Despite Mother Nature’s strong will, Access Forum 2008 delivered on its promises and had fifteen top Israeli mobile companies and major international VCs attending the two-day event regardless of the dire state of global economy. The overall atmosphere was very positive and up-beat and the feedback from the participants was highly supportive.

Key highlights were:

• Over 150 executive level participants representing ten nationalities
  

• At FIG Marketplace, over 100 meetings were booked through the Matching Tool between Israeli firms, Finnish firms and financiers.
  

• The reception at the Israeli ambassador’s residence gathered all the key stakeholders of Access Forum together to celebrate and network
  

• MoneyTalks Forum Special surpassed all expectations in quality and quantity by having eight top Finnish mobile companies pitching in front of 20 international and local financiers.
  

Access Forum wants to thank all people who contributed to the event and is looking forward to seeing you again in 2009! 

You may wonder why we force you to go through such a cumbersome registration process for Access Forum 2008. The answer is simple: Finding the right partner may be key to your company’s future success. With Matching Tool, you immediately see companies that fit into your profile, you can request meetings and you can browse through the catalogue of other attendees to the event.

Doing this before the event saves you time, allows you to coordinate your efforts better and increases chances of finding new business opportunities. If you haven’t used the tool yet, start it today at: http://access-forum.b2bmatchmaking.com/p_index.php

Slush Helsinki, an event by start-ups for start-ups, is collaborating with Access Forum to deliver something completely new and exciting for all key players of the start-up community. With great mingling opportunities at a classic tram depot Korjaamo, the Monday afternoon is bound to provide a great chanceto network and will definitely be very different from your typical office meeting rooms.

Slush participation is included in your Access Forum registration, so make sure to make the most out of it!

The international envoy to Access Forum 2008 keeps getting stronger. Ten major international Venture Capital firms have already signed-up and there are still highly exciting companies in the pipeline! The list of attending VCs includes such major players as Gemini Israeli Funds with $700M under management, Carmel Ventures with $600M under management and BlueRun Ventures with $1Bn under management.

With exclusive mobile focus, young Finnish high tech start-ups have never had a better chance to meet international financiers of this caliber!

Join us - this November!

Due to high demand for tickets to Access Forum 2008, the total number of participants will be raised to 150 people, making Access Forum 2008 the largest and the most high-profile event of this type in Finland to date. With deep focus on mobility, for which Finland is foremost known for, it is expected that the Finnish high tech start-up scene will have the best possible setting to demonstrate its technology to the world’s largest venture capital firms.

The level of excitement is a testament to the Finnish mobile companies and the kind of innovation they are able to foster. Finland is a leading country in mobile solution development and has for years been able to continuously introduce some of the most exciting innovations in the world.

Register for Access Forum 2008 today, and be amongst the ones who make visions reality!