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EUROPEAN BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORK - Directory of Network 2005
In 2000, RTBF (the French-speaking public TV corporation) dedicated an edition of its weekly
magazine ECO to the concepts of Business Angels and BANs in the Walloon Region.
Economic magazines such as Trends/Tendance and PME/KMO have published several
pieces on BA and BAN activities in Belgium in both French and Dutch.
In May 2001, BeBAN organised a congress on “BAs: accelerators of economic growth” to state
clearly the role of BA financing among other financial actors. Some 150 market players
attended.
The start-up of BAN Vlaanderen in February 2004 raised a lot of attention in all national media
(TV, newspapers, business magazines…) and enhanced the knowledge about the existence
of BANs. A large publicity-campaign with commercial spots, advertisements and a region-wide
road show expanded the BAN-concept throughout Flanders.
9. EBAN members
BAMS
BAN Vlaanderen
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