World Business Angels Investor Forum's USA Country Office Celebrates World Business Angel Week 2024

    WASHINGTON, DC, June 21, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Today, the World Business Angel Investor Forum's USA proudly celebrated World Business Angel Week (WBAW) 2024, a globally recognized event dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship to build stronger business ecosystems. The event featured an impressive lineup of distinguished speakers, including Baybars Altuntas, WBAW Global Chair and WBAF Executive Director, Prof Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, the WBAF USA Country Director who also served WBAW USA Chair for the third consecutive year.

"I wish to extend my heartfelt gratitude to 2024 WBAW USA Co-Chairs Bhuva Shakti and Dr. Gabriela Cora, who also serve on our WBAF USA and Miami Advisory Board. Their dedication and leadership were instrumental in the success of this year's World Business Angel Week. Their commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship sets a remarkable example, helping to build stronger business ecosystems globally", stated Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes.

The global theme for WBAW 2024, "Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship: Building Stronger Business Ecosystems," reflected the critical need for creating inclusive environments where entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds can thrive. Global Chair Baybars Altuntas emphasized the importance of diversity in entrepreneurship, stating, "Our mission is to create a more inclusive entrepreneurial landscape that reflects the rich diversity of our global community. By fostering collaboration and implementing inclusive strategies, we can build stronger business ecosystems that benefit everyone."

The event also featured several distinguished guest speakers who shared their insights on the importance of diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship. Their contributions underscored the collective effort required to foster a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

WBAF USA extends heartfelt gratitude to all participants, speakers, and attendees for their invaluable contributions to this year's World Business Angel Week. Together, we are building a future where diverse and inclusive entrepreneurship drives economic growth and social progress.

World Business Angel Investors Week is envisioned as a great platform where all stakeholders pause to assess their fast-paced journey, to analyze why and how we should leverage angel investment as a must-have financial tool for boosting economies, and to reiterate how entrepreneurial ecosystems can create more jobs, more wealth and more social justice in co-operation with key players in early-stage equity markets. It is celebrated every year, under a global theme.

World Business Angel Investors Week creates a unique opportunity to showcase fresh and innovative ideas that inspire current and future leaders of the world to take risks on new ideas, collaborate across sectors, and transform world economies through the scaling of entrepreneurship, angel investment, financial inclusion and innovation.

This week-long event is an open platform for connecting, learning, sharing, exhibiting inventions and innovations, and exchanging know-how that promotes entrepreneurship and angel investment ecosystems. World Business Angel Investors Week is a great platform from which to campaign for solutions to critical issues of early stage equity and capital markets and other worldwide concerns at the United Nations, the European Union and in G20 countries and regional and local economies.

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