Startup’lar için GFRS – Küresel Finansmana Ulaşım Sahnesi 2019



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Startup’lar için GFRS  – Küresel Finansmana Ulaşım Sahnesi 2019
 17-19 Şubat 2019 tarihlerinde İstanbul’da toplanacak olan Dünya Melek Yatırımcılık Kongresi, kapılarını ilk kez startup ve girişimcilere açıyor. 80 ülkeden 1000 civarında melek yatırımcının bir araya geleceği kongre bünyesinde, seçilen 66 startup’a ana sahnede yatırımcılara sunum yapma ve kongre boyunca stand açma imkanı sağlanacak. Yurt dışından da pek çok startup’ın da sunum yapacağı GFRS’de tüm sunumlar İngilizce olacağı için, sizinle konuyla ilgili orjinal İngilizce bilgilendirme mektubunu aşağıda paylaşmak istedim.

Şimdiden başarılar diliyorum,

Baybars Altuntaş
Başkan, Dünya Melek  Yatırım Forumu (WBAF)

Letter of Information  – World Business Angels Investment Forum

GFRS – Global Fund Raising  Stage 2019 – for startups and scaleups
 For the first time ever, the World Business Angels Investment Forum is providing a unique opportunity to 66 selected start-ups and scale-ups to pitch their businesses on the Global Fund Raising Stage (GFRS) of the World Congress 2019. 19 February 2019 – Istanbul

The mission is to showcase the world’s top start-ups and scale-ups, which, typically, are funded companies in the process of raising €100K – €3M, with the aim of globalizing. The GFRS – Global Fund Raising Stage 2019 will essentially be a co-investment platform for angel investors, start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses.

https://wbaf2019.istanbul/GFRS-2019-About

Applications
 Applications will be accepted online only through email: Please send your 2 pages Executive Investor Deck or Executive Business Summary at startup@wbaforum.org

Dear Ali  İhsanKaramanlı,

An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership of Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) promotes angel investment as an innovative financial inclusion tool at the global level. At the G20 meetings in Riyadh, it was announced that WBAF 2019 is now an affiliated congress of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).

On 17 – 19 February 2019, angel investors will come together in Istanbul at the World Congress of Angel Investors – WBAF 2019 with the goal of creating new ways for start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses to access finance.

At this gathering of angel investors — the biggest angel investment forum in the world — WBAF wants to give 66 start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses an opportunity to connect with hundreds of highly qualified angel investors from five continents.

For the first time ever, the World Business Angels Investment Forum opens its main stage to start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses

We are therefore allocating a special area within the World Congress of Angel Investors 2019 – World Business Angels Investment Forum where 66 start-up or scale-up or high-growth businesses will each have a 4-square-metre area to showcase their business. They will thus have exposure to highly qualified angel investors, family office executives, co-investment fund managers, angel investment group directors, corporate venture executives, accelerator executives, techno park investment directors and venture capitalists.

The mission is to showcase the world’s top start-ups and scale-ups, which, typically, are funded companies in the process of raising €100K – €3M, with the aim of globalizing. The GFRS – Global Fund Raising Stage 2019 will essentially be a co-investment platform for angel investors, start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses.

Important links
 If you are an entrepreneur or an institution such as a techno park, incubation center, co-working center, or accelerator who wants to promote deals across borders and is looking for additional rounds of funding or new partners for international growth, we encourage you to learn more about how your business can benefit from this unique opportunity.

Please note the following links to download important documents about the GFRS – Global Fund Raising Stage 2019. These documents include more information about:

• What does WBAF 66 package include?

• How to participate?

• The WBAF 66 selection process

• Profile

• Application Requirements

https://wbaf2019.istanbul/GFRS-2019-About

Applications
 Applications will be accepted online only through email. Please send your 2 pages Executive Investor Deck or Executive Business Summary at startup@wbaforum.org

The application should include:

  • Background and overview of the technology - how it is, or will be, leveraged into a commercial opportunity
  • Financing plan (pre-money valuation, amount sought, use of funds and cap table, if it exists)
  • Market (unmet need, size/opportunity for growth, entry or sales plan, barriers to adoption)
  • Risks (technology, regulatory, reimbursement, and market)
  • Competition (current gold standard, competitors)
  • Intellectual property strategy, proprietary assets/barriers to others entering the market
  • Management team description, people (management, board, advisors, inventors)
  • Possible acquirers/exit strategy

WBAF is not responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any submission. WBAF will not sign non-disclosure/confidentiality statements on behalf of any applicant.

Startup Handbook
 Start-ups and Scale-ups are invited to download the following document to learn more about application process:

https://wbaf2019.istanbul/GFRS-2019-About

Timeline
 WBAF will accept applications for the GFRS – Global Fund Raising Stage 2019 from 15 August 2018. The last day to submit a complete application is 15 January 2019. The WBAF Investment Committee will identify 66 start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses to attend the Global Fund Raising Stage (GFRS) 2019 with a special reduced participation fee of €500. To be eligible for the WBAF 66, you have to participate in the WBAF Startup and Scaleup Process of the WBAF Investment Committee.

  • 15 August 2018: Online application officially opens
  • 15 January 2019: Deadline for applications
  • Every Tuesday: Acceptance letters mailed after WBAF Investment Committees
  • 17 – 18 February 2019: GFRS -Global Fund Raising Stage

Important Note

If the first 66 startups and scaleups are approved by the WBAF Investment Committee before 15 January 2019, applications will not be accepted even they are before the deadline ( 15 January 2019)

Dear Ali İhsanKaramanlı,

As a global organization, the World Business Angels Investment Forum brings together key players of the equity market to discuss the benefits of and the challenges to the angel investment community’s achieving successful growth for their businesses and to discuss what more can be done to connect the early-stage market ecosystem.

By working together across borders, with a common vision and with these smart dynamics in mind, we are well placed to create positive change in the global economy.

With my best wishes,

Baybars Altuntas
  Chairman, World Business  Angels Investment Forum
  Baybars.Altuntas@wbaforum.org