QBAC+ - Qualified Angel Investor Course

QBAC+ has quickly gained global popularity, making its way from London to Doha and now Istanbul. Soon after the Qualified Angel Investor Course (QBAC+) concluded at the London Stock Exchange Group, development agencies in Turkey decided to make the programme available to their staff. Then the Qatar Development Bank hosted it in Doha. And now the programme is scheduled to run in Istanbul immediately after WBAF 2020. It is open to anyone wishing to become an angel investor. Even experienced angels have found it extremely valuable. Consider taking advantage of being in Istanbul for WBAF 2020 to also attend the QBAC+ course.

A comprehensive article about the QBAC+ is available at http://angel-investor.review/but-why-is-qbac-so-popular-in-the-angel-investor-world/

The objective of the course is to introduce angel investment system to those considering investing in startups, SMEs and high-growth companies by using their own money and own know-how. The course aims to give the basic principles of angel investment and related dos and don’ts when investing as a qualified angel investor.

For anyone new to angel investing, this is an invaluable course that covers the most important aspects of investing and tips on how to avoid the many pitfalls new business angels often encounter.

• The basics of angel investing, including what makes the returns attractive, the importance of portfolio theory, and the financial life cycle of a startup.
• Best practice for structuring, managing and exiting an investment, including valuations and deal closing, establishing a win-win relationship with the entrepreneur, and making a return.
• Identifying suitable deal flow for the individual investor: learning how to source potential deals, investing in individuals rather than businesses, and ensuring a potential deal fits the investor’s portfolio.
• Understanding your place in the world of angels, looking at other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem, the value of angel groups and syndication, fund structures and crowdfunding.

Course content

• The basics of angel investing – why the returns are attractive; the importance of portfolio theory; understanding the financial life cycle of a startup
• Identifying suitable deal flow for you – how to source potential deals; investing in individuals rather than businesses; ensure a deal fits your portfolio
• Best practice for structuring, managing and exiting an investment – valuations and deal closing; establishing a win-win relationship with your entrepreneur; making a return
• Understanding your place in the world of angels – looking at other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem; the value of angel groups and syndication; fund structures and crowdfunding

This is an ideal course for

• professionals from listed companies who can invest a minimum of 5,000 EUR every year
• CEOs of companies who can invest a minimum of 5,000 EUR every year
• Anyone who has an entrepreneurial back ground and who can invest a minimum of 5,000 EUR every year

Certification                     

Participants of the course will take a proficiency test at the end of the course. Certificates will be awarded, depending on the final exam score:

• up to 70 points:   Certificate of Attendance, Angel Investment Course                     
• 71 – 100 points:  Certification as a Qualified Angel Investor

Angel investment is booming worldwide
Early and post-early stage equity markets are developing rapidly as well. In 2019, 320,000 angel investors invested more than 10 billion EUR in Europe; in the US, 340,000 angel investors invested more than 26 billion USD. The size of the global investment in early-stage businesses in 2019 reached $60 billion, up 20% from $50 billion in 2018. The $60 billion market for angel investment promises a $150 billion exit in the next 5 to 7 years.

OECD reports show that more than 96% of the world’s economy is driven by SMEs, entrepreneurs and startups. Many governments have understood the importance of the early-stage investment market in the creation of new jobs and social justice in their countries and have therefore implemented new regulations that provide tax incentives for angel investors, corporate ventures and startups.

Why is angel investment so important?
The reason is simple: only angel investors have the know-how and the networks to put startups and scaleups into the capital markets. If we can create an innovative financial plan for early exits, this will mean more jobs and social justice in a shorter period of time.

WBAF invites you to join our global effort to ease access to smart finance.
As a global organisation, the World Business Angels Investment Forum brings together key players of the equity market to discuss the benefits of and the challenges to the investment community’s achieving successful growth for their businesses and to discuss what more can be done to facilitate the democratization of finance by expanding access to and participation in every level of society.

We invite you to join us in our global effort to ease access to smart finance, which will help create more jobs and more social justice worldwide. Your efforts to convert the world economy into a smart economy in cooperation with the World Business Angels Investment Forum are very important.

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. We are sure you will find World Congress of the World Business Angels Investment Forum a rewarding experience!