A group of New Zealand businesses and business development agencies is preparing to welcome leading American angel investor Bill Payne in New Zealand for six months to share his knowledge with Kiwi entrepreneurs, investors and universities.

Payne will be based at business growth centre The ICEHOUSE from February as the BNZ University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneur in Residence.

This activity is really been inspired by networks, which started with Tech Coast Angels San Diego adopting The ICE Angels back in 2003/4 and then moving to Bill at Kauffman Foundation and then wider – which really has seen the world of angel investing becoming so much flatter so to speak with excellent initiatives like the World Business Angels Association helping to web those networks together. Read the press release at http://www.theicehouse.co.nz/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=4EWF0klVjZo%3d&tabid=89