From the 14th to the 16th of December 2014, the Turkish business angel association (TBAA) and the Istanbul Stock Exchange (Borsa Istanbul) organised a European Business Angels Investment Forum 2014 entitled "Access to finance from start-up to scale-up to exits".
The European Business Angels Network (EBAN) is an international, non profit organisation, bringing together member organisations and individuals from Europe and beyond. EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 5.1 billion Euros per year and comprises 260.000 angel investors. In 2012, almost 3,000 companies were funded through business angel networks and 17,800 new jobs were created. A business angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
The PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD) has actively been cooperating with EBAN since last year's EBAN conference in Vienna, and after visiting this years` conferences in Nova Gorica and Helsinki, VZMD President Mr Kristjan Verbič accompanied by the investo.TV team, also attended the events in Istanbul within the framework of this year's 9th tour of the VZMD international business-investment programmes Invest to Slovenia – investo.si and International Investors` Network – investo.international.
The European Commission has also recognised the importance of angel investment. EU based companies can obtain EU funding and support through the Horizon 2020 programme, while the European Angels Fund works hand-in-hand with Business Angels and helps them to increase their investment capacity by co-investing into innovative companies in the seed, early or growth stage.
Before the Istanbul conference, the VZMD President also attended the Investors Conference organized by the European Federation of Financial Services Users – Better Finance in Wiesbaden and Crowdfunding convention organized by the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) in Paris, where he also met with the EBAN President, Ms. Candace Johnson. Crowdfunding is a popular practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
To help start-ups fill the equity gap, Borsa Istanbul introduced a Private Market platform which allows companies to have access to finances without going public, providing liquidity for company partners intending to sell their shares and offering investors the chance to find buyers to liquidate their investments.
As usual, notable presentations of companies, institutions and investment projects included in the two VZMD business-investment programmes: Invest to Slovenia and International Investors` Network were also presented during all occasions, events and conferences.
After this year's successful presentations in Belgrade, Bled, Bratislava, Brussels, Buenos Airres, Copenhagen, Grodno, Helsinki, Istanbul, Madrid, Montevideo, New York, New Delhi, Ouagadougou, Paris, Piran, Praya, Reykjavik, Teheran, Warsaw, Wiesbaden, Yaroslavl, and last year's in Astana, Almaty, Bled, Baku, Brussels, Buffalo, Bukarest, Cape Town, Celje, Dubai, Kiev, Ljubljana, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokio, Toronto, Vienna, and Zagreb, the two VZMD international business-investment programmes continue to provide for their partners effective presence and presentations on five continents!
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Other Related International Activities:
PRAIA – VZMD President attending a special reception hosted by the President of the Cape Verde Republic. The VZMD President has also discussed the possibilities of a better cooperation with the Prime Minister and some members of the government, along with the visit of the »Mission for Growth« delegation led by the European Commission – an intense interest in the VZMD international investment programmes
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT about the week of the MOSCOW-VIENNA-CAPETOWN conferences involving the following: active participation of the international business-investment VZMD programmes, signing a memorandum with the Russian Federation of Investors, and protection of rights of the Slovene and European shareholders at the Viennese conference »The Financial Repression of Savers and Investors« (Moscow, Vienna, Cape Town, October 2013)
MOSCOW – At the Slovenian Embassy about a joint investors’ conference in the fall – an arrangement between the Russian Federation of Investors, VZMD and the Slovenian Embassy (Moscow, June 2013)
KAZAKHSTAN – a successful visit of the Slovenian business delegation in Kazakhstan – strong interest displayed in the international investors’ programs of the PanSlovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD): investo.si and investo.international (Astana, Almaty, June 2013)
WORLD BANK – President of VZMD and EuroFinUse Board Member speaker of the first panel at the international conference about audit reform and the importance of audit committees (Bucharest, June 2013)
VIDEO REPORT – Variegated happening at the 19th financial fair KAPITAL 2013 at Cankar Hall, along two-day presentation of the international investors’ programs and the lecture of VZMD President (Ljubljana, April 2013)
INDIA – visit of Slovenian government and business delegation – on the basis of Memorandum between ICPE and VZMD international investors' programs investo.si and investo.international also present (New Delhi, February 2013)
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT of “International Conference on Benefits and Challenges of Public Private Partnerships for improving Energy Efficiency” – key statements of prominent participants (Ljubljana, October, 2012)
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from Slovenian - Azerbaijani Business Forum in Baku (Baku, January, 2013)
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT - Investors' week and the view of business potentials and investment opportunities during the visit of distinguished international guests at the Slovenian coast (Postojna, Koper, Piran, September, 2012)
VIDEO REPORT "Ljubljana declaration" – historic decision on unification of 50 organizations of shareholders and investors under one association and VZMD award »Polet« for »Model corporate governance in multinational corporation« to Gorenje company (Ljubljana, September 21, 2012)
Gala reception and dinner before International Conference on financial education and investors` exposition »investo Expo« (Ljubljana, September 19, 2012)
VIDEO REPORT - International Conference at the Brussels Stock Exchange Stimulated Investors' Representatives and Institutions to Participate at the Investors' Week 2012 in September in Slovenia(Brussels, March 2012)
"Slovenian Day at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE)" Exceptional Interest of Funds, Investors, and the Financial Media for Slovenian Companies and Its Investment Environment - The Introduction of investo.si - Invest to Slovenia's Newly Founded Affiliate, investo.me - Invest to Montenegro (Warsaw, October 2011)
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