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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. These companies can range from tech startups to food trucks to retail stores. approx 2004-09. Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… New York. Loading… Tech. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., » More.