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The Ideas Powered for business SME Fund, which opened for applications on 11 January 2021, is a 20 million EUR grant scheme to help EU SMEs protect their intellectual property (IP). Co-funded by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Commission, the SME Fund will grant IP Vouchers to EU SMEs in five separate

A new course about Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies is available online for students, entrepreneurs, investors and innovators partners. The course is powered by DLT4All, an Erasmus+ project dedicated to advancing the knowledge and adoption of Blockchain across industries and geographies. You can join the course for free at any time, and obtain an official certificate

ACCIÓ-Catalonia Trade & Investment, Catalonia and Barcelona’s main Investment Forum, virtually celebrated its 25th anniversary on November 6th, 2020. It also published the 2020 Investment Forum Catalogue of Companies which includes 50 of the startups with the most potential in Catalonia. These startups were selected to participate in Catalonia’s main Investment Forum, standing out for their

Interested in implementing your entrepreneurial project in Spain? Rising Up in Spain is a program created by ICEX to attract foreign talent. They support foreign startups setting up in Spain and make all phases of the process of setting up and developing entrepreneurial projects in the country easy! In recent years the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem has

GALACTICA project, which aims to foster the creation of new industrial value chains around textile and aerospace sectors based on advanced manufacturing across EU, announced today the registration opening for its first-ever Hackathon, with €50.000 in prizes. SMEs from these sectors as well as other interested parties such as start-ups and university students can form

The success of a growth company or its international breakthrough is rarely a coincidence. There are often tenacious years of development work in the background, as well as countless negotiations and sparring between various parties. Secapp, Layette, Fibion and Aiwo are successful startups at growth accelerators Venture Academy Finland and Kasvu Open. They are saying

Originally published by Newable Ventures Newable Ventures are, as lead investors, delighted to announce the successful deployment of a £680,000 investment in cyber security start-up Elemendar. Newable Venture’s investment in Elemendar consisted of £570,000 from the Newable Ventures Fund, the Fund’s 250 strong angel network, and British Business Investments (BBI), with the remainder of the

On December 2nd 2020, EBAN hosted a round table to discuss and brainstorm how to design a compelling learning module about Financial Innovation in Agri-food systems. The workshop falls in the framework of AgTech7, an Erasmus+ project aimed at developing a MOOC on farm-to-fork technologies and smart agriculture, including one module on innovative financial instruments

Entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development – when new businesses launch and grow, they create jobs, address customer needs through market-based solutions, and drive demand for other products and services from a supply chain. With this knowledge in mind, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other development institutions have increasingly

Published by CNBC on  Thursday, Nov. 26 2020 6:55 AM EST. LONDON – Sequoia Capital, one of the best-known venture capital firms on Menlo Park’s Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, has made a major new bet on what it thinks is the next hottest thing: Europe. Founded 48 years ago by Don Valentine, the

[Dhaka, Bangladesh and Brussels, Belgium] – Bangladesh Angels Network (BAN), the pioneering angel investment network in the country, and the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), the pan-European representative for the early stage investor community, have announced today that they are joining forces to work together to source, cross-refer, and promote linkages in technology-enabled startups in

  The £10m commitment from British Business Investments’ Regional Angels Programme will be invested by Newable Ventures, in partnership with BPEC, to deliver around £25m of new funding. The commitment will be split between Newable’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund, which supports a diversified UK-wide portfolio of knowledge intensive companies, and a separate pool to back entrepreneurs

As a partner of the EU-funded project THE NEXT SOCIETY, EBAN has launched Ask an Angel, a brand-new virtual mentoring program for start-up entrepreneurs based in the MENA region. The program is backed by ANIMA Investment Network as the coordinator of THE NEXT SOCIETY. The program is a highly customized service that supports +25 start-ups

Successful professionals, entrepreneurs and business leaders have the potential to create significant impact and personal wealth by investing their time, money and expertise in talented local entrepreneurs. To promote a culture of Africans investing in Africans, the International Tech Hub network, a UK Government initiative delivered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,

  Rinne&Partners, a consultancy that grows companies by improving new market entry success, has recently joined EBAN as a member. They have been actively helping numerous companies to open new markets in the past 15 years. While working with growth companies, VC’s and angel investors, Rinne&Partners has become an expert in internationalization and market entry,

Helping the builders of a new world: A multi-country initiative embedded within local Wharton Alumni associations !  Startups provide solutions to new challenges and contribute to the rapid and profound transformations in society that we are witnessing today. Led by dreamers and visionaries, startups are a powerful tool for improving the world. At the same

EBAN is pleased to welcome you to an invitation only round table about Financial innovation for the Agri-food Sector, due to take place online on Wednesday 2nd December at 15:00 – 16:30 CET.  The workshop is powered by the EU funded project AgTech7, whose objective is to develop a MOOC covering a set of agri-tech farm-to-fork applications.    We aim to

  EBAN Elects new Board of Directors for the 2020-2022 Term A newly elected Board, voted in during a General Assembly on October 28th for the 2020-2022 term has brought even more energy to EBAN, along with new aspirations to make angel investing an even larger part of Europe’s future. The Board will be led

Join THE NEXT SOCIETY pool of coaches and take part in BigBooster Lebanon! Berytech is organising the Business Innovation Week 2020, a disruptive event designed to bring together entrepreneurs, mentors, industry experts, investors and ecosystem leaders from Europe, the MENA region and Gulf countries to work on business expansion and explore investment opportunities. Three activities are organized

In partnership with Technoport from Luxembourg, Atal Incubation Centre-Aartech, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park & SRIX (SR Innovation Exchange) from India, as well as Innovus & Africa, and Orange, Descartes Incubator are organizing the Aggregator 2020, an International Start-Up vs Covid-19 Matchmaking Competition between Europe, Africa and India. The aim of this competition is to identity and reward

GALACTICA – “Smart Industrial innovation as enabler to drive new value chains for textiles and aerospace”, has officially started with its kick-off meeting held virtually on September 28th and 29th 2020. GALACTICA project aims to support the creation of new industrial value chains around textile and aerospace based on advanced manufacturing. The project will facilitate

EBAN is pleased to invite its community to fill out a survey by the London School of Economics on the impact of startup risk. The survey will measure the effects that risk mitigation has on investors’ willingness to invest in startups. This study, which EBAN is proud to support as a dissemination partner, will serve as a bridge

An interview with Tarek El Kady, founder of MED Angels, the business angel network that connects Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: Watch the full video interview on YouTube Tell us a few words about yourself and your background. I founded Techne Summit five years ago and since then I’ve been intrigued by the

Healthcare investment is a hot topic for Angels and Venture funds alike. Though European healthcare markets are fragmented, it is a universal issue that more patient-centric and affordable healthcare solutions need to be brought to all our aging markets. Business Angels play a key role in identifying and fueling the most promising and relevant innovations

  Join EBAN Space, ESA and Euroquity in the upcoming series of Virtual "Space Now"  Investor Forums, where each session will be opened by an ESA leader sharing their insights on the transformation of the space sector. 16 selected space-tech companies will present their innovations during these Forums, with 4 winners invited to pitch at the

    The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and EBAN, Europe’s leading early-stage investors network, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote and encourage activities and services that support small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Both organisations play an essential and complementary role in their shared vision to empower EU SMEs within the EU and

