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The EBAN Congress was, as well as many other things, the stage for the launch of the Startup Investors Manifesto which called up for the early stage investment community to support a series of actions and policies aimed at increasing European early stage investment to 15 billion Euros and creating 1,5 million new jobs by 2017.

The 9th annual EBAN awards ceremony took place in evening of the first day and recognised European business angel federations, networks and investors who have demonstrated excellence and commitment to driving business angel investment over the last year. The distinguished "winners" include:

EBAN held a General Assembly during its annual Congress in Dublin and elected a new President and Board. The organisation is from today led by the following members and respective representatives:

The 14th annual European Business Angel Congress commenced in Dublin Castle yesterday. The conference is hosted by HBAN, the all-island umbrella group responsible for stimulating angel investment. This is the first time the congress has come to Ireland and it has brought more than 350 elite business angels and investors from across Europe and the US to Dublin.  The congress was opened by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD. 

Loretta McCarthy & David Beatty - Golden Seeds Join us at the EBAN Congress on Monday afternoon for the "Investing in Female Entrepreneurship" session led by Loretta McCarthy, Golden Seeds Managing Partner & David Beatty Golden Seeds Business Angel Investor (USA)

HBAN and EBAN are delighted to announce another inspirational speaker at this year's EBAN Congress in Dublin. Ciaran Connell is CEO of Decawave, the Irish fabless semiconductor company.

HBAN and EBAN are delighted to announce that David S. Rose, serial entrepreneur & angel investor will speak at this year's EBAN Congress in Dublin.

HBAN, the all-island umbrella group responsible for stimulating angel investment, is today announcing that it will be the official host for the 14th EBAN Congress in 2014, bringing the European business angel community to Dublin. It is Europe’s largest angel event and the second biggest in the world. 

Ireland is probably the leading country when it comes to Angel Syndication. HBAN has extensive knowledge and experience in this topic and during this webinar Michael Culligan shares with us how angel syndicates:  a) stimulates angel investment,  b) empowers angel investors to build and maintain a portfolio of investments, and  c) streamlines the funding process for the entrepreneur. 

It’s a world of confusing acronyms, mysterious terminology and there’s more than a hint of Dragon’s Den about it, but the finance process for entrepreneurs has got an added dimension with the growth of business angels on the Irish scene.