WORLD VENTURE FORUM
Foundation
World Venture Forum Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing innovation, entrepreneurship, and related education worldwide.
OUR MISSION & VISION
Collaborate to Innovate
World Venture Forum Foundation supports the establishment of companies with an innovation and technology background, and promotes initiatives that provide education and further training for entrepreneurs as well as their partners in the startup ecosystem. Through global networking, the WVF Foundation helps innovators in gaining reach and valuable connections. With education and masterclasses, we further enable them to improve their skills.
We make the world smaller through collaboration, strengthen venture quality and act as a global catalyst for entrepreneurship and innovation.
HISTORY
How World Venture Forum Evolved
2013
European Venture Week
An annual golfing meetup of investors & entrepreneurs in Kitzbühel with a shared vision, to empower entrepreneurs around the world, led to the creation of the European Venture Week.
2023
World Venture Forum
Investors and Entrepreneurs all around the world joined this global movement year by year. Therefore, in 2023, the World Venture Forum got established to further internationalize its mission.
2025
World Venture Forum Foundation | Insider Circle
In 2025 the non-profit World Venture Forum Foundation got established with the goal, to foster global innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, while building international partnerships. Subsequently, we founded the Insider Circle that gives access to verified investors and decision makers worldwide.
WVF FOUNDATION
Board
Berthold Baurek-Karlic
Foundation Board Member
Alexander Rapatz
Foundation Board Member
International Senior Board & Chapter Presidents
Dr. Alex von Frankenberg
Foundation Advisor
Thomas in der Maur
Foundation Advisor
Anders Indset
Foundation Advisor
Julian Hettich
Chapter President – Brasil
Shani Zanescu
Chapter President – Israel
Amel Saidane
Chapter President – MENA Region
Ramzi Schumann
Chapter President – Qatar
Nada Shaheen
Chapter President – Egypt
Ramzi Schumann
Chapter President – Quatar
Dr. Herwig Rollett
Chapter President – UAE
Olga Poptaptseva
Chapter President – UK
Deeksha Ahuja
Network Partner
Global Initiatives
Active in 70+ Countries
We are currently active in over 70 countries and collaborate with renowned institutions such as:
TENDERS
Current Calls for Contributions
The World Venture Forum Foundation invites contributions and initiatives that align with our mission to advance innovation, entrepreneurship, and related education worldwide. If you are working on a project or have expertise to share, we welcome your proposals:
- Authors & Researchers: Writing a book, paper, or study on entrepreneurship, innovation, or leadership? Share it with us.
- Educators & Practitioners: Offering a lecture, masterclass, or course that fits within the scope of the foundation? Let’s explore collaboration.
- Innovators & Entrepreneurs: Leading a project or initiative within your community that advances innovation, entrepreneurship or diversity in tech & leadership? We want to hear from you.
- Speakers & Thought Leaders: Interested in contributing to public discourse, conferences, or workshops? Connect with us.
Initial Donors
First-Year Donor Wall
We are deeply grateful to our first-year donors whose early support laid the foundation for our mission.
WVF FOUNDATION
Donation
If you want to support the initiatives that advance innovation, entrepreneurship, and related education worldwide you can donate here:
Here you can find the Federal Register of Foundations and Funds of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior, as well as proof that the World Venture Forum Foundation is registered as a non-profit foundation.