(originally posted on https://thenextweb.com/world/2020/09/10/8-reasons-why-you-should-move-your-startup-to-cork/) In a post-COVID recession, new global startup ecosystems are going to be vital to boosting the economy. Founders and entrepreneurs who are looking to relocate their startups should consider a number of factors, including a city with ready access to angel and venture capital funding, as well as a collaborative climate

Estonia’s flagship startup and tech conference Latitude59 and Estonian Business Angels Network awarded Adact and ATOM Mobility as the best early-stage companies and both received an investment of €200,000. Latitude59 was held on August 27 and 28 in Tallinn. The conference focused on the topic of social responsibility and the various challenges of start-ups in

Crunchbase has published a report talking about the impact of Covid-19 to venture funding. The report suggests that the Covid-19 impact in Europe has been felt as the continent recorded $17 billion in funding in the first half of 2020, down 20 percent from 2019, however, still up from the previous half years. The continent

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently launched a service to facilitate free, personalised advice by intellectual property (IP) experts from private law firms. EUIPO invites all SMEs registered in the EU to take this great opportunity and apply for the free, one-to-one consultation, which can now be requested free of charge via the

It’s time for The Aggregator 2020, an International Start-up vs Covid-19 Matchmaking Competition between Europe, Africa and India! Inspired by the molecular start-up concept, this competition is designed to identify, reward and promote innovative start-up and SMEs interested in expanding to Europe, India or Africa while also encouraging joining forces across regions: same maturity in

As a partner of the EU-funded project THE NEXT SOCIETY, EBAN is launching Ask an Angel, a brand new virtual mentoring program, for startup entrepreneurs based in the MENA region. Companies enrolled in the program are in early development/prototyping stage and looking for advice on how to grow their business and thrive in the new

Ian Sosso, EBAN Board Member and Founder and Managing Partner at Monte Carlo Capital (MCC), discusses the challenges of scaling in the US for European startups and solutions to facilitate this process. Being an established startup in one European country is not necessarily an indicator of success in the rest of Europe. This is of

  Call for External Evaluator for the AgTech7 Project – Apply by July 30th! EBAN is pleased to invite its members to participate in AgTech7, an EU-funded educational project on agri-business innovation – as an External Evaluator. The project aims to design a learning curriculum covering 7 key topics for the breakthrough of the agricultural sector –

The next Space Academy - an intensive two-day event designed to help space-tech companies scale up - will be held on 9th-11th December 2020 in Rome, Italy, in collaboration with the "Primavera dell'innovazione" organised by Consorzio Hypatia, Fondazione E. Amaldi with the endorsement of Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Space Academy

The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has on 26 May agreed on the structure and business model of the new Pan-European Guarantee Fund to tackle the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Fund was endorsed by the European Council on 23 April as part of the overall EU Covid-19 response

On 27 May 2020, the coherent ‘’Recovery Plan for Europe’’ of the European Commission proposed, together with the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the ambitious answer Europe needs to recover from COVID-19. An answer which builds on necessity yet is designed for the future. As part of the business and investment ecosystem, the European Business and

International Venture Academy 2020 is a journey between EBAN members, Sophia Business Angels Network, Business Jyväskylä and Finnish Business Angels Network, who are targeting cross-border investments in innovative scale ups in preventive healthcare and global wellbeing. There is no need to explain why investments in this sector are now needed more than ever before.   As the world was suddenly faced with

by Maria Hala, May 26th, 2020 After two and a half months of social distancing and an almost complete shutdown of the local economy, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Greece has been proudly rated among the safest countries in the world. The main concern now is focusing on a healthy economic recovery. Responding to the

COVID-19 is demonstrating how dependent the world has become on remote connectivity, communication and other space applications. The current crisis is accelerating transformation of the world economy to a new technical and social paradigm, in which space will continually play a bigger and more prominent role. In the series of 6 webinars Space Live Talks,

    EBAN Partners with MtB, ICC and WCF for the 2020 Global Corporate Startup Stars Awards EBAN is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Mind the Bridge (MtB),  the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Chambers Federation (WCF) for the global edition of the Corporate Startup Stars 2020 Awards (CSS Awards). Corporate Startup Stars Awards is the annual

  EBAN, CorkBIC and the European Investment Project Portal and key partners Cork City Council, Cork County Council and EY are pleased to invite you to the Changing Worlds Online Webinar, an afternoon event on Thursday June 11th at 14:00 CEST including: Deep Tech Dive Panel Discussion on Disruption Across Sectors due to COVID19 with a focus on Data & AI and Medtech Fireside Interviews with

Alexandria. Med-Angels, the first Mediterranean-wide network of angel networks, has just announced a new partnership with Hivos that will facilitate the injection of up to €500,000 into North African startups across countries in the region. The new partnership will allow for investors within MedAngels’ network to co-invest, while Hivos, through its Green Works Program, will offer co-matching grants

EBAN is pleased to announce that we are launching a new e-pitching collaboration with EBN (European Business and Innovation Centre Network), titled "Mondays for Innovation". This initiative will serve to bring together EBAN's network of investors with EBN's network of startups in order to showcase innovative solutions to the current COVID-19 crisis. Join us for two different

Agile startups, together with investors, can play a major role in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – the world’s shared “to-do-list” adopted by the UN. Therefore, more visible yet simple indicators of startups’ impact on sustainable development were needed in the FiBAN deal flow process. Now startups can indicate their impact in a simple

  DLT4ALL journey into exploring and explaining Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology keeps going. Started in January 2018, DLT4ALL wishes to address the gaps of European entrepreneurs, students, angel-investors and incubator managers in understanding and exploiting Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies. In fact, despite significant interest in the field several actors manifested troubles in approaching

     1ST ANNUAL EUROPEAN IMPACT INVESTING SURVEY 2020 #EIIS2020   EBAN (The European Business Angels Network), through the EBAN Impact Investing Committee, is now inviting Investors to participate in the 1st Annual European Impact Investing Survey 2020 #EIIS2020. The report generated by this survey will provide critical insights to European impact investing activity, investment opportunities, impact

   EBAN Cork 2020 Annual Congress POSTPONED to 2021   Due to the global spread of the COVID-19 virus and its unprecedented challenges, EBAN, CorkBIC and European Investment Project Portal regret to announce that the EBAN Cork 2020 Congress has been POSTPONED to 2021. We appreciate how much work has been done already, but protecting your health as members and

ACCESS.SPACE Alliance calls for extraordinary measures to support the small satellite sector and counteract Covid-19 crisis London, UK, 24 March 2020 – In view of these difficult times when the Coronavirus ‘Covid-19’ is threatening lives and the economic future of many, the ACCESS.SPACE Alliance, which represents the small satellite sector and its stakeholders, expresses its worries and concerns

We are working hard to offer you more and more online webinars on angel investing and entrepreneurship, in a series we're calling "Living Room Talks" - as all of us are staying connected from our living rooms. Take a look at the agenda and register or rewatch past sessions below! Watch Previous Living Room Talk

  EBAN President and Board on How to Manage the COVID-19 Crisis This newsletter is difficult to write, as the situation in EBAN member countries is so different, from the dreadful experiences in Italy and Spain to the countries where there are few COVID-19 cases and no deaths. And there is simply too much data

As we celebrate women all over the world in the month of March, we at EBAN would like to highlight the amazing women business angel network managers that lead the European early stage investment ecosystem and enable angel investments to take place. Congratulations to each and every one of them for their great contributions and

