EBAN is the independent and non-profit European Trade Association for angel investors, seed funds, and other Early Stage Market Players.
EBAN was established under the auspices of the European Commission in 1999 by a group of early business angel networks in Europe and EURADA (the European Association of Development Agencies).
EBAN is the representative in Brussels through direct and indirect membership of more than 250 business angel networks in Europe. These in turn federate some 20.000 angels, and receive about 40.000 business plans a year. EBAN brings together over 100 member organisations in 28 countries today.
EBAN is the networking platform enabling its members to:
- Stay on top of trends in the early stage investment market in Europe
- Build new relationships, new business opportunities by networking with peers across border.
- Get answers to day-to-day challenges: don’t reinvent the wheel, we might have the solution!
- Access our resource center and get ongoing capacity building opportunities
- Be represented under one voice representing the interests of early stage investors near European policy makers
Its charter is to represent the early stage investment market in Europe; carry out research on the angel market and produce facts and trends; identify and share best practices in the early stage funding industry; promote the role and visibility of business angel networks and early stage funds in Europe; promote synergies and networking opportunities among various players in the industry; support the emergence of professional structures and quality standards across Europe; and support the internationalization of the angel and early stage industry and movement.
EBAN's members including individual business angel networks from European countries, regional and national federations of business angels networks, business angel networks with international focuses, early stage venture capital funds. Together with its North American counterpart, ACA, it was a founding member of WBAA, the World Business Angels Association.
Each year EBAN holds a pan-European Congress in a different European city. The 2010 Congress will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
In November 2010, EBAN completed a white paper titled, "Women and Early Stage Investment", with the goal of fostering the creation of more women angel investors. The white paper can be downloaded HERE.
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