Dissemination of the BAN concept. The economic daily newspapers Il Sole 24ore and Italia Oggi; the weekly magazines Milano Finanza and Il Mondo Economico

 

The economic daily newspapers Il Sole 24ore and Italia Oggi; the weekly magazines Milano Finanza and Il Mondo Economico, many others newspapers and magazines have published several feature articles on IBAN, BAN and BA activities.

 

8. IBAN Regional Bans7 in Italy

BANs are fully connected to IBAN. All the BANs are managed following the IBAN code of conduct.

 

    FIGURES (2005)  
         
  Projects Number of Angels Deals Made Average amount in Euros
  submitted      
LAZIO 20.000
         
NORD OVEST
TOSCANA SUD n/a n/a n/a n/a
PUGLIA n/a n/a n/a n/a
UMBRIA
SARDEGNA n/a n/a n/a n/a
BOLOGNA
BRESCIA8 n/a n/a n/a n/a
CAMPANIA n/a n/a n/a n/a
ALPE ADRIA9
CLUB MILANO 204.200
TOTAL Ђ

 

 

BAN Lombardia and BAN Calabria have resigned in 2005

BAN Brescia is a new established

Alpe Adria old name was “Friuli”


 

 


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9. EU support (1999 – 2001)

 

Awareness actions

 

Awareness seminars have been held in the following cities: Torino, Tortona, Venezia and Bologna. They were organised and co-ordinated by IBAN with the EBAN support.

 

Feasibility studies

 

SVI Lombardia received financial support from the European Commission to investigate the setting upof an Italian BAN. This project led to the creation of IBAN and stimulated the emergence of regional networks.

 

Pilot projects

 

Gepafin S.P.A., the Regional Finance firm from Umbria, received subsidies from DG Enterprise to setup a regional BAN as well as to explore the potential benefits of establishing a transnational electronic BAN.

 

IBAN, the Italian association of BANs, was also selected to deliver a pilot project aimed at improving the administrative and cultural environments in which BANs operate.

 

EBAN members

 

IBAN


 

 


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  BAN Alpe Adria  
Contact person Fabio Apollonio  
Contact details Via Rossini 10  
  34 100 Trieste  
  T: +39 040 811 826  
  E: info@dolphin-investments.com  
Type of network Private company  
Date of creation March 2003  
Employees    
Legal status Societа in accomandita per azioni  
Hosting organisation None  
Formal partner organisations None  
Commercial/for profit network Yes  

 

Funding sources


 

 

12%

22%


 

  Public National  
  Fees from  
  Business Angels  
66% and enterprises  
Other (sponsors)  
   

 

 
Number of projects submitted
Number of Angels
Number of deals made
Average amount of the deal 85.000Ђ 5.000Ђ -

 

Matching products of the network:

 

Computerised data-base matching service

 

Personal introduction (on a one-to-one basis)

 

Investment forum / fairs

 

Networking events for investors

 

Mail presentation to all private investors

 

Contacts to potential Business Angels within two weeks after first contact

 

How are clients acquired?

 

Information events / seminars

 

Visits to enterprises

 

Articles in local / national media

 

Established co-operation with local banks / financing institutions / accountants, lawyers; embedding in sector of public promotion companies for SMEs,

 

Other: Partnerships with universities, academies/colleges, science parks; public relations, direct mailings.

 

Fees

 

o Fees charged to entrepreneurs: n/a o Fees charged to Business angels: n/a

 

Estimate of the number of jobs created as a result of the network activity over the last 3 years:

 

n/a


 


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How do angels exit their investments?n/a

 

Success story

 

Name of Sector of Date of Amount Number of Date of exit Multiple of return for
company activity investment invested angels   investors (i.e. times
      (Ђ) involved   return on money)
Movendo tlc October 306.250 December 1 : 1,09
Spa        
             

 

 


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BAN BOLOGNA  
Contact person Francesca Polluce
Contact details Via Benedetto XIV, 3
  40125 Bologna
  W: www.banbologna.it
Type of network (national/regional/local) Regional – Regione Emilia Romagna
Date of creation            
Employees            
Legal status Agreement      
Hosting organisation Provincia of Bologna
Formal partner organisations Ascom Bologna, Aster, Api Bologna, Cna
  Bologna, Confartigianato Bologna LegaCoop
  Bologna      
Commercial/for profit network No      
Funding sources              
22%              
             
        National funds    
           
           
12%       Fees from BA    
         
         
      Sponsors    
  66%        
         
             

 

 
Number of projects submitted
Number of Angels
Number of women investors
Number of members recruited during the year
Number of women recruited during the year
Number of deals made
Average amount of the deal 50.000Ђ -