From Crowdfunding to Business Angel: online course for investing and mentoring deep-tech innovators via ESIL Angel Academy

Europe’s future innovation needs skilled and confident investors. But where to start? Many newcomers test their luck with crowdfunding, some hope to turn into business angels over time. And now there’s a course designed to help them get started.

The ESIL Angel Academy, developed by the EU-funded Early Stage Investing Launchpad (ESIL), is now live. This e-learning course offers over 20 hours of on-demand content designed to guide aspiring and early-stage angel investors through the fundamentals of startup investing and mentorship.

Course features include:
– Video lectures and expert interviews
– Quizzes and interactive learning tools
– Insights from top business angels, entrepreneurs, and EU innovation leaders

Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to:

  • Spot and evaluate promising startups
  • Navigate deal structuring and negotiation
  • Manage investment risks
  • Engage with EU opportunities like the EIC
  • Operate on a pan-European level

Whether you’re transitioning into angel investing or simply curious about how to support high-potential innovators, this course provides a comprehensive and practical starting point.

Enrol now and start learning today: https://www.europeanesil.eu/angel-academy/

As a long-standing advocate for alternative finance and innovation funding, EUROCROWD actively supports initiatives like ESIL that strengthen the European early-stage investment ecosystem. Eurocrowd contributes to building a more accessible and efficient funding landscape, where instruments like crowdfunding can complement traditional finance and help scale Europe’s next generation of deep tech ventures. EUROCROWD has been an active partner in the early development of ESIL and supported the core partners of ESIL, META Group, Business Angels Europe and bpifrance, in the development of its activities.

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