FiBAN - 10 years of Inspiring Private Investments - Book - Page 5
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Executive summary of 2011
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Crossing over the
valley of death
Other members of the board
Ari Korhonen (Vice Chair), Feodor
Aminoff, Jussi Heinilä, Mammu Kaario,
Riku Asikainen, Tapio Heikkilä
Office
Claes Mikko Nilsen
Chair of the Board
Juha Kurkinen
“FiBAN had a rapid
start and grew fast in
2011; partly this was
due to the networks
built by Sitra and
Finnvera that were
transferred under
FiBAN’s member base.
There was a clear
continuum.”
First FiBAN event: Business Angel Day
Juha Kurkinen, Chair of the Board
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2,10M
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46
Investor
members
Total
invested
Investment
transactions
Unique target
companies
Claes Mikko
Nilsen
Coordinator,
Co-Founder
“When defining the
purpose of FiBAN, we
came up with the oneliner ‘Inspiring Private
Investments’. This
combined beautifully
our two goals: To
highlight interesting
opportunities and to
activate individuals
towards startup
investing.”
During its first year, FiBAN succeeded in building
cooperation and close relationships with the other
ecosystem players as well as societal stakeholders.
Achievements of the year 2011 included a tax deduction
benefit that was lobbed by FiBAN with Riku Asikainen’s
lead. Chair of the board Juha Kurkinen attended auditions
at the Parliament’s preparing committee, and the hard
work paid off in 2012 when the tax amendment came
into force.
From the first day, all the events and communication were
done in English. This allowed FiBAN to gather exciting
individuals with valuable backgrounds and support the
visibility of Finnish angel activity.
Claes Mikko Nilsen, Coordinator, Co-Founder
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