During the launch, the Impact Hub Belgrade will host business angels, consultants, business advisers and numerous startups, who will introduce, connect and talk about models of potential cooperation. The meeting will be a great opportunity for capacity building of startups and presentation of their experiences. Business angels will have an opportunity to acquire information about startups potential and related investment prospects. This event will officially launch the Impact Angel Network Serbia as a networking model for business angels in Serbia. 

A media conference and a media brunch will be organized, along with several hours of mentoring for startups on topics related to the improvement of their presentation skills, followed by public “pitch” of each startups. The cocktail and unofficial gathering will close the event.

"Business angels" are entrepreneurs, companies or individuals who voluntarily invest into companies at their early development stage. The establishment of the Impact Angel Network Serbia should contribute to overcoming one of the key challenges – lack of risk-capital investments. The key role of business angels is to validate startups on the local market and to accelerate the development of their business models by facilitating access to significant financial resources.

The establishment of the network is part of the project "Support to the development of an Impact Angel Network" supported by the Government of Switzerland and implemented by the Impact Hub Belgrade. The project period is from May to August 2018, worth EUR 42’000 and is directly addressing the strategic goal of the Swiss Government, which is economic development and employment. This will be achieved through contribution to creating an enabling business environment and alternative financing models for innovative and competitive entrepreneurship.