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October NEWS - World Business Angels Investment Forum
Your Newsletter from the World Business Angels Investment Forum
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WBAF News – October 2017
The World Business Angels Investment Forum News
Dear Friends,
October was chock-full of activities, so there’s lots to report on this month, starting off in Marrakech, with the WCA (Wharton Club of Africa) Executive Investment Summit. Next came the 16th edition of the EBAN Winter University in Berlin.
From Berlin, we were off to London, where the London Stock Exchange Group conference room hosted a very special event, Invest in Istanbul. Do take a look at the programme for a clear idea of the discussions on this fruitful day.
Don’t miss the news of the Global SME Finance Forum that took place in Berlin, and you’ll also find a new EIF report on business angel funding. Did you know, by the way, that business angels invested 6.7 billion Euros in 2016? Be sure to download the EBAN Statistics Compendium report in this month’s newsletter for a wealth of information that you’ll surely find both interesting and useful.
With my best regards,
Baybars Altuntas
Chairman, World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF)
www.wbaforum.org
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WBAF Chairman speaks at the WCA Executive Summit Morocco
The WCA (Wharton Club of Africa) Executive Investment Summit was held 1-3 October 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Marrakech, where Baybars Altuntas, as Chairman of the World Business Angel Network, was an invited speaker at the Private Investor Roundtable and a contributor to the Angel Investing & Venture Capital Roundtable.
The Summit boasts an exceptional record for delivering tangible results for investors in closing investments and partnerships and is known for serious deal-making, co-investments, exchange of material business intelligence, and strategic partnerships. The Summit also features Africa’s only forum for family offices, family business heads, and high net worth individuals.
For more information about WCA
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EBAN Winter Summit - Europe’s largest and most influential Business Angel event was in Munich
The EBAN Winter Summit 2017 one of Europe’s largest and most influential Business Angel events worldwide, was held this year in beautiful Munich, Germany! This event was the 16th edition of the renowned Winter University by EBAN, the European Business Angel Network. The WBAF Chairman and The EBAN Vice President was a speaker for this influential group, who were able to share experiences, get inspired by leading edge start-ups, and invest in the some of most progressive solutions to ensuring our future.
EBAN Winter Summit
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WBAF Chairman speaks at the Invest in Istanbul event at the London Stock Exchange Group
On 23 October 2017, start-ups and angel investors came together in London at the London Stock Exchange Group with the goal of creating new ways for start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses to access finance. WBAF Chairman Baybars Altuntas welcomed participants at the opening of the event spoke on a panel discussion on the role of corporates in supporting angel-backed businesses to achieve global growth.
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WBAF World Congress 2018 - Website Online!
For the first time ever, the World Business Angels Investment Forum will be hosting more than 1,000 delegates from all over the world at its annual gathering. WBAF 2018, the biggest annual gathering of the world’s early-stage equity and investment markets, will have 5 important summits running concurrently on 18 – 20 February 2018 at the Swissotel The Bosphorus Istanbul.
• the WBAF Annual Conference 2018 (for angel investors).
• the Take Invest Summit 2018 (for start-ups and scale-ups).
• the FinTech Summit 2018 (for finance executives).
• the Impact Investment Summit 2018 (for impact investors).
• the CEO-Preneurship Summit 2018 (for CEOs of global companies valued at $100+ million).
www.wbaf2018.istanbul
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Pitching to potential LPs / investors for your fund
If you are running a fund and are looking for new investors or LPs, the WBAF main stage is waiting for you. You will be able to make a pitch (3, 5, or 10 minutes) to let the WBAF investment community know about your fund. This is a great opportunity for you to attract new investors to your fund.
We are therefore allocating a special session on the main stage of the WBAF World Congress 2018 on 19 February 2018 at the Swissotel the Bosphorus Istanbul. This session will provide exposure to highly qualified angel investors, family office executives, co-investment fund managers, angel investment group directors, corporate venture executives, accelerator executives, technopark investment directors and venture capitalists.
Please contact
Christina McGimpsey
Secretariat Director, World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF)
Christina.McGimpsey@wbaforum.org
www.wbaf2018.istanbul
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Global outlook for VC markets from Leon Saunders-Calvert, Global Head of Capital Markets & Advisory, Thomson Reuters
Leon Saunders-Calvert, Global Head of Capital Markets & Advisory, Thomson Reuters delivered a presentation on the global outlook for VC markets at the Invest in Istanbul event at the London Stock Exchange on 23 October.
Thomson Reuters provides professionals with the intelligence, technology and human expertise they need to find trusted answers, enabling professionals in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, and media markets to make the decisions that matter most, all powered by the world's most trusted news organization.Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
Download the TR Report
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World Excellence Awards 2018:
Applications and nominations are now live!
With its Excellence Awards, the World Business Angels Investment Forum looks beyond borders. It seeks to promote and nurture start-ups, scale-ups, high-growth businesses, SMEs, angel investors, and a dynamic business community throughout the world. From business angels to policymakers to academics, the Awards salute those who stand out in imagining, discussing, and shaping the future of an entrepreneurial World. Applications and nominations for the World Excellence Awards can be made online starting 1August 2017.
Given the diverse challenges the world is facing in the twenty-first century, it is important to recognize that entrepreneurship and angel investment can have a major impact on our future, offering new ways to increase economic opportunities and to foster social justice.
The World Business Angels Investment Forum aims to contribute to that impact by driving positive changes that will facilitate entrepreneurship. Fostering entrepreneurship whose effects can be felt in both economic and social arenas is a hallmark of the World Business Angels Investment Forum.
Apply / Nominate Now!
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Business angels invest 6.7 billion Euros in Europe!
Business angels invested a total of 6.7 billion Euros in 2016! Check out an important research publication focused on business angels. Statistics Compendium is Europe’s most extensive annual research on the activity of business angels and business angel networks. It provides information on the overall early-stage market and on how business angel networks operate, as well as insight into their investment attitudes. This 28-page report offers a wealth of data that you are sure to find interesting.
Download it from here
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SME Finance Forum meets in Berlin – 1-3 November
WBAF Chairman Baybars Altuntas was a delegate at the 2017 SME Finance Forum, which met in Berlin 1–3 November. This Forum operates a global membership network that brings together more than 140 financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation, and promote the growth of SMEs. Established in 2012, the SME Finance Forum is managed by the European Investment Fund (IFC).
For more information about the Forum
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EU Business angel’s funding report released
The new European Commission report on business angel funding offers important insights from various stakeholders in EU member states, including representatives of business angel and venture capital associations, entrepreneurs, researchers and policymakers. You’ll find high quality and concrete information directly from the members of business angel networks.
To download the report,
click here
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Angel Investor magazine asks:
How can we redefine public and private partnerships to ease access to finance for entrepreneurs?
‘SME’s and start-ups face enormous challenges. Among the toughest is their struggle to access finance and inability to accumulate capital. This lack of financial resourcing impedes growth, business development, and ability to hire – in other words, SMEs that have the potential for exponential or fast growth instead grow far slower. A consequence of this challenge has been a shift of focus, where innovation becomes a vehicle to decrease production costs, respond quickly to evolving consumer needs, and ultimately preserve and sustain an SME’s competitiveness. How business angel networks in chambers of commerce are created and executed is of paramount importance – it would be easy to write off the idea, if poorly executed.’
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