New Ventures China Investor Forum & Business Plan Presentation
- - Linking Environmental Entrepreneurs with Investors
- - Save the Date: New Ventures China Investor Forum 2005
Date: 17-18 November, 2005
Location: Shanghai, China
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and LEAD China
are pleased to announce the Third Annual
New Ventures Investor Forum in China
with the support of Citigroup and Shell China
Call for Businesses that are Environmentally and Socially Responsible
IMPORTANT DATES:
Entrepreneur Workshop & Training, Southwest China April 20, 2005, Chengdu
Entrepreneur Workshop & Training, East China May 2005, Nanjing
Entrepreneur Workshop & Training, Northwest China June 2005, Yinchuan
Deadline for Business Plan Submission July 15, 2005
Finalist Mentoring and Professional Consulting Services Aug - Oct, 2005
Investor Forum & Business Plan Presentation Nov 17-18, 2005, Shanghai
How can the New Ventures Investor Forum benefit my business?
* Professional business training as preparation to present at the Investor Forum.
* Access to individual and institutional investors
If your business is selected as one of the finalist enterprises, you will receive these additional benefits:
* One-on-one professional consulting services to improve and develop your business
* The opportunity to present your business to an audience of investors
* Consulting services provided by top US and China business schools
* Improving your company’s image and promoting your products through international and domestic media exposure
* Becoming a member of the New Ventures China Entrepreneurs, and receiving outreach opportunities via the New Ventures website in Chinese and English
* Access to potential buyers and partners
Requirements for Entry:
To participate, you must have a legally-formed enterprises able to receive equity investment and conduct business in one or more of the following fields:
1. Renewable Energy
2. Biodiversity
3. Clean Technology
4. Organic agriculture
5. Other Environmental Friendly sectors
Criteria for Evaluation:
1. Business model
2. Management team
3. Environmental and social impacts
Can you help me with my presentation?
Each finalist enterprise will receive consulting services to develop your business plan and final presentation. Services are provided by professional consultants and supported by New Ventures.
What about confidentiality?
All information received by New Ventures will be treated confidentially. Anyone who views your business plan required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
Is there a submission fee and presentation fee?
Free for small and medium enterprises working in sustainable sectors to participate in workshops, training and investor forum.
How do I register?
Please complete and fill out the registration form that can be downloaded from
www.new-ventures.org.cn/apply/AppForm.xls . If you already have a business plan, please attach it with your registration form. All correspondence should be sent to:
nv@new-ventures.org.cn .
Attn: Jerry Lizhe / New Ventures China
LEAD-China / Institute for Environment & Development
19 Min Wang Yuan, Hong Tai Building Dong Cheng District, Beijing 100013 China
Tel +86-10-5131-9206
Fax +86-10-5131-9204
E-mail: lizhe@lead.org.cn
http://www.new-ventures.org
http://www.new-ventures.org.cn
Process
All qualifying business plans will be screened by a committee who will notify entrepreneurs as to whether or not they have been chosen as a New Ventures Finalist to present at the upcoming Investor Forum this November in Shanghai. At that time, finalists enterprises will begin the mentoring program which will provide them with pro-bono consulting services to improve business plans and prepare for the presentation at the Investor Forum. If your business plan is selected, you will have the chance to present your business, in your own words, directly to the potential investors, buyers and partners at the October Investor Forum in Beijing.
About New Ventures
New Ventures is a project of the World Resources Institute's (WRI), a Washington DC - based environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives. For more than a decade, WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program has harnessed the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges. WRI is the only organization that brings together corporations, entrepreneurs, investors, and business schools to accelerate change in business practice. The program improves people’s lives and the environment by helping business leaders and new markets thrive.
New Ventures supports sustainable enterprise creation by accelerating the transfer of capital to outstanding investment opportunities that incorporate social and environmental benefits. By providing sound business opportunities for investors and emerging markets, New Ventures is demonstrating that investing in sustainable enterprises makes good business sense.
Interest in profitable investments that meet social and environmental criteria is growing. New Ventures is helping to meet this demand by identifying promising enterprises, providing business mentoring services, and introducing entrepreneurs to potential investors.
New Ventures has been assisting entrepreneurs in Latin America since 1999, facilitating the transfer of $6.5 million dollars to their portfolio of enterprises. New Ventures China is a unique program that will develop and grow Chinese SMEs’ working in sustainable sectors by providing them with enhanced business skills and management strategies, and access to capital and markets.
New Ventures China was successfully launched in 2002 and has hosted its two Investor Forums in Shanghai (2003) and in Beijing (2004). At each Forum, ten finalists enterprises presented their business to the audience of investors. All twenty companies benefited from the event in that they were able to improve their business plan and gain significant media exposure. By end of 2004, New Ventures China has trained and mentored more than 200 SMEs through a series of seminars and workshops across the country. Having successfully transferred venture capital more than 3 million US dollars, New Ventures China has become a platform through which SMEs can enhance the management skills, core business competitiveness, corporate images, and etc.
For more information, please contact us.
New Ventures is a project of WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program. For more than a decade, WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program has harnessed the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges.
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