Nova KBM

Nova KBM, the second largest Slovenian bank, is aware that young companies face many dillemas at the beginning of their entrepreneurial path. The bank is convinced that the companies don't need only modern, safe and economic support for funding their venture, but also quality information, advice and knowledge.
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Si.Mobil - We support entrepreneurship

Simobil has been supporting various organisations and initiatives for a number of years, as we share similar views on entrepreneurship. We believe that fruitful collaboration with our partners can help us provide assistance to experienced entrepreneurs as well as to those who are still deciding for the entrepreneurial path, namely by raising the level of entrepreneurial knowledge and by promoting entrepreneurship as a positive value in the society. We believe that we are a relevant telecommunications partner with services and products that help you, entrepreneurs, achieve better business results and make it easier to run a business. We mostly want you to focus on your own business and let us take care of the telecommunications segment.
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Initiative Start:up Slovenia

The Initiative Start:up Slovenia unites the most important stakeholders of the Slovenian startup ecosystem. The leading partners are Venture Factory and Technology Park Ljubljana. Members of the Initiative and thereby PODIM Conference partners are: Primorska Technolgy Park, RCR Zasavje, Technology park of Pomurje and Savinja region incubator. PODIM partners are also associate members of the innovation support environment: SAŠA incubator, Entrepreneurship incubator of Spodnje Podravje and Club of young entrepreneurs from Novo Mesto.
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Slovene Enterprise Fund

The Slovene Enterprise Fund is the central national financial institution founded with the aim of making the sources of funds more accessible to small and medium-sized companies. Slovene Enterprise Fund is also the holder of key start-up products: P2, SK75 and SK200. It functions as an acting agency of Ministry of Economic Development and Technology.
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European commission

The European Commission represents the interests of the EU as a whole. It proposes new legislation and ensures that EU law is correctly applied by the member countries. The European Commission is also supporting entrepreneurship, SMEs and start-ups and their business environment with policy initiatives (e.g. Entrepreneurship Action Plan, Start-up Europe initiative, Accelerator Assembly etc.) as well as financial instruments (e.g. equity and debt financial instruments in COSME and Horizon 2020, Structural Funds and also new Investment Plan and its Fund EFSI).
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) provides essential services for enterprises operating in Slovenia, and it is the ideal local partner for foreign investors. The CCIS was founded more than 160 years ago and now has around 9,000 member companies of all sizes and from all regions. It is a non-profit, non-governmental, independent business organization representing the interest of its members and is Slovenia's most influential business association. CCIS unites under its roof 25 branch associations representing all sectors of Slovenian Economy. CCIS operates a network of 13 regional chambers.
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University of Maribor

The transfer of knowledge and different forms of cooperation are the foundation for economic growth. At the University of Maribor, we are well aware of this fact, so the integration with the economy, flows of knowledge and information sharing are our key focus and mission. We work on developing human resources on the one hand and implementing quality development projects on the other.
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KWF

The KWF is the only economic promotion institution of Austria's Province of Carinthia. The principal goals of KWF are the improvement in the innovation capability of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), internal and external corporate development and promotion of high-tech projects and clusters. They support Carinthian enterprises, especially SMEs in regard to their international competitiveness. When incentives are provided, special attention is given to companies that create qualified all-year jobs and contribute to the increase of exports. Providing venture capital is a substantial factor in the development of an appropriate capital market for innovative SMEs.
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Friuli Innovazione

Friuli Innovazione is a research and technology transfer centre based in Udine (Italy). It was set up in 1999 by the University of Udine, the Industrial Association of Udine, the Province of Udine, the Fiat Research Centre, the Agemont, the Industrial Association of Pordenone and CRUP Foundation. The Center aims to facilitate and foster the collaboration between local enterprises and universities and research centers. It rules the enterprises incubator Techno Seed and the Science and Technology Park entitled to Luigi Danieli in Udine. The ideal space for turning ideas into projects and research into products.
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RSG Capital

The core activity of RSG Capital is venture capital management. The company invests in early stage companies with high growth potential, credible and dedicated team, and breakthrough technologies. Company’s complementary services include partner search, convertible loans, bridge financing and payment of specific costs of the project as well as fundraising and advisory services in project structuring and project management.
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Pioneers Festival

Pioneers Festival is Europe’s major conference for tomorrow’s ideas, bringing together the smartest startups with corporates, media and investors eager to support the next big thing. More than 1,600 startups from 90+ countries applied to meet over 400 investors in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. The Festival is limited to 2,500 participants who will learn from the best and get inspired by keynotes that will show what to expect in the years ahead. As a proud partner of the Pioneers Festival, the Initiative Start:up Slovenia ensures that Slovenian start-up companies and the Slovenian start-up system present a united front to festival participants.
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Microsoft Innovation Center

Microsoft has developed a number of programs and activities to support innovative start-up companies, with which they wish to contribute to the achievement of objectives in the fields of innovation and increased competitiveness. With partner participation in initiatives such as Start:up Slovenia, they want to support activities that directly and actively influence the development of the economy at the local level.
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SPIRIT Slovenia - Public Agency

