EBAN, in collaboration with Student Entrepreneurs Club from Solvay Business School, is delighted to invite you to join us for a one-day event focused on Digital Entrepreneurship and how the subject is taught throughout Europe. What? iStart 7th Multiplier event and final conference  When? 12th February 2019 from 10:00 to 17:00 Where? Salle Sommeville - Avenue Jeanne, 44 - 1050 Brussels, Belgium iStart is a European Commission Erasmus+ funded project that aims to develop a curriculum for universities and other academic institutions to teach Digital Entrepreneurship Practice in a more market/startup oriented way. The project is now coming to an end and, together with our partners, we would love to share with you the results of 30 months of work and present our brand new learning platform in Digital Entrepreneurship! The event will feature a keynote speech from Prof. Rudy Aernoudt, Chief Economist at the European Commission and will end with a networking reception starting from 17:00.   Agenda:   10:00 – 10:45 Registration & welcome coffee 10:45 – 11:00 Welcome address EBAN & Student Entrepreneurs Club 11:00 – 11:30 iStart: context and approach Dimitris Bibikas, South-East European Research Centre (Greece) Effi Staiou, Yasar University (Turkey) 11:30 – 12:30 iStart Academies in practice Dimitris Bibikas, South-East European Research Centre (Greece) Fatima Matias, Instituto Pedro Nunes (Portugal) Maria Cristina Porta, ComoNExT (Italy) Effi Staiou, Yasar University (Turkey) 12:30 – 13:00 Straight from the horse's mouth: the iStart experience Students, Mentors and Advisors of the four iStart Academies 13:00 – 14:15 Networking lunch 14:15 – 14:30 Entrepreneurship for Everyone - Presentation of Student Entrepreneurs Club Léon Lamotte & Alix Fontaine, Student Entrepreneurs Club (Belgium) 14:30 – 16:00 Panel discussion: Education in Digital Entrepreneurship: Perspective from European Universities and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Stakeholders  Panelists: Nikos Zaharis, South-East European Research Centre (Greece) Prof. Levent Kandiller, Yasar University (Turkey) Christophe Bodin, Angel Investor, CBO Consulting (Belgium) Fátima Matias, Instituto Pedro Nunes (Portugal) Maria Cristina Porta, ComoNExT (Italy) Solvay Business School Representatives (Belgium)  Moderator: Jacopo Losso, EBAN (Belgium) 16:00 – 16:30 iStart VLE platform: live test + Feedback Moderated by the iStart team 16:30 – 16:50 Keynote Speech on “Entrepreneurship, A Way of Life” Prof. Rudy Aernoudt, Chief Economist at the European Commission (Belgium) 16:50 – 17:00 Conclusion EBAN & Student Entrepreneurs Club 17:00 – 18:00 Networking reception

HBAN invites you to the  HBAN All-Island Conference 2019 taking place in Dublin, Ireland on February 14th. HBAN brings together new and existing business angels from across Ireland to learn, network and collaborate. The theme of this years' conference is Angel investing is a Team Sport, with everyone on the pitch… The event is Ireland’s only angel investment-focused national conference and is targeted at new angels who are looking for structured and quality deal flow. The event will also be of interest to those looking to invest and create de-risked portfolios with like-minded investors through syndicates. There will be a number of international speakers at the conference as well as speakers from the start-up and investment ecosystem in Ireland. For complimentary tickets for EBAN members, contact: info@eban.org   National Director of HBAN, John Phelan invites you largest gathering of business angels in  Ireland for the HBAN All-island Conference.

The 4 Years from Now (4YFN) event in Barcelona, is the innovation platform for MWC (Mobile World Congress), enabling startups, investors, corporations and public institutions to discover, create and launch new ventures together. 4YFN is from the 25-27 of February. 4YFN offers unique connecting initiatives including insightful onstage talks, technical workshops, custom networking activities, community outreach and open innovation programmes, among others. During the event, 4YFN will house over 650 exhibitors across 8,600sqm. Similarly to last year's event, EBAN will be hosting a pitching session at 4YFN with EBAN President Peter Cowley speaking at the event. Join us there by using the 20% discount code (EBAN0002) available for the entire EBAN community. *valid until 25/02/2019 For complimentary tickets for EBAN members, contact: info@eban.org

MedCity in collaboration with Innovate UK and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Invention for Innovation (i4i) would like to invite you to the Angels in MedCity 11th Entrepreneur Pitching Event on the 27th February 2019 in London. This special event will offer business angels the chance to meet and invest in eight MedTech, digital health and diagnostics start-ups from the Innovate UK and NIHR i4i portfolios. The event will include direct pitching and showcasing to investors, with opportunities to meet with each company. The company selection is a competitive process and applications will be assessed by a panel of experts including those from Innovate UK and NIHR. You will also have the opportunity to find out about the Innovate UK and NIHR i4i work supporting the MedTech, digital health and diagnostics space. The pitching event will commence from 16.00 and finish at 19:00, with drinks and canapés until 20:00. This event is delivered in partnership with with Newable Private Investing.   Please note: This is an event targeted at an audience of investors. We reserve the right to reject requests to attend from people not directly invited by the organisers.  

