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At the first Impulse Evening 2024 on the topic of "DanBAN as a benchmark for German angels networks", we were hosting DanBan CEO Thomas Marschall and DanBan founder and chairman Jesper Jarlbæk, who gave a keynote speech on the conditions for success and successful angels network management. Before that, we met for the Annual General Meeting and talked about 2023 and the plans for 2024 and also reelected Julian von Hassell to be chairman of the board and Screening Officer Claas Nieraad for another two years.

Corporate venture capitalists are strategic investment partners and often determine the direction of travel. This is why they are not so popular with many business angels. However, they also bring expertise to the table and often tend to take on smaller tickets for start-ups. BAs and CVCs can therefore usually complement each other well, reposition themselves and thus help the start-up to progress particularly well, especially at the beginning. How do corporates act in conjunction with business angels? We spoke to various representatives and experts from the CVC sector about this.

This year's masterclass focused on "Angel investments in turbulent times". To this end, long-established business angel icons shared their experiences with us, we got to know a new platform for deal flow management and fund investment tools, learned about the European Digital Innovation Hub and how to successfully identify exceptional founders.

As early as 2017, the WTSH had initiated a network in which private investors in the state can exchange ideas and gain access to promising startups. Baltic Business Angels Schleswig-Holstein e.V. was then founded in June 2018 and the network has been growing steadily ever since. We celebrated our fifth birthday with great guests and a colorful audience at InnoPier in Kiel.