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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

In my view the terminology being used for early stage investors by the press and the media is not as clear as it should be. I’ve talked about this on several occasions when I’ve been at conference and on panels, but I figured it would make sense to do a post explaining my taxonomy of the early-stage investing world.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

Asset managers can earn far more money at less risk than in any other industry. Simon Lack reports in The Hedge Fund Mirage that from 1998 to 2010, hedge fund managers earned $379 billion in fees, while their investors earned only $70 billion in investing gains. In aggregate, angels are significant investors.