speeches, workshops, venues and the awards ceremony for the EBAN annual prizes. EBAN University Meeting organized in order to debate about different relevant themes linked with early stage investing and for learning and networking. Different speeches and workshops. Past EBAN awards Source: Winners of the 9th EBAN Awards (2014) European Early Stage Investor of the Year: Jari Ovaskainen (Finland) Most Successful Firm Financed by Early Stage Investors: DecaWave (Ireland) Best Individual in globably engaging Early Stage Investors within the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Baybars Altuntas (Turkey) Best EBAN Member: Business Angels Copenhagen (Denmark) Best EBAN Newcomer: Estonian Business Angels Network (Estonia) Best European Business Angel Week Initiative: Startech Ventres (Greece) Winners of the 8th EBAN Awards (2013) Business Angel of the Year: Dušan Stoiljković, True Global Ventures (Sweden) Business Angel Network of the Year: IESE BAN (Spain) Best Federation of the Year: HBAN (Ireland) Best Early Stage Fund: Vera Early Stage Fund (Finland) Best Performing New Member: Austrian Angels Investors Association (AAIA, Austria) Winners of the 7th EBAN Awards (2012) Business Angel of the Year: Philippe Gluntz, Business Angel affiliated to Paris Business Angels (France) Deal of the Year: United Resins, submitted by FNABA (Portugal) Early Stage Fund of the Year: Zernike Meta Venture, submitted by META Group (Italy) Breakthrough Service/ Tool by a BAN: PEEX, submitted by Mountain Partners (Switzerland) Business Angel Network of the Year: FiBAN (Finland); Honorable Mention awarded to Paris Business Angels (France) Winners of the 6th EBAN Awards (2011) Business Angel of the Year: Francesco Marini Clarelli (Italy) Deal of the Year: Polidea (Poland) Early Stage Fund of the Year: Seraphim (UK) Impact Investment of the Year: EKO-Logic (Poland) Breakthrough Service/ Tool by a BAN: Paris Business Angels (France) for Angelsoft (USA) Winners of the 5th EBAN Awards (2010) Business angel of the year: Véronique Castelo (FR) Business angel group of the year: Sophia Business Angels (FR) Best investment in a social enterprise: Biogenera, submitted by Italian Angels for Growth and Meta Group (IT) Best early stage fund manager/team of the year: Succès Europe (FR) Winners of the 4th EBAN Awards (2009) Business angel of the year: Cornelius Boersch (DE) European early stage fund manager/team: Guy Rigaud, Rhônes Alpes Création (FR) European business angel group leader/team: Paris Business Angels (FR) Best cross border deal: Tie between BUY VIP and Louise (EU) Most successful angel backed company: Aventiv (BE) Best lobbying initiative (in support of business angels and