Branko Drobnak

ACIES BIO is a biotechnology contract research organization offering state-of-the-art R&D services to pharmaceutical, chemical, biotech and food industries. We provide full support from idea conceptualization through research to product development. Combining biotechnology and synthetic organic chemistry expertise, we offer a comprehensive service, covering all key development steps for efficient production of biosynthetic natural products or their semi-synthetic derivatives, as well as entirely synthetic compounds. Working with some of the largest international companies, we provide to our clients full R&D support both in our laboratories as well as on-site at the client’s facilities. With experience and know-how in natural product (bio)synthesis, milestone-based approach to projects, innovativeness and flexibility, as well as competitive pricing, ACIES BIO aims to become the premier partner in R&D outsourcing for pharmaceutical companies.

Business Angels of Slovenia is an angel investment club that connects local startups with angel investors and VCs both home and internationally. We aim to create successful partnerships with entrepreneurs help them with fundraising so they can grow internationally. We envision enabling entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas to access seed funding for their companies in early stages of growth and aim to expand and grow on global markets. We also connect business angels with international investors around Europe and are actively helping to further contribute to the development of the Slovenian and regional Startup ecosystem.

The strategic and dealmaking summit of investors, innovation leaders, innovators, startups & scaleups from the whole of Europe, with a strong emphasis on the overall CEE Europe with attracting an aggregated investor potential of 2+ billion euros. Organized by ABC Accelerator and the Slovene Enterprise Fund, in partnership with South Central Ventures.

DoubleRecall, a Y Combinator start-up, is an advertising platform for the web and on mobile apps. Publishers who want to offer premium content or in-app purchases can insert DoubleRecall ad units, which require a user to read a short message and type in a few highlighted words provided by the advertiser to gain access. The process is simple and unlocks the rest of an article for a limited amount of time or provides a user with an additional level or virtual goods in an app. The power is in getting people to type in information, which ratchets up their recognition of the sponsor. And it allows brands to subtly associate their name with certain ideas. For example a soft drink can have users type in their brand name and the word “skinny” to gain access. DoubleRecall, which first launched this platform in Europe last year, said the ads boost name recognition by 11 times over traditional methods. That makes DoubleRecall valuable for brand advertisers, who are willing to pay a premium for ad tools that are engaging.