SpeedFunding™ Reaches The Middle East
Angels Den, one of the largest Angel networks, held its first SpeedFunding™ event in the Middle East on Wednesday 30th November 2011.
Local budding entrepreneurs and business owners looking to take their business to the next level will pitch their business idea, for three minutes, on a one-to-one basis to Angel investors in Doha, Qatar.
“We chose Qatar as our base for the Middle East as it has a burgeoning enterprise community and whilst there is no shortage of capital and an increasing amount of good companies to invest in” says Bill Morrow Founder of Angels Den.
SpeedFundings’™ success is attributed to the chemistry that starts to evolve during a face-to-face discussion between the business owner and Angel, which simply doesn’t happen when an entrepreneur presents to Angels ‘en masse’. On average 90% of businesses pitching at a SpeedFunding™ event gain at least one interested Angel and some have as many as ten from a single event.
Angels Den Qatar is up and running and will be running regular SpeedFunding™ events as well as continuing to match business owners and Angel Investors in order to get some great businesses in the Middle East funded.
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Fast Facts
- One of the largest Global Angel Networks
- Over 4500 Angels registered worldwide with links to thousands more via syndicates, funds and family offices.
- Over 11,000 strong community of business owners registered worldwide
- SpeedFunding™ is a highly effective matching mechanism with 90% of business owners finding at least one interested Angel and vice versa
- Angels Den is one of the most active Angel Networks in the world running over six SpeedFunding™ events per month and expanding into new regions every month
- Over 3,000 individual pitches, on average, take place a year between business owners and investors giving our business owners the best chance of securing funding
Angels Den Regional Office Qatar:
Regional Manager:
Dave Trevena
T:+974 6603 7866
E: Dave@angelsden.com
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