HTS HealthTech Summit 2015

Global Partners
 
Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Pictet & Cie is today one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and the leading independent asset management specialist in Europe, with CHF 357 billion (EUR 297 billion) in assets under management and custody at June 2012. Pictet & Cie is a partnership owned and managed by eight general partners with unlimited liability for the bank’s commitments. The Pictet Group, based in Geneva, employs more than 3,200 staff. The group has offices in the following financial centres: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Dubai, Florence, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Taipei, Turin, Tokyo and Zurich.
 
Gide is a premier international law firm. Founded in Paris in 1920, the firm now operates from 17 offices wordlwide. With 600 lawyers, drawn from 35 different nationalities, Gide offers some of the most respected specialists in all sectors of national and international finance and business law.
 
In each of its offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa, Gide provides its clients with comprehensive knowledge of local markets, regional expertise, and the resources of an international law firm.
 
 


Host Partner
 
  The mission of the Department for Economic Affairs of the State of Vaud is to put in place the framework conditions required to promote economic growth. Its objectives are designed to highlight the know-how of companies and to make the canton an attractive and competitive environment. 
The vitality of economy in the Canton of Vaud is particularly remarkable in state-of-the-art industries with high added value such as life sciences, information technology, micro- and nanotechnology, environmental and agri-food technologies. Strong political support and many concrete state support and incentives serve to reinforce growth in these sectors.
   


Silver Partner
   
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI) is evolving corporate healthcare venture capital globally by utilizing their healthcare ecosystem strategy.  This investment strategy connects innovative companies with complementary technologies to develop integrated healthcare solutions. Merck GHI has $500M under management and provides growth capital to emerging healthcare technology companies worldwide while leveraging the vast R&D-based, global resources of Merck. With a vision that data will be the currency in healthcare, GHI invests broadly in digital health.  GHI invests in platform companies with proven technologies or business models where Merck's expertise and perspectives can accelerate revenue growth and enhance value creation.   Since late 2010, Merck GHI has made over 20 investments in Digital Health companies.

 
   

Bronze Partner

  
   
Euronext is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with over 1 300 issuers worth €2.2 trillion in market capitalization, an unmatched blue chip franchise consisting of 20+ issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong diverse domestic and international client base.  
Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. 
Euronext also leverages its expertise of running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties.  Its regulated markets are Euronext, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs’ access to capital markets.  Euronext is a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE).
Gillamor Stephens is EMEA’s leading independent Executive Recruitment company specialising in VP, CxO-level and Non-Executive search for Corporate and VC/PE portfolio companies in the Technology and Digital marketplace.
Gillamor Stephens is a retained executive search firm founded in 1998. We specialise in recruiting board and senior functional leadership roles for Technology and Digital companies across Europe. Clients include publicly listed companies and PE/Venture backed businesses. We have built our reputation for excellence by applying the highest professional standards to a tailored, customized project approach for each client and assignment. We have the infrastructure, resources and reach of a large firm with the agility, personal touch and energy of an industry specialist firm.
The Gillamor Stephens’ ethos can be summarised in three words: Knowledge, Commitment, Results.