Call for Startups for the EBAN Cork 2020 Congress is Now Open – Apply to Pitch on June 10th-12th EBAN is pleased to invite all eligible startups to join hundreds of investors, entrepreneurs and corporates attending the EBAN Annual Congress on June 10th-12th in Cork to make connections, learn from experts and pitch in front of the world’s most successful

Given the current situation with the COVID-19 virus, EBAN is working to align with the recommended health and safety measures, while still continuing to connect, represent, serve and inform the European early stage investment community. As such our EBAN team, based in Brussels, will be working remotely from home for the time being. There will be no physical

EBAN, the trade association representing business angels, seed funds and early stage market players in Europe, expresses its worries and concerns on the effects that the current COVID-19 virus crisis is already having on the European startup and innovation ecosystem. Our association urges the EU and its Member States to take immediate extraordinary measures to

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator is the EU’s largest ever initiative to help scale startups, with up to €3 billion of funding to be deployed until the end of 2020, and a €10 billion budget for the 2021-2027 period. The EIC Accelerator provides grants of up to €2.5 million, as well an optional equity investment in addition to the grant of up

Eleven Capital Team. From left to right, Vassil Terziev (board member), Ivaylo Simov (manager, deputy Chair of board), Daniel Tomov (executive director), Valeri Petrov (Chair of the board) © Eleven Capital Eleven Capital, the successor of the first Bulgarian acceleration fund Eleven, officially announced IPO in April hoping to raise 4M BGN (a bit under

Leading an investor syndicate requires a lot of work and expertise. And quite often the syndicates are struggling to find a volunteer to take the lead. One of the ways to address these issues is to compensate for the deal lead. In this article, we take a look at different lead investor compensation models. Activities

Introducing the African Angel Academy – Applications now open for Pilot Program! Angel Investors are increasingly making a difference to the global start-up scene by helping promising entrepreneurs start and grow companies. The African Angel Academy (AAA) has now been established to help accelerate angel investing in Africa. Through the creation of an angel investing

CBO Consulting supports digital ventures in their strategy and funding, helping them find the right funding sources at the right time. The company covers digital technologies: IoT, VR/AR, Satellite, AI, Software, Big Data, Telecoms, Blockchain and many others. Thanks to a unique multi-funding approach and innovation expertise, the Brussels-based consulting boutique has already supported more

EBAN is pleased to celebrate 3 years of one of its oldest Communities – EBAN Space – launched in December 2016 to promote and advance Europe’s ecosystem for entrepreneurship, innovation, and investing in space technologies. Over these 3 years, the Community has achieved great success, with EBAN Space Members, UK Space Tech Angels, Luxembourg Space Tech Angels, or

The second edition of the State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice, written by Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), reflects the increased sophistication and maturation of impact measurement and management (IMM) practices since the release of the survey’s first edition in 2017. The GIIN’s second global survey of the state of impact measurement and management practice in the

Nordic Angel Program syndicates create significant impact to the New Nordic ecosystem by investing 3 million euros in 21 startups In the past 24 months, Nordic Angel Program has accelerated the number of investments in the New Nordic area. As a result, 560 angel investors, including 115 cross-border angels, participated in the trainings and invested approximately 3

  Fabrice Testa Succeeds Anthony Clarke as New EBAN Space Chairman   Premier Angel Group has invested more than 30 million Euros into Space-Tech Start-Ups since its launch in December 2016 EBAN is pleased to announce that Fabrice Testa, Space-Tech Entrepreneur and Investor, Co-Chairman of Luxembourg Space Tech Angels (LSTA), and Senator for Luxembourg at the

From left: Johan Zammit, BAM Vice President, Jacopo Losso, EBAN Director of Secretariat, Angelo Dalli, BAM President Malta has one of the EU’s fastest growing economies, with an increasing number of local startups and established companies with local and foreign investment. Up until now, the vast majority of early stage investment in Malta was undertaken

On 25-26 November, 300 business angels, innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers came together in Brussels for the first edition of the European Angel Investment Summit, an event that emphasized the potential in collaboration for solving major challenges like tech transfer, climate change, gender inequality, and scaling up of startups. The Summit was the beginning of a new dialogue

Global event will attract local, national and international business leaders, VCs, entrepreneurs and start-ups to Cork in June 2020 Brussels 26 Nov 2019 – Cork has been selected as the destination for the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), 21st Annual Congress. Launched today in Brussels, the EBAN Cork 2020 Congress will take place between the 10th and

Experienced Business Angel completes his task and leaves behind a company that is now ready to look for new horizons Entrepreneur Harry De Smedt has fulfilled his role as a Business Angel with the technology company Ad Ultima. The company has signed an agreement with the large investment company, Waterland, and is seeking new horizons

Announcing EAIS Agenda, Confirmed Speakers, Startups Pitching and More! We are happy to announce that the agenda for the European Angel Investment Summit has been released! Join us on November 25th-26th in Brussels and help us put business angels in the spotlight! Listen to inspiring keynotes and panel discussions on how angels bring economic dynamism by financing innovation, help

Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE) commemorated its first eleven years of investing in start-ups with a celebration dinner at Westin Hotel, Zagreb. CRANE members have invested more than 40 million kunas in Croatian start-ups so far. The dinner was held under the patronage of Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the President of the Republic of Croatia. The president

As the lack of access to finance remains the main obstacle for innovative companies in the MENA region, THE NEXT SOCIETY, through EBAN and BANC, introduced the 1st Investment Academy, a special 16-hour coaching event on “Preparing for due Diligence” on October 3rd-4th 2019 in Barcelona. The event took place on the premises of Foment

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Sophia Antipolis and the Sophia BEARTHDAYS and in cooperation with the Fondation Sophia Antipolis and Sophia Metropole Mag EBAN, the European Business Angels Network and Sophia Business Angels have the pleasure to invite you to a Reception in honour of Senator Pierre Laffitte Founder of Sophia Antipolis

Today, 30th September, is the last day to apply to become one of the companies selected to pitch at EBAN's 2019 European Angel Investment Summit on November 25th-26th in Brussels. Join hundreds of investors and corporates attending EAIS2019 – make connections, learn from experts and pitch in front of the world’s best angel investors under the same roof! Who can apply?

After 17 editions, we are proud to announce that the EBAN Winter University is giving way to a much larger, more international and high-level event called the European Angel Investment Summit. The Summit will take place in Brussels on November 25th-26th, putting business angels in the spotlight and highlighting how they bring economic dynamism by financing innovation and taking

Venture capital industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. In 2018 more than 185 billion were invested worldwide. 17% of the 15,000,000 venture capital transactions are in the European region, including Russia, 38% in the North America and 45% in the Asia Pacific region. These investments allow technology entrepreneurs to grow companies,

Georgia, ranked in top 6 in Ease of Doing Business worldwide, has transformed into a leading business friendly location through successful reforms. Boasting a strategic location, free trade agreements with 2.3 Billion markets, and low business costs, Georgia offers free industrial and free virtual trade zones for additional tax exemption. Through liberal visa terms and

  Pictured are Colin Henehan (HBAN), Simon Kiersey and Chris Murphy from Bluedrop Medical. Pic. Michael Dillon Dublin, 19th September 2019 – HBAN announces that Bluedrop Medical, a Galway based Medical device start up, has secured €3.7M in funding to help manage one of the most devastating complications of diabetes – the diabetic foot. An

THE NEXT SOCIETY launches its 3rd call for applications to join the Start-up Booster Track, the tailor-made support programme for entrepreneurs in the MENA region THE NEXT SOCIETY is calling entrepreneurs and innovators in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia to join the 3rd promotion of the Start-up Booster Track. Talented entrepreneurs and

