Participants from 5 continents, meet in Estoril, to fill the world equity gap.
On 10th October, 2007 in Estoril, Portugal, the members that participated in the Business Angels Leaders Forum, co-organized by FNABA (Portuguese Business Angels Federation), EBAN (European Business Angels Network) and ACA (Angel Capital Association), from US, decided to create the World Business Angels Association, effective January the 1st,2008.
This event took place under the EU Portuguese Presidency, and Jaime Andrez, President of IAPMEI (Portuguese SMEs Agency), closing the event, declared “This is an important step for developing Business Angels community worldwide, and the Portuguese EU Presidency, will promote this movement in the next EU Competitiveness Ministers Council, to be held in Portugal, in November”The following regions were represented by the association:
- North America, through ACA
- Europe, through EBAN
- Arab Countries, through ABAN (Arab Business Angels Network)
- North Africa
The following countries/regions were present:
Angola, Australia, Brasil, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Finland, France, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
