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SUMMARY:Venture Challenge #2: Raise the first round
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Venture Challenge is a workshop series where you can meet suc
 cessful entrepreneurs and hear about their experience and recommandation
 s on a specific entrepreneurial topic. These workshops adress students wi
 th an innovative startup idea or who are interested in entrepreneurship.\n
 \nAttendance is limited so make sure to register here. Note that this even
 t belongs to a series of three workshops (see other dates below)\, based
  on a mission and challenge approach to enhance the validation and executi
 on of your business case. \n\nApply if you have an innovative startup pro
 ject! Student\, doctoral candidate\, postdoc or member of staff at EPFL\, 
 or any other Swiss university carrying a solid high-tech startup project a
 re also more than welcome to join. In case of questions\, please don't he
 sitate to contact Calimna.\n\nVenture Challenge #2: Raise the first round
 \n\nTarget audience: Students\, PhD\, Postdoc\, Academic Staff & Alumni\,
  Interested in Entrepreneurship\nWhy attend? Coaching\, Training\, Inspir
 ation\nSpeaker: Samantha Anderson\, CEO and Co-Founder of DePoly SA\nAbo
 ut: After several experiences as Research Assistant at the University of W
 innipeg\, Queen's University and EPFL\, Samantha successfully completed he
 r PhD in Carbon Capture and Storage at EPFL in 2019. DePoly SA was founded
  with the mission to close the loop on PET plastic recycling. DePoly SA wa
 s listed in the Top 100 ranking of the Swiss startup Award in 2022. DeP
 oly SA recently closed a financing round of 2.7 million CHF\, as a "SERI-
 funded EIC Accelerator Grant" provided by the federal government\, after n
 umerous awards and nominations.\n\n\nOther workshop:\n\nVenture Challenge 
 #3: Financing for startups\n\n	Location: La Station\, EPFL (between Migr
 os & the SwissTech Convention Center)\, Lausanne\n	Day/Time: 30.11.2022 / 
 16:00-18:00\n
LOCATION:La Station https://plan.epfl.ch//?room==CL%202%202624
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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