5 opportunities
Branded Table at the World Excellence Awards VIP Gala Dinner
€10,000 per table
Join VIP guests and WBAF globally recognised entrepreneurs, policy makers, investors who specialise in support programs and research who are making a difference in the ecosystem to ensure global entrepreneurship. Branded and recognised table at this invitation only event. Showcase your team or host eco builders within your sector.
5 opportunities
Branded Table at the VIP Lunch with Ministers
€10,000 per table
WBAF 2023 will host VIP lunch discussions for 200 selected investors from around the world on Tuesday. Presidents, prime ministers, ministers, and mayors who attend the VIP lunches will deliver short speeches. These lunches open the way for networking with high-level guests of the World Business Angels Investment Forum.
WBAF believes that by combining regular, small contributions from different stakeholders around the world, we all benefit from shared learning, better networks, and increased exposure.
Join VIP guests at the VIP Lunch with Ministers with globally recognised entrepreneurs, policymakers, and investors from around the world by hosting a VIP Lunch Table, branded with your company’s logo. VIP guests will be invited to take their seats at the table specified with your company’s name on the VIP list. (Other tables are identified only by numbers.)
1 opportunity
Gold Sponsor
€2000,000
Open to companies, investors, NGO leaders, and policymakers, the WBAF World Excellence Awards seek to recognise the year’s most disruptive new market entrants and provide a definitive list of the most exciting individuals and organisations to watch in the angel and early-stage investment space.
1 opportunity
Hosting the VIP Reception of the World Excellence Awards Gala Dinner
€30,000
Through the World Excellence Awards, the World Business Angels Investment Forum celebrates high growth and success in the angel and early-stage investment market – recognising the fastest growing brands and acknowledging the founders, angel investors, crowdfunders, early-stage venture capital investors, NGO leaders, and the policymakers behind them.
The awards are presented at the VIP Gala Dinner, which starts with a one-hour VIP reception. Join VIP guests and globally recognised entrepreneurs, policymakers, and investors by hosting the VIP Reception, which will start with welcoming messages from the WBAF Executive Chairman and the CEO of your company.
2 opportunities
Silver Sponsor
€100,000
Open to companies, investors, NGO leaders, and policymakers, the WBAF World Excellence Awards seek to recognise the year’s most disruptive new market entrants and provide a definitive list of the most exciting individuals and organisations to watch in the angel and early-stage investment space.
1 opportunity
Grand Opening Ceremony Official Sponsor
€20,000
The WBAF 2023 will start with the Grand Opening Ceremony, an invitation-only event for 500 special guests from around the world. The 2023 Grand Opening Ceremony will include keynote speeches from world renowned businessmen, entrepreneurs and investors, presidents and government ministers. It will also feature the formal signing of economic cooperation agreements and an opening bell that signals the official opening of the Congress. A ministerial roundtable discussion of critical issues and the state of the world will conclude the Grand Opening Ceremony.
As an official sponsor of the Grand Opening Ceremony, you will have the opportunity to be seated in the first row with government ministers and be included in the official welcoming ceremony of presidents and ministers. There, you will be introduced to them in-person, deliver a 3-minute keynote, and your company’s logo will appear on the programme that will be presented to each VIP guest at the Grand Opening Ceremony.
As an official sponsor of the Grand Opening Ceremony, you will be invited to the stage to ring the bell, and your name will be announced by the MC, along with the WBAF Executive Chairman, presidents, ministers, and mayors, who will ring it with you
1 opportunity
Ministerial Roundtable Official Sponsor
€25,000
As an affiliated partner of the GPFI, the World Business Angels Investment Forum is hosting a ministerial roundtable as a global convergence of global leaders of equity and capital markets and high-level policymakers at the Grand Opening Ceremony. They will discuss in detail the G20’s agenda to increase financial inclusion worldwide and will share information about the 2024 action plans of global leaders of early and post-early stage equity and capital markets in their response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the GPFI platform.
As an official sponsor of the ministerial roundtable, you will deliver a 3-minute opening speech before the roundtable begins. Your company’s logo will be featured on the main screen of the main stage. As an official sponsor of the Ministerial Roundtable, you will have the opportunity to be seated in the second row with governmental officials.
1 opportunity
WBAF Bell Ceremony Official Sponsor
€25,000
The World Congress of Angel Investors officially starts with the traditional WBAF Bell Ceremony with the participation of the WBAF Executive Chairman, presidents, ministers, and mayors.
As an official sponsor of the WBAF Bell Ceremony, you will be invited to the stage to ring the bell, and your name will be announced by the MC, along with the WBAF Executive Chairman, presidents, ministers, and mayors, who will ring it with you. As an official sponsor of the Ministerial Roundtable, you will have the opportunity to be seated in the second row with governmental officials.
4 opportunities
Silver Sponsor
€50,000
This well-known quote by Richard Mullin is so very true: ‘The only man I envy, is the man who has not yet been to Africa – for he has so much to look forward to’. Once you go on your first safari, Africa gets into your blood. You develop a deep longing to return to this magical continent and to start planning your next African safari holiday.
The WBAF Executive Chairman will lead a wild safari immediately after the Congress. Participants will include ministers, mayors, angel investors, startup founders, innovators, bank executives, private equity fund partners, VCs, NGO leaders and their families. The date: 23 – 25 November. The Presidential Safari will include an opportunity for startup founders to pitch to safari participants at a special reception.
As a sponsor of the Presidential Wild Safari, your logo will appear on the hats that will be presented to each safari participant. In addition, a t-shirt with your logo will be produced, and a special photo with all the participants wearing the hats and t-shirts will be taken for your archive.
Multiple opportunities
Roundtable & Events Official Sponsor
The Congress will host four global summits as part of its agenda: a Global Startup Summit; a Global Women Leaders Summit; a Science, Technology and Innovation Summit; and an Ethical Governance Summit. 100 selected startups will pitch on the Global Fundraising Stage after an investment readiness workshop and a one-on-one mentoring session. During the Congress, the WBAF Business School will deliver short courses, workshops, masterclasses. You can deliver a 3 minutes welcome speech before each event or roundtable or workshop you sponsor starts.
You can sponsor one of the followings:
Global Fundraising Stage GFRS 2023 Official Sponsor: €25,000
One of the Roundtables of the Summits: €15,000
WBAF Business School Workshops: €10,000
(If you want to deliver a 45 minutes workshop branded with your company name, sponsorship fee is €30,000)
Global Sponsor Opportunities
Now is the time to show your support for the global entrepreneurship ecosystem and position your company at the core of the world’s best brands engaging with equity and capital markets.