{"id":1307,"date":"2019-07-03T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T07:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tba.network\/?p=865"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T07:59:54","slug":"our-visit-to-the-sei-torino-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tba.network\/it\/our-visit-to-the-sei-torino-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Our visit to the SEI Torino Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

tba network was back in Torino (Italy) for the 2nd edition of SEI TORINO FORUM, a high class deep tech event hosted by SEI<\/a>, the School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Fondazione Agnelli<\/a>, a non-profit, independent social sciences research institute, established by the founding family of Fiat.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Highlight of the event was the interview by host John Elkann <\/strong>with Daniel Ek<\/strong>, the founder of Spotify. Daniel was quite bullish on the possibility of creating further European Champions like Spotify and wants to promote more cooperation between regional startup ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Daniel Ek of Spotify<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

His key message was that Europe must become the\nleading deep tech hub of the world. There is sufficient critical mass, but the\nvarious \u201cislands\u201d need to be inter-connected more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

tba network, with its European \/ cross-boarder\nmindset, is an great position to play an active role in that!! <\/p>\n\n\n

The SEI Forum also gave selected startups the opportunity to learn from some of the brightest deep tech entrepreneurs in Europe. We are proud that Kilobaser<\/a> and Immaginabiotech<\/a>, two of tba network\u2019s portfolio companies, were invited to be part of the roundtable sessions<\/a> at the forum.<\/p>\n\n\n

In the spirit of establishing pan-European connections, we also met with some high caliber investors, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n