Are you a start-up working in the cleantech sector? Join InnoEnergy's E-Observatory 2019 and win a trip to Paris to visit TBB, the event for sustainable energy innovations! InnoEnergy - together with powerful partners around Europe - has launched the E-Observatory 2019 campaign with the aim to annually measure the start-up ecosystem and, by analysing reliable data, learn about the actual situation

  13-15 November in Cape Town, South Africa Partnership with R1.4 billion start-up funding unit, Naspers Foundry Cape Town, 16 July 2019 – VC4A and ABAN are pleased to announce the 6th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2019). The Summit will take place from 13-15 November at Workshop17 at the V&A Waterfront

  It has been less than a decade since the startup entrepreneurship community started flourishing in Greece. During that period, the local entrepreneurial ecosystem has seen a lot of activity, ranging from: the establishment of more than 300 startups, with respectable investments from both VCs and angel investors, a couple of exits, a €500ml Equifund

The Space Academy is a two-day event for European space-tech entrepreneurs to accelerate their business. All entrepreneurs are welcome to join the Space Academy workshops(Day1) for coaching in small groups on six selected topics by prominent experts: – Investment readiness and relationships, how to be trusted by investors and get funded; – Kinds of crowdfunding

The article was republished with permission from The Invested Investor. —— As an angel looking to invest, what are the timing considerations? We all know that the successful start-up to exit journey is most dependent on the founders but that there are many additional important factors such as sufficient capital, successful technology, competition and an element

  Marseille (France), 27 June 2019 – On June 19 to 20, 2019, Cairo hosted two major events initiated by ANIMA Investment Network in the framework of THE NEXT SOCIETY to support and spread the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in Egypt and in the Euro-Mediterranean region.    Organised by ANIMA, TIEC and ITIDA on 19 June

  Every year since 2016, DanBAN has invested a triple digit million kr figure into start-ups and early stage businesses. – and the expectations for great returns are just as high as the investment level. At the Annual Business Angel meeting on June 26th, around 250 Danish and international business angels visited Odense Congress Center

  8 events in 8 different European countries: CEE Unlimited, initiated by the Austrian Angel Investors Association, is more than an event series – it’s the first step towards a powerful ecosystem. With 3 events already organised in Bucharest, Sofia, and Zagreb, the initiative serves to connect angel investors, VC funds, corporate venture capital funds &

     – Phorest named most successful business financed by early stage investors at the European Business Angels Network Congress  – Eight of the original HBAN investors achieved an average return of more than 10 times their original investment  – The company now employs 200 people in Ireland, the US, and Germany  – Accolade marks

The Science and Technology Angels Network (STAN), initiated by the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST), has signed their first investment contract with an Armenian startup Apaga, a platform that allows customers and retailers to monetize recycling. Apaga co-founders Mikhail Zamskoy and Cedric Solms commented that they had notable support from FAST when the startup

The event, held on the 25th of April, was organized by Inspiralia Group and hosted by Wayra, Telefónica’s startup incubator. Start-ups need finance and customers. But are they willing to fight for it in a Boxing Ring? Inspiralia Group put twenty promising start-ups from twelve countries and different sectors to the test by organising a

StartupYard, the longest running tech startups accelerator in CEE, announced its 11th acceleration round. Startups can submit their applications until September 30. The new round will again focus on high-tech area. Startups will have another chance to succeed in a truly global competition. A group of up to 10 startups will receive an initial investment of

On 3-4 June, more than 530 investors, entrepreneurs, VCs, corporates and innovators gathered in Helsinki to experience 2 days filled with networking, inspiring keynotes, productive workshops and insightful panel discussions at the 20th edition of the EBAN Annual Congress. EBAN Helsinki focused on creating a #ProfitableNetworking environment for all of its attendees, while also discussing

Innovation Showcase featured KLEOS Global (LU-Space Situation Awareness), HIBER (NL-IoT), Sofant Technologies (UK- SatCom and 5 G RF MEMS),  OroraTech (DE-On-Board Cube Sat Processing for InfraRed Big Data Collection),  Infinite Orbits (UK/LU – Docking and Autonomous Control forGEO Satellite Life Extension) and Zubax Robotics (EE – Electric Propulsion) 13 May 2019. Cannes.  EBAN Space, Europe’s

  29/04/2019 On 23 and 24 April 2019 in Tunis, EBAN – the European Business Angel Network and APII, the Tunisian Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation, with the support of ANIMA Investment Network, B@Labs and CONECT, organised the 2nd Innovators Academy of the THE NEXT SOCIETY initiative. This event launched the acceleration

  The 2019 GBAN Annual Meeting in Manama, Bahrain featured angels with cross border investment expertise who led interactive workshops in conjunction with the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Launched in 2015, GBAN is a network of more than 80 angel investor networks active in more than 60 countries on five continents.  As part of the Global

Ian Sosso, EBAN Board Member and Founder and Managing Partner at Monte Carlo Capital (MCC), shares his insights on the challenges universities face in promoting tech transfer, his process for investing in the “valley of death”, and the risks business angels face. Difficulties in turning intellectual property developed by universities into commercial application is one

  On April 3rd, EBAN, in collaboration with Seedstars and ABAN, organised a Business Angel Workshop on investing in emerging markets together with the Seedstars Investors Forum and the Seedstars Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. The workshop featured 3 expert speakers with direct experience investing in Africa, Latin America, and Asia sharing their lessons learned with an audience of

The article was republished with permission from The Invested Investor. —— From experience, even on a successful exit, founders find it tough – not just the stress of the process but what to do afterwards – having a boss for the first time in years or leaving immediately or soon into unemployment (albeit with some cash). 

This article was originally published by the Sophia Business Angels FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, COACHES AND ENTREPRENEURS ILLUMINATE THE SBA INTERNATIONAL VENTURE ACADEMY WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND VAST EXPERIENCE On Friday 12th of April 2019, the Sophia Business Angels (SBA) presented its Spring International Venture Academy at the Skema Business School in Sophia Antipolis on the

There are almost 350,000 angel investors in Europe, yet only a few hundred in Poland. That is why, EBAN member COBIN Angels, a Polish networking organization decided to once again award the best business angels in Poland with the “Business Angel of the Year” prize. The Award Ceremony will take place on the 28th of May, at

PRESS RELEASE – 12th April 9 Successful Exits Have Returned More Than €19m In Cash To The Investors In The GoBeyond Community GoBeyond has published The 2019 GoBeyond Investor Report: “Angel Investing Strategies and Portfolio Returns”. The Report is based on data from 2008 to 2018 covering investments made by 800+ investors who invest through

This article was originally published by Crecer+ “The investment culture has improved; there is greater sensitivity, but there is still a long way to go”, says Nagore Ardanza, manager of the Crecer+ platform which, since Orkestra – The Basque Institute of Competitiveness created it in 2010, has evolved and adapted its network model to become an

  BiD Network hosted a group of impact investors from the Netherlands and Belgium for a week-long Impact Investment Trip in March, in Rwanda and Uganda. During the trip, investors interacted with 15 investment ready small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working across various sectors; Food and Agriculture, Fintech, Transport, Water and Environment. The investors expressed

Belarus has a strong engineering school, the country is traditionally considered to be as a Eastern Europe IT hub. More than 45,000 IT-specialists of various expertise enjoy their lives in Belarus. It is not surprising that Belarusian startups always demonstrate a strong technological component. Despite the young age of the startup ecosystem, Belarus boasts bright

