OCA Ventures’ Post

Angel Investors play a critical role in the startup ecosystem where an idea needs funding and any financial return is unknown or unclear. They take the risk well before early-stage VCs will even consider investing. An eco-system that ignores Angels and the critical role they play is a systemically broken eco-system.

👏🏻 🎉 to our #GP Emanuele Pizzatti for his outstanding dedication coaching #startup s for #growth at the Boldbrain Startup Challenge this Journey 2023! 👦🏻📊⚙️ 🌐Join the conversation + awards link 🔗 below 👇 #innovation #startupecosystem #startupgrowth #investments #businessandmanagement #sms #mentor #leadershipcoaching #leadershipdevelopment

Exciting news! Olaisen Blue has now become Olaisen Blue Rogn. Why the change? We want to underline our commitment to pre-seed investment within blue food innovations. The term ‘Rogn’ translates to ‘roe’ in Norwegian, symbolising the seed - a fitting metaphor for our focus on nurturing early-stage ventures. Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this journey! #bluefoodinnovation #sustainableaquaculture #technology #startups #impactinvesting

Inspiring conversation today between Neil Smyth and Denise Larsson of Alkemio and our own Gerwin Nijeboer at The Hague Tech. Alkemio is THE trusted digital platform which empowers change makers to achieve better and faster progress, so they get work done and make impact together. Guts 'n Values is all about making impact together, so cooperating seems obvious. But how? That’s where time comes in, so possible exiting news will have to wait, but we couldn’t resist sharing this already ;-). To be continued! #community #publicvaluethinking #publicvalue #alkemio #startups

Our team is at Step Ri - Science and Technology Park of the University of Rijeka, celebrating their 10th anniversary 🥳🚀 “Money is available on the market, it’s just harder to get it nowadays.” is one of the takes from the panel discussion about Trends in future financing, where our president Nina Dremelj shared her insights together with colleagues from Fil Rouge Capital and South Central Ventures #vc #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startups #deeptech Maja Križan

We had a very interactive panel on IP Management in the Start-up Ecosystem from perspectives of investors, universities, established companies and technology transfer professionals. Our audience shared war stories too. Key take-aways: having patents makes time-to-funding faster for start-ups, but patents should not be just pieces of paper (and cost) - company needs to plan the use of the patent. Ensuring sufficient rights to IP is important, especially is complex university innovation ecosystems. #LESI2024

Can large companies maintain the agility needed for innovation? With 25 years of experience at major corporations like Siemens and Continental, I've seen firsthand how industry giants excel at scaling but often face challenges in swiftly bringing innovations to market. At the recent HTGF Family Days, I had the pleasure of engaging with numerous innovators and the team at HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds, including Alex von Frankenberg. The level of true innovation and entrepreneurial spirit was inspiring. Excited to continue this important dialogue and explore the synergies between established industry leaders and dynamic startups. #Innovation #Startups #Automotive

One of the great things about HMG Strategy CIO and CISO Leadership Forum is reconnecting with old friends like Emily Heath Thanks Emily for a great update on innovation accelerators and startups #peoplefirst #ciso #cio #hmgciophil #startup #vc

Delayed post: Tecnod8’s dreams soared to new height, Before we even took our corporate flight! Inflection Point Ventures saw our light, Among the top 40, we shine so bright ! Tecnod8.ai was chosen among the top 40 Startups from all over India, for Ideaschool Batch1.0 by Inflection Point Ventures 🎉 #startup #generativeai #artificialintelligence #genai

#Founders - did you you should start planning for your move to #private #lifescience #labspace a year in advance? Join this informative #lunchandlearn from Crew Universal and WB Engineers+Consultants at Daybreak Labs on Jan. 31 to understand the space requirements and costs to succeed after the #incubator. Slots are filling up fast! Registration info in the post below.