| Abstract | Poslovni anđeli predstavljaju alternativan izvor financiranja za poduzeća i start-up projekte u ranim fazama razvoja. Ulažu izričito vlastiti novac, ali i nefinancijske resurse poput znanja, vještina, poduzetničkog iskustva te poslovnih kontakata. Postoje brojne vrste poslovnih anđela među kojima su najčešći: lotto anđeli, anđeli trgovci, anđeli analitičari i pravi poslovni anđeli. Kako bi raspolagali sa više resursa udružuju se u grupe i mreže poslovnih anđela. Mreže poslovnih anđela predstavljaju organizaciju čiji je cilj povezati poslovne anđele i poduzetnike početnike. Značajan porast aktivnosti mreža poslovnih anđela u 2017. godini zabilježilo je Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, Njemačka, Francuska, Turska, te Estonija i Poljska. Aktivnosti poslovnih anđela u Hrvatskoj relativno sporo rastu zbog sporog oporavak gospodarstva nakon rata i svjetske ekonomske krize. Kako bi se ta situacija promijenila, osnovan je Fond za poticanje ulaganja u kapital u ranoj fazi financiranja. Najpoznatiji poslovni anđelo Hrvatskoj je Hrvoje Prpić, te je jedan od osnivača CRANE-a, hrvatske mreže poslovnih anđela čiji je cilj stvoriti što veći broj poduzetnika i osnažiti hrvatsku poduzetničku scenu. Neki od važnih projekata u koje je CRANE uložio su: offSpace, Hyperion, LikeRi i Bonamie što pokazuje da se aktivnost poslovnih anđela na hrvatskom tlu sve više razvija. |
| Abstract (english) | Business angels are an alternative source of financing for businesses and start-ups in the early stages of development. They invest explicitly their own money, but also non-financial resources such as knowledge, skills, entrepreneurial experience and business contacts. There are many types of business angels among which the most common are: lotto angels, trader angels, analyst angels, and real business angels. In order to dispose of more resources, they join groups and networks of business angels. Business Angels Network is an organization that aims to connect business angels and startup entrepreneurs. A significant increase in the activity of business angel networks in 2017 was realized in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, Estonia and Poland. Business angel activity in Croatia is growing relatively slowly due to the slow recovery of the economy after the war and the global economic crisis. In order to change this situation, An early stage equity investment fund was established. The most famous business angel in Croatia is Hrvoje Prpić, and he is one of the founders of CRANE, the Croatian business angel network with aim of creating as many entrepreneurs as possible and empowering the Croatian entrepreneurial scene. Some of the important projects that CRANE has invested in are: offSpace, Hyperion, LikeRi and Bonamie, which shows that business angels activity in Croatian soil is developing more and more. |