Date and Time: March 6th, 2019, 13:30-19:30 Venue: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Meeting room: JDE 51 (5th floor) Address: 99 Rue Belliard, 1000 Brussels, Belgium EBAN is delighted to invite you to join our 20th Anniversary celebration on March 6th at the European Economic and Social Committee premises in Brussels, Belgium. Since its creation in 1999, EBAN has served as the representative of business angels across Europe and has worked to help the European early stage market grow. We are excited to celebrate this great milestone together with our members, partners and our community. Join us for an afternoon of panels and speeches on how the angel market has evolved over the last 20 years, the role EBAN has played in this regard, and the outlook for the next 20 years of European angel investment. The event will end with a reception starting at 18:00. RSVP below by March 3rd:   DRAFT AGENDA: 14:00 - 14:30      Registration 14:30 - 14:55      Welcome and keynote speeches 14:55 - 15:30      Panel discussion with the founding members of EBAN 15:30 - 16:15      EBAN Under my Leadership - keynote speeches by EBAN President Emeriti 16:15 - 16:40      Speeches from EBAN and the European Investment Fund 16:40 - 17:30      Panel discussions featuring EBAN Angel of the Year Award Winners and EBAN Board 18:00 - 19:30      Reception

BiD Network is inviting all investors to an Impact Investment Trip between 10-16 March 2019. This trip will be extra special as you will visit both Rwanda & Uganda and meet the most promising businesses from both countries! The businesses in Bid Network's  portfolio operate in different sectors, such as food & agriculture, healthcare, renewable energy and financial services. They have one common denominator: they all have a positive impact on their communities, be it via job creation or a product or service that makes life better or easier. The businesses selected for you have gone through a thorough selection and our local investment experts supported them to become investment ready. Register by February the 10th Interested in joining this year's trip? The cost of the trip is 2,500 EUR, including accommodation, one-way flight Kigali - Entebbe, all other logistics and all meals, but excluding VAT and intercontinental flights. Space is limited, so register now to secure your spot! ‘The impact investment trip was very well organised. All businesses were well prepared, and the more businesses we saw, the more difficult it became to choose. After the trip, I invested in two businesses and I am still working on another deal.’ Carla Brokking - Angel Investor

Join Angels in MedCity's first investor workshop of 2019 in London on the 14th of March to learn about investing in life sciences companies. Angels in MedCity investor workshops aim to give potential angel investors who have a particular interest in healthcare and life sciences-based opportunities the information to be able to make these investments. This initiative is a partnership between MedCity and Newable. Workshop Programme - “Healthtech: Software vs Hardware” This workshop is aimed at individuals who would like to know more about investing in healthcare and life sciences. This workshop paves the way to the Company Pitching Event on 11th April at the Francis Crick Institute where you will have the opportunity to meet and invest in healthcare and life sciences start-ups and early-stage businesses.   Please note: this is an event targeted at an audience of investors. Medcity reserve the right to reject requests to attend from people not directly invited by the organisers.

We are pleased to invite you to the launch webinar for EBAN Health - March 21st at 15:00 CET our newest community bringing together all EBAN members interested in investing in health startups and/or learning about market and investment related trends in this sector. The first EBAN Health Webinar will serve to introduce the community, the activities it plans to offer and to discuss the barriers and opportunities when Investing in Health, with EBAN Health Committee members as speakers. Early stage investment in health tech startups presents the business angel with unique challenges and advantages. For example, investing in medical devices requires a certain level of sector expertise, but it can bring significant returns and create positive social impact at the same time. Barriers and Opportunities when Investing in Health March 21st at 15:00 CET   Speakers: Christine Bjarkby Christine Bjarkby is responsible for growth capital and business development within Connect Sverige. Christine has a broad experience from business development worldwide from large public global companies to small start-up companies. Christine has previously worked with investments as a representative of Invest Sweden, Entrepreneurship Network (Enterprise Network for Startup ICT) and Connect. Christine is and has been a board member of several startup companies and is herself a business angel. Christine joined the board of NordicBAN in autumn 2017. Andreas Lindblom Former CEO at Spring Securities, co-founder of Karolinska Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training, group manager at Sales & Service at Itivity, and physiotherapist at the Karolinska Institute. Andreas holds degrees in physics and physiotherapy. Andreas is currently CEO of  SCIETY. Kevin Morningstar Kevin Morningstar is s 35-year veteran of the medical device industry.  A Colorado serial entrepreneur for many years, he co-founded Silverglide Surgical Technologies, Inc., a Boulder surgical instruments startup successfully sold to Stryker in a planned exit.  He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and currently consults globally in the medical device industry, digital health community, and startup ecosystem.  Kevin is an active angel investor and member of Rockies Venture Club, where he serves as Screening Committee Chair and as a general partner in Rockies Venture Fund I and Rockies Impact Fund.   March 21st at 15:00 CET

EVPA and Social Value UK will use their in-depth knowledge of the practice of social impact measurement and management to help you learn how to maximize the impact you are generating. This course is especially designed to support the funders, venture philanthropy organisations and social investors (VPO/SI) in understanding how to measure and manage impact at the portfolio level. If you are interested in: understanding and measuring the impact you generate improving your existing impact measurement system without burdening too much your investees learning how to use the data you collect to take relevant decisions on your day-to-day activity and maximaze the use of your resources and you want to do it by: learning through real-life case studies and group work discussing openly with experienced practitioners sharing challenges and learnings with your peers ...then the Social Impact Measurement and Management Training is the course for you! *Deadlines for submission of applications: 1 March 2019

EBAN’s Scaleup of the Month is an initiative designed to give visibility to the best EBAN member portfolio companies actively raising follow-on investments to scale. This month's webinar will take place on the 26th of March at 12:00 pm CET. During the webinar, selected entrepreneurs together with the investor backing them will present their companies to a jury of investors and an international audience for a chance to become the Scaleup of the Month. Each pitch lasts for 6 minutes and is followed by 4 minutes of Q&A from the jury. After all companies have pitched, live scoring from the jury and the audience determines the winner on the spot. Register below to be part of the live audience.