Bertrand Jager, MBA

Connecting entrepreneurs and angel investors, we provide the crucial tools, resources and opportunities to assist angel investors make the right decisions on their start-up investment journey. At the heart of Luxembourg startup ecosystem, with over 52 Million Euros invested in the last years, we bring our community to the forefronts of innovation.

The University of Luxembourg, founded in 2003, is multilingual, international and strongly focused on research. Its students and staff have chosen a modern institution with a personal atmosphere, close to the European institutions, international companies and the financial place. Teaching, research and knowledge transfer at the highest international level: those are the goals that this university set from the start. With 270 professors, associate professors, assistant professors and senior lecturers, students from 130 different countries and lecturers originating from 20 different countries, the University offers a multicultural environment. Exchange agreements and research cooperations exist with 354 universities around the world. About 6,783 students (Bachelor, Master, PhD/Doctorate, learning courses, vocational training and lifelong learning) can choose from over 60 degrees, offered by: - The Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, - The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, - The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. The central research priorities of the University of Luxembourg are: - Materials Science - Computer Science & ICT Security - European and International Law - Finance and Financial Innovation - Education - Digital and Contemporary History as well as cross-disciplinary themes (details at https://www.uni.lu/research/focus_areas): - Health and Systems Biomedicine - Data Modelling and Simulation (formerly known as Computational Sciences) University Rankings - Among the top 250 universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024. - No. 20 worldwide in the THE Young University Rankings 2024. https://www.uni.lu/en/about/profile/rankings-accreditations/

Connecting entrepreneurs and angel investors, we provide the crucial tools, resources and opportunities to assist angel investors make the right decisions on their start-up investment journey. At the heart of Luxembourg startup ecosystem, with over 52 Million Euros invested in the last years, we bring our community to the forefronts of innovation.

We provide finance and expertise for sustainable investment projects that contribute to EU policy objectives and make a strong impact on people’s lives in Europe and beyond. The EUs bank The EIB is the European Unions bank. We are the only bank owned by and representing the interests of the European Union Member States. We work closely with other EU institutions to implement EU policy. A major player As the largest multilateral borrower and lender by volume, we provide finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects which contribute to furthering EU policy objectives. More than 90% of our activity is focused on Europe but we also implement the financial aspects of the EUs external and development policies. Lending, blending and advising Lending: The vast majority of our financing is through loans, but we also offer guarantees, microfinance, equity investment, etc. Blending: Our support helps us unlock financing from other sources, particularly from the EU budget. This is blended together to form the full financing package. Advising: Lack of finance is often only one barrier to investment. We can help with administrative and project management capacity which facilitates investment implementation.