showroom 23rd April 2018 “U-Talk” events have been created to deepen specific Venture Capital market sectors and trends.

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For our first U-Talk event we decided to focus on Media sector, hosting Fedele Usai, CEO at Condé Nast Italia, and Andrea Scotti, Co-Founder & CEO at Freeda Media. The event is organized in collaboration with T&J Vestor, a leading Italian household fabrics manufacturer established nearly a century ago who created MissoniHome brand, and Rose & Mary, a gourmet food delivery that brings you nutritious, clean and delicious dishes. It’s an invitation-only-event.

If you want to take part, please contact our team. U-Meet at Tearose Boutique 19th March 2018 The first U-Meet event was born one year ago: during our new office inauguration, we hosted Giampaolo Cagnin, Hi-Food Founder.

Once again, we decided to stay in the Food Innovation sector inviting Michela Petronio, Vice President at Barilla Global Discovery Center and Director at Blu1877 (Barilla Corporate Venture). The event is organized in collaboration with Tearose, iconic Fashion and Event Design brand. It’s an invitation-only-event. If you want to take part, please contact our team.

U-Start Club Christmas Cocktail 13th December 2017 The U-Start Club Christmas Cocktail will take place at Svinazzando wine shop in piazza Tre Torri, Milan, on Wednesday, 13th December from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The cocktail is a good chance to wish each other a Happy Christmas and to celebrate another year spent together.

The Christmas Cocktail is an invitation-only-event. If you want to take part, please contact our team. U-Start Club Business Trip to San Francisco 12nd - 15th November 2017 U-Start is inviting all Club Members to a private and exclusive business trip to San Francisco from the 12nd to the 15th of November 2017. Our ambition is to give our clients a rich experience in networking with industry leaders and learning from participating in seminars, meetings, and workshops with top venture capital firms, family offices, accelerators, well-known corporates and exciting start-ups.

They range from SOS Ventures, HAX Accelerators and Y-Combinator’s start-ups to Airbnb, Memphis Meats, Finless Foods, and much more. U-Start Club Academy - III EDITION 7th October 2017 The third edition of U-Start Club Academy will take place on Saturday 7th of October from 09.30am to 5.30pm at the beautiful, traditional, Michelin- awarded restaurant Da Vittorio in Bergamo, a thirty minutes’ drive from the center of Milan. Considering our role as advisor, we believe that Venture Capital investments require great knowledge, thus it is essential to be constantly updated about the dynamics and peculiarities of the industry, as they change so fast.

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This is why we organize on an annual basis the U-Start Academy: a conference-day reserved to our Club Members. As last year, the Academy will be run by top professionals speaking about a chosen topic. Several experts and representatives from the most important international Venture Capital firms will contribute to the event by giving their insights about internal processes and decision-making strategies.

More than a series of speeches, the Academy is also an occasion to deal with influential industry leaders, to meet other Club Members and to spend time together, creating enjoyable networking moments. After the event the opportunity of attending a wine tasting from the Sicilian produced wine Baglio di Pianetto .

The event will be English and it is an invitation only-event. If you want to take part, please contact our team. U-Start Club Portfolio Day 19th June 2017 We are organizing the 2nd edition of the U-Start Club Portfolio Day, one of our most important annual events, which will take place on

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