WHAT WE DO

We help remove barriers for inexperienced angels, improve skills and approaches for experienced angel investors, and offer investing know-how for the service industry (e.g. lawyers, tax advisors, consultants and coaches, developers, private bankers). The Institute organizes workshops, conducts a comprehensive training program, which also prepares participants for the Certified Business Angel (CBA) exam, and supports them through their alumni association, the CBA Circle.

Candidates who have passed a written test and an oral hearing with our independent ISO-certified examination partner will receive the right to hold the CBA. As CBAs, they will be expected to abide by the CBA Code of Ethics.

WHY DO WE DO THIS

The ecosystem in Europe needs well-founded scientific research and work to build a base of knowledge. A combination of practice and science is essential to connect, process, and achieve new progress. We support this by working with universities and their students sharing our knowledge through lectures, seminars, and panel discussions.

WHAT WE OFFER

Our courses are designed for investors, start-ups, founders, and any persons interested in angel investing and deliver specific best practices as well as underlying principles and a broad spectrum of perspectives. Even experienced angels will significantly expand their horizons and hone their methods, while newcomers gain a thorough understanding of the whole process. Representatives of organizations dealing with early-stage investment issues and of the surrounding service industry have also found our training program useful in the past.

CBA Program

The Business Angel Institute CBA`s program covers the full lifecycle of early-stage investing, providing participants with professional knowledge for start-up investments. The Program consists of 4 Modules: A1, A2, and B1, B2.

Part A of the program covers all pre-investment topics, while B Modules focuses on the post-investment phase.

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Company Training

We offer all training for companies, with a maximum of 10 participants. Our lecturers will come to your company and hold the whole CBA training program especially only for your employees. For further information, please contact us.

Introduction to Angel Investing

This three-hour consultation offers a first overview of the entire life cycle of an early-stage investment as well as the opportunities and risks. After booking, you can arrange a suitable appointment with your trainer Mag. Berthold Baurek-Karlic (Serial-Entrepreneur and Business Angel as well as Co-Founder of the Business Angel Institute).

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Separate Modules

If there is an interest in a special topic regarding early-stage investing, it is possible to book each module separately.

Each module includes:

• Around 3 days of guided home study
  (a comprehensive set of materials included)
• 2 days of face-to-face masterclasses
• Practice instructions and feedback
• 1 remote coaching session

Topics:

• Modul A1 – Selecting the best Start-ups
• Modul A2 – Financial and Legal Aspects
• Modul B1 – Supporting Portfolio Companies
• Modul B2 – Later-Stage Activities

We offer members, clients, and partners of our partner organizations significant discounts on our services. We do this to encourage business angels to work with their national angel clubs, associations, and networks which already provide them with high-quality deal flow, legal support, networking, and other useful services.

Online Resources

We are constantly enlarging and updating our online resources:

•  Our Library
•  Research Resources
• Glossary

HOW ARE WE FINANCED

Founded in 2012, we are financed purely through the income of our courses and additionally receiving donations from our hosting company Venionaire Capital. Our goal is to establish a donation account, where 30% of the made donations, will be added and subsidized by the government.

OUR LEGAL ENTITY

The Business Angel Institute is set up as an independent non-profit initiative, hosted and initiated by Venionaire Capital.

Our next step, for more transparency, is to turn our non-profit initiative into a non-profit foundation. Our goal is to establish a sub-foundation of education and innovation under the wings of the federal foundation of education and innovation. At the moment we are right in the process of certification and will hopefully soon announce our news of becoming a foundation.

In this context, we are also working on a donation account and obtaining the donation seal so that your donations are tax-deductible.