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European Parliament
June 29th 2017
Christophe Bodin

2. ▪ The voice of Early Stage Investors in Europe
▪ Not for profit organization based in Brussels
▪ Created in 1999 with the support of EU Commission
▪ Members in more than 53 countries in Europe and beyond
▪ 191 members and growing!
Beyond Europe:
Australia
Malaysia
Brazil
New Zealand
Canada
Oman
Jordan
Singapore
Kenya
USA

3. EBAN members Business Angel Networks (BANs) Corporations
Federations of Business Angel Networks
Chambers of Commerce (non-investors)
Early Stage/ Seed Funds
Associate Members (Other entities involved in promoting the early stage investment market in Europe)
Business Angels
Business Accelerators
E-funding & Crowdfunding Platforms

4. EBAN’s global network

5. Professio-nalisation Building the ecosystem Cross-Border Investment
EBAN areas of activity
Professio-nalisation
Training
Certification
Professional standards
Research
Publications
Benchmarking
Best practices
Building the ecosystem
National & European Eco-System Support
Position Papers
Capacity Building
Increase angel community
International events
Cross-Border Investment
Networking
Co-Investment & Syndication
International agreements
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6. EBAN’s partners and ecosystem

7. European Early Stage Investment
Early stage investment in 2016
9,8b€
6,6b€
2,5b€
0,7 b€
European Early Stage Investment
Business Angels
¹Early Stage VCs
²Equity Crowdfunding
¹ Invest Europe 2016 ² EU Commission - CrowdSurfer Dashboard, Cambridge report, SAID report

8. Market size by country (visible market)UK
Spain
Finland

9. EBAN involvement in EU policy
EBAN has supported various initiatives in EU policy in order to foster early stage investment in Europe. Below are just a few example:
E-zone and its policy paper
Launch of the Startup Manifesto
Launch of the Scale Up Manifesto
Contribution to the EC Green Paper on the Capital Market Union
The two compendiums EBAN produces every year on tax incentives and on co-investment are contributing to the overall understanding of the industry. These statistics are the only ones that exist and are used by the EC
International MoUs with the International Chamber of Commerce and some stock-exchanges
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10. EU policy for early-stage investment
EBAN has been supporting its members who have been applying to the EIF co-investment scheme (InnovFin):
EstBAn got selected!
Additionnally, EBAN is contributing globally to a creating a better policy environment for angel investment by coordinating various initiatives such as:
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11. EBAN past and present European projects
EBAN is promoting investment readiness of entrepreneurs and SMEs in Europe
EBAN members are benefiting from these initiatives thanks to the events (Venture Academies, Investor Fora) co-organised in the scope of these projects
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12. https://twitter.com/EBAN_org
Contact
EBAN
Rue de la Science 14B
Brussels
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