Taking into account the increased importance and presence of Business Angels and the growth in the entrepreneurial ecosystem throughout the entire CEE region, EBAN is delighted to announce the launch of the EBAN CEE Community.

The EBAN CEE Community groups Business Angel Networks, Business Angels, Accelerators and Incubators in the following countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria and Serbia with the goal to strengthen cooperation amongst the participating members.  The CEE Community is chaired by CRANE President Davorin Štetner together with the Vice-Chairs Branko Drobnak and Panagiotis Ketikidis, respectively Business Angels of Slovenia President and HeBAN Co-Founder. As with the other Committees and Communities within EBAN, we are delighted to have a member of the EBAN Board of Directors – Selma Prodavonic from the Austrian Angel Investors Association.

The EBAN CEE Community will be involved in a series of activities such as training courses, webinars, demo day events, etc. all aimed at allowing knowledge and best practice sharing within the broader EBAN community and promoting co-investment amongst the CEE Business Angel networks

EBAN  is pleased to be taking this important step to further its mission to empower early stage investors and ecosystem stakeholders across Europe to professionally and efficiently carry out their operations.