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Angel Conference 2022

The fourth annual Early Stage Investment Conference (ESIC) will take place on November 30th, 7 PM.
Special Guests for the conference are Peter Cowley, Artavazd Minasyan and Karen Vardanyan. Peter Cowley has founded and run over a dozen businesses in the last 40 years. He has built up a portfolio of 75 angel investments with 11 positive exits. Peter Cowley is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN). Peter is the author of the book “Invested Investor: The new rules for start-ups, scale-ups and angel investing”.

Peter will share his invaluable experience as a “superangel” with Armenian angels. Participants will have a chance to ask questions and participate in discussions.

In the second part of the event, a panel discussion will be held on the topic “Early Stage Investing: Tips and Insights” with the moderation of Peter Cowley. We will discuss early stage investing with General Partners of two Armenian VCs: Karen Vardanyan, General Partner at Formula VC and Artavazd Minasyan, General Partner at BigStory VC.

ESIC is organized by BANA – Business Angel Network of Armenia with the aim to promote the angel investment culture in Armenia and to develop Armenia’s innovative ecosystem.

Speakers

Bas Gosdka

Acrobator Ventures

General Partner / Founder of Acrobator Ventures. Co-Founder Dutch non-profit Foundation Netherlands for Ukraine

Karen Vardanyan

Formula VC

General Partner at Formula VC, Fund Manager at Sprint Crowdfunders’ Fund, 10+ years of diverse experience in finance and banking.

Artavazd Minasyan

BigStory VC

General Partner at BigStory VC, Co-founder at Krisp and 10Web.

Grigor Hovhannisyan

BANA Angels

Partner at Formula VC, Director of BANA Angels

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BANA – Business Angel Network of Armenia is a network of investors, entrepreneurs and executives from Armenia and abroad interested in making investments in startup companies. In addition to capital, the members bring their expertise, experience and network to influence the success of the startups they invest in.The investors benefit from opportunities for financial return by getting access to quality deal flow and co-investing with other BANA members whose expertise spans a wide range of fields.

BANA is building an ecosystem that facilitates successful investments. We regularly organize workshops for investors to collaborate with their peers and learn from experienced investors from around the world. BANA members get support and access to a range of services to ease the process of investment and portfolio management.

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ESIC 2020

On December 8th, the third Annual Early Stage Investment Conference took place online. The conference consisted of two parts.

The first part was for investors only. Invited speakers shared their experience in modern angel investing practices in various markets (US and Europe), as well as the chosen startups had a unique opportunity to pitch to all participating investors.

The second part of the event was open to all representatives of the startup ecosystem. Guest speakers had a panel discussion and the audience had an opportunity to ask questions. The topic of the panel discussion was “Big changes, Big Opportunities”. The speakers were:

Philippe Glunt – Co-Founder and First President of Business Angels Europe, Vice-President of France Angels, President Founder of Paris Business Angels Network.

Armen Kherlopian – Founding partner at the BAJ Accelerator hosted at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Investor with New York Angels, Venture Judge in the Columbia University Entrepreneurship Community, Science Mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab.

Ronald Weissman – Chairman of the Software Group at Band of Angels, member of the Board of Directors of the Angel Capital Association.

ESIC 2019

On September 17th an Annual Early Stage Investment Conference of BANA – Business Angel Network of Armenia took place in Yerevan with business investors, IT business leaders and startup founders. Speakers at an Early Stage Investment Conference were venture capitalists Luigi Amati from Italy and Brigitte Baumann from France.

The president of Business Angels Europe(BAE) and the director of International META Venture Company Luigi Amati together with Brigitte Baumann, the president of EBAN and the founder of Go Beyond Fintech visited Yerevan by the special invitation of BANA-Business Angel Network Armenia.

Before the conference, RA President Armen Sargsyan hosted Luigi Amati, Brigitte Baumann, and BANA Director Grigor Hovhannisyan. They discussed ways of establishing favorable conditions for foreign investors and ways of simplifying the process. They also emphasized the importance of early-stage investors, as they will ensure the growth of large enterprises. Afterward, the guests at the Ministry of Economy stated that they want to develop an angel investment culture in Armenia.

The conference was supported by The European Union’s EU “Support to SME Development in Armenia“ (EU-SMEDA) Project and Early Stage Investing Launchpad (ESIL).

ESIC 2018

In September 2018, with the collaboration of ESIL and EU, BANA hosted the First Early Stage Investment Conference in Yerevan, to promote Angel Investment culture in Armenia. The President Emeritus of EBAN and ESIL Archangel Brigitte Baumann had a workshop on angel investing and meeting with Armenian female entrepreneurs.

Among the guests were representatives from the Government of RA, EU Delegation, Business Leaders, Investors and Startup founders.

The conference was supported by The European Union’s “Support to SME Development in Armenia“ (EU-SMEDA) Project and Empowering Early Stage Investors (ESIL).

ANGEL CONFERENCE 2022