Hrvoje Bujanovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable
Development, in the name of Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of the Republic of
Croatia

Domagoj Mikulic, State Secretary, Ministry of the Regional Development and
European Union Funds, in the name of Sime Erlic, Minister of Regional Development
and European Union Funds

Sladana Cosic, Head of Office in Croatia, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Hrvoje Cuvalo, President of the Managing Board, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR)

Award ceremony with a short presentation of the nominees by the expert jury in
four categories:

1. 1. Private Equity Investment of the Year 2023
   2. Venture Capital Investment of the Year 2023
   3. Founder of the Year 2023
   4. Investor of the Year 2023

Take advantage of networking with the leading private equity and venture capital investors, as well as the founders of successful startups and scaleups.

Matija Nakic, CEO & Founder, Farseer

Venture Capital investment and scaling of startups with revenues from 0 to 100 million euros in record time – Native Teams success story.

Stevica Kuharski, Partner, Fil Rouge Capital

Valeri Petrov, Managing Partner, Eleven Ventures

Jack Thorogood, Founder & CEO, Native Teams

Aleksandra Mitrevska, Co-Founder, Chief Evangelist, Native Teams

Timothei Jukic, Regional Director, Native Teams

Moderator: Bernard Ivezic, CEO & Co-founder @Unicorn Underground

Albert Gajšak, CEO & Founder CircuitMess

Proven buy-and-build strategy and success story of Adria Dental Group.

Gordan Muskic, CEO, Adria Dental Grupa

Ivan Dujmovic, Partner, Provectus Capital Partners

Moderator: Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA

Tomislav Ivanic, CEO & Founder, SoltiQ

Although it is dangerous to combine investment and illusion, in the case of the Museum of Illusion, the investment of Invera Equity Partners proved to be a winning combination and enabled the creation of the largest chain of museums globally and the export of Croatian products and know-how strategies.

Slaven Kordic, Managing Partner, Invera Equity Partners

Teo Sirola, President, Museum of Illusions

Ivan Stipancic, Museum of Illusions

Roko Zivkovic, Founder and Advisor, Museum of Illusions

Moderator: Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA

Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA