Berlin \u2014 20th German Equity Day: The German Private Equity and Venture Capi\u00adtal Asso\u00adcia\u00adtion (BVK) cele\u00adbra\u00adted its anni\u00adver\u00adsary with its annual confe\u00adrence on June 4, 2019 and invi\u00adted top-class spea\u00adk\u00aders. The German Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adter of Econo\u00admics and Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, Peter Altmaier, opened the Equity Day with his speech \u201cFor a strong SME sector of tomor\u00adrow\u201d and clearly advo\u00adca\u00adted streng\u00adthening Germany as a venture capi\u00adtal location.<\/p>\n
\u201cA strong economy in this coun\u00adtry depends on a strong start-up scene. Howe\u00adver, espe\u00adci\u00adally in the growth phase, young compa\u00adnies in Germany often do not have an easy time finding inves\u00adtors. We still have some catching up to do here. It is important to me that inno\u00adva\u00adtions can emerge, grow and become world leaders in Germany,\u201d said the Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adter for Econo\u00admic Affairs and Energy. Altmaier<\/strong> stres\u00adsed: \u201cThat is why we will conti\u00adnue and also further deve\u00adlop our compre\u00adhen\u00adsive set of instru\u00adments for large-volume start-up finan\u00adcing. In doing so, it is also an important concern of mine to attract even more private inves\u00adtors for venture capi\u00adtal investments.\u201d<\/p>\n This was welco\u00admed by Ulrike Hinrichs (photo), mana\u00adging board member of the BVK<\/strong>. \u201cOnly if we succeed in making venture capi\u00adtal more attrac\u00adtive to pension funds and insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies will we have a chance of closing the invest\u00adment gap in follow-up finan\u00adcing. This is where poli\u00adcy\u00adma\u00adkers are called upon to ensure that the finan\u00adcing gap between German start\u00adups and their inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal compe\u00adti\u00adtors does not widen,\u201d said Hinrichs.<\/p>\n Gene\u00adral David H. Petraeus<\/strong>, former Direc\u00adtor of the CIA and now Chair\u00adman of the KKR Global Insti\u00adtute<\/strong>, was another high\u00adlight on the morning of Equity Day. Petraeus made clear how important cyber secu\u00adrity is in today\u2019s world and looked at the current secu\u00adrity chal\u00adlenges posed by the Internet.<\/p>\n Petraeus was follo\u00adwed by a power talk with Dirk Ro\u00dfmann, foun\u00adder and CEO of the drugs\u00adtore chain Dirk Ross\u00admann<\/strong> GmbH, and his long-stan\u00adding finan\u00adcing part\u00adner HANNOVER Finanz Group. The invest\u00adment company had been inves\u00adted in the company for 22 years. \u201cEquity capi\u00adtal as a spar\u00adring part\u00adner was the right decis\u00adion at all times: With the help of the HANNOVER Finanz Group, I was able to streng\u00adthen and further expand my busi\u00adness,\u201d Ro\u00dfmann is convin\u00adced of his decision.<\/p>\n The BVK alre\u00adady has a tradi\u00adtion with the finan\u00adcial policy round\u00adta\u00adble at the Equity Day. This year, Antje Till\u00admann MdB (CDU), Lothar Binding MdB (SPD), Lisa Paus MdB (B\u00fc90\/Die Gr\u00fcnen), Dr. h.c. Hans Michel\u00adbach (CSU) and Frank Sch\u00e4ff\u00adler MdB (FDP) with jour\u00adna\u00adlist and daily presen\u00adter Ines Arland and took a look at deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments in tax and fiscal policy.<\/p>\n For the second time, discus\u00adsion panels were held in the after\u00adnoon in the Venture and Mittel\u00adstand Corner, this time on fund\u00adrai\u00adsing, growth finan\u00adcing and busi\u00adness succes\u00adsion. The annual confe\u00adrence concluded with a speech by BVK Deputy Board Spokes\u00adman Max W. R\u00f6mer with his view of the asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon\u2019s work and the role of equity capi\u00adtal for Germany.<\/p>\n Change on the BVK Board<\/strong> The two Board Spokesper\u00adsons Dr. Regina Hodits and Dr. Chris\u00adtian Stof\u00adfel, the Deputy Board Spokesper\u00adson Max W. R\u00f6mer as well as Dr. Andreas Rodin and Peter Pauli will remain on the Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2014 20th German Equity Day: The German Private Equity and Venture Capi\u00adtal Asso\u00adcia\u00adtion (BVK) cele\u00adbra\u00adted its anni\u00adver\u00adsary with its annual confe\u00adrence on June 4, 2019 and invi\u00adted top-class spea\u00adk\u00aders. The German Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adter of Econo\u00admics and Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, Peter Altmaier, opened the Equity Day with his speech \u201cFor a strong SME sector of tomor\u00adrow\u201d and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1374,1388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-people-en","category-shortcuts-en","news-category-people-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDuring the Gene\u00adral Meeting, Dr. Klaus St\u00f6cke\u00admann, J\u00fcrgen von Wendorff and Peter Hiel\u00adscher were bidden fare\u00adwell from the BVK Execu\u00adtive Board, as they were reti\u00adring by rota\u00adtion. The follo\u00adwing persons have moved up to the Execu\u00adtive Board Anette G\u00f6rg\u00adner<\/strong>, Senior Port\u00adfo\u00adlio Mana\u00adger at TECTA Invest; Ferdi\u00adnand von Sydow<\/strong>, Member of the Manage\u00adment Board of HQ Capi\u00adtal; Dr. Robert Hennigs,<\/strong> Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor and Part\u00adner at Fina\u00adtem; Frank <\/strong>H\u00fcther<\/strong>, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at Abacus alpha; Joachim Rothe<\/strong>, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at LSP;Mark Schmitz,<\/strong> part\u00adner at Lake\u00adstar; and Ronald Ayles<\/strong>, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at Advent Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal and Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor in Germany.<\/p>\n