About Us
BAN is currently fully invested, and is not actively considering new opportunities at this time.
The Billiken Angels Network (BAN) is part of the Entrepreneurship Program of the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University. Announced in 2007, it started operating in September 2008 with twenty angels ready to fund suitable opportunities, and a $1,000,000 sidecar co-investment fund made available by the University from its endowment.
The Billiken Angels’ tag line is “…the deals that make a difference” and that is the goal of the BAN - to identify and invest funds and expertise in those businesses that can make a difference in the economy of the St. Louis region, and in the lives of the people living in the region and elsewhere. The BAN will consider businesses at any stage (seed, start-up, existing, growing, etc.) and in any industry (retail, wholesale, manufacturing, service, financial, internet, high-tech, etc.). BAN will invest in firms in the St. Louis region, and will consider firms outside of the region when the firm has SLU DNA (firms owned by current or former SLU students, current or retired SLU faculty and staff, or firms using intellectual property licensed from SLU).
Membership was open to accredited investors only. To find out the SEC rules on accredited investor status, click here. Members can be located anywhere, and can come from any industry. All BAN members have a strong commitment to help develop entrepreneurship through education in addition to investment, and future members who share that interest are the ones most likely to be selected.
The Billiken Angels Network (BAN) is part of the Entrepreneurship Program of the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University. Announced in 2007, it started operating in September 2008 with twenty angels ready to fund suitable opportunities, and a $1,000,000 sidecar co-investment fund made available by the University from its endowment.
The Billiken Angels’ tag line is “…the deals that make a difference” and that is the goal of the BAN - to identify and invest funds and expertise in those businesses that can make a difference in the economy of the St. Louis region, and in the lives of the people living in the region and elsewhere. The BAN will consider businesses at any stage (seed, start-up, existing, growing, etc.) and in any industry (retail, wholesale, manufacturing, service, financial, internet, high-tech, etc.). BAN will invest in firms in the St. Louis region, and will consider firms outside of the region when the firm has SLU DNA (firms owned by current or former SLU students, current or retired SLU faculty and staff, or firms using intellectual property licensed from SLU).
Membership was open to accredited investors only. To find out the SEC rules on accredited investor status, click here. Members can be located anywhere, and can come from any industry. All BAN members have a strong commitment to help develop entrepreneurship through education in addition to investment, and future members who share that interest are the ones most likely to be selected.
