World Business Angels Investment Forum Tackles Financial Inclusion

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NexChange
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The 2019 World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) came to a close last month and as always, the event was a resounding success.

The WBAF Congress is a multi-day event which aims, as per WBAF Chairman Baybars Altuntas, to “empower the world economy through innovation, startups, scaleups, high-growth businesses and angel investment.” It covers a wide range of topics, including entrepreneurship and fintech, and draws a variety of high-level individuals from government, business, and investment.

This year’s edition focused on ‘unlocking the potential for innovation as developing global partnerships for economic development,’ and featured discussions on how “private equity funds, family offices and wealth management institutions can foster open innovation and deliver more business value through partnerships with angel investors, start-ups, scale-ups, high-growth businesses and SMEs.’’

Brad Yasar, Founder & CEO (Beyond Enterprizes) was one of the speakers in the WBAF Fintech Summit, sponsored by NexChange Group. His strategic advisory firm has ” built exchanges on three continents, grew a global community of crypto funds and investors under the Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC), and partnered with more than 40 blockchain projects, including EOS, Bancor, and the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange.” He will speak this week at Hong Kong Blockchain Week.

The forum’s Fintech Summit – sponsored by NexChange – centered on the democratization of access to capital and included several panel discussions. The first tackled the importance of fintech for opening finance to others, the second explored the challenges of fintech startups in scaling up, while the third and fourth investigated fintech-startup collaboration and cashless economies, respectively.

Photo: World Business Angels Investment Forum 2019