How Airbnb, SnapChat, Instagram and Dropbox benefited from mentorship

Dr. Nikhil Agarwal highlights how mentorship can significantly impact the trajectory of startups. He is a guest editor of the Angel Investor Review, an Executive Investment Committee Member at the WBAF Angel Investment Fund, Senior Senator at the World Business Angels Investment Forum. He is the author of the bestselling book: The Startup Masterplan: How to Build Successful Business...

WBAF’s Duarte awarded by the Trebbia Foundation in Prague

Mónica Sofia Duarte, WBAF International Partner for Cape Verde and founder & vice-president of the Czech-Cape Verdean Chamber of Commerce, has been awarded the prestigious Trebbia Foundation award in the Dialogue and Culture category. This recognition highlights Monica's relentless commitment to building and strengthening cultural, commercial, tourist, and social relations between the Czech Republic and Cape Verde. Monica's nomination...

South Africa announced as the Best Overall Celebration of the 2023

World Business Angel Investors Week 2023 hosted more than 40,000 participants at the Grand Opening Ceremony, and it was celebrated in 132 countries with local events, all under the global theme of Global Collaboration with Higher Education to Increase Financial Inclusion. Twenty-eight countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Latin America, and MENA organized online and hybrid events to...

Angels Week 2023 concluded with a Global Awards Ceremony

As a global organisation, the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) brings together key players of the equity market to debate the benefits and challenges for the entrepreneurship and angel investment communities in achieving successful growth for their businesses, and to discuss what more can be done to connect the early-stage market ecosystem. The World Business Angel Investors Week...

42.652 participants joined the Angels’ Week Grand Opening Ceremony

Celebrated in 132 countries in June and coordinated globally by the World Business Angels Investment Forum, the World Business Angel Investors Week 2023 is a global platform from which to campaign for solutions to critical issues of early stage equity and capital markets, startup economies and other worldwide concerns at the United Nations, the European Union, the ASEAN Economic...

WBAF’s Executive Chairman hosted by the Government of Oman

OMAN NEWS AGENCY REPORTS - Ali Amer Al Shidhani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology for Communications and Information Technology, received at his office today Baybars Altuntas, Executive Chairman of the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), who is currently visiting Oman. Al Shidhani and Altuntas explored avenues of cooperation between the WBAF and the departments lending...

WBAF announces Country Chairs of the Angels Week 2023

Celebrated in 132 countries in June and coordinated globally by the World Business Angels Investment Forum, the World Business Angel Investors Week 2023 is a global platform from which to campaign for solutions to critical issues of early stage equity and capital markets, startup economies and other worldwide concerns at the United Nations, the European Union, the ASEAN Economic...

WBAF announces Singapore’s Head of Mission for its National Commission

SINGAPORE - The World Business Angels Investment Forum, an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), announces the establishment of the WBAF National Commission for Singapore and the appointment of Rina Pua as the Head of Mission of the National Commission. WBAF National Commissions Acting as agencies of consultation, liaison, and information and by mobilizing and coordinating...

After hosting the World Economic Forum and the FIFA World Cup, South Africa now hosts the World Business Angels Investment Forum WBAF

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The time is ripe for Africa to tap into the energy of its startups and achieve more inclusive growth. After hosting the World Economic Forum and the FIFA World Cup semi-final, South Africa will now host the 2023 WBAF World Congress of Angel Investors (WBAF 2023) at the Durban International Convention Center (ICC) on 20–22 November 2023. The theme...

Angel Investor Review selects AIM 2023’s Hot Topics for startups, investors and policy-makers

Since its inception, the Annual Investment Meeting has established itself as a leading investment platform in the Middle East which aspires to ignite positive transformation by creating investment opportunities, upholding solidarity and developing economic relations among nations, as well as addressing the global ordeals that will make a profound impact to economic growth. (Abu Dhabi) The Annual Investment Meeting 2023...