International Partners

AdvantageAustria
The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Trade Commissioner Service
CREAME Integral Entrepreneurial Service Center of Colombia
CzechInvest
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (UK)
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Enterprise Estonia Pavilion
Enterprise Ireland (Ireland)
Finnode (Finland)
Innovation Center Denmark
Politecnico Di Milano
Stanford University's European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar

AdvantageAustria is the foreign trade platform for Austria. It provides key information about investment opportunities and the market environment in Austria. Advantageaustria.org is the official portal of the Austrian economy abroad. Austrian companies who are specialized in export and international business relations use this platform to post business opportunities for potential foreign partners.

The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce is one of the most representative institutions of Catalan society and a first order’s point of reference for the country's socio-economic arena. The Chamber is a representative, independent, democratic and efficient institution that guaranties the promotion of economic and business activities, as well as a sustainable territorial development.

Located in more than 150 cities worldwide and in regional offices across the country, the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, is Canada's most comprehensive network of international business professionals, offering expert advice, problem-solving skills and a global network of contacts.
The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, part of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, helps Canadian companies and organizations succeed abroad.

CREAME Integral Entrepreneurial Service Center of Colombia, is an organization with more tan 12 years of experience, that promotes a culture of entrepreneurship, supports the creation of businesses and strengthen existing ones. It was created in 1996 with the name "Incubadora de Empresas de Base Tecnológica de Antioquia" based on a multi-stakeholder partnership with support from the private and public sector, business associations and 16 universities. In 2006, with 10 years of experience and an entrepreneurial support model that had been validated, it was transformed into CREAME.

CzechInvest is the investment and business development agency of the Czech Republic whose services and development programs contribute to attracting foreign investment and to developing Czech companies. Its mission is to support investment activities to the highest level of competence not only through our information service and consultancy but also by linkage with structural funds of the EU.

Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus is world class location for hi-tech business and leading edge science. It provides a unique environment for innovation and business growth, with knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking. Its stakeholders are the NWDA, the STFC, Halton Borough Council and the Universities of Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester.

TU Delft stimulates her students and employees to start their own company. Her incubation and growth centre, YES!Delft, offers over a hundred entrepreneurs and their companies a full support programme. They have access to technical facilities, coaching, education and a worldwide network to start their company and achieve the exponential growth they are aiming for. More info: www.tudelft.nl and www.yesdelft.nl.

Enterprise Estonia was set up by the Ministry of Economy by merging five state agencies: Investment Agency, Export Agency, Technology Agency, Regional Development Agency and the Tourist Board. It is operating as a foundation with a public good mission in supporting business activities of Estonia based companies by using the EU Structural Funds and promoting Estonia as a place of doing business abroad. There is a global network of ten representative offices in Hamburg, Helsinki, Kiev, London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Shanghai, Tokyo and in Silicon Valley.

The core mission of Enterprise Ireland is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.

Comprised of members of the business and technology community, FinNode is a network designed to help Silicon Valley companies connect with partners in Finland and the U.S. With domain expertise in more than 20 different industries, FinNode provides resources for business development, internationalization, R&D, outsourcing, intellectual property licensing, venture funding and university partnerships. The FinNode community offers executive-level contacts and expertise relevant to Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups and universities. For more information, please visit www.finnode.com.

Innovation Center Denmark is a tangible result of the Danish Government's globalization strategy with the objective to turn Denmark into a leading knowledge-based economy by 2016. This ambitious objective calls for innovative new approaches to position Denmark in the global value chain. For that reason, two Danish Ministries - The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - have joint forces in creating innovative hubs in global hot spots Silicon Valley being one of them. Innovation Center Denmark connect researchers, companies and ideas between Denmark and the US in high-tech areas; innovations in life science, cleantech and ICT.

The Acceleratore d'Impresa del Politecnico di Milano technical university is where entrepreneurship meets innovation. Managed by Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, the incubator supports business creation from research inside the University (project development and R&D among incubated firms and research departments) and is fostering international relations with other incubators and universities worldwide. Acceleratore is hosting ICT, Clean technologies and Bioengineering start-ups. It is part of the network of incubators of the City of Milano and its four premises (Milano -2-, Como and Lecco) are at the centre of the most developed region of Italy.

Stanford University's European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that presents industry leaders from Europe's hi-tech startup, venture finance, corporate and university research and technology commercialization communities to share their insights and experiences with aspiring and veteran entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley.