Femmes Business Angels

Who are we :

The first women's Business Angels network in France and Europe, present in Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Caen, Lille, and Rennes, FBA brings together 170 women who invest individually and support start-ups in the early stages or in development, led by men or women. FBA's investors are interested in a wide range of activities and sectors in order to promote the emergence of innovative companies with potential.

Since the network was created, they have participated in more than 250 first-round and subsequent investment operations and support more than 200 startups. By giving an important place to diversity in their investment criteria, they are active supporters of female entrepreneurship but especially of female investment. Its action in favor of entrepreneurial diversity is relayed by its partner, the venture capital firm WinEquity .

A friendly and dynamic network, FBA wishes, beyond financing and supporting startups, to encourage women to participate in the exciting adventure of Business Angels and to play an active role in the development of the economy.  In this spirit, FBA has carried out several French and European studies on the motivations and obstacles for women to invest, created in 2017 the first WINDAY women's investment forum, the last edition of which was held on November 21, 2022 , under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty and published two white papers demonstrating the essential role that women can play in economic development by developing their financial autonomy:

• Shareholding and investment: levers for women’s economic success
• Female shareholding and investment, levers for a more sustainable world 

Femmes Business Angels is also a member of the BAE Club  , which brings together more than 15 European BA networks and whose two main objectives are to facilitate cross-border investments and to internationalize European startups.

Team analysis
and individual investment

The study of projects is done as a team but each investor freely and independently chooses her or his investments.

A network combining friendliness and professionalism, FBA aims to encourage women to take part in the exciting adventure of "business angels" and play an active role in business creation by supporting talented entrepreneurs who "dare"!

Who are
the Women Business Angels?

FBA's female members are active women, aged 50 on average, working in all sectors of the economy, as business leaders, senior executives, or liberal professions.

Our values, our history

The Femmes Business Angels association was launched by Béatrice Jauffrineau and a small group of women, some of whom were HEC alumni, in 2003 with the support of the France-Angels association and the Ile-de-France Regional Council.

The objective was then to bring together the "rare" women present in the traditional financial world of Business Angels to encourage and promote the active role of women in the economy, and more specifically in entrepreneurship.

Since its creation, the network's vocation has been to help the creation and emergence of innovative and high-potential start-ups, whether they are led by men or women.

FBA's differentiation is expressed around three axes

FEMININITY
MODERNITY
ADDED VALUE
FEMININITY

An assumed but not exclusive femininity!

All active members are women, with varied profiles (senior executives, entrepreneurs, liberal professions, etc.) who wish to advance the involvement of women in economic life.

In practice, we see that they share the same approach to cases, are pragmatic and efficient, and have the pleasure of running a dynamic and friendly women's network.

But this "femininity" is part of a parity vision: financing of projects led by women and men, and where appropriate in collaboration with other Business Angel networks, which are mainly male.

MODERNITY

Modernity and enthusiasm at the service of entrepreneurs

The average age of the network, 48 years, is younger than the national average of Business Angels (57 years). The vast majority of members are active women who, despite their busy schedules, have a lot of energy and enthusiasm to transmit to entrepreneurs, while providing them with their experience and advice.

ADDED VALUE

The search for “added value” in every sense of the term…

Our approach to projects combines fundamental financial indicators with specific criteria such as innovation in all its forms (technological, conceptual, commercial, etc.), social or daily utility, the ecological and environmental dimensions, etc.