HVCA - Portfolio Investment Conference 2023
The Hungarian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HVCA), founded in 1991, will hold its 24th annual investment conference this autumn on 21 September, 2023, which is the largest and most prestigious professional event of the Hungarian VC/PE market.
The conference will provide a forum for the most prominent players, investors, executives and business decision-makers of the Central and Eastern European venture capital and private equity sector to share and discuss market trends and will present the most topical issues with prominent players in the sector.
Many exciting issues will be raised and discussed during the full-day conference.
The first panel discussion will focus on non-conventional venture debt. This panel aims to explore the current role of venture debt in early-stage firms’ life cycle, outlining a number of positive synergies and the nature of complementarity between venture debt and venture capital finance. The discussion will proceed to address the future of the venture debt market.
After the panel discussion, we will hear a niche presentation on the McKinsey study entitled: How Europe's fastest growing start-ups are becoming unicorns.
As in previous years, a social issue indirectly related to the private equity sector will also be discussed: Áron Szilágyi, a three-time Olympic champion, will be our guest. In his presentation, he will show MEEF, the Hungarian Elite Athletes' Interest Protection Forum, an association with a purpose to develop programs for Hungarian elite athletes in cooperation with business partners and educational institutions and provide them with financial and legal advice during their active years and after retirement.
There will also be an exciting panel discussion to explore the effects and benefits of featuring start-ups on TV.
We will also address the leaders of HVCA/HunBAN/StartUp Hungary to highlight the role and initiatives of individual organisations within the regional VC and PE community including highlighting the impact of the three organisations on the startup ecosystem.
Naturally, in addition to the interesting content, we will be waiting for you with delicious snacks, delicious coffees, and great wines during the networking breaks.
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Net Média Zrt. reserves the right to change prices before the event.
Discounts for OFFLINE tickets:
30% for HVCA members, ScaleupFest participants*
20% for portfolio companies of hvca investor members, BAMOSZ, BVCA, CVCA, Invest Austria, PSI, SLOVCA and THBE members*
10% for Bird&Bird, Lead Ventures, Allen & Overy, Portfolion, NTH Zrt. partners*
*Above prices contain intermediate services (catering), to which we are not able to apply discounts. Discounts cannot be combined! In case of a group ticket purchase, Net Média Zrt. is only able to offer a discount if the same person orders and pays for the amount of tickets sufficient to warrant a group discount for the same event during one registration.
Fee includes: conference documentation, full lunch and coffee break.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We warmly welcome all interested individuals over the age of 16 who are interested in the event's professional program, would like to participate, and are open to meeting new partners and high-quality networking opportunities.
You can register for our events on the portfolio.hu/rendezvenyek page on the respective event's subpage by clicking the "registration" button. Due to GDPR compliance, we can only admit participants who have registered online in advance or on-site, and (in case of paid events) have a paid ticket to the event area. Online registration is possible until midnight the day before the event; after that, we welcome interested parties on-site, where our colleagues will gladly assist at the registration desk with ticket purchases or, in the case of free events, ticket collection.
In case of full capacity, registration on the website closes, and you can only join a waiting list. In this case, on-site ticket purchases are also suspended. Our colleagues will notify registered applicants on the list about possible participation opportunities depending on available spots.
The participation fee and other costs (room booking, extras, etc.) can be paid by bank transfer or credit card payment during the registration process. It is important to know that in the two days before the event, only credit card payment is available on our website. In the case of paid events, we cannot guarantee participation without payment of the participation fee.
On the day of the event, bank card payment is also available at the registration desk with the assistance of our colleagues.
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Various discounts are available at our events; you can learn about these on the current event page by clicking here. Please enter the discount, VIP, or sponsorship contract codes in the unique codes field per participant during the process for validation.
Please check the Prices menu for the exact content of the ticket. The ticket price does not include accommodation costs. If the booking option is available at the event, you can select and book accommodation during the registration process.
The official language of our events is Hungarian. For foreign language presentations and international guests, we provide live or AI simultaneous interpretation in Hungarian and English. Please check the availability of this on the information tab, and our colleagues are happy to help at rendezveny@portfolio.hu email address if you have questions.
The presentation materials, to which our speakers have given their consent, will be sent in the thank-you letter after the event. Video and audio recordings will not be shared from the event. Articles and analyses about the event from our experts can be read on Portfolio.hu, Agrárszektor.hu, and Pénzcentrum.hu.
Online registration is considered an order. Participation in the event requires prior payment of the participation fee. After finalizing and submitting the registration, we do not accept cancellations, we do not refund the ticket. The participation fee must be paid even in case of absence from the event.
After full payment of the participation fee, however, participation can be transferred. In case of a name change, please write to rendezveny@portfolio.hu email address, our colleagues will send a code with which the incoming participant must also be registered on our site, according to our data management policy. On the day of the event, on-site, colleagues can also help if a name change is necessary due to a sudden event.
Further information can be found under the Prices tab.
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