FNABA - Portuguese Business Angels

Contact details
FNABA - National Federation of Business Angels Associations
Rua 7 de Junho de 1759, No. 1
Lagoal 2760-110 Caxias
E-mail: fbanha@gesbanha.pt
Tel: 351 21 441 6460
Fax: 21 441 7387
Website: www.fnaba.org

 
MISSION STATEMENT and OBJECTIVES of the ORGANISATION

Date of creation : 16/02/2007

Mission
FNABA aims to be a conciliator entity, FNABA aims to provide institutional representation to member Networks at national and international level, preserving each member orientation and independence while promoting the Business Angel activity in Portugal

Objectives

  • Promote and coordinate a set of actions and activities able to foment both the individual development of each one of its associates and simultaneously their joint inter-relationship, generating important achievements;
  • Support the joint projects between the several associations, directing business plans according to its development potentialities existent at the level of several national, regional and local associations;
  • Organize common activities and initiatives to spread and largely foment the financing, through informal investors, in the venture capital market in Portugal.
Activities and benefits
  • 9 Deals closed;
  • Annual Business Angel Week;
  • Allow members to access EBAN and WBAA innitiatives;
  • Access to Angelsoft tool.
  • Access to partner organizations meetings and innitiatives
 
THE NETWORK IN NUMBERS
Number of BANs in your federation
9

Number of business angels indirectly reached through your networks' members
350

Geographical coverage of your network members' activities
National

   
   
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.