Creating Your Own Angel Investor Group
A Guide for Emerging and Frontier Markets is a manual built from the Kauffman Foundation’s 2004 publication, A Guidebook to Developing the Right Angel Organization for Your Community , which was crafted for a U.S. audience. Many of the decision steps to create an angel network are the same, no matter if you are in the U.S., South East Asia, Europe or Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of the guidance holds true today as it did in 2004. This edition will explore how the internet and networking platforms have helped international angels connect in new ways and overcome a host of obstacles. It will also touch upon topics such as crowdfunding and diaspora investing.
This publication is the result of an agreement signed between EBAN and HBAN with the purpose of serving the organisations’ mutual goals of increasing the quantity, quality and success of angel investments in Europe, thus creating a better understanding of angel investment for potential new angel investors and entrepreneurs.
This guide has been prepared to demystify investing in private companies for private investors (known as business angel investors). Investing in private companies is very different to investing in other asset classes and whilst high risk, can be rewarding and worthwhile with positive financial and non-financial outcomes.
The current document is an adaptation of the original version with the same title which was initially targeted to the Irish market. The reproduction and/or adaptation of this guide by other parties is subject to approval of EBAN and HBAN.
