About us

The purpose of the Business Angels Romania’s events is to educate the Romanian entrepreneurship about alternative financing, business angel investments, alternative financing for start-ups that bring extra-value and by involving investors.
Business Angels Romania was officially launch on 2nd – 4th November 2015, by organizing the First Business Angels International Conference in Romania, Bucharest and Magurele. The overall theme of the conference was Investment Opportunities for European Emerging Markets. We were honored by the participation of Candace Johnson, President of the European Business Angels Network. Our speakers were some of the best in their field:
 Andy Szekely (Public speaker and one of the best trainers in Romania), Peter Barta (CEO of the Post Privatization Foundation and Entrepreneur), Marcin Wojcicki (Manager at the Bucharest Stock Exchange), Ioana Razvan (Specialist in business solution localization, marketing and sales, SAP and Microsoft specialist), Filipe Carrera (Professor at the ISEG, University of Lisbon and at ESEIG – Escola Superior de Estudos Industriais e de Gestao), Varujan Pambuccian (Mathematician, specialized in the IT industry), Bianca Dancila (CEO of GripADs and the name behind the successful campaign of tocmai.ro), Ilias Papageorgiadis (Consultant and Specialist in the real-estate market), Stelian Bogza (Co-founder of BenefitOnline.ro), Sergiu Neguț (Strategy Specialist and Associated-Dean at the Maastricht School of Management Romania), Piotr Bialowas (European Funds Specialist and member of the European Association of Energy Certification), Prof. George Teodorescu (Author of “Integral Innovation Theory International”, Expert in Innovational Education), Costin Lianu (Associated Professor at the Academy of Economic Studies and initiator of the National Council of Export), Cristian Logofatu (Co-founder of Bittnet Systems), David Blake (Business Development Lead for Europe and Latin America at Gust), Daniel Tiganila (Investor and Co-founder of Start & Grow), and Dragoș Pislaru (CEO of GEA Strategy & Consulting, currently Minister of Labour).
 

Conference Topics: Business Angels legislation, the harmonization of European legislation regarding angel investment, the role of the Stock Exchange in the capital market, Entrepreneurship lessons from start-ups listed on the Stock Exchange, Emerging Markets and the Rise of IT&C, the role of angel investment, the Capital Market (SMEs’ financing, investors’ clubs and their role in a healthy ecosystem), inner leadership – how to make dreams come true, passion for success, productivity and performance, entrepreneurs guided towards success, top challenges for start-ups, how corporations and start-ups can coexist and grow.

PARTENERS: EBAN, INNEON, CONEST, GRADINARIU IMPORT EXPORT, BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE, GUST, „ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA” UNIVERSITY IAȘI, MAGURELE HIGH TECH CLUSTER, ESKILLS, WATIFY, BIZZONWHEELS, PIONEERS FESTIVAL, EURONEST ICT CLUSTER, SHERATON BUCHAREST, TRAVIS CORPORATE EVENTS, STARTUP TRANSILVANIA, ARHIPELAGO, STARTUP ISTANBUL and SKYTEAM.

EVENT PHOTOS AVAILABLE AT: www.2015.businessangelsromania.ro

Business Angels Romania wishes to increase awareness and promote business angels investments as a proper option for business start-ups.

Conference is a place for exchange information and expertise that helps investors and entrepreneurs to understand the market with its new developments, trends, and eases up the access to relevant sources of funding.

Moreover, Business Angel Romania is a member of EBAN (The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players), which currently has 141 members from 41 countries.

We are pleased to inform you that on the 8th and 9th of November, 2016, Business Angels Romania, in partnership with the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), continues the series of conferences with its second edition in Iasi, an important center for entrepreneurship, considered the most important growth pole in the IT area in the near future.

The conference’s theme is Romanian economic reality in the business angels investments context.