An economic cooperation agreement was signed in Uruguay on the 4th of October between the Trade Federation of Angel Investors of Latin America and the Caribbean (XCALA) and the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) with the aim of...
The European Investment Fund (EIF)  announced in Zagreb on the 3rd of October that it had contributed €15 million to a new impact investment fund called Feelsgood; the contribution was covered almost entirely by the European Fund for Strategic...
WBAF announces that H.E. Prof Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the 6th President of the Republic of Mauritius, will represent Mauritius at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum as High Commissioner. In June 2016, she was on the...
WBAF announces that HRH Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite of the Royal Academy of Science International Trust, known worldwide as ‘the science princess’, has been recognised as  WBAF High Commissioner for encouraging innovation in science and technology globally. Dr El-Hashemite...
The purpose of the Global Mentors Club is to provide mentorship for startups, scaleups, and SMEs around the globe, including specific market expansion services, and to offer coaching and an active exchange of information and experience concerning the formation,...
XCALA Summit, the largest angel investment meeting in Latin America and the Caribbean that brings together more than 400 entrepreneurs, angel investors and investment groups every year, will be held on October 2 and 3 at the Regency Park...
The Grand Opening Ceremony of the WBAF Thailand Country Office in Bangkok on the 28th of August hosted the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, 6 Ambassadors, 8 Consuls, 10 Presidents of Technoparks of ASEAN Countries namely Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,...
As an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) aims to ease access to finance for businesses from startup to scaleup to exit, with the ultimate goal of...
Baybars Altuntas, Chairman of the Board of Directors - World Business Angels Investment Forum gave a special interview for the B-Entrepreneur, Bahrain's leading magazine on entrepreneurship. Altuntas says in his interview ''The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) is an...
The Global Innovation Index 2018 published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of the United Nations ranked Thailand as one of the 20 nations named by WIPO as innovation achievers. Thailand’s seven-place jump was the largest rise among...