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5 Flocks Of Investors Looking For An Enticing Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

See the March 2010 edition after the jump. FDI, M&A’s WEIGHED DOWN BY CRISIS IN 2009, UPTURN EXPECTED IN 2010. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. For previous editions, click here.

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Finding The Right Angel Investor For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 275 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). 2010 Gross Profit: $280M. Gross Profit Margins: 42% (Q1 2011), 39% (2010), 36% (2009) –> i.e. for every $1 of Groupons sold, the company currently keeps $0.42 in net revenue and passes $0.58

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. Today’s Normalization.

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. ACA membership includes more than 200 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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Battery Ventures Announces New $750 Million Fund

VC Cafe

This is one of the largest funds raised in the first quarter of 2010 as VC funds struggle to raise money due to poor performance and low liquidity. Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India.