HeBAN as the National Lead for Greece of GBAN (Global Business Angels Network) supports the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2019 (GEW2019).

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a collection of tens of thousands of events, activities and competitions each November that inspire millions to explore their potential as an entrepreneur while fostering connections and increasing collaboration within their ecosystems. Powered by the Kauffman Foundation, Global Entrepreneurship Week has expanded to 170+ nations since its launch in 2008 with 20,000 partner organizations, now serving as Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)’s community-building backbone.

Through GEW, GEN seeks universality, striving to be inclusive of individuals and communities who have traditionally faced barriers to entrepreneurship whether minority groups, cumbersome traditional institutions or those pushed to the side by strong competition. GEW 2019 will be held on November 18-24, 2019.

More information about the event can be found here: https://www.genglobal.org/gew

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HeBAN is happy to announce that qualified Greek start-ups are invited to compete to pitch on the 2020 Global Fundraising Stage (GFRS) of the World Congress of Angel Investors WBAF 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey, on February, 18, 2020 (www.wbaf2020.istanbul). The 2020 Global Fundraising Stage is supported by the WBAF Angel Investment Fund, which aims to invest in startups of the GFRS 2020. It will provide a unique opportunity to 100 selected startups and scaleups to pitch their businesses on WBAF’s Global Fundraising Stage at its World Congress on 17–18 February 2020. (It is important to note that the WBAF Angel Investment Fund is only one of many investors and investing institutions that will be present at the GFRS 2020.) More information about the application procedure and the event can be found here.

HeBAN will participate at the European Angel Investment Summit (EAIS) in Brussels on November 25th-26th in Brussels. The Summit will bring together hundreds of investors, selected start-ups, policymakers and corporates to discuss possible solutions to Europe’s most important challenges. Opening keynote speaker will be Marco Landi, the Former COO and President of Apple Computer. HeBAN’s co-founder and member of EBAN board Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis will speak about ‘Purposeful venture capital investment for the new EU economy: Leveraging EU Instruments to solve venture capital challenges through public-private investor partnerships’. The Summit aims to put business angels in the spotlight and highlight how they bring economic dynamism by financing innovation and taking risks early on. EBAN is partnering with the European Investment Project Portal, the European Commission DG GROW and DG ECFIN, as well as the Enterprise Europe Network for the event. Other speakers include Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council, Pier Luigi Gilibert, Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund, Kerstin Jorna, Deputy Director General, European Commission DG Economic and Financial Affairs, and many other distinguished guests.

The full programme and more information about EIAS you can find here.

Prof. Panayiotis KETIKIDIS, Ph.D., Member of the Board at EBAN, will give a speech at the 3rd International Early Stage Investors Summit VOX ANGELIS in Moscow on 13-15 Sept 2019 with the title: ‘Valuing Startups: Valuation challenges’.

HeBAN participated at the 5th OK!Thess DemoDay hosted by OK!Thess in the framework of the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Sep 12, 2019. The well-organized event gave ample opportunity for investors to meet compelling start-up teams from Greece and South-East Europe. (picture © fortunegreece.com)