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Young European Entrepreneurs’ Seminar 2011 The importance of Business Angels for entrepreneurship

Young European Entrepreneurs’ Seminar 2011 The importance of Business Angels for entrepreneurship. Chiara de Caro, General Manager EBAN November 17 th 2011. ABOUT EBAN. Business angel networks. Seed funds. Federations of networks . Associate members .

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Young European Entrepreneurs’ Seminar 2011 The importance of Business Angels for entrepreneurship

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  1. Young European Entrepreneurs’ Seminar 2011 The importance of Business Angels for entrepreneurship Chiara de Caro, General Manager EBAN November 17th 2011

  2. ABOUT EBAN Business angel networks Seed funds Federations of networks Associate members Individual angels Professional standards Benchmarking – Research and Networking with peers Lobbying Awareness and Capacity building Cross-border syndication and co-investment support 120 member organisations – Representing 300 BANs – 27 countries

  3. BUSINESS ANGELS • An individual investor, investing directly his/her own money predominantly in seed or start-up companies with no family relationships, with a medium to long term set time-frame and financially independent • Making his/her own (final) investment decisions • Ready to provide, on top of his/her individual investment, follow-up strategic support to entrepreneurs from investment to exit. • Respecting a code of ethics including rules for confidentiality and fairness of treatment (vis-à-vis entrepreneurs and other BAs), and compliance to anti-laundering. • >Investment average 25 to 250k€

  4. EXAMPLES OF BA FUNDED COMPANIES Michelson Diagnostics

  5. WHAT BUSINESS ANGELS LOOK FOR? • Current & comprehensive Business Plan • Strong & committed Management Team • Environment and market • High growth / scalable / strong business forecast (5m€/3yrs) • Realistic pre-money valuation • Exit strategy • BUT Entrepreneur’s qualities are most important In Europe , Business Angels invest 4 Billion Euros per year in 20.000 companies (including several financial rounds)

  6. BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORKS • “Private or semi-public body whose aim is to match entrepreneurs looking for equity with business angels” • Membership: Business Angel investors • Fees: Annual membership fee and sometimes % success fee • Seeks & filters applications from entrepreneurs • Allows selected entrepreneurs to pitch to investors • May also: provide training (to entrepreneurs and Angels), opportunities to syndicate

  7. ADDED VALUE • Angel Networks can increase supply & demand for Angel Investment • Investment Readiness programmes – get entrepreneurs ready for investment • e.g. Business Planning advice, Presentation Training etc. • Investor Readiness programmes – educate investors in the basics of Angel investment • e.g. Legal Issues advice, meet with existing Angels, learn about tax break schemes

  8. WHAT CAN POLICY MAKERS DO?

  9. INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? «EBAN Annual Congress» Hosted by NBAA Russia Moscow, 23-24 April 2012 www.ebancongress2012.org

  10. CONTACT DETAILS EBAN Secretariat Rue Vautier 54 1050 Bruxelles +32 2 626 20 63 info@eban.org www.eban.org

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