EBAN Annual Congress 2017

EBAN Annual Congress 2017

 

Where Investors Meet the Future

The EBAN Annual Congress is one of Europe’s largest and most international business angel events held annually by EBAN in cooperation with its best members. After 17 successful editions of the event, the last of which in Eindhoven 2015 and Porto 2016, this year’s edition of the event is coming to Malaga on the 7-9 of June 2017 and will be hosted by the City of Malaga and Promalaga at the grand Palacio de ferias y congresos de Malaga.

The EBAN Annual Congress 2017 will be a spring of new ideas and trends, bringing together the world’s most eminent business angels, entrepreneurs and opinion makers, and enabling networking and dealmaking with experts in the field. We are expecting more than 500 participants from the early stage investing market as well as 100 startups from all over Europe and beyond.

You can find more information about the event here.

Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017 – Johannesburg, South Africa

Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017 – Johannesburg, South Africa

Every year, the Global Entrepreneurship Congress gathers together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and other startup champions from more than 160 countries to identify new ways of helping founders start and scale new ventures around the world. At the weeklong GEC, delegates make connections, gain insights, learn about new research, and leave ready to renew their programs, policy ideas or firm founder skills.

GEC 2017 will take place in the heartbeat of South Africa, in Johannesburg — a budding startup hub that is both an economic and cultural cornerstone of the country — which promises to build on the successes of previous years.

You can learn more about Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017 here.

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Congratulations to HeBAN Member ‘Starttech Ventures’ for Winning the EBAN Award at Porto

Congratulations to HeBAN Member ‘Starttech Ventures’ for Winning the EBAN Award at Porto

HeBAN on 26th May 2016 traveled to Porto, Portugal and had the opportunity to participate in the EBAN Award ceremony in the Palacio da Bolsa.  We are excited for and proud of our co-founder Dimitris Tsingos and his company Starttech Ventures for winning the award of “The Most Successful Business Financed by Early Stage Investors”.


 

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Dimitris Tsigos accepting the Award

“Starttech Ventures exited from AbZorba Games to Novomatic, making a 9.3x return on capital invested. Their portfolio company Epignosis scaled up more than 100% in revenues for the third consecutive year. Their SaaS product TalentLMS ranked No.1 in the World by GetRank for Q3/2015  in Cloud LMS market. Over the year they have made six new investments, three of which were international (Israel, Russia, USA) and four follow-on investments as well as co-founding HeBAN to champion the development of early stage investments market in Greece. EBAN is excited to give this award to our Greek members proving that the country is able to support entrepreneurship and successful early stage investing even in tougher times.”

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During EBAN Annual Congress, “Scale Up for Europe”

At EBAN Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony

You can read more about EBAN 2015 Awards and Winners here !

 

 

 

EBAN’s Annual Congress 2016 – “Scale Up for Europe”

EBAN’s Annual Congress 2016 – “Scale Up for Europe”

HeBAN will participate in the EBAN Annual Congress 2016, entitled “Scale up for Europe”, which will take place in Porto, Portugal on May 25-27, 2016.

The 2016 EBAN Congress will feature top notch speakers and a unique programme.

 

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Opportunities for start-ups

There will be a Matching Event, which will be organized by “Startup Europe Partnership” and “Mind the Bridge” where selected startups will have the opportunity to meet large corporates in 1:1 qualified meetings.

In addition to the Matching Event, during the three – day congress there will be Workshops, Scale Ups, an Impact Investing Pitching Competition and also a separate section for Women Business Angels Investors. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to participate at this EBAN Annual Congress 2016 with a special discounted ticket.

For more info get in contact with the EBAN team.

 

World Business Angels Investment Forum – WBAF 2016 in Istanbul

World Business Angels Investment Forum – WBAF 2016 in Istanbul

HeBAN will participate at the World Business Angels Investment Forum – WBAF 2016 in Istanbul on February 21-23, 2016.

 

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The WBAF 2016 will bring together the best small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from around the world, public authorities, angel investors, venture capitalists, executives of stock exchanges, and representatives of institutions that work to facilitate entrepreneurs’ access to finance, with the aim of taking measures that will facilitate entrepreneurs’ access to finance from start-up to the early exit phase.
The important players of the world’s business angel investment ecosystem will join forces at this event to develop brand new financial instruments that will create finance and liquidity for entrepreneurs, SMEs, innovators and start-ups.

The Forum is organised by EBAN ( The European Trade Association For Early Stage Invesment Market and Business Angels), MBAN (MENA Business Angels Network), ABAN (African Business Angels Network) and TBAA (Turkish Business Angels Association) along with the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN).

HeBAN will be represented with a key note speech, round table and panel discussion. There will be also a special session regrding Business Angels Investing in South-East Europe.

Opportunity for Start-ups:

In addition to high-level policy speeches, there will be parallel sessions for startups and business angels, where the best startups of various regions will have the opportunity to raise funds and secure angel investment from the forum participants. Start-ups interested to pitch to global angel investors at one of the following sub-forums can send an email directly to the Forum’s Chair, Mr. Baybars Altuntas (Vice President, EBAN – The European Trade Association for Business Angels; President, TBAA – The Turkish Business Angels Association) at: baltuntas@deulcom.com.tr

Subsessions:
• Africa Angel Investment Forum
• Middle East & GCC Investment Forum
• South East Europe Investment Forum
• Turkey Investment Forum

More details about the WBAF 2016 and the full programme can be found at: www.wbaf2016.org