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 |
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: [email protected] | |||
| Type of network | Private company | ||
| Date of creation | March 2003 | ||
| Employees | |||
| Legal status | Societ in accomandita per azioni | ||
| Hosting organisation | None | ||
| Formal partner organisations | None | ||
| Commercial/for profit network | Yes |
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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 | 85.000 | 5.000 | - |
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 | |
| () | 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% | |||||||
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| 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 | 50.000 | - |