Slovenian Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Development, Investment and Tourism Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia or SPIRIT Slovenia is one of the key agencies of MGRT. Under one umbrella agency, it unites the most important areas of the Slovenian economy: entrepreneurship, innovation, development, investment and tourism.
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GREAT

The GREAT Britain campaign showcases the very best of what Britain has to offer. We welcome the world to visit, study and do business with the UK.
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CEP & Slovenia's Development Cooperation,

CEP - Centre for European Perspective is a provider of development aid and cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. The international development cooperation programme of the Republic of Slovenia has been included among Slovenia’s foreign policy priorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the national coordinator for international development cooperation. CEP is focusing its activities on the Western Balkan countries by building capacity of the EU candidate countries (Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia) and potential candidate countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo) on their way to EU. For this purpose, CEP organizes trainings, seminars, workshops, conferences at international and regional levels, roundtables and other forms of knowledge transfer in the field of security and economic development.
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Embassy of Israel

The Embassy of Israel is the entry point for establishing connections with the Israeli economy, which is one of the most technologically advanced economies in the world. Israel also has one of the best developed ecosystem for start-up companies in the world.
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Kompas MTS

Kompas PLC was founded for the purpose of providing services associated with travellers and goods in transit at international borders. Over the years, the company successfully followed its vision and took over an enviable market share on the Slovenian market. The company also designed its own brand for this express purpose. It’s called KOMPAS SHOP and throughout the years, it developed into what is now a widely recognized chain of business objects along the entire Slovenian border. The company actively seeks new business opportunities on the market for expanding their activity, especially through strategic acquisition of start-ups and already established companies.
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Pošta Slovenije

Pošta Slovenije (Slovenia Post) is one of the largest Slovenian providers of logistic solutions. They are developing technological excellence, rewarding entrepreneurial drive, strengthening commitment, striving towards development, and generating profit. They are continually striving to expand the range and quality of their services as well as to develop new ones by integrating state-of-the-art technological and ecological solutions. Slovenia Post offers excellent office programmes, real hardware and friendly business solutions - all in one place, attentively connected and incredibly simple. Entirely custom-made for users and available for a good monthly subscription price.
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S&T

Company S&T Slovenia, informacijske rešitve in storitve d.d., has been one of the leading providers of comprehensive IT solutions on the Slovenian market for more than 20 years. They plan, develop, install, maintain and outsource business and IT solutions.
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ABC Accelerator

ABC is a Slovenian start-up accelerator based on a system of mentoring, connecting and global expansion. ABC is meant for start-ups and small companies, offering them seed capital, mentorship, business space, connections and global expansion. In exchange for the services offered, ABC obtains an 8 % company share.
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Coworking Maribor

Coworking Maribor is space, is community, is the positive energy where ideas come true. Here young entrepreneur co-create and polish the edges of their ideas, preparing ventures. Here experienced businessmen come to share their knowledge. Here ambitious people meet and brainstorm their ideas in a co-creative supporting environment. For expanding their knowledge needed for the ventures we organize seminars, workshops, lectures, coaching… making CWMB the place for focusing wishes, will and competences for never-ending induction of changes in the society.
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COINVEST

COINVEST is a platform connecting regional high-tech projects with the emerging innovative ecosystem. Its activities aim to develop an ecosystem that would help prospective projects obtain the necessary assets: capital, access to market, managerial skills.
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Finance Daily

Časnik Finance is part of the Swedish company Bonnier Business Press, which publishes business newspapers in 11 countries. The main brand of the Časnik Finance company is the Finance daily newspaper, which is the leading information source for the Slovenian business community. Business Daily Finance is also in charge of the Startaj.si project.
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Startaj.si

The Startaj.si portal is intended for everyone interested in entrepreneurship, education and career development. The portal is designed in a way that encourages as much collaboration as possible with all the players of the entrepreneurial and start-up ecosystem.
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inventures.eu

inventures.eu is your source for the startup scene in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Based in Vienna, they cover news, profiles and how-to insights on how people have achieved success and what we can learn from them.
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netokracija

Netokracija.si brings you fresh news about the latest trends in web technology, business and culture.
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Gazela

Gazelles are dynamic companies that grow quickly, develop rapidly and are always one step ahead of the competition. Gazela is a project of the Dnevnik newspaper company, where a special committee annually chooses ten companies in six regions from amongst 100 fastest growing companies. Winners from all regions compete for the golden, silver and bronze gazelle each year.
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Večer

Večer is one of the most important media in Slovenia, a national newspaper and the central daily newspaper of north-eastern Slovenia. It reports current events in Slovenia and the world, shares opinions, news and commentaries from all important fields of cultural life, such as politics, sports, culture, economy, finance, work and employment… It’s the newspaper with the biggest amount of local and regional news in Slovenia.
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