Why is interest in Gothenburg rocketing Chinese carmaker Geely is currently building a new 120,000 square metre innovation centre in Gothenburg, with space for more than 3,500 people. Meanwhile, a new health innovation cluster with space for 350 companies and 7,000 people is also being developed and is due to break ground later this year. These

LBAN President and EBAN Board Member, Larissa Best, paints a portrait of today’s angel investor, in which areas she likes to invest, and the challenges she will face in the coming years. This article was originally published by the Luxemburger Wort and translated from French by EBAN. How is the activity of business angels in Luxembourg? It

Dublin, 28th March 2019 – CroíValve, an Irish medtech start-up providing a safe and effective treatment for tricuspid regurgitation, today announces that it has secured €3.2 million in an oversubscribed seed financing round. The round was led by the HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) MedTech and Irrus Syndicates, alongside Atlantic Bridge University Fund, Enterprise Ireland,

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED) CEED Macedonia has received an award and recognition for contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in Central and Southeastern Europe from the International Economic Forum Perspectives. The award ceremony and the awards for contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in Central and Southeastern Europe, Creators of the Century

The article was republished with permission from The Invested Investor. —— This month’s Invested Investor thoughts focuses on whether you are born an entrepreneur or you develop into one. Peter Cowley explores his thoughts around the topic, delving into his own experiences to understand whether it was nature or nurture that led to the launch of

Four years ago EBAN, GoBeyond, and Next Wave Impact joined forces on a mission to increase women’s participation in angel investing as an asset class, with EBAN President Emeriti Brigitte Baumann and Candace Johnson as co-founders. This was the very beginning of the Rising Tide Europe movement which now shows no signs of slowing down.

On February 20th, Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society gathered CEOs of tech companies who signed the Declaration on an inclusive business environment, to take stock of their progress and share good practices. EBAN Board member and Luxembourg Business Angel Network President Larissa Best represented EBAN at the roundtable and contributed from EBAN’s perspective

On March 6th, EBAN – the European Business Angels Network – celebrated its 20th anniversary, honouring a long history of supporting business angels, entrepreneurs and the European early stage ecosystem at large. The celebration took place at the European Economic and Social Committee, in the same room where, more than 20 years ago, information on business

On this International Women‘s Day, we are indeed proud to say that every day at EBAN is Women‘s Day! We would like to congratulate all women entrepreneurs, investors, and business angels on this special day, taking note of all the success our women members have had and are pushing to achieve in the future. EBAN has historically supported growth in women entrepreneurship and will

Smarter practical implementation of digital technology to enhance active and healthy living Launch: 4 March 2019   Deadline: 25 March 2019 5 PM  Deadline for approval: 25 April 2019 We invite you to submit your workshop proposal as a way to engage your audience and key stakeholders you wish to involve. Workshops should be interactive and motivational sessions

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and an initiative of Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland, has announced that it plans to recruit 50 new female business angel investors over the next three years. HBAN will run a series of events to encourage more

On 12th February 2019 in Brussels, partners of the iStart project as well as many outside guests, university students and other stakeholders got together for the 7th and final iStart Multiplier Event at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) premises to look back on the 30 months of the project, which is coming to a

IESE Business School is launching “Startups Eurolatinas”, a multi-stakeholder initiative to foster the EU-LATAM entrepreneurial connection by mapping European and Latin American Startups growing their businesses across the pond. The Eurolatinas Community is open to: – Startups funded in Europe growing beyond the frontiers of their community or country with users, clients, business locations etc., in

Alex Sleigh, Investment Director at Newable shares his thoughts on trends from last year, what to expect for 2019 and how the upcoming year will impact businesses at the heart of the economy. EBAN Member Newable Private Investing (NPI), part of Newable, connects innovating, fast growing technology companies to equity finance. NPI arranged 16 deals in

SpaceUp is a project financed by the EU Framework programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020). The overall objective of SpaceUp is to contribute at a European level to the safeguarding and further development of a competitive and entrepeneurial space industry. Throughout the project lifetime 6 Space Academies will take place in various locations in

Luca Peyrano, CEO of London Stock Exchange ELITE, Candace Johnson, EBAN President Emeritus, Paola Cuneo, LSEG, Nick Appleyard, Business Applications Director at European Space Agency   This last Friday, 5 October saw the type of network and ecosystem realisation that EBAN has been working so hard to achieve with its partners over the last years.

Since 2016, the European Commission has established the Copernicus Accelerator as part of its Copernicus Start-up Programme. Through the Copernicus Accelerator, fifty promising start–ups using Copernicus data and information receive support from experienced mentors and work with them on advancing their business over a period of ten months. For the first time, half of the spots are allocated through an

Seraphim Capital wanted to thank all participants for theri interest in our Seraphim Space Camp Investor Day, celebrating the culmination of the first edition of our Space Tech acceleration programme in London. We hope everyone who attended enjoyed the though-provoking discussions around the growing opportunities of space tech and managed to connect with the attendees and

EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players is proud to present the new edition of its much anticipated annual mapping of fiscal incentives available to business angels in Europe. This year, EBAN partnered again with BOFIDI to develop the annual publication. Fiscal incentives have an important role in stimulating the

European Business Angels Network and Cornerstone Communications Announce the Regional Winners in the 2018 Edition of CEE-Released Project       Finalists of the CEE-Released project were officially announced during EBAN Annual Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, which took place between 25-27 June 2018. The winner of the 2018 edition was Photon, Polish start-up that produces world’s

EBAN offered the reward to two fiery Portuguese ladies who created Firefly, a solution using satellite data and machine learning to better fight forest fires. The prizegiving ceremony for the third ActInSpace competition organized by CNES, ESA and ESA BIC Sud France was held during the Toulouse Space Show 2018. This year’s edition of the

Seraphim Capital’s launched the new “Space Camp Accelerator”, UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for startups in the spacetech industry. They have now selected the six companies in this first cohort. They come from from the US, Denmark and the UK. The programme is underway and is 9 weeks in total, ending 9/10 July. The key

Do you want to change the world? Do you want to know how to start? Nowadays, the world needs responsible leaders to solve problems that matter. It is up to us to come up with sustainable solutions to shape a better world. Become an entrepreneur and be part of the change! This six-week course will lead

On 25 March, the premiere of “Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver”, a movie adaptation of Germany’s most successful children’s book from the legendary author Michael Ende, who also wrote “The NeverEnding Story”, took place in Munich, Germany. The Jim Button movie was produced by Malao Film in collaboration with Rat Pack Film Production

“This is completely new. So far, we are the only ones in the UK who are creating an ecosystem for space tech,” says Anthony Clarke, managing director of Newable Ventures, whose UK Space Tech Angels (UKSTA) programme has closed investment rounds for seven UK-based start-ups since the beginning of 2017. Clarke’s team are currently sifting

Industry 4.0 and High Value Manufacturing Kick-Start Activities Invitation to tender Closing date: 7 March 2018 ESA’s Industry 4.0 and High Value Manufacturing Kick-Start Activities offer support and funding of up to € 60,000 per activity for companies looking to develop space empowered services for smart factories. Integrated Applications for Microgrids in Developing Economies Invitation to tender

