World Business Angels Investment Forum has become an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) SME Finance subgroup. Its participation has been approved by the GPFI Troika linked to the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP).

HBAN has invested €50,000 in Incereb, a neonatal monitoring sensors company, just 48 hours after hearing the Irish company’s presentation.

Origin Capital and Qi3 Ventures have realised their joint investment in pet health company Lintbells.
Origin and Qi3 backed Lintbells at an early stage of it’s growth in April 2012.

UKBAA names speakers for its UKBAA Midlands Investment Summit.

EBAN has published its latest research report focused on understanding the reasons why angel investors choose not to invest in early stage SMEs.

The report, titled “Why Business Angels Do Not Invest”, is based on direct responses received from EBAN members and participants of our investor training workshops organized during the years of 2016-2017. 683 participants from 41 different countries, the vast majority of them being active angel investors, participated in a brief 8-question survey administered at the end of each workshop. In this report, you will find an aggregation of the survey results with a brief commentary explaining the main findings.

Download the report here.

EIF-supported Trind Ventures has concluded the first closing of its new fund at 21 million euros. The three largest investors in the fund are European Investment Fund (EIF) under the Juncker Plan, LHV pension funds (LHV) and Trind Ventures’ team itself.

PPeter Thiel has invested in many of the most famous companies of the last 20 years including PayPal and Facebook.

UKBAA is launching Angel Hubs, a new, physical focal point from which angel investors will be able to better connect with their local angel community.

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) has invested €300,000 in Kilkenny-based ND Sports Performance and its cloud-based hamstring assessment system products for hamstring injury prevention and improving athlete performance. The funding, which will lead to the creation of up to 10 new jobs, was led by HBAN’s South East Business Angel Network (SEBAN), with support from Enterprise Ireland.

HBAN has announced its first overseas partnership with the New York-based Digital Irish Angels (DIA) Syndicate. The collaboration with HBAN, was officially launched at an event in the Residence of the Consul General, Mr. Ciarán Madden, in New York City, this partnership will enable the syndicate to invest and support early stage Irish companies who have a US market focus.

Anglia Capital Group business angel investors and partners invested £335,000 into Developing Experts, an innovative ed-tech company that has developed a unique digital platform which empowers teachers to teach a specialist subject with confidence.

Angelgroups, a connected network of angel investors across the North of England, has launched in York.

Martin Avison, founder of Angelgroups, said: “I am delighted to bring such opportunities to the region and welcome the support of our associates.

“We are a peer network of high net worth and sophisticated investors who provide much more than simply investment. Our