Danish business angel networks Angella Invest and DanBAN are launching a dual membership, where membership in one network grants access to benefits in the other.
While Angella Invest may have been better at embracing investors with fewer startup investments under their belt, DanBAN, with its more professionalized approach to pitch events and deal flow, has had a greater level of understanding that appealed more to seasoned venture investors, but which could also seem a little intimidating to newer and more inexperienced investors.
The collaboration follows a change of ownership at Angella Invest over the summer, where ten female investors took over the organisation. Under new CEO Suzanne Lauritzen, Angella is broadening its focus from startup investments to the investor’s entire portfolio, targeting women who have or are gaining significant capital in what she calls “The Great Wealth Transfer”. DanBAN, led by CEO Trine H. Winther, continues as a network for startup investments, where 48 percent of investments in 2025 went to founding teams with women.
“We have many startups that approach us at Angella. But because we don’t have 100% focus there, it’s impossible to service them well enough. So it will be a pleasure to be able to send them on to DanBAN. In addition, we can shape some spaces better due to our diverse membership composition ,”
says Suzanne Lauritzen.
Rather than competing for the same startups, the two networks are now sharing the load: Angella will send an estimated 90 percent of its startup deal flow to DanBAN, while concentrating on confidential investor communities, education, and sparring across the whole portfolio.
Read the full story, including interviews with both CEOs, over at Bootstrapping.dk: https://bootstrapping.dk/stort-skifte-i-angelmiljoeet-angella-invest-danban-gaar-sammen-om-dobbeltmedlemskab/
