Dissemination of the BAN concept. Regular Business Angels Club’s activities;
Regular Business Angels Club’s activities;
Informing the entrepreneurs about financing possibilities for their projects with informal venture capital;
Promotion activities by publishing articles in SLEVCA Novice/News, Podjetnik – Entrepreneurial Magazine, Kapital - Entrepreneurial Magazine, organising trainings and seminars for entrepreneurs, attending conferences;
Running active webpage.
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| Slovene business angel Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact person | Mr. Jaka VADNJAL | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact details | SBDC - Slovene Business Angels Club | ||||||||||||||||
| WTC – Dunajska 156 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1000 Ljubljana | |||||||||||||||||
| T: +386 1 530 98 04 | |||||||||||||||||
| F: +386 1 589 18 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| E: jaka.vadnjal@pcmg.si | |||||||||||||||||
| W: www.pcmg.si | |||||||||||||||||
| Type of network | National | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of creation: | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of Employees | |||||||||||||||||
| Legal status | Project | ||||||||||||||||
| Hosting organisation | SBDC | ||||||||||||||||
| Funding Sources: | |||||||||||||||||
| National | |||||||||||||||||
| Funds | |||||||||||||||||
| 100% | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of projects submitted | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of Angels | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of deals made | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Average amount of the deal | - | 16.000 Ђ | - | 10.416 Ђ |
Matching services of the network:
Newsletter or information bulletin
Database of contacts
Meetings
Investment forums and fairs
Internet
How are clients acquired?
Event and information fairs
Newsletter
Targeted publicity
Articles in the regional or national press
Cooperation agreements with local banking, financial or fiduciary institutions
Fees:
o No fees charged to business angels and entrepreneurs.
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Deals – Slovenia
| Deal | Sector : | Estimated value of the deal |
| Deal 1 : 2001 | Real estate | No data |
| (partners do not want to share the amount | ||
| of deal with BAC) | ||
| Deal 2: 2001 (merging of | Retail | No data |
| two companies) | (partners do not want to share the amount | |
| of deal with BAC) | ||
| Deal 3: 2002 | Real estate – construction | 16.000 Ђ (share) |
| & craft | ||
| Deal 4: 2002 (invention; | IT Technologies | No data |
| software programe) | (partners do not want to share the amount | |
| of deal with BAC) | ||
| Deal 5: 2004 (patent in | Real estate | 100.000 Ђ |
| construction) |
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SWEDEN
| M |
Sweden has a fairly large number of business angels and business angel networks relative to its size and population. Swedish research indicates that there are 3000-5000 business angels in Sweden investing around 200 million euro per year.
The number of business angel networks in Sweden increased substantially during the period 2003-2004 in connection with a support program run by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (“NUTEK”). Following a few years in the start-up phase, a number of networks are now operational throughout the country and the cooperation between business angel networks is increasing. At the same time, signs of consolidation can be noticed in the sense that networks, either lacking financial means for their operations or lacking a natural and qualitative deal flow, never really got started or have closed down their respective operations. Due to this, the number of BANs decreased slightly in 2005 from the peak in 2004.
Most networks have a geographical focus but are not specialised in terms of industry focus. The majority of investments made through the networks are done in the seed and start-up phases.
| 2. Statistics | ||||||
| 20033 | 20041 | |||||
| Number of BANs | ~30 | ~26 | ||||
| Number of BAs members of BANS | 10002 | 6503 | ||||
| Number of deals through BANs | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | >50 | ~100 |
| Number of accredited projects | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Number of commercial BANs | ||||||
| Number of non-commercial BANs | ||||||
| Number of national BANs | ||||||
| Number of regional BANs | ~30 | |||||
| National association |
BAN legal status
The majority of BANs are organized as networks within non-profit entrepreneurial networks, consulting firms or state-supported organisations.
National association
Since early 2005 the Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (SVCA), supported by NUTEK, acts as National Association for business angels and business angel networks in Sweden.
SVCA is responsible for supporting the regional BANs, as well as for enhancing the level of knowledge about business angel activities in general. Working for a more investor friendly environment, developing tools to improve and facilitate the BAs’ investment process as well as providing forums for networking and educational activities are also part of SVCA’s work.
The fact that SVCA’s member base incorporates all types of private equity investors gives the association a unique possibility to work for improved interaction between investor groups and to bridge the gap between business angels and venture capital investors.
3 During 2003-2004 the Swedish Development Agency (NUTEK) ran a project with the aim of increasing the number of BANs in Sweden. A number of networks got “start-up” funding, thereof the significant increase in BANs from 2002 to 2003.
The high number of members in BANs (1000) indicates the number of newly recruited members, not active BAs
Indicates the number of active BAs in BANs. The number of members in BANs is significantly higher.
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Contact
Contact person SVCA:
Maria Nilsson, Head of Business Angel Relations Grev Turegatan 18
114 46 Stockholm
T: + 46 8 678 30 81 / +46 708 36 22 31 F: + 46 8 678 40 90 E: maria.nilsson@svca.se ; W: www.svca.se
Contact person NUTEK: Karin Цstberg Liljeholmsvдgen 32 117 86 Stockholm
T: +46 8 681 66 20; F: +46 8 744 4045
E: karin.ostberg@nutek.se ; W: www.nutek.se
Lobbying
The current tax climate in Sweden does not provide tax incentives for investing in early stage companies. SVCA therefore continuously work for a more BA investment friendly tax environment as well as for simplified regulations, with the aim of attracting more private capital to entrepreneurial businesses.