The Dutch-speaking economic daily newspaper Financieel Economische Tijd published articles on BANs operating in Flanders. So did the French-speaking daily L’Echo for the Walloon networks. Many articles were originally inspired by the BAN's initiatives and by the efforts of Mr Rudy AERNOUDT, a Belgian European Commission official.
In 2000, RTBF (the French-speaking public TV corporation) dedicated an edition of its weekly magazine ECO to the concepts of Business Angels and BANs in the Walloon Region.
Economic magazines such as Trends/Tendance and PME/KMO have published several pieces on BA and BAN activities in Belgium in both French and Dutch.
In May 2001, BeBAN organised a congress on “BAs: accelerators of economic growth” to state clearly the role of BA financing among other financial actors. Some 150 market players attended.
The start-up of BAN Vlaanderen in February 2004 raised a lot of attention in all national media (TV, newspapers, business magazines…) and enhanced the knowledge about the existence of BANs. A large publicity-campaign with commercial spots, advertisements and a region-wide road show expanded the BAN-concept throughout Flanders.
EBAN members
BAMS
BAN Vlaanderen
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BAMS
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| Contact person | Christophe Guisset | |||||||||||
| Contact details | Champ Vallйe 17C | |||||||||||
| B-1348 Louvain la Neuve | ||||||||||||
| T: +32 (0) 10 48 50 20 | ||||||||||||
| F: +32 (0) 10 48 50 21 | ||||||||||||
| E: mail@bamss.com | ||||||||||||
| W: www.bams.be | ||||||||||||
| Type of network | Regional network | |||||||||||
| Date of creation | ||||||||||||
| Number of Employees | ||||||||||||
| Legal status | Limited Company | |||||||||||
| Formal partner organisations | BeBan, BAN Vlaanderen, ING Bank | |||||||||||
| Commercial/for profit network | Yes | |||||||||||
| Funding Sources | ||||||||||||
| 1 0 % | R e g io n a l fu n d s | |||||||||||
| F e e s fr o m | ||||||||||||
| 4 0 % | 5 0 % | B u s in e s s A n g e ls | ||||||||||
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| e n tr e p r e n e u r s | ||||||||||||
| Number of projects submitted | ||||||
| Number of Angels | ||||||
| Number of companies financed | ||||||
| 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 | 103.125Ђ | 70.576Ђ | 71.015Ђ | 69.597Ђ | 72.400Ђ | 133. 225Ђ |
Matching services of the network
Newsletter or information bulletin
Database of contacts
Meetings
Investment Clubs
Investment forums and fairs
Internet
Specific service for business angels investing in high-technologies
How are clients acquired?
Event and information fairs
Newsletter
Targeted publicity
Visits to enterprises
Articles in the regional or national press
Cooperation agreements with local banking, financial or fiduciary institutions
Sponsors
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Sectors of investment
| ICT | ||
| 34% | 34% | Retail and |
| services | ||
| Health related | ||
| 6% | Manufacturing | |
26%
BAN specialisation
None
Fees
o Fees charged to entrepreneurs: 300-500Ђ o Fees charged to business angels: 425Ђ
Co-investment scheme
BAMS ANGELS FUND, 30 Business Angels gathered in a fund that invests only if several of its members will co-invest. (Total investment per deal from 500k to 1MЂ). www.angelsfund.be
