Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the year
The angel investment ecosystem has been on a steady rise throughout Europe since the 1990s. However, women entrepreneurs acting as business angels still seem to be somewhat underrepresented. In 2017, Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND) decided to put an end to that and shed light on the important contributions of Female Angels to the economy by awarding the first-ever European Female Angel of the Year with the Golden Aurora Award. From 2024 onward, Business Angels Europe (BAE) took over the ceremony organization to put the award on an even more extensive European level.
The honorees
- Annegien BlokpoelEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2024 
- Mary McKennaEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2023 
- Lin Gong-DeutschmannEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2022 
- Simone BrummelhuisEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2021 
- Dra Lurdes GramaxoEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2020 
- Dr. Mariana BozesanEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2019 
- Prof. Susanne PorscheEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2018 
- Paola BonomoEurope’s Female Angel Investor of the year 2017