Davorin Stetner, President of the EBAN CEE Community, President of CRANE (Croatian Business Angels Network) and organiser of Zagreb Connect announced a major initiative today which brings together stock exchanges and business angel networks to find and support the best start-ups and scale-ups in the Central Eastern European Region. Starting as of 1 January 2018, each EBAN CEE Community

EBAN Space Executive Committee at NewSpace Europe Conference NewSpace Europe is the first space conference in Europe to focus solely on the new space industry and the economic opportunity of space. Hosted by The Ministry of the Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Luxembourg City, NewSpace Europe took place on 16 and 17 November and centered around the

Originally published by Ferd. Is your bank, foundation or trust looking to invest in social impact? Then you should check out Social Business Angel Hedda Pahlson-Moller’s advice on how to get started! Pahlson-Moller is an international Angel Investor and co-founder and CEO of the Social Impact Catalyst organization called TIIME. She invests privately through her

The European Space Agency is continuously running new experiments and testing innovative technologies when it comes to monitoring the health of its astronauts on mission. During the Proxima mission, ESA evaluated “Everywear“, an experiment that gathers health data from astronauts via a system of wearable sensors and wirelessly transfers the information to a Space Station

Building an Impact-Driven Investment Portfolio CDC Group is the UK’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) and wholly owned by the UK Government. Founded in 1948, it is the world’s oldest DFI. Its mission is to support the building of businesses throughout Africa and South Asia, to create jobs and make a lasting difference to people’s lives in

Originally published by The Register. Luxembourg’s parliament has passed a law that makes it the first European Union country to offer legal certainty that asteroid mining companies get to keep what they find in space. Take Article 1: “Space resources are capable of being appropriated”. “It’s a great law,” Amara Graps, a planetary scientist, asteroid mining advocate, and

Originally published by European Space Agency. LBA, one of the UK’s leading private investment groups and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) that establishes a joint commitment to cultivating successful new businesses in the UK that exploit space capabilities. LBA was recently acquired by City of London based Newable Limited.

riginally published by Arendt & Medernach.O The Luxembourg law on the exploration and use of space resources of 20 July 2017 entered into force on 2 August 2017 and placed Luxembourg among the most innovative space-oriented nations in the world. The new law provides a legal framework for the “new space” activities. It aims at the further

Take an opportunity to subscribe for a monthly digest of recent news in the Satellite and Space Projects sector – a newsletter, provided by John Worthy, Partner in a European law firm Fieldfisher. The latest newsletter featured stories about the future of UK space and satellite businesses after Brexit, Airbus and OneWeb, Swiss start-up ELSE, the PLATO mission

This article was first published at Luxemburger Wort. Photo: Luxemburger Wort Luxembourg has become a growing hub for social business and on Tuesday night at the Tramsschapp it was all about showcasing the diversity and potential of impact initiatives available in the Grand Duchy. The event was hosted by the Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund (LMDF)

New Rochelle, NY, June 14, 2017—The Commentary entitled “Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species” presents the vision of Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, for future manned trips to other planets and specifically what will be needed to create a self-sustaining city on Mars. The article, drawn from Mr. Musk’s presentation at the 67th International Astronautical Congress,

From ROOM  ROOM is an open forum for comment and opinion – and actively encourages contributions. To promote debate, discussion and inspiration we regularly publish commentaries and opinions by space leaders and those involved directly or indirectly in aerospace and space exploration. Here, Dr Michael Leggett analyses the possible effects of Britain leaving the EU (‘Brexit’)

From New Atlas Germany isn’t exactly famous for its sunshine, so to help with the country’s commitment to investigating renewable energy, the German Space Center(DLR) has constructed the world’s largest artificial Sun. Making its public debut today in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, the three-storey “Synlight” electrically-powered sun lamp will be used for various research projects, including developing processes

The Cassini spacecraft recently flew between the rings of Saturn and the planet itself, a daring trajectory chosen to conclude a unique exploration mission. To find out what that orbit means, and to look back at some of Cassini-Huygens finest moments, we met up with key members of the science team in the UK for

This year of 2017, we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Sputnik. It inspired and continues to inspire men and women around the world to reach to the stars and to achieve great things. A Toy Sputnik for the Christmas Tree I was 5 years old in 1957 and for Christmas I received from my

Launching a contest to go on a space vacation is the stuff of Total Recall, but the first true iteration of it is coming out of Finland this year. The effort is backed by a consortium of companies that includes the aforementioned Axiom Space. Equal partners include “space media company” Cohu Experience, “new Space” and

Cities will house 70 percent of the world’s population by 2050 and require urban infrastructure investment of at least $3.7 trillion per year. The only way to meet the challenges of soaring population growth and climate change is to build infrastructure that meets both social and environmental needs. “We must design and implement strategies that

Beijing-based startup Alesca Life is democratizing access to fresh food by creating solutions that enable anyone anywhere to grow the safest, healthiest, and freshest produce in the most efficient way possible. Their automated indoor food production system is currently growing nutrient-dense produce using no pesticides, no soil, no sunlight, 20-25 times less water, fertilizer, and land compared to traditional farming practices.

At an academic conference last year on the history of political and social legitimacy of business, Open University Professor Janette Rutterford noted that among the investors she had been researching, “a number were making ‘philanthropic investments.’” She went on to describe a way to invest in the development of social housing—that is, to make a financial

Vitargent believes that every person should have the information they need to make informed decisions about the products they purchase and consume. Their technology is not only enabling more widespread access to information, but it’s also pioneering the field of safety testing technology using medaka and zebrafish embryos – making animal testing a thing of the

Scaling up social economy enterprises in South East Europe was an inspiring two days conference organized in April by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia in cooperation with the European Commission and partner countries and organizations. The aim of the conference was to build the cooperation platform for development of the social economy in

Rewatch UK Space Tech Angels video on the programme presentation! This event was all about introducing Angel investors to UK Space Tech Angels programme and how they can really build their capacity as investors in this constantly growing industry. Interested? More info on UK Space Tech Angels and other Newable Private Investing programmes here.

Smallholder farmers have become the most important piece of the global agricultural system. Small farmers feed close to 80 percent of the total population in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and support the livelihoods of nearly 2 billion people worldwide. This community of farmers sit at a critical nexus between survival and global opportunity. With 500 million farm holdings in

I once talked to a successful businesswoman and philanthropist — let’s call her Jane — who had set up her own foundation to give money to educational causes. I was trying to convince Jane to invest in an education technology startup that had been improving student outcomes in low-income schools, and rapidly growing. Jane looked

From Norway to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, big oil producers are becoming big backers of renewable-energy. Now, Nigeria has signed two agreements with solar developers to guarantee the payment risks for 50-megawatt and 70-megawatt solar farms. The oil and gas sector makes up 35 percent of Nigeria’s GDP and 90 percent of its exports. But unlike

Semtive has created the world’s most innovative wind turbine: a cost-effective, compact, and extremely quiet device called the NEMOI, which can generate power for anyone, anywhere. The NEMOI is made of aircraft-grade aluminum and is guaranteed to produce power in the slightest breeze, yet it keeps working even in hurricane speed winds. In this Fireside Chat, Semtive

This story has been adapted from the Ecosystem Marketplace Series “Of Milk and Money” Bernard Giraud spent the late 1990s encouraging Americans to invest in French companies as regional head of an organization called the Invest in France Agency. Today he’s encouraging large corporations to invest in smallholder farms across Africa, Asia, and Latin America as

A Social Innovation Forum 2017 was organized in Belgrade on the 6th April 2017 by the Smart Kolektiv, EBRD and NESst. The forum gathered different stakeholders from the Region of Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia with the main purpose that the results of the mapping study of social enterprise ecosystems in Croatia and Western Balkans are

