Center for China Business Angel Research

Contact details
China Business Angels Association
No.25 Xaioying Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China 100101
E-mail: manniemm@yahoo.com
Tel: 86 10-82500629
Website: www.chinaangels.org 

 
MISSION STATEMENT and OBJECTIVES of the ORGANISATION

Date of creation : 2008.1

Mission
Build great platform to promote the development of business angel in China.

Objectives

  • Promote business angel exchanges and cooperation between China and worldwide;
  • Promote the research of business angel and early stage venture capital from theory to practice in China;
  • Structure platform for business angel exchanges and cooperation between the parties;
  • Promote business angel projects transformation and development in China.

Activities and benefits

  • Carry out research work in business angel;
  • Introduce the world's major regional business angel groups, activities and experiences into China;
  • Introduce China's business angel and development to foreign countries through taking part in the relevant meetings;
  • Carry out industry planning, investigation, statistics and training work commissioned by relevant government departments;
  • Collect and study the case of domestic business angel, set up the case base of business angel in China;
  • Publish the related books about business angel and establish the Readers Club;
  • Introduce the foreign associations of business angel and their operation to China;
  • Set up non-profit China Business angel Alliance to expand the influence of domestic business angel industry;
  • Offer the systematic training around the business angel.
 
THE NETWORK IN NUMBERS
Number of BANs in your federation
30

Number of business angels indirectly reached through your networks' members
200 members

Geographical coverage of your network members' activities
400

   
   
For Entrepreneurs
  • What is an angel investor?
  • What are angel groups?
  • How do I find an angel group?
  • What is the difference between angels and Venture Capitalists?
  • How do I know my business is right for an angel group investment?
  • When should I approach an angel group?
 
For Investors
As venture capitalists are moving up the ladder to higher amounts, business angels are increasingly active in the very early stage of companies, and are required to invest in several rounds of financing for the same company as there is a lack of follow-on investment. This new equity gap concerns amounts from 1 million to 3 million €, depending on the country.