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ABOUT US Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding to investee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks. Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd was created as a natural expansion of Archers Angels, a group of six business angel investors and public sector commercialisation managers, who have met every month for breakfast since early 2005. Whilst the investment component of Archers Angels has morphed into Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd, Archers Angels still meets monthly as a proactive think tank developing new initiatives to grow the investment industry throughout Australia. These include the formation of Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd, the Australian Association of Angel Investors Ltd (AAAI) and support for the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Ltd (AVCAL) and Founders Forum. The founding members of Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd were surveyed in September 2006. This revealed that prior to joining Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd members had previously made over 60 investments in start-up companies across all sectors including information technology, biotechnology, manufacturing, retail and business services. Already Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd members have made several co-investments, with a successful exit of one investment already, returning many multiples to the investors after only six months. As Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd grows it hopes to become the premier business angels group in Australia and to build strong alliances with other business angels group throughout Australia and globally. Above all Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd will provide it's members with a supportive environment in which to co-invest in and to grow early stage companies. |
