The Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire just released its report on angel funding activity for the first half of 2011. During the first half of this year, angel investments totaled $8.9 What does this mean in terms of number of companies funded by angels, and the number of angel investors? MORE >>

Open Angel Forum (OAF) is designed to be a powder-keg of sorts for funding startups. The idea is to get the best angel investors in a given metro area all in one room on one night and hook them up with 5-7 awesome startups. If you are looking for angel funding, please apply to OAF Philly , the next OAF event. Startups MORE >>

Seeing the reaction to Bilski, what has struck me is how surprised and disappointed some people are with the weak will of the Supreme Court to act to limit the damage that software patents are causing, and will keep causing, to innovation in the U.S. Software innovation continues, by the way, in spite of the patent system, not because of it. MORE >>

If you’re looking for angel investors, there’s good news afoot. The latest 2011 Angel Market Analysis , recently released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, shows not only that there are more angels around, but that they are investing more money in more companies. Software MORE >>

Yet, at the pre-revenue stage of development, angel investors price both companies at a pre-money valuation of $1.5 It is possible to grow a company to a valuation of $30 million on one or two angel rounds of investment.  So, angels simply must value both ventures at about the same price. million.  MORE >>