Ready for Equity! startte in oktober 2006 met het bepalen van de kernproblemen rond het investeren door Business Angels in de Europese gemeenschap.

Al zijn er weinig harde feiten, duidelijk is de grote achterstand versus de V.S. Voor Engeland is de schatting, dat slechts 10 % van de kapitaalsvraag wordt beantwoord. Ondertussen neemt wel de ondernemersactiviteit toe...

During the Ready for Equity!™ project the partners shared best practices, tools and mechanisms in place throughout the different regions in Europe to develop a structured and all-embracing training program targeted at improving the capacity of informal investors and Business Angels, and to prepare entrepreneurs seeking finance.

The results from the second RfE!™ project, RfE!2™ are the basis for the training package which has been successfully tested in 11 European countries with a total of 680 participants and is offered through the Ready for Equity! Academy™.