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5. Contact
Contact person: FRITZ Nicolas
16, Rue de Turbigo
75002 Paris
T: 33 1 44 82 77 77
F: 33 1 44 82 77 76
E: contact@franceangels.org
W: www.franceangels.org
6. Funding sources (2004):
EUROPEAN BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORK - Directory of Network 2005
30%
2%
68%
Sponsors
Conference &
trainings programs
Fees from business
angels and
entreprises
Sponsors: CDC (Groupe Caisse des Dépôts), DECAS et DIGITIP (Ministry of Economy,
Finance & Industry), Ministry for Research and new Technologies, Salmon Foundation,
ANVAR (French Agency for Innovation), APCE (Agency for Enterprise Creation).
7. Lobbying
The national network has established contacts with the relevant Ministries in order to discuss
BA and BAN status, to improve legislation and to promote the BA concept.
8. Dissemination of the BAN concept
France Angels provides tools to BANs (website, information centre, guide…).
France Angels has created the concept of “business angels school” in order to set up or to
develop business angel networks, by informing and training business angels. 14 schools were
organised in 2003.
France Angels has also created a special 4 days training program for people who are
interested in setting up BANs or who want to have a better understand and to work with
business angels (1 or 2 seminars organised per year).
9. EU support
In France, EU support has included:
� Awareness actions
Three awareness seminars were held. The first one was organised by CEBANOR (Regional
Development Agency of Basse-Normandie), the second one by the Metz BIC and the third one
by ADEM in Martinique.
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