Resources
Europe-focused Organizations in Northern
California
(partial listing)
Here is a partial listing of Europe-related organizations and websites focused on entrepreneurship, venture finance, innovation, research, business and industry in Northern California. Contact us if your organization should be included here. Updates are done once each calendar quarter.
Business, Professional and Cultural Networking Organizations
- American Business Association of Russian Professionals
- Bay Area Friends of Europe
- British American Business Council - Northern California
- Business Association Italy America (BAIA)
- Danish American Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (DACC Norcal)
- French American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Chapter
- German American Business Association (GABA)
- Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce, New York, NY
- Icelandic Association of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
- Irish Network San Francisco
- Polish American Engineers Club of Silicon Valley
- Silicon Valley Italian Executive Council (SVIEC)
- Silicon Vikings, Palo Alto, CA
- Swedish American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco Chapter (SACC SF), San Francisco, CA
- Swedish Women's Educational Association San Francisco Chapter (SWEA SF), San Francisco, CA
- US-Polish Trade Council, San Francisco, CA
National Government Organizations
- British Consulate General, San Francisco, CA
- Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco, CA
- Czech Invest, Sunnyvale, CA
- Enterprise Estonia, Sunnyvale, CA
- Enterprise Ireland, Palo Alto, CA
- Finnish Consulate, Saratoga, CA
- FinNode, Santa Clara, CA
- French Consulate General, San Francisco, CA
- Innovation Center Denmark, Palo Alto, CA
- Innovation Norway, San Francisco, CA
- Invest in Denmark, Palo Alto, CA
- Invest Sweden, Menlo Park, CA
- Italian Consulate General, San Francisco, CA
- Royal Danish Consulate, San Francisco, CA
- Royal Norwegian Consulate General, San Francisco, CA
- Swedish Trade Council, San Francisco, CA
Regional Government Organizations
- Invest Northern Ireland, San Jose, CA
- Scottish Development International (SDI), Silicon Valley Center, San Jose, CA
- South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), Palo Alto, CA
- State of Bavaria, United States Office for Economic Development, San Francisco, CA
- Wallonia Trade and Investment Office, San Francisco, CA
European Organizations focused on Entrepreneurship
- French Young Entrepreneurs Initiative
- Association Française des Investisseurs en Capital (AFIC)
- RETIS - French network for innovative companies, French incubators and business centers
- Nordic Entrepreneurship Monitor 2010
- StartUpDenmark
- Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES)
- Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum
- theStartup.eu
- International Entrepreneurship
Northern California Incubators and Accelerators focused on European Startups and Dealflow
- M31 USA, Santa Clara, CA (Italy)
- blackbox, Atherton, CA (pan-European)
- "Holland in the Valley" Incubator, San Francisco, CA (Netherlands)
- pariSoma Innovation Loft, San Francisco, CA (France)
- Irish Innovation Center, San Jose, CA (Ireland)
- swissnex San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Switzerland)
- Bootstrap Labs, Redwood City, CA (Sweden)
- Opinno Labs, Pier 38, San Francisco, CA (Spain, other European)
- Silicon Valley Pad, Menlo Park, CA (Denmark)
- US Market Access Center, San Jose, CA (pan-European)
- Plug and Play Technology Center, Sunnyvale, CA (various European countries, regions and cities)
International Student Organizations