A crowd waits for a Bank of Africa branch to open in Madagascar, Oct 1, 2014 (Photo by Bruce Thomson) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis PARIS, France, February 21, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Nineteen global banks and investors, worth a total of US$6.6 trillion in assets, have agreed on a set of standards

Today, Mexico ranks last in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for educational attainment. Recent policy improvements in the country now require mandatory full-time education for all children aged 4-15. However, Mexicans still spend the least amount of years in school relative to other OECD countries. The quality of that time is another story. According to

NASA has released its 2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications, all free of charge to the public, without any royalty or copyright fees. Available in both hard copy and online, this third edition of the publication has contributions from all the agency’s centers

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that the process of shortlisting 50 companies that will enter the last stage of Made in Romania project has ended. 25 companies were selected through the votes casted by the Nomination Committee Members while the additional 25 were chosen by the Bucharest Stock Exchange representatives. “The competition was fierce and the selection of

Social entrepreneurs using businesses to help tackle social problems are emerging across the globe but there is little data to see which countries are encouraging this growing sector. To fill this gap, the Thomson Reuters Foundation teamed up with Deutsche Bank, UnLtd and the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network to conduct the world’s first experts’ poll

Social entrepreneurs using businesses to help tackle social problems are emerging across the globe but there is little data to see which countries are encouraging this growing sector. To fill this gap, the Thomson Reuters Foundation teamed up with Deutsche Bank, UnLtd and the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network to conduct the world’s first experts’ poll

For very good reasons, more foundation leaders are taking steps to align their investments with their missions. It makes sense, especially for justice or environment funders concerned that the great majority of their institutions’ wealth is locked up and not helping, and possibly even inhibiting, their programs. After all, why would you be hyper-vigilant about

Jessica Droste Yagan, Chief Executive Officer of Impact Engine. Photo by Andrew Collings If you’re looking for a respite from the daily parade of rancorous headlines and doomsday predictions, might I suggest dipping a toe in the world of social impact investing. I said “yes” to an invite to Impact Engine’s annual showcase the other

Article by Cheryl Heller. If we learned anything from the 2016 election (and I’m not yet sure we have), it’s that every single one of us is capable of believing only the version of truth we want to hear, and tuning out the views that threaten ours. Reality is suddenly an opinion, not a fact, and the

As Davos is underway, and we gather to discuss what is meant by “Responsive and Responsible Leadership”, we reflect on what our respective organizations are doing on action-oriented solutions. The Davos platform is an opportunity to challenge each other and our own institutions on how we might be able to maximize impact for the coming year. What

Article by Brittany Lane. Uwe Rolli was destined to work with waste. As a child growing up in Germany, he would routinely investigate the trash his mother took out and to her dismay, he would bring it back inside to play. As early as the late 1970s, Rolli started working in recycling with the German government, cleaning

In 2014, Daniel Epstein, founder and CEO of the Unreasonable Group, sent me a message on Facebook to inform me that Zoona had been selected for the inaugural Girl Effect Accelerator. I was not familiar with the work of Unreasonable and had never heard of the Girl Effect. Zoona is a money transfer and payments startup in Zambia, so

  On 14 December, representatives from the European Business Angels associations, Polish Business Angels Networks, local stakeholders and polish Business Angels held a meeting for the Early Stage Investing Launchpad Pilot in Warsaw, Poland. The meeting took place in the former headquarters of the Central Committee of the Polish Communist Party, bringing a heightened sense of historical

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

On 10 October the European Investment Fund held the first Impact Event in Luxembourg. The EIF material presented during the event regarding fundraising and impact measurement can be downloaded here: EIF 2016 Impact Event – Requirements and SIA – Introduction to Impact Metrics Additionally, information on 3 new tools under the EFSI Social Impact window can be viewed

On 28 September, EBAN Board Member and Impact Committee Chair, Hedda Pahlson-Moller (pictured in the middle), together with  Cécile Sevrain, Operational Manager at EIIC spoke during Amsterdam Capital Week at the Capital Impact event. The talk and panel discussion also included Anneke Sipkens (Doen), Warner Philips (Social Impact Ventures NL), Maarten de Jong (Oneplanetcrowd) and Stefan Lohuis

For a year and through 20 countries, Europe Tomorrow team met the most inspiring social and environmental innovations of Europe. Here are the trends and the key insights of this social phenomenon. A book will be published by the end of 2016. It will be a restitution of the findings and a tool for advocacy

iEurope had a great Investment Forum in Budapest on 23 September. iEurope is one of the pioneering VC’s in the CEE Countries with great backers including Howard Morgan, Esther Dyson, Karen Gordon Mills, Gil Penchina and Thomas Lehrman. iEurope’s Co-Founding Partners, Kristina Perkin Davison, and Laszlo Czirjak along with partner Miklos Kovacs are focused on investing in the region’s early stage technology companies and assisting

“There’s a real hunger to understand impact investing. Everyone’s talking about it, saying, “I have to go speak to my boss about it and don’t know what to say”, David Banks, the head of ImpactAlpha was quoted in a recent study on impact investing education in the US and globally conducted by the Beeck Centre for Social

Findings suggest that – in certain market segments – investors might not need to expect lower returns as a tradeoff for impact PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced on 7 October 2015 the release of a new report, “Great Expectations: Mission Preservation and Financial Performance in Impact Investments.” The

On 18 June 2014, the Sierra Club released a report – Clean Energy Services For All (CES4All) — analyzing the future growth of the booming global off-grid solar market. According to CES4All, catalyzing the off-grid clean energy markets can help provide energy access for the 1.3 billion people around the world currently living without electricity while simultaneously creating a

On 14-16 September 2016, The University of Warsaw Library hosted one of the greatest and most prestigious conferences presenting scientific research on innovative business processes: the 9th Annual EuroMed Conference on innovation, entrepreneurship and digital ecosystems. The Conference Inauguration was chaired by Prof. Katarzyna Śledziewska – Executive Director of DELab UW. Representatives of the conference

On 25-26 August, EBAN and a number of its members were invited by the President of Croatia, H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to participate in and speak at the Three Seas — Adriatic, Baltic, and Black — Conference – Strengthening Europe: Connecting North and South. Six Presidents from Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and more than 20 ministers from Austria,

It is no secret, I’m a firm believer that impact investing is a movement that is taking off and here to stay. In the U.S. and around the world we’ve seen segments of the market start to move from informed, to educated, to activated. We’ve seen private capital unleashed with a focus on impact across sectors,

Over the last half decade in the trenches of impact investing, I have collected a few lessons learned: the opportunities, what’s going well, and what needs improvement. What I have learned is that marginal impact is better than not doing anything at all. We can’t underestimate the cost of inaction given the size and immediacy of

UAngel, the Ukrainian Business Angels Network, celebrated its second birthday on July 21 in Kyiv. During the event the team shared insights on the activity of the club, as well as an overview of activity of investors of early stages in Ukraine. Within two years since its launch UAngel has grown 3,5 times, engaging 35 members

The ESIL (Early Stage Investing Launchpad) project consortium where EBAN is a partner together with Business Angels Europe (BAE), META Group, GoBeyond and LINC Scotland, is proud to announce the successful launch of the first capacity building for business angels event that took place in Bucharest Romania last 8 – 9 June 2016. The event consisted of 50 attendees, 2

