Banca Transilvania Financial Group, the investment fund Early Game Ventures and Babeș-Bolyai University are hosting a roundtable titled START. FUEL. SCALE for those looking to enter entrepreneurship or just starting out in business. The event will take place in Cluj-Napoca on April 9 this year, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., at Babeș-Bolyai University’s Faculty of European Studies, Jean Monnet Hall, 1 Emmanuel de Martonne Street.

Topics include:

• how a venture capitalist approaches funding;
• when and how the bank gets involved in financing a company;
• how to prepare a company for financing;
• equity OR debt / equity + debt;
• what stage a company is at and the type of funding — “accelerator” or “seed”;
• how many funding rounds are optimal;
• the role of an angel investor;
• how and when an entrepreneur should plan an exit.

Speakers:

Radu Stoicoviciu - Partner, Early Game Ventures

Ioan Nistor - Dean, Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University

Cristian Munteanu - Managing Partner, Early Game Ventures

Dan Calugareanu - Partner, Early Game Ventures

Daniel Szekely - Coordinating Director, SME & Microbusiness, Banca Transilvania

Daniela Secara - Deputy CEO, BT Capital Partners, Banca Transilvania Financial Group

Voicu Oprean - Shareholder and CEO, Arobs Transilvania Software

Bogdan Colceriu - Risky Business

Mircea Vadan - Spherik Acceleration Program

For Banca Transilvania Financial Group, involvement in such events is a way to encourage new ideas and the entrepreneurial spirit. BT supports businesses at every stage with advisory, products, services and a dedicated team. More than 250,000 business clients work with Banca Transilvania — large and mid-corporates, SMEs and microbusinesses. 3 out of 5 SMEs in Romania choose BT.