Meet with the most important global leaders and investors in early-stage investment markets of the World — family office managers, wealth management executives, stock exchange executives, financial experts, policymakers, academics, active members of early-stage investment markets, bank executives and WBAF delegates — who will come together to create new ways for start-ups, high-growth businesses, scale-ups, SMEs and angel investors to access finance.
On 18, 19 and 20 February 2018, WBAF World Congress 2018 will host hundreds of investors from 80 countries in Istanbul.
For the first time ever, the World Business Angels Investment Forum will be hosting more than 1,000 delegates from all over the world at its annual gathering. WBAF World Congress 2018, the biggest annual gathering of the world’s early-stage equity and investment markets, will have 5 important summits running concurrently on 18 – 20 February 2018 at the Swissotel The Bosphorus Istanbul.
This year’s forum will focus on the theme ‘Unlocking the Potential for Innovation: Angel Investors Partnering with Family Offices and Wealth Management Institutions from Start-up to Scale-up to Exit to Boost More Innovation’’. The discussions will explore how family offices and wealth management institutions can foster open innovation and deliver more business value through partnerships with angel investors, start-ups, scale-ups, high-growth businesses and SMEs.
• the WBAF Annual Conference 2018 (for angel investors).
• the Take Invest Summit 2018 (for start-ups and scale-ups).
• the FinTech Summit 2018 (for finance executives).
• the Impact Investment Summit 2018 (for impact investors).
• the CEO-Preneurship Summit 2018 (for CEOs of global companies valued at $100+ million).
The Agenda of the Annual Meeting of Angel Investors on 19th of February 2018
- Global Action Plans of Global Leaders: Unlocking the potential for innovating and developing global partnerships for economic development and for achieving the sustainable development goals of the United Nations
- New Rules of Wealth Management: Including more angel-backed investments and private equity in a diversified family office portfolio
- The rise of the Secondary Market: Global Challenges and opportunities in regulated and un-regulated secondary markets, easing access to finance for start-ups, scale-ups, high-growth businesses and SMEs
- New Roles for Development Banks: Leading co-investments and financing high-growth businesses to empower the early and post-early stage investment market
- Angel Investment as a New Investment Instrument for Islamic Finance
- The G20 Agenda on Angel Investment and Early Stage Investment Markets: Converting public finance to smart finance in cooperation with angel investors
- Regional Focus: The V4 Early Stage Investment Market and Connecting the International Visegrad Fund with Global Capital Markets
Meet with the most important global leaders and investors in early-stage investment markets
The World Business Angels Investment Forum invites you to meet with the most important global leaders and investors in early-stage investment markets and discover new visions for the future! Engage the social power of global networking!
