Guyana more connected with global investment markets

…with latest representation on WBAF

Guyana will be represented at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), enabling greater connection to international investment markets.
This has been realised after Managing Partner of Atlantic Ventures Holding Incorporated, Miranda Thakur-Deen Senior was appointed Senator for Guyana.
The inclusion of Guyana in WBAF provides a wide range of opportunities for Guyana’s start-ups, scale-ups and high-growth businesses and opens doors for economic development.

New WBAF Senator Miranda Thakur-Deen

With this new appointment, Guyana has joined the largest forum of the world’s equity investment markets and will now be able to connect more with the global investors market, which will open up splendid opportunities for the country.
Now local Guyana angel investors, incubation centres, accelerators, private equity funds, co-investment funds, technology parks, corporate ventures, and aspiring entrepreneurs will have more opportunity to connect with global leaders in the same field.
Chairman of the WBAF Board of Directors, Baybars Altuntas has expressed, “As an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnerships for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the WBAF supports start-ups, develops entrepreneurial ecosystems, and helps venture capital and companies connect with international companies, fintechs, and other relevant institutions.”
He added, “We are confident about our contribution to the economic development of the country by facilitating connections with entrepreneurial ecosystems. We strongly believe that Guyana will soon become a country that can foster the development of its economy in a more entrepreneurial atmosphere.”
As an affiliated partner of the G20 GPFI, the WBAF is committed to collaborating globally to empower the economic development of the world by fostering innovative financial instruments for start-ups, scale-ups, innovators, entrepreneurs, and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and to promoting gender equality and women’s participation in all sectors of the world economy. ,
WBAF has invited efforts to ease access to finance, promote financial inclusion, and create more jobs and social justice.
The Forum accomplishes its mission through various parties and channels. These include the 138 high commissioners, senators and international partners from 79 countries; seven country offices on five continents; the WBAF Business School and its more than 50 faculty members from 32 countries; and five international working committees.
WBAF also has an angel investment fund, partnerships with 12 global institutions, and economic cooperation agreements with five governments. The WBAF World Congress, held in February of each year, hosts at least five summits and numerous other events, including a Global Fundraising Stage and a World Excellence Awards ceremony. WBAF also boasts a number of publications, including the WBAF Business School Journal.
On the other hand, the GPFI is an inclusive platform for all G20 countries, interested non-G20 countries, and relevant stakeholders to carry forward work on financial inclusion, including implementation of the G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan endorsed at the G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea. (G12)