The Equity Investment Forum, which takes place in Athens in December 7th-8th 2015, is the leading event for all equity financing solutions on venture capital & private equity level, as well as on stock exchange markets level in Greece.

The forum is organized by the Athens Stock Exchange, Enterprise Greece, Hellenic Venture Capital Association (HVCA), New Economy Development Fund (TANEO) and Praxis Network, coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network-Hellas.

The Forum brings together more than 1,300 participants and presents more than 330 business plans by Greek start-ups, developing, small- and medium-sized enterprises, by large Greek enterprises as well. All these plans will be evaluated by Greek, Israeli and international venture capital funds.

This year’s Forum welcomes Israel as the honored country and appreciates the active involvement of the Israeli Embassy of Athens. A dedicated delegation of Israeli investors, policy makers and business people will contribute to the success of the event by promoting cross country operations and by enriching the Greek community with valuable expertise and experience. All involved parties aim at establishing a strong, flexible and mutually beneficial business relationship between our distinguished countries.

Greek Development Minister George Stathakis and the Israeli ambassador to Greece addressed the opening of the forum.

More than 600 bilateral meetings have been scheduled for Tuesday, while distinguished Israeli experts in fields such as innovation, research and development, venture capital and patent rights will organize business laboratories presenting issues such as the Israeli high technology eco-system, methods of success, encouraging R&D, business tools, corporate innovation and patent rights.