Astia invites you to an Informative Breakfast on 11 February 2011 to learn more about Astia and its European Entrepreneur Program for Women-led high growth companies seeking funding. 

This invitation is extended to investors, advisers and entrepreneurs that have an interest in high-growth entrepreneurship. Places are limited.

If you are new to Astia, please come and join us to learn more about Astia. You will have the opportunity to hear about our programs, meet Entrepreneurs, existing Astia Advisors and members of the Astia team and the European Advisory Board of Astia. 

 We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda

8.00-8.30 Networking (coffee & croissants)

8.30--10.00 Welcome by Host Sponsor, Introduction to Astia and the programme

10.00-10.30 Networking

regards,

Simone Brummelhuis, VP Europe of Astia

Simone Brummelhuis, Dunya Bouhacene, Dominique Valentiny and Michaela Wood, members fo the European Advisory Board of Astia will be available at the 'About Astia' breakfast to meet you and advise you on your questions relating to Astia

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Astia vous invite à un petit déjeuner le 11 février 2011 pour découvrir son programme européen destiné aux PME de croissance dirigées par des femmes et à la recherche de financement.

Cette invitation s’adresse aux investisseurs, conseillers et entrepreneurs intéressés par le secteur des jeunes entreprises en croissance.

Si vous ne connaissez pas Astia, rejoignez nous pour comprendre qui est Astia. Vous aurez l’opportunité de  découvrir  nos programmes,  de rencontrer des entrepreneurs et d’échanger avec des membres de l’équipe européenne d’Astia ainsi que des membres de son Comité Stratégique Européen.

Dans l’attente de vous rencontrer,

Très cordialement,

Simone Brummelhuis,

VP Europe Astia

Simone Brummelhuis, Dunya Bouhacene, Dominique Valentiny et Michaela Wood, membres du Comité Stratégique Européen d’Astia seront disponibles pour vous rencontrer et répondre à vos questions.

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EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Friday, 11 February 2011
Time: 8.00am-10.30am

Location: The breakfast is kindly sponsored and hosted on location by Dunya Bouhacene, CEO of Women Equity for Growth and member of the European Advisory Board of Astia.

ABOUT ASTIA

Astia, the premier venture accelerator for women-led high-growth companies, is calling upon UK and European start-ups to join Astia and participate in its prestigious Entrepreneur Programme, to be held in London March 14-18, 2011 and the subsequent Investor Forum.

Technology, E-commerce, Life Science and Clean Technology companies are encouraged to apply. Invitations are extended only to those companies that pass Astia’s robust screening and qualification process.Applications to the programme are welcome via this link.

Astia is a global not-for-profit organization with a distinct focus and mission – to uniquely source innovation by propelling women’s full participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses, fuelling innovation and driving economic growth. Astia works with start-ups around the world as they access capital, grow their businesses, and hone the leadership skills of their founding teams.

The Astia model of engaging a community of experts to the benefit of the select start-ups it serves has resulted in an exceptional success rate: since 2003, 60 percent of companies that have participated in the Astia Investor Forums have secured funding or achieved an exit within one year of presenting, totaling more than half a billion dollars raised and 21 exits, including two IPOs.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Astia delivers programs for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, New York,Europe and India. Astia has also had significant press coverage in major media channels including The New York Times, Businessweek, Forbes and The Financial Times. For more information, visit www.astia.org.