EBAN co-operates with different international initiatives to create synergies and provide better access to services and knowledge to its members in the field of technology transfer, market oriented R&D, regional economic development and the like.

International Partnerships
Associations of Business Angels Groups, Seed Funds and other Early Stage Investors

ACA - Angel Capital Association
The Angel Capital Association is North America's professional alliance of angel groups. This fast-growing association brings together many of the 330 angel organizations in the United States and Canada to share best practices, network, and help develop data about the field of angel investing.

AAAI - Australian Association of Angel Investors
AAAI promotes a vibrant Angel community and culture in Australia through the promulgation of best practice, fostering the development of Angel Investor groups, providing continuing education for Angel Investors, nurturing international relationships with the global community of Angel Investors and representing its members through policy advocacy and collaborative initiatives with Australian governments to encourage and develop an efficient and effective risk capital market in Australia.

NACO - National Angel Capital Organisation
NACO promotes a vibrant Angel community and culture in Canada through the development of formal Angel investor groups, best practices education and mentoring programs, and the formation of collaboration and co-investment mechanisms to encourage an efficient risk capital market in Canada.

Angel Association New Zealand
The Angel Association is an organisation that aims to increase the quantity, quality and success of angel investments in New Zealand and in doing so create a greater pool of capital for innovative start-up companies.

NASVF - National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
The National Association of Seed Funds is an organization of innovation capital leaders: private, public and non-profit organizations committed to building their local economies by investing in local entrepreneurs.

European Partnerships

EBN - European Business Incubation Centre Network
EBN is an international non-profit making organisation. The Statutes of Association establishing EBN (the Association) state that:
“All funds available to the Association will be devoted to the pursuit of the Association’s aims and objects. Its main object is to promote the growth of Business and Innovation Centres both within and outside the European Union (EU), the aim of which is to set up new small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and/or new activities within existing SMEs based on new ideas with growth potential. It will mobilize any system, service or activity, which may directly or indirectly assist its members in achieving their objectives with optimum professionalism and efficiency.”

EUREKA
EUREKA aims to enhance European competitiveness through its support to businesses, research centres and universities who carry out pan-European projects to develop innovative products, processes and services.

EVCA - European Venture Capital Association
EVCA continuously monitors research conducted by third parties, to enhance the provision of up-to-date information on various market segments and regions.

EEN - Enterprise Europe Network
The Network offers support and advice to businesses across Europe and helps them make the most of the opportunities in the European Union. The services are specifically designed for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) but are also available to all businesses, research centres and Universities across Europe.

ANIMA - Investment Network
ANIMA Investment Network is a multi-country platform supporting the economic development of the Mediterranean. The network gathers around 40 governmental agencies and international networks. The objective of ANIMA is to contribute to a better investment and business climate and to the growth of capital flows into the Mediterranean region.

ETT - The European Tech Tour Association
The European Tech Tour Association (ETT) is an independent, not-for-profit organization composed of key contributors to the high-technology industry, founded in Geneva in 1998. Its goal is to promote European entrepreneurship and provide a platform, in the form of events, for entrepreneurs and investors to meet, ideally leading to funding or facilitation of high technology companies looking to expand internationally. The Association organizes two regional tours per year to identify the best emerging companies in a geographic region, as well as two vertical industry events to capture the most innovative European companies in a specific industry segment such as Cloud & ICT 2.0, Cleantech, Medtech and Web & Mobility.

Global Partnerships

INSME - International Network for SMEs
The International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises-INSME is a non profit Association open to international membership. Its mission is to stimulate transnational cooperation and public and private partnership in the field of innovation and technology transfer to SMEs.

CEED - Centre for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development
CEED is a Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development that supports entrepreneurs by providing know-how and networks they need to accelerate the growth of their businesses and to promote an entrepreneurial culture in the broader society.

EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development
EFMD is an international membership organization, based in Brussels, Belgium. With more than 700 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 82 countries, EFMD provides a unique forum for information, research, networking and debate on innovation and best practice in management development.

Stanford European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders 
From Ireland to Russia, and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, Europe's technology sector is today playing a growing role in bringing new energy, environmental, water, information, medical device and life sciences technologies to market through SMEs. Europe's countries and regions, however, face substantial challenges in rapidly moving to the marketplace the technical innovations that are being developed in universities, national laboratories and corporations. Many of these regions are increasingly looking to Silicon Valley to accelerate this process and train a new generation of entrepreneurs and innovation professionals.

Science|Business
Science|Business is the first independent news service that brings together buyers and sellers of emerging technologies - through its online news coverage, its subscriber-posting service, and its exclusive networking events. It does so with a top-quality news team, and a unique network of Europe's leading scientific institutions.