Hungarian BAN just had their first DEMO day event where 40 attendees, including partner BANs in Croatia and Slovenia, listened to the pitches of 7 companies from a variety of industries. HBAN Demo Day Teams: Avatao –  high-quality, hands-on exercises for IT security training. avatao is a spinoff company of CrySyS Lab, well-known for its top-tier research on advanced cyber

For the first time ever, Romania played host to a Business Angel conference focused on investment opportunities in European emerging markets. Organised by the Romanian Business Angels, the first day of the event centred around SME, investor and government collaboration, with pitches and networking taking place the second day at the National Institute for Research and

Merida, Mexico — On his trip to Mexico last week, the Pope called for a more ethical capitalism. “The flow of capital cannot decide the flow and life of people,” he said during a packed mass in the border town of Juarez. A few thousand miles southeast, here in Merida, hundreds of investors, entrepreneurs and social justice advocates

Interview to Uli Grabenwarter, Strategic Adviser of Stone Soup Consulting and Deputy Director – Equity Investments at the European Investment Fund. By Pilar Balet. Posted on February 23rd 2016 1. How do you see the social enterprises sector evolving not just in Europe, but the world? The social enterprises sector has come a long way

The lackluster performance of major markets and the depressing outlook in the Eurozone and North America have made high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and their families rethink their investment strategies and priorities. To counter the dip in traditional investment performance, those managing assets for HNWIs have looked to diversify their assets.  As a result, there

Judith Rodin President, The Rockefeller Foundation Margot Brandenburg Former Senior Associate Director Today, our new e-book hit the digital shelves, “The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good.” This e-book has been in the making since 2007, when the term “impact investing” was first coined at a convening hosted by

Natural resources, which include minerals, metals, oil or gas, occupy a central role in our everyday life. Minerals are essential to our economic development. The minerals, particularly the metals, have specific properties such as high strength, durability, conductor of heat and electricity and aesthetic appeal that endear them to the industries, and us. Figure 1,

Coworking is often considered to be a conduit to address various needs faced by communities, whether that be the lack of affordable infrastructure, community and support. For today’s freelancers, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers, coworking spaces have been a godsend, helping individuals to avoid isolation and find success in their professional lives. Yet, aside from the

By David Drake All startups need capital to innovate, launch, scale and grow. For companies seeking additional financing for their working capital or to expand its operations but do not yet want to risk an IPO, using the newly approved Regulation A+ is a possible alternative.   Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. (BJICA) is one firm

by David Drake One of the outcomes of the 2008 global financial crisis was the “funding gap”. Banks were less willing to provide #loans and #investors moved #capital into more stable platforms. In general, the market tolerated less risk. In this new environment, raising capital became the greatest challenge for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). They needed new platforms. Enter #crowdfunding. While

Bolstering the container-farming industry both locally and internationally, Hivos Food and Lifestyle Fund, based in the Hague, the Netherlands invested EUR 500,000.00 in a closed investment round in Cape Town-based container-farm construction business AgriLED. AgriLED manufactures and supplies container farms to smallholder farms, refugee camps and disaster agencies. It also makes market-leading full-spectrum LED Grow

By Devin Thorpe Omidyar Network, an impact investing pioneer, recently published a new report entitled “Frontier Capital” on impact investing. Given the attention that has been paid to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which parallels the structure of the Omidyar Network in some respects–critically allowing for both impact investing and traditional philanthropy–I’ve taken time with Paula Goldman, a

EBAN is proud to present the Guidebook on “Fostering Business Angel Activities in Support of SME Growth”. Written by EBAN for the European Commission as part of a series, this guidebook describes how business angel investments and co-investments can reach a critical mass across certain sectors, regions or countries. It discusses the various financial instruments

10 December 2015 – London and Washington DC LeapFrog Investments is set to receive up to $200m from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the OPIC Board of Directors announced today. This is the largest commitment in history to any impact fund manager. It also brings commitments to LeapFrog to over 1 billion USD, heralding the

By Bertil van Vugt, Inclusive Business Accelerator and Mirko Zuerker, SEED The growth and success of green and inclusive business models with high impact potential is central to the challenges many emerging economies are facing. These enterprises not only spur development and market growth, but also ensure the preservation of the very base of our

On Thursday morning, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute and the European Commission held the Social Innovation Investor’s Fair at the EIB in Luxembourg-Kirchberg. Guy Clausse, Dean at the EIB Institute, welcomed everyone with Hedda Pahlson-Moller, CEO at Omsint and Tiime, talked about boosting social enterprise across Europe by creating social innovation structures that lead

by David Drake The crowdfunding wave that took off in the US and Europe in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis has since spread into different countries of the world, disrupting established institutional practices of financing a business startup. In particular, the alternative finance landscape of many countries, previously dominated by peer-to-peer lending,

by David Drake The crowdfunding wave that took off in the US and Europe in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis has since spread into different countries of the world, disrupting established institutional practices of financing a business startup. In particular, the alternative finance landscape of many countries, previously dominated by peer-to-peer lending,

by David Drake In an exclusive report, Reuters says EU will come out with a document next week that will implement a #pan-european#crowdfunding law. And yet the US JOBS Act for equity crowdfunding is nearing it’s second year and won’t become a practical law earlier than 1000 days after it was signed into a law April 5, 2012

Making an impact and doing charity is not the same thing – and you should do both. In general, business angels a lot of capability and resources and are therefore responsible to work for making the world a better place. A growing international trend is “impact investing” which means aiming for results on top of

  Impact Investing is a rising phenomenon in the Nordic region. NFBAN (Nordic Female Business Angel Network), in partnership with the EBAN Impact Investment Committee (EIIC), launched on the 20th of August the 1st Social Entrepreneur Competition. The competition, aimed at encouraging Nordic social entrepreneurship and social innovation, it was a true success. The competition was open

According to several studies, the World’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion in the next 3 decades. This means that roughly 9 billion humans will look for food, water and energy, with the same resources available today on the Earth. Consequently, it is quite probable that the private sector will be always more

Even though Social Impact Investing has never been a pressing issue as much as today, several misconceptions still remain the primary obstacle to raise relevant financial resources. For this reason the British Prime Minister D. Cameron has undertaken new global initiatives in order to develop more sustainable business models. In the article below we briefly give

SWEAT, NETWORKS, EQUITY – Guide to Finding an Angel Investment – has been written by Sami Etula, a sweat equity investor and active meber of Fiban, with the aim to help all enterpreneurs wondering where and how to find business angel investment.   The Guide will provide information on everything that you need in order

Read this article to know more about: What is Impact Investing – Core Characteristics of Impact Investing – What is The Role of the Global Impact Investing Network: About Impact Investing. We wrote also a special page where we explain what Impact Investing is and how it works.

Impact investing has captured the world’s imagination – the tables have turned and we are learning to harness the power of markets to solve social problems. EBAN recognizes and embraces the role its community will play in capturing the enormous potential for true valuecreation. So what is this ‘impact’ business all about? Simply put, impact

As member of EVPA – European Venture Philanthropy Association, we are proud to announce the publication of a presentation article on their website. Link: EBAN Launches Committee on Impact Investing

This article tries to show ways towards the co-existence of these two mindsets as shareholders of the same company and the opportunity this presents for all stakeholders of social enterprises. Link: Funding Social Businesses on Mainstream Markets

Find and read important reports about Impact Investing with a quick presentation in this special article. Link: What Good Is Impact Investing?